I grew up believing in dreams - but also in the quiet warnings that shadowed them - "be ambitious, but be careful." 

So when I walked away from a stable corporate career in a global multinational to build something of my own, I didn’t just choose a new path - I stepped directly into a space filled with fear, doubt, and questions I didn’t yet know how to answer.

For ten years, I pushed through that uncertainty. Building a life and a business in a foreign country, with no contacts, no backing, and no guarantees. There were several moments of triumph - a big client, a breakthrough project - that kept me going. 

But the truth is… I never felt settled. I never felt safe. Success would arrive and leave just as quickly, and I lived with the constant feeling that I hadn’t truly overcome my fear - I had only learned to hide it well. 

And then, at some point, everything felt like it was falling apart. Not because of the business… but because of the burden I had been carrying for years - the fear, the self-doubt, the quiet confusion about whether I was enough, whether I belonged, whether I would ever break through. All the thoughts I had buried finally rose to the surface. And strangely, in that moment of collapse, something shifted. Seeing my fears up close made them less frightening.

The failure I had been avoiding all my life suddenly looked familiar, and I began to wonder: What lies beyond my darkest fears? Why does it have so much power over my decisions? That question became the turning point for me.

I had carried the idea of The Thin Line - a project I loved but never dared to begin.

I worried about everything: What if it fails? What will people say? Who am I to make a podcast? What if no one likes it? 

But then I realized: My fears have no idea who I really am. It doesn’t consider my 20+ years of experience working with leaders. It doesn’t know my resilience, the battles I’ve already fought, or the scars I have endured. 

My fear only knows the version of me that stays afraid, doubtful, uncertain - the version that forgets its own strength, experience, and potential. 

So I started The Thin Line. Not because I had conquered my fears, but because I finally chose to acknowledge them.  

This podcast and platform are my crossing through silent, purposeful actions. My mission today is to help professionals, business leaders, and entrepreneurs cross their own thin lines intentionally. 

This is my way of reclaiming confidence, clarity, and purpose in life.

I am crossing my own thin lines every day.
What about you?

Arunava Deb

Host of The Thin Line | Loving Husband, Devoted Father, and Explorer of Life Beyond Fear