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I WILL GIVE YOU WHAT YOU WILL BEG FOR

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You are out of shape.
You are in a miserable job.
You hate college.
You are in a toxic relationship.
You haven't called your friends for days now.
You haven't said "I love you" to your partner for weeks now.
You haven't spent time with your kids with undivided attention.
You sleep odd hours, wake up odd hours.
You have been telling yourself to start reading for months now.
You haven't started investing yet.
You feel stuck in life.
You are confused. Scared. Helpless.

I am certain you fall into one of the above statements, if not more.
You know what you have to do.
But gathering the courage to do it is another thing altogether.
So everything is pushed to this wonderful world called tomorrow.

Tomorrow: a mystical land where 99% of all human productivity, motivation and achievement is stored.

And the reality is, tomorrow makes us feel good.
Because it gives us hope.
It makes us feel powerful in the moment, because there is indeed a promise we make to ourselves.

Of starting to change.
Making the change possible.
It feels achievable in that moment, within our reach.
We feel we are not tricking ourselves, nor are we lying to ourselves.

But we all know how tomorrow ends up for us, don't we?

That tomorrow has never showed up!

"Today" continues to make promises for tomorrow.
And every tomorrow continues to become tomorrow.
Until one day, there is no tomorrow!

I want to take you to that moment.

Close your eyes for 60 seconds for me, will you?
Before you do, read this next paragraph.

"Imagine yourself on your deathbed.
Your last dying moments.
Surrounded by your family.
The kids you could not get to spend time with.
Your partner whom you will never see again.
The regrets staring at you, fiercely.

In that moment, all you would beg for, is time.
You will beg for one more day.
One more hour, one more minute, one more second.
Anything that can give you the chance to say all that you wish to say, express yourself the way you wish to, reconcile with your guilt, your regrets, your own self.

I want you to vividly feel that helplessness.
As if it were happening right now to you."

Now go ahead and close your eyes.
And imagine this moment!

Done?

I won't ask you how it felt.
It most likely did not feel good.

Instead, I will give you what you were begging for.
Time.

The time you would be begging for, on your deathbed?
That time is what you have today.
You have time.
Doesn't matter how much.
You have time!

You have today.
YOU HAVE TODAY!

Are you going to waste it, like you do not have it?
Or are you going to spend it, like it is the only thing you have?

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BOOK I AM READING THIS WEEK

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I finished reading Atmamun: The Path to Achieving the Bliss of the Himalayan Swamis. and the Freedom of a Living God and I would highly recommend the book to those in their 30s/40s. Might be hard on those in their 20s because there is a lot to process in the book.

I have started reading Beyond Good and Evil, by Friedrich Nietzsche

​Neitzsche is one of my favorite philosophers (after Seneca) and I have always wanted to read this book, which is a compilation of his views.

My book DO EPIC SHIT touched sales of 1,20,000+ and this week I spent a day preparing for the big giveaway to celebrate the milestone :)
If you haven't read it till now, you can consider ordering it here :)

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QUOTES TO SHARE

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Achievement is what you feel within. Not what you show.
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Love yourself. Be in no rush to be with someone. Instead crave to be with yourself.
You will find love, when you find yourself to love.
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When we wish to win, the fear of losing overtakes the joy of winning.
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RESPONSES TO LAST WEEK'S QUESTION

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Last week I asked you:

What do you think happens when we die?

1. We are reborn
2. We go to heaven/hell
3. Nothing happens. We just die!
4. How do I know?

Here are the responses:

Observations:
1. As you grow older, you realize that nothing really happens when we die. We just die!
2. There is still a fair share (though reducing with age) that believes we are reborn.
3. Heaven/hell isn't much of a thing, it seems :)
4. An admirable share is admitting that they simply do not know. Notice that it is highest when one is young and as we grow old we seem to have figured death out (or so we think!)

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PICTURE OF THE WEEK

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Was in Mumbai last week for a recording. Something SUPER EXCITING is coming up :)

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QUESTION OF THE WEEK

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Pick one, to define yourself:

1. I am usually more patient than impatient.
2. I am usually more impatient than patient.

​​Click here to let me know your answer (anonymously)​​​​​

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CONTENT I SHARED THIS WEEK

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Podcast:​
Title of episode: You are going to be ok
​Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcast, Apple Podcast, JioSaavn, Gaana or YouTube.

YouTube:​
Title of video: I had no job, no money!
​You can watch it here.​

Instagram:​
Title of video: 3 things I wish I knew in my 20s
​You can watch it here.​

Twitter:​
Title of thread: 17 books you can read in one go
​You can read it here.​

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Yes! I READ ALL MY EMAILS. ALL OF THEM.
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