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Ambitious people are not in a hurry

I was speaking to a 22-year-old the other day, who recently started her first job.
"How is it going?" I asked.
"So so, not that great."
"Why, what happened? I thought you were really excited about this company, role, and even the money."
"Yeah, all that is good, but I am not creating any impact, Ankur."

Sorry, what? Did I hear impact?

"Impact? How long have you been working?"
"It has been 6 full months Ankur. And yet, no impact."
"Ummm - who told you that you have to create impact in 6 months? There are people who have been at it for 6 years and they can't claim to have created any impact. What's the hurry?"

But that's the problem - today's ambitious people seem to be in a hurry.

And if there’s one piece of advice I can offer to ambitious people, it’s this:
​Don’t be in a hurry to create impact.​
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Everything is available to us instantly nowadays.
Food.
Movies.
Information.
Social media doesn’t help either — where it seems like everyone your age is winning, except you.
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You feel like you are the only one left behind.
When the truth is — you are on YOUR OWN timeline.
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The most meaningful things in life take time.
Growth.
Purpose.
Contentment.
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Practice patience.
Because if you don't, you will always feel that you are not moving fast enough.
When the truth is — you are moving just as fast as you could.
It's going to make you reach just in time.

You WILL get there.
You just don't know it, yet!
So you are in a hurry to get there.
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Book I read this week

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Started and finished Sourav Ganguly's biography, "A century is not enough".
Quite an interesting read, which is why I finished it in a week itself. I grew up during the time of Ganguly, Tendulkar, Dravid, Laxman - to go through their stories felt like going through my own life, at times.
Even if you do not like cricket, biographies are a wonderful way to learn about life. This book does full justice. Pick it up!
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I have shared several books in this newsletter over the years.
​A list of all of them can be found here.

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Build An Epic Career - STILL at a 45% discount!

From an MRP of Rs 450, the book is right now selling at Rs. 248 on Amazon - which is such a steal for a hardbound book. Grab it while it lasts.
​Grab it now!​

Click to check out "Build An Epic Career" - in English, in Hindi​

Question of the week

Would you want to have a second child?

• Yes
• No - one child is enough
• No - don't want kids

(and see the results of others, too)

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Results of last week's question

Male Respondents

Female Respondents

Super interesting.
While some men think it's best to have their first child between 18-22, not even a single female thinks that is a good idea.
In fact, 50% (shocking) of women below 18 do not believe in having kids.
Understandably, bulk of women and men believe 27-32 is the right age, with more women thinking so than men. Almost everyone (except those below 18) feels the right time is 27-32 years, and I agree.
Interesting to see.

Clearly women are moving towards late kids or no kids at all. This week's question will answer further.
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​My response?​
If one wishes to have kids, then I think 27-32 is the right age. Ruchi and I had Vidur at 31 (both of us are aged the same).

3-2-1
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3 pics from last week

Haircut day for Uzma :))

I am coming up with a book for teenagers titled, "What they will never teach you at school"
These are the 2 cover options - which one do you like more?

I love the stage :))

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2 quotes I wish to share

You will never be 100% ready!
Confidence comes from doing, not waiting or preparing.

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Excuses only emerge because there are no results.
But excuses do not equal results.
No matter how good the excuses are.

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1 new thing I learnt this week

Bluetooth was named after Harald Bluetooth, 10th century King of Denmark and Norway, who unified warring tribes from Denmark and enabled greater communication between people.

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🎙️ My top content from last week
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📹 YouTube:​ Complete financial planning for Rs. 30,000 salary​

📱 Instagram: Is this real love? 5 signs​

🐥 Twitter: One step at a time​

🎧 Podcast: I understand​
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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.​
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