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7 lessons for your career

1/ If people can't trust you, it doesn't matter how smart you are.

2/ Write your emails assuming everybody will read them.

3/ Don't be in a hurry to create impact. Be in a hurry to learn.

4/ Early in your career, pick a job where you learn the most, regardless of the money. Learning compounds faster than money!

5/ Never trust your memory. Write everything down.

6/ A great way to set yourself up for success is to do more after you are finished doing what you were told to do. Become positively unpredictable.

7/ Early in your career, you get paid for what you can do. Later on, you get paid for what you know.

Bonus: In the end, every role boils down to how you deal with people.

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Book I am reading this week

Finished reading Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up and would genuinely love for every parent to read it. Please.

Started reading a very interesting book by Neerja Chowdhury - How Prime Ministers Decide.

It's a gripping narration of 6 key decisions taken by former Prime Ministers that went on to define the country in meaningful ways, and what went behind the scenes preceding the decision. I am quite enjoying the book - I rarely like such political non-fiction but this one is well-written and well-crafted.

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My new book, MAKE EPIC MONEY, is now a national bestseller, having sold 115,000+ copies.

Here is a list of all the books I have shared in this newsletter so far (in alphabetical order).

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Results of last week's survey

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Which social media platform do you use the most, from these?

• Instagram
• YouTube
• Twitter/X
• LinkedIn
• Discord
• Don't use social media much

Here are the results:

Observations:

• YT is the winner for the young and the elderly. IG is for the cool kids, haha!
• LinkedIn gains prominence with age, as expected.
• Twitter/X peaks in the 30s.
• Discord is only for the young.
• Around 10% don't use social media much - shabaash!

My answer:​
Twitter is where I spend my max time. Around 1hr/day. Total phone usage is around 3hrs/day.

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Quotes to share

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The secret sauce for productivity isn't more hours; it's intentional rest.

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There's no such thing as "I can't".
Either you don't want to. Or you need help.

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Early in your career, you get paid for what you can do.
Later on, you get paid for what you know.

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📸 My week, in pictures

In this section, I share my week in pictures, for those who do not like to read as much as I write :))
I do so not to show how cool a life I live, but instead to show you what are the highlights of every day. As you will see over time, my days are mostly in repeat mode - the same things, but different experiences from them.
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From my colour painting class. Which one is better? :))

Full moon night. This is at 5 am :))

Was in Chennai last week. This 16-year-old Samyak Jain presented this awesome Rubik's cube portrait. Such talent!

Addressed the FICCI Flo Chennai chapter - super high energy!

This is from our 6-year-old's class. What amazing ideas from Class 1 students. Unfortunately, this ambition, audacity, and curiosity will go down as they grow up :((

This Saturday, went to Old Delhi for a walk around Kabootar Baazi (Pigeon Flying). Unreal experience.

The charm of Old Delhi remains unmatched!

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That's it for the week in pictures. Have a lovely weekend and week ahead, all of you lovelies :)))

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Question of the week

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Which of these things do you love the most?

• Sleeping
• Food
• Watching content
• Reading
• Playing (games or sports)
• Working

(and see the results of others, too)
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🎙️ Podcast I shared last week

Tools

🚀 Content I shared this week

📹 YouTube:​

​Financial plan for 38,000 salary​

📱 Instagram:​

​7 questions for mom​

🐥 X:

​Fat-free at 43 - how I did it​

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You can, of course, always write to me by simply replying to this newsletter.

I love reading all your emails, even though I may not be able to reply to them all.
Yes! I READ ALL MY EMAILS. ALL OF THEM.​
​(Iss summer bhayankar garmi ke andeshe ki kasam)

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