Thread by @simplykashif

2022 special👇

I wanted to write this 🧵 for sometime.

Based on my years of corporate experience.

This thread🧵 is for people who are young and employed with various organizations and trying to find happiness.

1/

Find your definition of happiness. Mine was:

1) Financial freedom.
2) Do things that I enjoy doing the most.
3) I always wanted to be the boss of my own time.

One thing I used to hate the most was when my Boss use to ask 1st thing in the morning (Kahan ho/ Where are you?)

2/

Soon I figured out that I cant leave job as i don't have Plan-B. So I decided to do my Job like my own business.

1) I negotiated with every Boss in a very transparent way ( I will give you 5% more than what is expected from me but I expect certain things from you).

3/

Trust me every Boss likes a confident player with BOLD mindset in their team and they are willing to ignore certain issues with individuals like me.

All they liked was the guy is consistently hitting the targets!

They stopped asking me "Kahan ho?" in the morning.

😀

4/

Always be willing to take city transfers in Job. This is probably the only thing that provided me more learning than any institutions could do.

Chandigarh
Punjab
Haryana
Uttrakhand
Uttarpradesh
Rajasthan
Delhi

I have lived & learned cultures of all these states.

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In you initial days in the Job work like a (Sipahi/Soldier) of an army. Just take orders and deliver. Why?

1. Get first hand experience on the job.
2. You learn the most in these early days. The more you slog yourself in early days tougher you evolve as an individual.

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When you "slog" blindly in those early days it helps immensely. You think that no one is observing your work.

Until you get a call from your current Boss who goes to another company and invites you to join him.

or

Or your competitor calls you to join them.

7/

I know it is difficult but I kept trying something as a side hustle to gain financial freedom. So I tried:

Amway : Failed
Forever: Failed
Lost investment in Speak Asia: Embarrassed.
Garments Trader: Partially failed

I failed but gained lot of experience!

8/

I soon figured out the reason of my failure in side hustles.

I was chasing money desperately.

I once again changed my attitude and started chasing something that I liked.

I liked "Public speaking/ Story telling".

9/

I started taking session on career, Soft-skills and how to be a good speaker?

Cost: For free.
Target audience: Students of government schools.
What I got?: Smiles on faces of kids.

I started enjoying it. This gave me happiness and improved my public speaking skills.

10/

Financial freedom still remained an unachieved goal and then came Bitcoin.

I was open to every new idea in my life and Bitcoin was just part of it.

I lost my entire life saving by investing in a Bitcoin Ponzi scheme.

Reason: I was desperately chasing money.

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I had taken a personal loan to invest. Honestly speaking my Job helped me to come out of that difficult phase of my life.

In the world of startups euphoria trust me Job as an alternative is not bad at all.

There is always a right time to switch that only you know best!

12/

No side hustle along with a job is a waste.

All my attempts made me a confident public speaker. Today people feel I am good as a speaker.

It was possible because I kept improving skills for 10 years as a side hustle.

I didn't knew I will be making Youtube videos one day.

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Today, after being known as crypto influencer, I know that true happiness can only be achieved when you honestly dedicate your life for a purpose to serve others.

You can do it with job as a side hustle or independently.

UR Choice

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IN THE END:

When I chased money : I failed.

When I chased purpose: I succeeded.

Have a purposeful #HAPPYNEWYEAR2022.