Kunal Shah (@kunalb11) on X (original) (raw)

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  Young folks in India are happy working from their native home & saving cost of rent and getting home food. This is a fantastic short term benefit but the cost of this is very high. Learning being around smarter folks & absorption by osmosis and overhearing has reduced to zero.
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  Elon musk may end up running 4+ 500 billion companies simultaneously at a relatively young age. What I want to really understand: how does he do it? How does he manage context switching? How does he design his Org? So many questions.
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  Debutants in cricket or business have the self confidence and talent that India has never seen before. This is the new India. Unstoppable.
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  Wealthy can give their kids almost everything except the struggle they faced to become who they are today.
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  India’s Population: 138 crore highest selling book in any year: max 1.5 lakh Most top books are motivational. Motivational books are like sports shoes. The joy of buying them makes you feel you’ve solved all your problems. But neither is really used by most except for status.
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  We as Indians will have 2 choices after this storm is over. Give up hope and leave this nation after all the pain and suffering we went through. Convert all of this pain and suffering as potential energy to fix this nation forever. One choice is easy, other is worthy.
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  Update: CRED members can now donate CRED coins towards buying oxygen concentrators for hospitals, healthcare orgs across India. With a goal of 1 billion litres, we’ve partnered with Milaap to ensure contributions reach hospitals in need.
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  Don’t be a prisoner of your résumé. You wrote it to describe your past, not your future.
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  Age doesn’t make you old. You become old when your brain resists new music, new cuisines, new artists, new experiences. Resistance to new is ticket to irrelevance.
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  In India, those who had to stay away from family in their formative years probably do better financially in life.
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  I turned 43 today. Here are the top 43 lessons that I’ve learned during my life that applies to everyone. 1/43 🧵
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  World is hard for ambitious people who don’t keep growing their skills. Ambitions are achieved with skills, not wishes and dreams. Those who are ambitious but don’t focus on deliberate upskilling, are in constant state of anxiety.