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