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What if depth, not speed, is the missing piece in your success?
Many of us find ourselves achieving at pace, chasing more, yet feeling less anchored. Shallow living can silently drain energy by blurring purpose, straining relationships, and leaving behind a lingering sense of emptiness.
In Choose Depth, Deboleena Dasgupta sets out an uncomfortable truth: ‘If you are restless, you haven’t touched real success.’ This book is your guide to a reset. Through a blend of timeless wisdom, neuroscience and psychology, it will help you pause, reflect on what truly matters, and reconnect with the real YOU through the everyday dilemmas of life and leadership.
Depth comes from simple daily micro-practices that turn insight into habit. Discover how to:
- Anchor yourself in calm even when life feels chaotic
- Balance ambition with restraint, presence, and perspective
- Integrate clarity, courage and compassion into daily choices.
Deboleena Dasgupta has led People Strategy, Change and Culture globally across geographies. Her debut book, Choose Depth, is a guide to growing as a whole human while building a lasting legacy. Integrating timeless wisdom, psychology, and neuroscience, it explores the drivers of human and leadership behaviour and offers a grounded path to clarity in modern complexity.
At the heart of the book is Deboleena’s signature framework, the 4i Rhythm – Introspection, Insight, Intention, Impact – supported by practical depth tools that help individuals, teams, and organisations rise meaningfully and sustainably.
A London Business School alum and systems thinker, Deboleena has lived both sides of the journey — the relentless pursuit of success and the longing for inner peace. From organisational politics to closed-door breakdowns, Deboleena in her long corporate journey for over two decades has seen a common pattern: talented professionals compromising wholeness for short-term wins, chasing the 3P s (performance, power, promotion) while neglecting the 4i s. Her message is simple: ambition and depth are not trade-offs — they are inseparable.
Introduction
The Case for Depth as a Way of Living
Part 1: The Ground Beneath
1: The Myths of Outer Success
2: Depth: A Complete Face of Growth
3: Building Depth through Micro Practices: The Art & Science
Part 2: Anchoring the Self
4: Filtering The Real from The Unreal
5: Meeting Your Truest Self
6: Looking Beyond The Outer Shell
Part 3: Aligning the Inner Compass
7: What Are You Here For: Purpose and Meaning
8: What You Will Never Trade: Your Values In Action
9: The Real Power Move: The Dance of Belief, Trust and Courage
Part 4: Practices Under Pressure
10: Walking the Tight Rope: Balancing Your Paradoxes
11: Why You Met Who You Met: Building & Sustaining Relationships
Part 5: The Inner World
12: What is hijacking your hOS: The Human Operating System?
13: All About Energy: Patterns, Residues and The Legacy You Leave
Part 6: Depth In Daily Living
14: How to Fulfil Your Depth Potential
15: Presence: The Beautiful Face of Depth
Part 7: Integrated Depth That Lasts
16: Everyday Living: Depth Principles and Practices
17: Everyday Leadership: Depth Principles and Practices
Part 8: So What Next?
18: The RoI of Depth: The Real Gain
Epilogue