Ankur Warikoo Quotes

The pro is the amateur who simply showed up every day.

Sit on as many chairs as you can before you find the one chair on which you feel you belong.

This book is not going to be a revelation. It is meant to be a reminder. A reminder of how life happens to all of us, in a similar yet unequal fashion.

Persistence isn’t a one-day miracle. It is a conscious choice translated into habit.

It is better to be busy in the chase of finding yourself instead of being busy in the rat race and never know yourself.

Emotional debt has killed more people than financial debt ever will.

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.

Only when you go against the flow will you find your own flow.

Ego is a bubble. Instead of bursting it and seeing what all lies outside, we invest most of our energy protecting it.

If you don’t ask, the answer is always no.

Time goes away and leaves us with only one of these two things: regret or results.

It takes effort to find love. It takes effort to feel fulfilled. It takes effort to be fit. It takes effort to be happy. Which is why most of us do not have love, fulfilment, happiness or fitness in our life.

Build a team so strong that someone from the outside doesn't know who the boss is!

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.

People will help you only when you have helped them understand how they can.

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

Nothing beats the feeling of having done more in twenty-four hours than what the day expected you to!

It is not the privilege that harms us. It is our lack of awareness of our own privilege that harms us.

Safe is better than sorry. Nope. Risk is better than regret.

A year from now, you will never be sure of the results. But you can certainly be sure of regret, if you don’t start today.

We say yes more often just because we want people to feel good about us! We thus end up feeling worse because of these tiny betrayals.

No one sees the multiple failures before that one ‘huge success’.

There is temporary discomfort in doing the unconventional. There is permanent discomfort in living life as a template.

When you pick mentors who are way beyond your level of expertise, you might miss out on a lot. The things that you seek are so obvious to them they won’t even realize you need an explanation!

The key to having more opportunities in life is to

The key to having more opportunities in life is to give yourself enough opportunities to get curious.

Reflecting upon my mistakes has taught me the most about myself.

Words are wise. However, stories strike.

Your kindness might cause you pain, a sense of betrayal, heartburn. Be kind anyway.

Run away from those who are trying to run away from themselves. Those who are not willing to heal themselves. Those who do not want to know their deeper parts. Those who are not okay and do nothing to change it. Those who do not want to have difficult conversations with themselves. Run away from those who never run towards themselves.

Your true friends are those who are TRULY happy for you when you succeed. Be that true friend for others.

Show people who they can be. Instead of telling them who they shouldn't be.

Irrational optimism is a founder's death trap!

It is only when both the parents contribute in raising their child that they keep their partnership alive.

Everyone had different beginnings. Different temperaments of parents. Totally different interests and hobbies. Different ways parents perceived success. Different teachers who taught you to fit in. And you expect yourself to outsmart someone else. It is an insult to your journey. And an insult to what all you have endured to get here.

A great leader should be replaceable when it comes to their tasks and actions. And irreplaceable when it comes to their thoughts and visions.

.... gold is an investment, jewellery is not. When we disguise our desires as our needs, we almost always end up making a mistake.

Financially smart people take loans even if they can afford, to save money. Financially weak people take loans knowing that they can't afford, to spend money!

Loss is a result. Fear is an input. You don't control your results. You always control your inputs.

No one knows the highs or lows of a market. The best way to invest over a long term is to invest regularly. Irrespective of the price at that time.

No one sees how you overcame your habits and systems despite having ‘failed’, because they focus on the end result, that you failed.

When you don’t have anyone, you have your siblings. And that’s something you don’t ask for. Your parents give you that gift.

I wish everyone could get rich and famous and everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that’s not the answer.’ – Jim Carrey

The more we get the process right, the closer we get to the targets.

I don’t set goals, for two reasons: – You do it for a destination, instead of becoming someone in the process – You invariably start chasing another destination, upon reaching one.

A great leader should be replaceable when it comes to their tasks and actions. And irreplaceable when it comes to their thoughts and vision.

Ninety-nine per cent of people want to be led. They want to be told what to do, and then they will go on to do their best. They want to be led. Not managed.

If you are comfortable dancing in public without alcohol or drugs, you are at peace with who you are.” -Ankur Warikoo

Do not show up for every argument you are invited to!

How we think of our problems is how the world will think of our problems.

Your actions decide your luck. So does your lack of actions. Luck isn’t really good fortune.

The world will constantly be defining success and failure for you. Realizing this is what is called self-awareness.

They can’t read our thoughts. All they see is what we do. It does not matter what we say. What matters is what they see us doing. Commitments are nothing if not backed up with actions.

Luck happens to those that make things happen.

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

Commitments are nothing if not backed up with actions.

I knew what it was to live without money. But I didn't know what it was to live without happiness.

Breaking your limits without even expecting to is the powerful way to see how much more you are capable of.

When we rule ourselves, we can never be ruled by our problems.

You are what you do. Not what you say you’ll do.

A plan is the only way to get to any point in life. If you do not have a plan, you do not have any chance of getting anywhere.

Your attendance doesn’t define your discipline. Your attention does.

Respect >> Empathy >> Sympathy Sympathy is a form of pity. Empathy is rising above it and thinking at par with someone who is going through. Respect is rising beyond what they are going through, and letting them know that they are doing a beautiful job. No one is useless. Everyone knows something you don’t.

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.

You are what you do. Not what you say you’ll do. We know ourselves through our thoughts. But we know others through their actions. That is true for others as well. They can’t read our thoughts. All they see is what we do.

To know what you don’t know is power. To ask and learn what you don’t know is a superpower.

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Some of the smartest people in the world are competing for your sleep time. You know what that means? Your sleep is VERY IMPORTANT! to you AND to them. Don’t let them win!

Others’ success will generate massive self-doubt every morning when you get up. Get up anyway.

The truth is, your current rules of success and failure have been written by the world. Go ahead and rewrite them. For yourselves.

Listening to someone without judgement or prescription is the most precious gift you can give someone.

The underconfident, people-pleasing, overweight, stuck on one path, bad with money, judgmental kid.

They can’t read our thoughts. All they see is what we do.

Living as a template because it’s comfortable isn’t experience. It is choosing to not have experience.

Perfection is personal. It is what makes others wonder. But for you it is the only way you know!

How we treat others is a reflection of how we treat ourselves. It is rare almost impossible, for a mean, conniving, hurtful, racist, bigoted person to truly love themselves.

If I can't trust you, it doesn't matter how smart you are.

You don't control your results. You always control your inputs.

Better to be lost for something worthwhile. Instead of getting lost in everything worthless.

Picking one, teaches. Picking both, confuses.

It’s easy to gossip about a colleague. It’s the right thing to understand their point of view.

If you are scared of losing You have already lost!

The distance between ‘I could have’ and ‘I have’ is regret.

If you had to choose just one habit for the rest of your life, let it be of not complaining. And see how effortlessly you reach solutions.

How you treat someone who has nothing to offer defines your value system.

We know others through their actions. We know ourselves through our thoughts.

Whatever you are feeling today will fade away.

Fear has led to more procrastination than laziness ever will.

Your self-talk determines your self-worth.

Capability is rarely the question mark in life. It is always the intent.

The toughest skill as a leader is to be calm during the toughest moments.

Being yourself in a world that is chasing a yo-yo-ed version of everyone else, is the ultimate reward.