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Ankur Warikoo

@warikoo

5 Feb

15 Questions that help in tough situations

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Question 1:
Do I need this or do I want this?

Need is a necessity. Want is a desire.
Whatever is it that you are going after, is that a necessity or a desire?

It is amazing how much of our time goes in fulfilling desires, disregarding our needs.

Question 2:
What else could this mean?

"My boss isn't talking to me because she hates me!"
"What else could it mean?"

"I am not happy, but this must be just a phase"
"What else could it mean?"

Go beyond your most obvious explanations.

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Ankur Warikoo

@warikoo

29 Jan

15 things I wish I was told, when I was in my 20s

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1.
Your grades in college are not going to define your life.
The first company you work for is not going to define your life.
Your first pay package is not going to define your life.

2.
Who and why you decide to spend your life with - is one of the biggest decisions you will make in your life.

Don't take it lightly.

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Ankur Warikoo

@warikoo

27 Jan

Oct 2003
I was a PhD student in the US.
Good with what I was doing.
This was all that I had worked towards.

But I wasn't happy.
Something was missing and I didn't know what.

It was a tough time.
I was confused.
Clueless.
Directionless.

One day, I went for a walk around the campus, with my camera.
And ending up clicking a photo.

While taking it, I had tears in my eyes.
The scene reminded me of my life.
Open fields. And yet caged.
Could see far out, but still couldn't cross.

It was many years later, in 2016, that I got a chance to go back to campus.
And I wondered if this spot still existed.
It has been 13 years.

Vaguely remembering the route, I got to the parking lot.
Walked up to the point.
And there it was.
JUST THE SAME
As if nothing had changed

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Ankur Warikoo

@warikoo

22 Jan

20 uncomfortable truths about life

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Uncomfortable Truth 1:
Life has no purpose.
We came from nothing. And once we are gone there will be nothing.
No one will remember us beyond a few years or decades.
And yet we will spend every second of our life wondering what people think of us!

Uncomfortable Truth 2:
Where you were born, who you were born to and when you were born, has the highest correlation to where you will end up in life.
Your opportunities, your privileges, your worldview, all stemmed from this lucky event that you had no role to play with.

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Ankur Warikoo

@warikoo

15 Jan

20 lies that the world feeds us everyday

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Lie 1:
If you don't settle in your 20s, you are gone!
This is the decade.
You don't get another chance.
Study fast, get a job, get married, kids, that car, that house.
Quickly!
Time's running.
Look at everyone else doing it!

Lie 2:
People who are poor are lazy.
People who are rich are hardworking.
It is your fault if you haven't made it in life.
Look at everyone else who made it.
There is nothing granted or gifted in life.

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