Do Epic Shit Summary

The book does not cover a single topic in depth but touches on several topics like awareness, habits, entrepreneurship, success, money, and relationships. The book is full of key ideas which led him to create one of the biggest personal brands in the country.

Entrepreneurship is the most brutal way to discover yourself. 

The three worst reasons to become an entrepreneur

1)Because I wanna make money.

2)Because I hate my job.

3)Because Everyone else is doing it.

Entrepreneurship is hard, For the longest time, it will not give you the luxuries of a salary job. Only when your drive is internal, Only when you’re consumed by a problem you would be able to experience the joy of becoming an entrepreneur. If you want to solve a problem while you hope for success, you’re ready for failure too.

Most people who want to start a business think they should quit their job and start a start-up, not true in my opinion. Work nights and at weekends, test your idea out. The minute you have to push the start-up and work to make money is very different from, let’s see if this even works. Irrational optimism is the founder’s death trap.

• Right time to start investing is TODAY.
• Don't make big decisions when reeling under debt.
• Liquidity is critical.
• Have excess cash? Wait for the right time.
• Diversify based on what works for you.
• Take loans only for things that appreciate in value.
• Live within your means always.
• When in need of money, don't break mutual funds.
• Our income is not capped but our spending can be.
• Know the value of your time.
• Avoid FOMO investing like Bitcoin.
• Start a company, own stocks, create rental income > Renting your own time.
• Take risks early on.

• Gold is an investment, while jewelry typically is not.
• Asset is not defined by how expensive it is.
• Your salary has nothing to do with the wealth you can make. Your net worth is not defined by how much you earn.
• Once you get rich, give money to those who do not have it.
• Buy a house only if you need to. Else push your decision.

• The most important and the least practised, are the things that internet keeps on telling us.
• Being calm despite the storm is a powerful skill.
• Emotional debt kills more people.
• You procrastinate due to fear, not because you are lazy.
• Being truly satisfied with how far have you come is biggest achievement.
• Calm people does not mean lack of drive, they have the most fire.
• Make a move, this brings momentum, stagnation over indecisiveness amplifies sadness.
• To take a tough decision, ask yourself what's the worst thing that can happen.

1. Set Ambitious Goals
2. Take Action
3. Prioritise self-care
4. Stay persistent
5. Embrace Failure
6. Build strong relations
7. Practice Gratitude

Strive for big, meaningful goals that challenge and inspire you.

Don't just dream; take concrete steps toward your goals every day.

Who you spend time with will define the stories you hear.

The stories you hear will define the stories in your head.

The stories in your head will define you.

In a world filled with people living their lives for someone else, a truly well-lived life, is the one where we stay true to our own selves.

Time goes away and leaves us with only one of these two things: regret or results. A year from now you will wish you had unfollowed emotionally draining people. A year from now you will wish you had said ‘no’ more often. A year from now you will wish you had said ‘yes’ to yourself more often. A year from now, you will never be sure of the results.

My relationship with success has been driven largely by my relationship with multiple failures...

Other's success generate massive self-dout every morning when you get up.

Get up anyway.

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What is the single biggest thing you can do to help you towards professional success?

People do not have to follow up, when you commit to doing something.

That's it.

. . .

We crave novelty, yet settle for a one-career life.

We crave novelty, yet choose to define ourselves by just one role, one title, one function, one designation.

We have one life. But we don't need to be one person.

You actions decide your luck. So does your lack of actions. Luck isn't really good fortune. Luck is what eventually happens when your hard work yields results.

We know ourselves through our thoughts. But we know others through their actions. That is true for others as well. It does not matter what we say. What matters is what they see us doing.

Luck happens to those that make things happen.

A year from now, you will wish you had started today. 

START TODAY.

Knowing when to say no and saying it is a life skill.