I have a new game for you, ready?


HOW OFTEN WILL YOU PLAY THIS GAME?

I am a game builder and I have created a whole new game for you.
Here is how it works.
Each time you play, there is a 90% chance that you will lose!
Yeah, you heard that right - 90% chance that you will lose.
BUT - the amount that you lose, is capped.
YOU WILL NEVER lose more than a certain amount, which is known to you already.
No matter how much you bet, the loss is always up to a maximum loss. Never beyond that.

10% of the times that you play this game, you can win.
And when you win, you can win BIG. There is no upper limit. You can win infinite. More than you ever needed in life.

In short, 90% of the times you lose with a maximum loss (you will not lose beyond that), and 10% you win with no maximum gain (you can win any amount - no upper cap).

Here is my question for you.
How many times will you play this game?

Take your time to think about it.

Here is my answer.
Every single day of my life!
If I know that my loss is capped but my gains are infinite, I will play this game as many times as I can, to get to that 10% win probability.

This, my dear friend, is the game of life.
If you are reading this newsletter, you understand English, are most probably consuming it on a smartphone, so you can afford it and also have access to high-speed internet.
What this means is that whatever risk you take in life, your loss is capped.
WHATEVER risk you take - you are NEVER going to lose everything.
We are all privileged. We are never going to die of hunger or poverty. We are never going to be there on the streets.
Our losses are capped.
They are notional in our head - what will people say, I will not have as much as others, others will make fun of me.
These are not losses.
These are feelings.
Our actual loss in life is capped - whenever we take any risk.
But if we win, IF WE WIN - we can change our entire life!

If this is truly the game of life, I would play this game again and again and again and again and again and again!

Would you?


If your parents were not rich, but you got a good education, be grateful for their sacrifices.

📕 Book I'm reading this week

Started reading Marching Powder: A True Story of a British Drug Smuggler In a Bolivian Jail by Rusty Young.
A breath-taking thriller true story about San Pedro, a notorious jail in Bolivia. And within the jail a famous inmate Thomas McFadden. The book is hard-hitting, real and funny. If you love crime thrillers, this should be picked up, especially since it's true!


🤳 HOW TO INSTAGRAM - India's most comprehensive Instagram Creator School

After launching 'How to YouTube' which already has 10,000+ students, we are now launching a 8-week LIVE course, specifically for Instagram.

Here my team and I will share all the tactics that helped us grow from nothing to 1M followers in 18 months and grow to 2M followers in another 12 months!

30 students will be selected for the course and be given a 100% scholarship (no fees) for this course.

(last date: 31st March 2023)


The pro is the amateur who showed up everyday.

🗣️ Response to last week's question

Super interesting. As people age, they start to get un-fitter!

I saw a reel the other day, which stayed with me.

As kids, our mothers used to be after us to come home and eat. But all that we wanted to do was play!

And as we grow old, it reverses. All we want to do is eat, and we have to be forced to play!

Strange, isn't it?

My answer:

I think I am very fit - both my body and mind. I love it :)


🙋🏻‍♂️ Question of the week

Do you own any crypto?

  • Yes - more than 20% of my total investments
  • Yes - but less than 20% of my total investments
  • No - but intend to soon
  • No - and do not intend to own ever


Why you do something is far more important than how you do it.

📸 Picture of the week

Our quarterly offsite this time was in Srinagar, Kashmir. Absolutely stunning experience - spending an entire day at Gulmarg, in the snow, then chilling on the lawns of Lalit Srinagar and playing games like we always do.

This is my team waricrew :)

Standing (L-R):
Supriya (Product Manager), Shivam (Audio Engineer), Piyush (Video Editor), Shaurya (Data Engineer), Horia (Graphic Designer), Ruchika (Distribution), Gitanjali (Courses lead), Aditya (Video editor), Surabhi (Course operations)
Sitting (L-R):
Ruchi (Business manager), Ananya (Course Customer Support), Nishtha (Content Lead)


🎙️ Podcast I shared this week


🚀 Content I shared this week

📹 YouTube:

Fix your financial future in 2023

📱 Instagram:

Why you should fire your friends

🐥 Twitter:

10 Fascinating concepts around life


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