Entrepreneur, Author, Content Creator with 15M+ followers across platforms. I share this newsletter every Friday around personal growth, books, quotes, pictures - it is the most personal version of me online.
You are already old
YOU ARE NOT OLD!
At 24, I felt like I was 40.
Every young person thinks they are already old.
I felt terribly old, felt my life was over, saw my friends doing so much better than me while I was still struggling to make sense of where I was in life.
It was a tough time.
Funnily enough, I am 43 now, and don't feel a day older than, say, 28!
I feel like I am just getting started; there is so much to look forward to, I am at peace with myself, and I couldn't care less about how others are doing.
Now that I reflect upon this reversal of sorts, I realize that it is virtually impossible to not feel old when you are young.
Because there is so much action happening around you, that this feeling of FOMO is perpetually there.
So much seems to happen in a single day that you feel if you are not ready for it, you are going to miss out on a lot.
Plus, the world doesn't help.
Most of us are still living in the shadows of our parents, who are constantly telling us to settle.
Finish your education.
Get a job!
Get married!
Have kids!
Buy that house, that car!
And we feel we are on this timeline that we didn't choose for ourselves, but were thrown into without our permission.
And if, God forbid, we are confused or not interested in what we are doing in life or feel disillusioned by where we are headed, this feeling of being old magnifies.
Our life is over!
Because we haven't made sense of it by the time we were expected to!
Here is the deal.
You may not have a choice to feel old when you are young.
But you do have a choice to feel young when you are old.
And that will only happen if you constantly keep challenging your core beliefs.
Beliefs through which you operate and live.
I had beliefs in my life.
I believed that going to the US was the only way to get a grand life.
I believed that education and college was the only way to earn a respectable income.
I believed that if I made a promise to my parents, then going back on that promise was betrayal.
I believed that if I am good at something, I should be happy doing it as well.
I believed that I would be happy if the world liked me.
Today, I know these beliefs were limiting.
I had lived by these beliefs and yet, I was clueless.
So it was time to change them.
And only if you change the beliefs that limit you in your life, will you form new ones that give you hope, joy, and contentment.
I am sure I still have beliefs that limit my thinking.
But the good thing is that I am constantly challenging them.
You do the same for yourself, my friend.
Ask yourself, "What are my core beliefs, that tend to limit me and not set me free?"
You are not already old.
You have a wonderful life ahead.
Look forward to it.
You have only one.
And it is just getting started :)
📕 Book I am reading right now
Still reading NOISE: A Flaw in Human Judgement by Daniel Kahneman (author of 'Thinking Fast and Slow').
It explains the biases with which we tend to make poor decisions.
I love biases.
So much so, there is an entire chapter in my next book dedicated to biases that make us take poor money decisions.
Here is a list of all the books I have read while writing this newsletter (in alphabetical order).
My third book MAKE EPIC MONEY is already available for pre-order on Amazon (starts shipping Jan 27th)
HelpClub: The safe way to seek help
Last month, we launched a new app called HelpClub - which, through anonymity, makes it easy to give and receive help.
The response has been phenomenal.
People are pouring their hearts out and seeking genuine help.
And it's wonderful to see so many strangers offering help.
I am addicted to the app - checking it every day and responding to as many queries as I can.
Try it out for yourself.
Results of last week's survey
Which of these did you WANT to buy in 2023, but could not?
(Select as many as applicable)
- Phone
- Tablet / Computer / Laptop
- Bike / Car
- Stocks / Mutual Fund / Gold / Real Estate
- Clothes / Shoes
- Books (non-course ones)
Shocking!
The majority answer for everyone above 23 (which is when most people start earning) is that they wanted to invest but did not!
And the biggest reason?
Lack of money.
That is PRECISELY why you have to invest, my friend.
Because there will rarely be a time when you will have the 'right' kind of money to start investing.
I hope 2024 changes that.
My book 'Make Epic Money' will aim to do so.
My response:
Nothing. I ended up doing all that I wanted to do - super grateful!
Quotes to share
Mediocrity is cancerous.
Once you begin to accept mediocrity, it sends signals that it is acceptable.
Before long, everyone and everything around you is mediocre.
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You don’t procrastinate because you are lazy.
You procrastinate because you are scared.
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Sarcasm has a unique property.
If it doesn't have an intelligent audience, it will make you look like stupid.
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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.
Kids grow up so fast :((
It is bittersweet.
This is from Uzma's parent-teacher meeting.
Nothing beats the bliss of sleeping in the Delhi winter afternoon sun :)))
Went for a lovely dinner with wariCrew, to celebrate 10M+ cumulative followers across social media.
In picture (from L-R):
Ruchi (Business manager), Supriya (Product manager), Ruchika (Distribution lead), Shivam (Audio engineer), Shaurya (YouTube Lead), Piyush (Video editor), Me, Surabhi (Course Operations), Gitanjali (Course business lead), Ananya (Student support), Horia (Visual design).
Sitting: Aditya (Video editor) and Rishwajeet (Content Operations)
Concluded our latest course - Make Writing A Career - and had an offsite with the course team.
Standing (L-R): Pavneet, Furqan, Sagar, Me, Nidhi, Ayush, Dhairya, Vibhuti, Amar
Sitting (L-R): Aishwarya, Abhishek, Ananya, Surabhi, Gitanjali, Naman
Getting old — getting specs!
Did a lovely IG live with James Clear (author of Atomic Habits) - you can see it here.
That's it for the week in pictures. Have a lovely weekend and week ahead, all of you lovelies :)))
Question of the week
How was 2023 for you, when it comes to investing your money?
- Did not invest
- Invested more than 2022
- Invested less than 2022
- Invested for the first time
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(and see the results of others, too)
🎙️ Podcast I shared last week
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🚀 Content I shared this week
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