Focus on learning more than studying. Because when you start learning, you become curious and in the process become creative. Creativity leads to imagination and thinking. When you start thinking you acquire knowledge and skill. Knowledge gives you power and helps you make a living!. Your earning ability today is largely dependent upon your knowledge and skill. And more importantly your ability to combine this knowledge & skill and put it into practice. Knowledge is like a treasure and practice is the key to it. Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice. Knowledge has a beginning but has no end. Learning and acquiring knowledge doesn’t stop after college. Be a lifelong student! The more you learn, the more successful you become and also you earn more as a result of your success. Money is just a by product of success. Success is a result of knowledge & skill put into practice day in and day out. So Learn. Become curious & Creative. Start thinking and acquire knowledge & skill. Put acquired knowledge and skill into practice day in & day out. You will become successful. Remember to be a student for life!
From fat to fit, from family packs to 6 packs in 6 months! 🏋🏻
Check out my earlier blog post on why I started this fitness transformation journey. 21 kgs (46 lbs) down in 6 months with the right diet, determination, dedication, and consistency. From 85 kgs (187 lbs) to 64 kgs (141 lbs). From 26.8 % body fat to 10% body fat. From 28.4 BMI to 22.4 BMI. From being Fat (Obese) to Fit. From 34 to 29 inch waist size. From family packs to 6 packs. All in 6 months. No fat burners used till today. No steroids or injections. I love the grind and always like to hustle for the muscle!. A 7 year dream of having a fitness model physique finally happening. Halfway there. If there is one thing that I have failed at repeatedly and wanted to accomplish the most in the last couple of years — it was this!. I don’t like being just a dreamer for long, I like to accomplish what I dream about. Been working out from 2013. A 7 year dream finally done in 6 months! The photo on the left (first pic above) was taken in August, 2017 on the first day after I joined the gym again in July. I ended up deleting…
How I lost 6 Kgs (13 pounds) in 4 weeks
Over the last couple of years, I put on a ton of weight. Munched on anything I could lay my hands on. Tried my bit like everyone, hitting the gym once in a while but was never consistent in doing so or following the right diet. I used to watch a ton of videos on Calisthenics workouts and admire people like Frank Medrano, fitness models like Nick Bateman and even actors like Tiger Shroff and Vidyut Jammwal for their strength and physique. I would have watched this video of Frank at least a 100 times over the years — Every year during January, I would make a resolution to be more fit that year, but failed every single year. Same happened this year as well!. In November this year, I decided it was time that I stopped admiring other people’s fitness and physique and let other’s admire my physique and fitness. I decided to do men’s physique (which is lean muscular) not bodybuilding (I’m not bulking up, just shredding). I have always been training at gyms where the trainers have never accomplished what they promise to help you accomplish. I decided to train with someone who has accomplished what he promises. To accomplish anything, I believe you need…
How we got funded by 500 Startups
Getting noticed by 500 Startups was harder before they had an application process. In 2012 without an application process, you needed to be recommended by people within the 500 network (company founders or mentors). They do have an application process now. My co-founder Ramakanth Dorai and I were 23 year old recent college grads from India who started Walletkit and didn’t know anyone from the 500 network. But this is how we hustled our way in. On Aug 24(2012), I saw a tweet by Paul Singh from Mumbai Airport. His subsequent tweets revealed that he would be in a couple of Indian cities meeting entrepreneurs and meeting him would require a referral. I cold emailed him rather than looking for a referral with an intro about our team, the product and asked if we could meet in Bangalore which is closer to our city, Chennai.I use a small trick when mailing people who get a lot of emails. I check their facebook and twitter profiles for updates and mail almost at the same time they tweet or share ( used Tweetdeck for notification of updates). He replied asking about our product, but then went radio silent. Followed up via email in the next couple of days but there was no response. Later on, his…