Howard Gardening Story #5 – Gaur Gopal Das: From circuit boards to spiritual sparks
Today’s story isn’t about someone from my workplace.
It’s about a modern-day monk who began his career as an electrical engineer at Hewlett Packard.
My hero today: Gaur Gopal Das.
From solving circuits to solving life’s puzzles, he transitioned from engineer to monk, and then to a global life coach and motivational speaker.
With humour as his compass, he calls his sessions “sit-down comedies”—a witty nod to stand-up.
He once said he didn’t quit his job; he simply “upgraded himself into a life coach.”
Today, this ex-engineer lights up hearts and minds across the world—from Google to the UN, from Salesforce to the British Parliament.
And it makes me wonder…
Did someone at HP notice his spark when he was just starting out?
How would his ex-colleagues describe working with him?
To my HR and CSR Leader friends:
- Do we make space in our organisations for people with a spiritual bent of mind?
- Might these conversations actually add business value?
- Would you know a few awesome people who’d love to “upgrade themselves into life coaches”, like Gaur Gopal Das did?
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