If you are unhappy with your job, it is time to do something about it.
Where do you start?
And -- more importantly -- how to build more options?
A thread:
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Where do you start?
And -- more importantly -- how to build more options?
A thread:
👇👇
1/A very quick story about me:
- I started my career working with a non-profit organisation.
- While the work was great, I was just making INR 10K a month.
- This was bad, really bad. I could not even meet my everyday expenses.
My first step was to cultivate more options.
- I started my career working with a non-profit organisation.
- While the work was great, I was just making INR 10K a month.
- This was bad, really bad. I could not even meet my everyday expenses.
My first step was to cultivate more options.
2/I had done well on the GMAT in college, so I started a small side tutoring business.
Every month, I used to get 1-2 private clients.
This 'side gig' helped me make 5X the money, I was making from my regular job.
Every month, I used to get 1-2 private clients.
This 'side gig' helped me make 5X the money, I was making from my regular job.
3/Important lesson: I was not trying to build the next Google.
I thought small. But, more importantly I STARTED.
Big ideas help you make 0 money. Small ideas can still help you make some (in fact in my case a lot) money.
I thought small. But, more importantly I STARTED.
Big ideas help you make 0 money. Small ideas can still help you make some (in fact in my case a lot) money.
4/This brief phase in my life left me with a very important lesson:
No matter what you do, always keep building something on the side. No matter how small.
No matter what you do, always keep building something on the side. No matter how small.
5/ Using this philosophy: I built a series of small digital businesses (admissions consulting, management consulting, startup advisory, content writing etc)
These were all cash flow rich businesses right from day one. No debt and in most cases, I owned 100% of the businesses.
These were all cash flow rich businesses right from day one. No debt and in most cases, I owned 100% of the businesses.
6/Over the years, I got an opportunity to work with top-tier firms.
My goal at these firms was simple: learn as much as possible. And, sharpen my business acumen.
My goal at these firms was simple: learn as much as possible. And, sharpen my business acumen.
7/With a bit of experience, I realised my most important lesson:
Standalone skills are okay, but they become magical when consolidated.
For example: writing skills are great. But, if you combine that with knowledge about marketing, you are onto something.
Standalone skills are okay, but they become magical when consolidated.
For example: writing skills are great. But, if you combine that with knowledge about marketing, you are onto something.
8/Post this realisation, I have spent every singly day learning something new.
It could be a new language, new business, something novel in tech.
It could be a new language, new business, something novel in tech.
9/This consolidated understanding has helped me become a better investor: in startups, stocks and different assets.
Knowledge is power, truly!
Knowledge is power, truly!
10/Three key lessons from my journey:
- Experiment
- Optimise (make the most out of your opportunities)
- Adopt inter-disciplinary understanding.
- Experiment
- Optimise (make the most out of your opportunities)
- Adopt inter-disciplinary understanding.
11/What can you do if you are not happy with your job?
a. Start with the easiest thing you can (eg. if you are an IT professional, just create a website, take sign ups and teach people how to code)
b. Start running a few experiments.
a. Start with the easiest thing you can (eg. if you are an IT professional, just create a website, take sign ups and teach people how to code)
b. Start running a few experiments.
c. Understand that the world is uncertain and it will become even more uncertain by the next decade.
Create urgency.
d. Build a system in your 'good times' to reap benefits in your 'bad times'.
Hard work, consistency and a positive thought process helps you build a system.
Create urgency.
d. Build a system in your 'good times' to reap benefits in your 'bad times'.
Hard work, consistency and a positive thought process helps you build a system.
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