Mumbai: With another weekend upon us, it is time to unwind with the latest Q&A edition of Indiantelevision.com’s Weekend Unwind—a series of informal chats that peek into the minds of business executives through a fun lens in an attempt to get to know the person behind the title a little better.
In this week’s session, we have Luxury Ride co-founder and CEO Himanshu Arya.
Having completed MBA from IMT Ghaziabad, Arya comes with over 15 years of experience in the industry. Himanshu has come a long way in his career where he started from working with Kotak and Citibank in the initial days to forming Grapes as a leading integrated marketing agency.
He is well adept at helming the team at the technology, digital, strategy & planning, and finance front owing to his rich and diverse experience in the industry.
With Luxury Ride, Himanshu aims to reimagine the pre-owned luxury car industry in India. Delving on his ability to inspire the team, he works relentlessly to make Luxury Ride a one-stop solution for all automotive needs by amending the value chain of the company.
So, without further ado, here it goes…
1. Your mantra for Life
Work hard, party harder
2. A book you are currently reading
The Psychology of Money
3. Your fitness mantra?
Gymming every day without fail
4. Your comfort food?
Wok Tossed Vegetables in Black Bean Sauce and Rajma Rice
5. When the chips are down a quote/ philosophy that keeps you going?
Mistakes are the biggest learnings. Taking this approach has helped me a lot in sailing through the most difficult phases of life.
6. Your guilty pleasure?
Not guilty of anything
7. A life lesson you learnt the hard way?
You can’t keep everyone happy
8. What gets you excited about life?
A new role. Donning the new role is quite refreshing and drives the purpose of my life to always explore and learn new things.
9. What's on top of your bucket list?
Travel to Las Vegas
10. If you could give one piece of advice to your younger self, what would it be?
Don’t compromise on your fitness for work
11. One thing you would most like to change about the world?
Change yourself and adapt to the world
12. An activity that keeps you motivated/ charged during tough times?
I love tough times. Over the years, I have realized that challenges provide the ideal opportunity to bring out the best in a person.
13. What lifts your spirits when life gets you down?
Everything is temporary; it will go eventually. Just hang in there for a while and the silver lining is bound to come.
14. Your go-to stress buster?
Going on long drives
