Mind Over Money: This national-level table tennis player turned MD & CEO dedicates 30-45 minutes for mental fitness
Motilal Oswal Private Wealth.
In an interview with ETMarkets, Shanker said: “I keep telling people that the more pressure you have, the more demanding
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Offering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIM LucknowIIML Chief Operations Officer ProgrammeVisitIndian School of BusinessISB Chief Digital OfficerVisitIndian School of BusinessISB Chief Technology OfficerVisitprofession you're in, your body has to be extremely fit for you to be able to cope up to it.” Edited excerpts:
Q) Thanks for being part of the segment. How do you keep yourself mentally and physically fit?
A) Look, I've had various hacks over the years, I used to be a national-level table tennis player during my college and school days. That's a passion, which has never left me.
Although I did take a break in between for a few years where I didn't play, but it’s been 12-13 years that I have got back. I do enjoy a game of table tennis every weekend.
Saturday, and Sunday, is normally reserved for table tennis, we play a couple of hours. So that obviously is very, refreshing, because it helps me connect back with the sport, which I love very much.
Other than that, I try and get some physical activity for about 30 to 45 minutes, whether it's a walk around the locality where I stay, or if I'm traveling, then wherever I'm staying, I try and get half an hour to 40 minutes in the gym, or sometimes I go for a swim.
The whole idea is to get something on a regular basis. Of course, table tennis was very special to me, because I grew up playing that sport.
Q) Table Tennis is a great way to get the hand-eye coordination right. You have played nationals and represented Maharashtra and Bangalore University – tell us about that
