It was 5:30 AM in Atlanta. The city was still asleep, but I was wide awake sitting in silence, eyes closed, breath steady, thoughts gently fading into stillness.

Outside, my calendar was packed with investor meetings, client calls, and team huddles. Inside, I was doing what I’ve done every single morning for decades: meditating.

Long before I became an entrepreneur, before MSys Technologies, before boardrooms and product roadmaps I was a seeker. And that part of me never left.

I remember my early days in tech the energy, the ambition, the sheer will to make things happen. There were nights I didn’t sleep, and weeks I barely saw my family. I was chasing something success, perhaps. Recognition. Stability.

Like many first-time founders, I dove into work with everything I had. But somewhere along the way, I noticed something strange: the more I achieved, the more restless I became. Meetings became marathons, wins felt fleeting, and burnout crept in quietly.

That’s when I turned inward not away from business, but towards balance.

Meditation wasn’t new to me. I had been practicing Heartfulness since my younger days in India. But during those tough startup years, I returned to it with deeper intensity not as a luxury, but as a necessity.

And that changed everything.

Instead of reacting, I began responding. Instead of chasing, I started creating from a place of calm clarity. The noise outside didn’t vanish I just stopped letting it control me.

Every major business decision I made from that point forward from building teams to closing multimillion-dollar deals was filtered through a lens of inner alignment.

As MSys grew, I made a quiet promise to myself: we wouldn’t build a great company at the cost of great people.

So we nurtured a mindful culture where empathy wasn’t seen as weakness and balance wasn’t a buzzword. We celebrated our wins, but we also reflected deeply on our misses. We worked hard, but we valued silence too.

At team offsites, I began introducing short meditation sessions. At first, a few people rolled their eyes. But over time, those same people would come back and say, “Sanjay, that 10 minutes helped me more than a full weekend off.”

Success brought abundance and with it, the responsibility to share. That’s where Live 360° came in. Born from a desire to help others find the same harmony I had discovered, Live 360° wasn’t just a wellness initiative it was a reflection of my personal journey.

Through it, we guide individuals and organizations to thrive from the inside out. Because I’ve learned the real transformation doesn't happen in spreadsheets or slide decks. It happens in silence. In stillness. In self-awareness.

Today, when people ask me how I "managed" to blend meditation with entrepreneurship, I smile. Because I didn’t “manage” it I lived it.

And I still do.

Every morning, before the world rushes in, I sit. In that moment of quiet, I reconnect with the reason I started this journey in the first place not just to build a business, but to live a life of meaning, balance, and contribution.

From that place, the profit flows naturally. Not just the financial kind but the joy of building something that matters.

If my story reminds you of anything, let it be this: You can be peaceful and powerful. You can build an empire and still hear your inner voice. You don’t have to choose.

Start within. The rest will follow.