Forget everything you’ve been told about the soul-crushing sacrifices you need to make to achieve corporate success.

THE ZEN HUSTLE CODE:
Life-changing Strategies for Unstoppable Career Growth
by Bhasker Jaiswal
with Anupam Mukherji
HarperCollins India, March 2026

Whether you’re a twenty-five-year-old facing corporate dread, a thirties-something climbing the professional ranks or a forty-plus executive wondering why you spent your youth perfecting PowerPoint fonts, THE ZEN HUSTLE CODE shows you how to excel in both your career and in your life.

C-level advertising veteran Bhasker Jaiswal tells you how to crack the code to becoming a top performer, create long-lasting legacies-all while having time for your hobbies, holidays and the things that truly matter in life. Co-authored with Anupam Mukerji, better known as the once-anonymous blogger Fake IPL Player, this radical guide transforms complex career strategies into practical insights that actually stick.

Through this book, you’ll learn the sure-shot way to:

– get your promotion
– understand the dynamics of your office – red and green flags
– get to CXO while still owning your weekends, and much more.

Using brilliant analogies and real-world examples, Bhasker and Anupam deliver the blueprint for an impressive career while keeping your peace of mind intact. Because life’s too short to spend pretending conference rooms are living rooms!

BHASKER JAISWAL is ex COO of the media business at Dentsu India—the fifth largest advertising network in the world. Over a twenty-five-year career, Bhasker has worked with advertising giants like Omnicom and Publicis across India and SEA. He has handled some of their largest clients including Apple, Pepsi, P&G, Coca-Cola, Danone, Intel, Visa, Johnson & Johnson, etc.