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.
The #1 indicator of professional success is this...
DO YOU ASK QUESTIONS?
I have been working for 18+ years, 14 of which has been as an entrepreneur.
Over these years, I have had the opportunity to manage teams as large as 1,000+ people.
A lot of them have been from the best schools/colleges in the world. A lot of them have been from schools/colleges whose names we would not have heard of.
People from all sorts of background - economic, social, and mix.
So if someone were to ask me this question:
"Hey Ankur, what do you think is the #1 indicator of professional success?"
I would have my answer immediately ready.
Curiosity.
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Irrespective of college, grades, background, experience - this one attribute is singularly, in my experience, something I have found in all top performers.
They are innately curious.
Before giving answers, they love asking questions.
And they are genuine when they do so.
Why does it work?
Because this curiosity drives learning.
They question why things happen a certain way, why people behave a certain way, why the results came out that way, how can they do better, how they can do different?
They question and that drives new ideas, new plans and new journeys.
Which is baffling, because we are ALL born with curiosity as a trait.
Remember how many questions we asked as a kid?
Why does this happen? Why does that happen? What happens when this happens, that happens?
We are ALWAYS asking questions.
Unfortunately, for most of us, this curiosity is crushed!
School, and even parents - silence us.
They qualify us asking questions as dumb.
They say that asking questions is irritating.
They suggest answering, instead of questioning.
So over time, we stop.
But the ones who don't, keep moving forward!
Here are 3 ways for you to inculcate curiosity as an innate habit.
- Ask questions. This is the surest way. Ask a LOT of questions. More than you give answers to.
- For all important decisions you have taken in the past, ask WHY did you take that decision, 5 times. Start with "why did I do that?" Whatever answer you get, ask again "Why did I do that?". So on for 5 times in all.
- When presented with a new fact or new piece of information, go on Wikipedia and read about it.
Do this for 30 days and you will be a changed person. I guarantee you!
Ready to try?
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π Book I'm reading this week
Still reading Marching Powder: A True Story of a British Drug Smuggler In a Bolivian Jail by Rusty Young.
It is getting more and more interesting with every single page.
BTW - here is the link to my 2 books
βDo Epic Shit - hard hitting truths about life, one page at a time.
βGet Epic Shit Done - answers to 36 life questions that we all have, for our lives.
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π£οΈ Response to last week's question
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
Here are the results
As expected, the younger you are, the more keen you are on Crypto.
Notice how in the 30s, 60% either own or intend to own Crypto, which goes down to 40% for those above 40.
I also say that's the right way. The older you get, the less risk one should take and thus less investments in volatile assets, such as crypto.
My answer:
I own Crypto. Only 3 coins though - BTC, ETH and SOL.
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ππ»ββοΈ Question of the week
Are you a morning or night person?
- Morning person
- Night person
- Ok with both - doesn't matter
- Still figuring it out
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πΈ Picture of the week
From a recent hike that I was on. Love the blue sky and the white tee, creating a lovely serene look :))
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ποΈ Podcast I shared this week
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π Content I shared this week
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β18 destroying habits in your lifeβ
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β3 wrong lessons that college taught usβ
π₯ Twitter:
β11 of my favorite booksβ
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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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