3 mistakes of my life and 7 lessons they have taught me By Alok Das I love to hear your stories and, at the same time, love to tell you my stories. Allow me to tell you some of my stories. Well, in this case, different mini stories along one long journey. Hard times Story 1: Just after the end of high school. Four of my friends and I used to live in a rented apartment. Every month we would appoint one of us as the Manager for the month, responsible for assigning tasks to the rest of us such as doing grocery shopping, cleaning the apartment, deciding the menu, asking everyone to pay their share of the rent and bills on time. When it was my turn, at the end of the month, I discovered – much to my anger and frustration – that either I did not keep ...