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warikoo Wanderings

by Ankur Warikoo

Entrepreneur, Author, Content Creator with 9M+ followers across platforms. I share this newsletter every Friday around personal growth, books, quotes, pictures - it is the most personal version of me online.

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Is this what you do on a vacation?

There are 3 kinds of vacations 1) Where you do things in excess that you have done back at home as well. Party, sleep, chill, dance, eat. I call them escapes. Not vacations.They are escapes from your current life. Most vacations lie in this category. 2) Where you do things that you could have ONLY done where you have gone. Sightseeing, top restaurants, top experiences. These vacations are memories. They are not a blur. They are a moment. Something you will remember and cherish for a while....

about 5 hours ago • 4 min read

There are 3 kinds of vacations 1) Where you do things in excess that you have done back at home as well. Party, sleep, chill, dance, eat. I call them escapes. Not vacations.They are escapes from your current life. Most vacations lie in this category. 2) Where you do things that you could have ONLY done where you have gone. Sightseeing, top restaurants, top experiences. These vacations are memories. They are not a blur. They are a moment. Something you will remember and cherish for a while....

1 day ago • 3 min read

3 things I learnt from Sahil Bloom Last week, I hosted Sahil Bloom on his first-ever visit to Delhi. We started with a breakfast information catchup with founders and creators.In the evening, we had a large gathering at the Bharat Mandapam with 1,000+ people.As I spent time with him, I observed 3 things about Sahil that stuck. Walk the talkSahil is one of the most disciplined people I have met. He shares a lot of wisdom through social media — either through Twitter, Instagram, his newsletter,...

8 days ago • 5 min read

From 3 LPA to 33 LPA in 5 years 20 years back, at the age of 24, I got my first ever job.It paid me Rs. 14,746 per month in hand. In 2 years, at 26, I was earning 12L per annum.In another 3 years, it reached 33L per annum. Here is how it happened... In Mar '04, at the age of 24, I dropped out of my PhD program at Michigan State University and came back to India. What made the decision easy was the 100% scholarship I was on.There was no tangible loss of money.Just the intangible burden of...

15 days ago • 7 min read

Sahil Bloom in the house If you do not know Sahil, you are missing out on someone really valuable. He is a content creator - but more than that, he is one of the most disciplined individuals out there. When it comes to health (he is fit af), wealth (his companies make $10M annual revenue), or relationships (he married his college sweetheart and has a lovely son now) - he is the epitome of routine and discipline. I got in touch with Sahil 3 years back when he actively started creating content...

22 days ago • 3 min read

Do you know which animal kills most humans every year? If you are thinking wild animals — lions, elephants, tigers — no. If you are thinking snakes — good guess, but not the right one. If you are thinking mosquitos — great guess. That's #2. You know which animal kills the most humans every year? Humans :) WE kill more humans than any other animal every year. War, violence, fights, terrorism. We somehow believe that the world is split into us and them. And we feel that for someone to win,...

29 days ago • 5 min read

3 harsh truths about the workplace 3 harsh truths about the workplace that affect hard-working people more than the rest: 1/ Good folks are dismissed as “too nice, too honest, too innocent, too naïve”.“You do not know what it takes to win in this brutal world.” And that’s true. Good people often finish last. Because the game favours the ones who bend rules, who bypass them, and have flexible morals. So you have two options. Find a place that is non-negotiably aligned with your value system or...

about 1 month ago • 4 min read

The surest way to plan for the futureI met Ali Abdaal last weekend in London.He is a creator with 5M+ subs on Youtube, only 29 years of age, based out of the UK, and one of the foremost names in productivity. I have been following him for ~5 years; was part of his 1st Part-Time YouTuber Academy cohort in Aug ‘20 and love his authentic content style. However, what transpired in the 3.5+ hours we spent together, left me an even bigger fan. 5 things stood out: 1/ Curiosity He asked questions. A...

about 1 month ago • 4 min read

What makes people successful? I often think about success. Not in a way that I am obsessed with it. Instead, I am curious as to what leads to success. Why is one person more successful than the other? Especially when the conditions, opportunities, knowledge, and expertise are more or less the same. Here is my opinion. To feel successful, a necessary and sufficient criterion is a feeling of purpose. Something to look forward to. Something to work towards. That excites you, drives you,...

about 2 months ago • 4 min read

8 things that parents kill within their kids 1/ Kids are born with no other fear except that of falling. Every other fear, they learn while living. As parents, we are largely guilty of instilling those fears in them. Parents kill their fearlessness. 2/ They are born with the ability to immerse themselves. In play. And focus is a superpower today! As parents, we disturb this immersion, by asking them to now eat, poop, bathe, study, and go for classes. If only we allowed this immersion to...

about 2 months ago • 4 min read
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