My top 30 takeaways from 2021
3 min readJan 18, 2022
- Don’t live in the past. Stop thinking about the past whether it is a good or bad past. One past or result went poor, you hang on it in such a way that you are incapable to do anything in the future. Being in the past is the worst way to live.
- Average people usually hang on to the past. These people are like a log of wood flowing in the river. They remain mediocre and just go with the flow. They live like a dead ducks. They always think, “why did it happen to them”. Successful people discuss ideas, knowledge, and the future.
- Every second of your time spent in your day should be decided by you. Not by your girlfriend, not by any external force, not by anyone. You are the master of your time. Self-thought and collective action is the path to success.
- Superlative success and growth come by action, not by the reaction. Get into the culture of attaining exceptional intelligence.
- Talent vs effort — Almost all the time effort works. It hardly matters whether you are talented or not.
- Business vs Brand — Businesses need your presence, you need to monitor each part of it. Once it becomes automated and doesn’t your presence, your product reaches into auto-selling mode, then it is a brand.
- Think 1000 times before you say or write anything to anyone, specially when you have to take toughest decision in your life.
- Logic vs emotion — Humans beings are emotional fools. Be logical. The opinion is the cheapest thing. Even at pan shop, people give suggestions that what Obama or trump and Modi have to do. Always give facts or backups, or give opinions supported by proof.
- You become an average of 5 people whom you talk or spend time with. So cultivate good people around you.
- New knowledge can help us become richer. If someone acquires a startup or venture, the core reason of the deal is to conquer knowledge. Once it is done, the original company finishes/kills the competition.
- Anyone who can make a big bet/understand human behavior can win and become successful.
- Your hard work and action should be superlative as per your aspiration. You cannot crack it with a regular schedule.
- Achieving anything significant is time-consuming, tough, and uncertain.
- If you want to be extremely successful, competition is the way and security is a way out. Be hypercompetitive.
- Don’t celebrate success. It is still day 1.
- Every day you have to be a better version of yourself. If you are not growing, you are dying.
- If you don’t know how to sell without looking like a seller, your success will be limited.
- Long-term leadership can be achieved when there is no selfish game.
- Mediocrity is never celebrated.
- The amount of success you can achieve is proportional to the amount of uncertainty you can handle.
- Management and leadership are all about managing complexities only.
- There is a huge difference between being a lie and being creative.
- Don’t take shortcuts. Be extremely consistent.
- Consider everyone, for eg IAS officers, CEOs, Industry veterans, or big shots as equal. Then only you can speak effectively to them.
- Learn the art of story selling, not storytelling. Focus on how did I add value to my story/ in my life rather than what happened in my life.
- Doing something daily and making it a habit is a must. Once you master a habit, it becomes an addiction.
- Your beliefs are your biggest enemy and your biggest support.
- You can neither fail nor succeed without action.
- Think about the process, not the goal. Believe in the process.
- Always get into the shoes of other people and think about what they want/expect from you. These people can be your customers, mentors, parents, employees, employers, or anyone.
