Since 1994
RealPeopleSkills
I am Sanjay Thakur.
Careerologist. Lifologist. Founder, RealPeopleSkills. Since 1994.I restore and realign dreams and the dignity of life.
I recalibrate skills for overarching career ambitions.
I do this by providing a reliable, tested framework — built across thirty-two years of real conversations with real people — that helps you think and act in the right synergy.This is not conventional coaching. I am, by practice and by disposition, a sui generis coach — not a variant of a type, but a kind unto myself. I don't work from a borrowed model. What I bring is distilled from what I have actually lived, read, and observed.I approach this empirically, without losing sight of philosophy. Both matter. Neither alone is enough.Why I do it
Because life and career are more than everyday transactions.Where the learning came fromMy learning has come from two sources I trust most — books and people. My personal library reflects the first. My canvas of relationships — across backgrounds as diverse as you can imagine — reflects the second.Over the years, this work has taken me into IIT Roorkee, the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, KASIGA School, Biological E, and Anandam, among others. The individuals I have worked with are today spread across Marks & Spencer, Hindustan Unilever, Oracle, Infosys, TCS, HCL, ICICI, HDFC, Standard Chartered, Citibank, SBI, PNB — and some occupy senior positions in government.I hesitate to own their success. I simply nudged them toward their own potential and, where needed, helped steer the direction.98% of my practice comes through referrals. Thirty-two years. No cosmetics. Just people who sent other people.Who this is forIf you are at a crossroad — in your career, your relationships, your sense of self, or simply in your understanding of what this life is asking of you — this is where we work.Not to fix what is broken. But to restore what was always there.The person behind the practiceOutside of work, I am most alive when curled up with a book, sitting with someone over a cup of tea, or driving into the suburbs to talk with people there. I make sure no day ends without something that tickles my funny bone — and I never go to sleep without a thought or question waiting to wake me up the next morning.I live in Dehradun with my wife and two children — a life I consider, without exaggeration, fortunate.If something here resonates — let's test the fit over a simple call, first.
What people say"If you are seeking the nuances of building a meaningful and successful career — joyfully — I recommend you invest in yourself. An appointment at RealPeopleSkills has been guiding my path ever since. Perhaps reading this far shows your patience, willingness, and curiosity — which is exactly what a true mentor looks for. Book an appointment. You will only wish you had joined sooner."—Manas Pratap Singh, IIT Delhi
The Idea Behind the Work
Most people don't lack potential. They lack the conditions to see it clearly. Three decades of working alongside individuals at moments of transition has convinced me of one thing: real change doesn't come from prescription — it comes from awareness. My work is not about giving people answers. It is about helping them arrive at questions worth living with.
What I Work WithOver thirty years, my work has naturally settled into five territories — each distinct, each connected.Career — helping individuals move from confusion or drift into clarity about who they are professionally and where they are genuinely headed.Communication and Presence — developing the kind of language and bearing that shapes how people are perceived, remembered, and trusted.Adolescent Development — supporting young people through the formative years where identity, direction, and emotional intelligence are either built or missed.Relationships — offering adults a reflective space to understand the systems they live within — family, work, and the connections that define them.Existential Clarity — for those who have moved beyond the immediate questions of career and relationship and are sitting with the larger ones: who am I, what do I believe, and how do I want to live.These are not rigid programs with fixed outcomes. They are territories I have spent decades learning to navigate — and every engagement begins with understanding where you are, before anything else.
If any of this speaks to where you are right now, write to me. Every enquiry receives a personal response — usually within 48 hours.
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27, Tilak Road, Tilak Complex, Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
Understanding that transforms. Skills that stand out.