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In this latest edition of TalkCXOLife, Sunayana Nair, Editor CXO Life interviews Prashant Mehta, Partner at Lightbox, a venture capital firm in Mumbai. Now, Prashant is also known as the endurance man. Why you ask? Imagine pedaling from Mumbai to Pune and back, that is about 330km, for 13 hours, and (no don\u2019t run out of breath as yet) then within the same week of pulling off that feat, trekking to the Everest basecamp!\nWell, that is Prashant Mehta for you ladies and gentlemen!\xa0\nBorn in Mumbai, and having spent his growing years between India and Africa, Prashant studied biotechnology in the U.S. but ended up working for a bank, pursuing an MBA from Wharton School after which he headed straight to work for Lehman Brothers which helped him understand the art of investing in emerging markets. He subsequently moved to Silicon Valley to head Yahoo\u2019s commercial operations for emerging markets.\nIn this concluding segment, we chat up on work-life balance, Prashant\u2019s take on success and life\u2019s unpredictable twists and turns. According to Prashant, having flexibility in life to figure out and pursue what one wants to, is what work-life balance is all about. He believes he will consider himself successful when he will be able to get up in the morning and do what he wants to do, that day, rather than having to follow a schedule and though he is fortunate like most to have that freedom on most days, he hasn\u2019t been able to really act on it as often as he thinks he ought to. Prashant states that The \u2018Never stop learning\u2019 attitude is the legacy he would like to bestow his three wonderful daughters with.\nHappy Listening!