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Create content daily.

Over a period of a year, you have 365 pieces of content to ride on.

Spend 30 minutes daily, for a month to convert that into a written material.

Spend the next 60 days editing and polishing the book.

Your book is now ready!

The truth is, the next year is going to pass away anyway, what are you going to do about it when it passes?

What good employees do:
– Do their work

What great employees do:
– Do their work
– Help others with their work
– Take responsibility of their work
– Are accountable for what they do
– Do not put others down
– Invent new ways of growing the team
– Everyone can rely on them, without thinking twice.

The ones who truly learn everything, do not start with wanting to learn everything.

Learning isn’t a choice or a destination.
Learning is a lifestyle.

Those who end up learning “everything”, never ever started with the “want”.
Their curiosity was enough :)

Curiosity begins where desire ends.
Curiosity leads to everything, when desire leads you nowhere.

By writing down your thoughts.

Whether you are a writer or not.

When you write things down, you give words to clutter in your head.
That clutter then sees a direction, mostly a probable solution as well.
And even when you do not walk away with a solution, you have a clearer problem

When mind entangles, writing liberates.

Anyone you see cracking it hard in content, it is easy to say they got lucky.

Well, here’s the truth: We did get lucky with our content.

For 2+ years, we have been creating consistent content on all our channels – every day, every week, every month – without any fail. We show up, and we create content. When we feel like. And when we don’t feel like.

And over a long period of consistency, luck works out for you.
Luck favours those who don’t stop favouring the relentless hard work.

It’s been almost 18 years when I heard that from my first manager.

I still remember that.

In my first job, I had made a movie to train sales professionals – a training that would otherwise be given on PPTs.
It worked out really well!

Except, that I started getting a LOT of work, while others didn’t.

That’s when, while I was frustrated, my first manager said: Good people pay a higher price for being good than bad people pay for being bad.

That’s not it. It is the counter that is something I wouldn’t want to be: I wouldn’t want to be someone who isn’t trusted and is given responsibilities.

And when you know what you don’t want to be, you inch a step closer to who you want to be. Isn’t that priceless?

What’s a surprising long term investment to career success?
Being likeable.

It doesn’t mean you agree with everyone on everything.
It doesn’t mean you go after currying favour.

It means you:

1. Act with respect
Whether it’s a senior, junior, office peon, security guard, or your colleagues. Acting with respect irrespective of how they look, speak, dress, the college they went to or how much they earn, speaks a lot about who you are.

2. Don’t complain. Ever.
People who are constantly complaining suck the energy out of you. You wouldn’t be doing the same to others.

3. Embrace feedback.
You may or may not agree with every feedback you receive, however, if you listen to the objectivity of the message, it will only work out for you.

If people like you, life will be easier.

I absolutely unapologetically judge people who send “Good morning” messages on WhatsApp.

Until I became one of them :)

Last month, my team and I went for an offsite to Puducherry.
Offsites help us know each other, for not just the work we do, rather also for who we are.

Once I got back home, it felt weird to not have a meal together, after having all meals together for 5 continuous days!
So I sent a “good morning” text to our group.

My wife was surprised, because I would be the last person ever to do that!

It turns out, sometimes it is okay to surpass your own beliefs.
Especially when you’re missing your team :))

Scared of public speaking?
Speak in public.

Scared of approaching strangers?
Approach strangers.

Scared of cold emailing?
Send cold emails.

Scared of losing someone?
Love yourself.

Fear is beautiful.
I love fear.
Because behind every fear is a person you want to be.

Everyday, I interact with people in their 20s, who feel “old”.
They feel lost, because they are not yet “settled”.
They do not know what their purpose is!

Let me share with you my perspective.

I am 41, and I cannot even begin to tell you how young 41 feels!
In my 20 years of professional life, I have changed 5 careers.

I studied to become a space scientist, then dropped out.
I became a consultant, then quit to startup.
Started up and quit to join a large startup.
Quit the large startup to startup on my own again.
Quit the startup to create content.
Today, I am FAR AWAY from the 20 year old Ankur who wanted to become a space scientist.

And I am still not settled!

I don’t know what will happen next.
So you my friend, who are MUCH younger – the possibilities are endless!
Your future is yours.
Only when you chose not to settle.
Instead, keep exploring.