It all began two years ago when I got an email from google maps inviting me to join as a local guide. I readily accepted the invitation and signed up as a local guide. To be honest, at first I didn’t take it seriously. I had a very casual approach to this program. Then a year ago I was on a trip to Mumbai from Delhi and with the help of reviews of other local guides, I was able to explore the city like never before. Now I used to check reviews before entering into the restaurants rather than just selecting any random ones and regretting it later, I checked the tourist places to explore went through the pictures and then decided whether or not to visit a particular place, etc. Local guides almost changed my perspective about exploring the places from a traditional approach of asking the hotel manager or other local people about the place to the modern and more appropriate approach. That was the day I decided to review as many places as possible with prompt details and a lots of pictures so that I could also be a part of this amazing local guides’ family and help as many people as I could!
As I began reviewing more and more places, I didn’t know whether it was making any difference or not because the views that I received were less than a hundred. But I thought to myself that at least I’m making a difference for those hundred folks. But then I began writing more detailed reviews with as many pictures as possible and gave as much details as I could. Slowly and gradually my views started shooting high and as on this day total number of views on my reviews are 11,632 and total views on my photos are 85,275!
That’s how it all began and changed my perspective thereafter. Now I know that with every review, I’m making a great impact. I love it when people like my review and give importance to it. They take out their precious time to read my reviews and they give importance to it. I think that my purpose of beginning to join local guides program has begun to serve. I feel so happy and contended when any of my reviews cross the milestone of a thousand views and then another thousand and so on.
Because of local guides, I now begin to believe that words can really make a huge impact. A person can reach to thousands of hearts with the help of honesty, dedication and hard work. If you help even a single person, you feel so good; then imagine how would it feel to be privileged enough to help thousands of people.
Let me conclude it now, this journey from a single view to more than 10,000 views wasn’t easy but it was worth the hard work. I won’t stop here now; I’ll learn more and improve myself more to help more!!
Thank you for taking out your precious time and reading this.