This article is written by Ramanuj Mukherjee, CEO, LawSikho.

It’s not just end of a year, today we say goodbye to an entire decade. Today is the last day of teenage for the twenty first century. From tomorrow, it will be twenty plus!

I am sure we are all going to party tonight. And reflect back at the decade we are leaving behind.

It would perhaps take a few years to understand what this decade was all about.

For India, 90s were about economic liberalisation, globalization, rise of engineering and IT, the first computers and ridiculous Bollywood movies we fell in love with.

90s was the decade when love marriage began to become the aspirational thing.

00s, or the Naughts, inconvenient to pronounce and write, was the decade of India’s rise in the global platform. Economic growth accelerated, politics was stable and predictable. What really stood out was the rise of social media and ubiquitous smartphones. Still, we had no idea yet how profoundly these things will change our lives and our country.

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That was the decade that made smartphone and broadband connections the catalyst of change. That was the decade that gave us the first batch of internet startups that went on to become forces to reckon with. 

So what was the 10s/teens all about?

The decade when we bought more smartphones than the number of citizens in the country? The decade when mobile internet became more accessible than public toilets? The decade of T20s? The year when Indians became comfortable with Tinder and began watching more YouTube than TV? The decade when videos took over communication and social media? The decade in which we had a chance to stop global warming but we failed?

Hard to say what it was for the entire country. Do let me know your thoughts. What defined the passing decade for you?

I can tell you what it was for me personally though.

It was the decade of dreaming, and working really hard. It was the decade when I said I am ready to toil, learn and invest for rewards that would be deferred.

It was a decade of good decisions. Some bad decisions too, which were quickly corrected. 

It was the decade of my life that saw the maximum hustle and the decade in which I finally got some mastery over myself! 

This was the decade in which I took charge of my life.

It was the decade in which I learnt to be an entrepreneur, and saw cycles of booms and busts.

What was it for you?

I can’t wait for the next decade, because I have been investing in it already, having started many years back! I look forward to see my investments grow.

What are my investments?

My health. My mind.

My business – LawSikho.

My relationships. 

Above all, my ability to make a difference to my community.

What are you looking forward to?

I can predict the next decade, based on what investments has been made in the current one.

Your next decade will be decided by what you have been doing in the current one.

You have a few hours left, make some good investments before you begin the next decade.

Here are some options for you to invest in:

DIPLOMA 

Diploma in Business Laws for In House Counsels

Diploma in Companies Act, Corporate Governance and SEBI Regulations

EXECUTIVE CERTIFICATE COURSES

Certificate Course in Advanced Corporate Taxation

Certificate Course in Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code

Certificate Course in Advanced Civil Litigation: Practice, Procedure and Drafting

Certificate Course in National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) Litigation

Certificate Course in Arbitration: Strategy, Procedure and Drafting

Students of Lawsikho courses regularly produce writing assignments and work on practical exercises as a part of their coursework and develop themselves in real-life practical skill.