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@warikoo
Jul 2, 2021 • 26 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
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I asked people to share their secrets with me.

A thread...
Every Tuesday, on Instagram, I ask people to ask me anything on a certain topic.
This week, I asked them to share a secret instead.

I wasn't ready for what hit me!
You may have connected with some of these secrets. They may be yours.
But no one knows!

Or they may be secrets of your most loved ones.
But you wouldn't know.
Be kind to people.
Everyone is carrying a load.
As are we!
Let this thread be a reminder to seek help, to live life for our own self, to fall in love with ourselves.

That we don't need to pretend.
We shouldn't have to pretend.

Hugs to all of you.
Thank you for sharing your secrets with me.
I do not take this trust lightly.

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Nov 22
13 life hacks that can change your life...

1/ Scared of saying no to people?

Instead of saying no (or worse, saying yes), ask for permission to say no. "Is it ok if I say no?"

Most people will accept your no, this way.
2/ Don't want to come across as self obsessed?
Whenever someone shares anything about their life, resist the urge to share your own experience around it, unless asked.

Avoid "me too", "I also do this", "I was thinking exactly the same".
3/ Want to deal better with failure?
Practice failing.

Everyday, pick up a task with a high chance of failure, but low cost of failing.
Ask strangers for money.
Send cold emails.
Ask someone out.

Within 30 days, you will start dealing with failure a lot better.
Read 14 tweets
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Sep 9
20 books that taught me more than school and college ever did.

For those who can't afford, I am giving away these books for free (read below)


1/ Rework
by @jasonfried @dhh
The book changed me. Threw open a different way of looking at the world.

Remains my most gifted book of all times.amzn.to/3MBqdmb


2/ Better Under Pressure
by Justin Menkes

This book saved me in 2016, when I was down and about during the worst phases of my startup life.amzn.to/3XzE6aM
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Sep 7
I received an email recently which broke my heart.

(Trigger alert - this email can cause a lot of distress by simply reading it!)Image
Imagine:
Salary of 1.2L pm + 20K pm from brother + 30K pm pension from mother.

BUT:
Has a 25L loan.
12L credit card debt.
Personal loan of 17L with 36K EMI.
Home loan of 70K EMI.
This is not a rare case.
This is a common phenomenon.

1/ Easy access to credit.
2/ Pressure to buy a house in the 20s itself.
3/ Pressure for a grand wedding.

Household income of ~18L, and yet, being unable to pay for even food!
Read 7 tweets
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Aug 28
1995
I was 15.
Papa had just lost his job.
We were down to our last few thousands in the bank.
He went to the bank to withdraw 10K.
On his way back, someone robbed him of it. Image
We plunged into chaos.
Financial debt.
Personal favours.
Collectors at our doorstep.

I remember days where ma papa would skip a meal, because we didn't have money.
Ma's salary of Rs. 1000 as a primary school teacher was supporting us.
At the peak of this crisis, we received news that the government would pay compensation for Papa’s house in Kashmir, which was destroyed by now.

Accepting the compensation meant he would never, ever have the home he grew up in.
But that money would save us.
And it did.
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Apr 29
Fat-free at 43!
How I shed only 10kgs in a year to get to this shredded look.

The 3T Model
1. Track
2. Train
3. Transform

(long post alert - you might want to bookmark this for future reference)
1/ Track

Track your calorie-in (how much you eat) and calorie-out (how much you burn).

An average adult burns/spends around 2000-2500 calories a day.
One can use a smart-watch/ring to figure this out.

However, our food intake is rarely tracked.
Which makes all the difference.Image
The ONLY way to lose fat/weight in the body is to get to a calorie deficit.
Which means, you consume lesser calories than you spend.

When we get to a 7000-7500 calories deficit, we lose ~1kg of fat.
(the reverse is also true - 7.5K calorie excess = 1kg fat gain)Image
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Mar 10
20 years back, at the age of 24, I got my first ever job.
It paid me Rs. 14,746 per month in hand.

In 2 years, at 26, I was earning 12L per annum.
Another 3 years, it reached 33L per annum.

Here is how it happened...
In Mar '04, at the age of 24, I dropped out of my PhD program at Michigan State University and came back to India.

What made the decision easy was the 100% scholarship I was on.
There was no tangible loss of money.
Just the intangible burden of letting down everyone in my world.
With no goals, no plans and no visibility over my future, the first thing I needed was financial independence and stability.

I had to get a job.
Any job.

I tapped into my (limited) network, spoke to my friends, applied through newspaper adverts, went for walk-in interviews.
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