Personal Currency Feat. Ankur Warikoo - Simple Ken Podcast | EP 45
May 13, 2024
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Ankur Warikoo, a successful businessman turned content creator, discusses our relationship with money, generational differences, the importance of trust in work and relationships, effective communication, resilience, and the evolution of writing and content creation. The conversation also touches on finance, book sales, personal connections, and south Indian financial practices.
Establishing trust is crucial in work relationships to enhance productivity and efficiency.
Trust plays a pivotal role in building brands and creating successful enterprises by simplifying processes and fostering reliability.
Focusing on daily progress and finding joy in the journey towards a goal cultivates a sense of fulfillment and happiness in pursuits.
Deep dives
Building Trust Through Experience
The speaker recounts a significant experience from their first job, where they had to create financial statements for a real estate project, despite their dislike for accounting. Initially, they believed the manager's role was to correct their work, but the manager emphasized the importance of trust. This lesson shaped the speaker's belief that establishing trust is crucial in work relationships to enhance productivity and efficiency.
Embracing Trust in Cultures and Relationships
The discussion expands to the significance of trust in a culture that may be trust-deficient, like India. By starting with trust, individuals can experience increased productivity and efficiency. The speaker highlights how trust plays a pivotal role in building brands and creating successful enterprises. Trust not only simplifies processes but also fosters a sense of security and reliability in otherwise skeptic environments.
Finding Joy in Progress Towards Goals
Recognizing the importance of progress over final achievements, the speaker uses a metaphorical gym scenario to illustrate the value of experiencing progress. Emphasizing that joy lies in the journey towards a goal rather than just its attainment, they encourage focusing on daily progress and finding joy in the process itself. By shifting the mindset from solely fixating on end outcomes to relishing incremental achievements, individuals can cultivate a sense of fulfillment and happiness in their pursuits.
Measuring Progress and Celebrating Achievements
Acknowledging the importance of measuring progress both in personal achievements like YouTube success and physical training, the podcast stresses the significance of celebrating smaller milestones along the journey. Through examples like realizing unexpected growth in a YouTube channel and noticing positive changes in physical appearance, the episode highlights the necessity of tracking advancement to appreciate how far one has come.
Balancing Confidence and Humility
Exploring the delicate balance between confidence and arrogance versus humility, the podcast emphasizes the value of objective self-assessment. By advocating for the ability to consider differing viewpoints without ego and the willingness to learn, the episode defines confidence not as knowing all the answers but as seeking truth objectively. It contrasts arrogance, where the individual claims infallibility, and underconfidence, where self-deprecation impedes growth, promoting a mindset focused on continuous learning and self-improvement.
Talking to Ankur Warikoo is exactly like experiencing his content online. He is on point, clear and very charismatic. You know him as a successful businessman and now a full time content creator who talks about finance, motivation and recently health! We covered topics ranging from our relationship with money, the differences we see in generations and why trust is important at work and in your personal relationships. Hope you enjoy this conversation and let me know what parts engaged you the most!
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