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From a Rs 1 crore London job to cleaning Airbnb apartments how she rebuilt herself
Economy
Published on 7 May 2026
Her title vanished and her worth followed
Shweta Desai, once a high-earning executive in London, says relocating to Australia and landing a job cleaning Airbnb apartments shattered the identity tied to her title. Rather than treating it as a setback, she used the shift to question self-worth and money’s meaning, then turned her experience into coaching and community building for others seeking reinvention.
- A sudden career fall forced her to rethink her identity
- Cleaning Airbnb apartments became the start of self discovery
- She redefined the meaning of money and personal worth
- Now she works through coaching and building community
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