Explore new domains in business, you don't know what you might end up liking: TheShutterCast founder

Amol Roy, Founder of TheShutterCast has been reading a lot of biographies of people like Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Bill Gates etc.

He told ET Panache, "I have always been fascinated by these people and getting to know about them in such a personal and close manner is exciting. It is fascinating to learn about the personal lives of so many successful people. There is a-lot to learn even from their failures."

Roy started devoting at least an hour daily to reading.


"I try to keep up with the schedule at least five days a week. Reading diverts my mind from all the work pressure and stress in life. It is like switching off the brain for a while and just being with yourself," he said.

Roy reads a lot of ebooks but he definitely prefer physical books. "The feel of the pages, smell of a new book and just overall experience can never be compared to an ebook," he said.

Travel is like an addiction, once you get a hang of it, you cannot come back. Roy misses the excitement of exploring new places, meeting a lot of new people, making friends from different parts of the world, and learning about different cultures.

"Last year I spent my Christmas in Bangkok with a fellow traveller from the Netherlands. It was fun learning her culture and how Christmas is celebrated. I want to visit Singapore as soon as this pandemic gets over. I actually had a plan to visit Singapore this January but it was postponed," he said.

In life Roy has applied this to explore a-lot of things. "We never know what we might end up liking. It has helped me learn things, explore into new domains in business," he ended.