“If I am not happy doing something, I will never be the best at it”. With this simple philosophy, a 22 year old physics major dropout who returned from the USA, paved his way to a serial entrepreneur, bestselling author, online educator and a premium content creator. A household name in this one big social media family, Ankur Warikoo is your go to mentor who has answers for all the questions. A published author with ‘Do Epic Shit’ and ‘Get Epic Shit Done’, he has sold over 200,000 copies and still thrives to learn, build young minds and create genuine content that inspires millions. His journey is the most unexpected and yet feels like one among us. A humble middle class boy, harnessing the power of education and utmost self-belief, built an entrepreneurial market and his own brand value leading on the front foot. Marking his territory early on LinkedIn, voicing growth mindset and money building content, he has carved out a niche for himself. A family man who loves his wife and 2 kids dearly, how now at 42 he feels the most healthy and ever so young, he shared with us his mantra on - "How the Hell did I do it?" #AnkurWarikoo #KarishmaMehta #HumansofBombay 00:00 - Introduction 00:18 - Welcome Ankur! 00:54 - Ankur’s Childhood 2:28 - My Dad! 2:55 - One pen at a time 3:38 - F*** You 4:24 - FOMO was not real 4:59 - Ankur and his sister’s sweet gesture 6:01 - Scholarship and earning in $$ 7:52 - Savings, clearing debts and business sense 9:16 - Tumse naa ho payega 12:00 - Courage befriends Wisdom 13:22 - Life changing Mantra 13:55 - Ankur’s life in USA 14:39 - HOME 15:24 - MY Mom was shattered! 16:41 - My first job paid me 18:23 - Confused? Go, get an MBA! 19:10 - Ankur’s love for ISB 20:14 - My wife is my SRK 20:58 - Pyaar aur Dosti 21:20 - She was way out of my league! 22:00 - My Wife! 22:42 - She taught me what is happiness 23:55 - “I really don’t like you” 24:27 - Learn the art of Patience 25:26 - Click-Click-Click! 25:50 - Taste of Financial Freedom 26:51 - Stock Market wali tip 27:46 - My first car and entrepreneurship bug 28:38 - Leaving consulting 29:28 - Part time entrepreneur?? 31:05 - CEO of Nearbuy - GROUPON India 33:00 - “Sirf 5 mahine ke paise bache hai” 34:29 - Ankur’s LinkedIn Journey 36:32 - “Pay Rs.1 and attend my Webinar” 38:20 - I’m a big fan of… 39:24 - “Thank God for LinkedIn” 40:24 - ‘Do Epic Shit’ 41:31 - We sold about 5,00,000 Copies 42:04 - Karishma’s words of praise for Ankur 43:22 - Health and rethinking Hustle Culture 44:31 - Learn to respect your body 46:31 - Ankur’s open challenge to Arijit Singh 47:40 - Who is Ankur’s best friend? 48:15 - Ankur’s dating advice for youth 49:53 - Advice for budding Entrepreneurs 50:30 - Ankur’s Lungi Dance 52:27 - Ankur’s advice to his 20 year old self 52:51 - ‘3 things from this podcast’ - The Warikoo Way 53:49 - Thank You Ankur! 54:05 - Parting Words 54:13 - Next Guest Links: Humans of Bombay Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialhumansofbombay/ YT Shorts: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGvxyG0IG2yOxgfNe_0Waxw LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/humans-of-bombay Ankur Warikoo Twitter: https://twitter.com/warikoo?t=PjNpcJfOZh8zT_OvcS09OQ&s=09 Instagram: https://instagram.com/ankurwarikoo?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Karishma Mehta Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karimehta05/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karishma-mehta-b22151174/?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2F About Humans of Bombay – Humans of Bombay is a movement that started 8 years ago. We believe that every person has a story to tell and we want to help them tell these stories. In these years we’ve published stories across genres – stories of love, hope, faith and courage. And through our storytelling, we’ve built an engaged community of over 4.5M! Our idea is simple – to strike a chord with our community and catalog the beat of humanity, one story at a time.