21 Powerful Life Lessons

21 Powerful Life Lessons Learned the Hard Way

I didn’t learn these in a classroom. These 21 lessons were paid for—millions of dollars at a time. Some cost money. Others cost sleep, pride, or people. None came easy. 

This isn’t borrowed wisdom. It’s forged through failures, near-misses, and a few wild wins. IPOs that felt like endpoints but were really just commas. Doubts that turned into fuel. 

If you’re building, breaking, or just beginning—these aren’t tips. They’re tools. Use them. Or don’t. 

Just know—they work. I’m living proof.
  1. Luck loves surface area—expand yours relentlessly.
  2. Think in Zeroth principle, execute with First principles.
  3. Never settle down, always move up.
  4. Always bet on yourself—all in.
  5. Dreamers hope, strategists seize.
  6. Learn, unlearn, relearn—remember the ‘earn’ in learn.
  7. It’s never about how—it’s about who.
  8. The 4S Formula: (Sankalpa × Shraddha) ^ Sadhana = Siddhi
  9. Move Fast or Fail fast
  10. Never use double negatives in thinking or talking like “No worries”
  11. Learn to be peaceful, not happy
  12. Success has many fathers. Failure has only one. You!
  13. Focus like a laser. Regular light doesn’t cut anything.
  14. Be meticulously ambitious
  15. Leaders anticipate, losers react
  16. “Culture eats strategy” – A good strategist
  17. If you like what you’re doing, work never feels like work
  18. If it’s not a hell yes, it’s a no
  19. When in doubt, dont!
  20. IPO is a comma, never a period.
  21. Nothing matters in the end—everyone dies. Live fullest.

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