Kunal Tulsiani. Post-Exit Spiritual Growth

Apr 11, 2024

Entrepreneur Kunal Tulsiani shares insights on spiritual growth post-exit: applying Vedantic principles, balancing business and self-actualization, managing desires over wealth, and building a philosophy-focused business. Discusses impact investing, self-discovery, and stages of spiritual development, emphasizing the importance of gratitude, service mentality, and inner peace.

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

Balancing Routine, Discipline, and Desire for Impact

02:14 • 21min

Reflections on Post-Exit Journey and Transition to Unselfishness

22:50 • 2min

Balancing Pragmatism and Spirituality in Impact Investing

25:14 • 21min

Balancing Impact and Profitability in Investments for Sustainable Growth

46:36 • 2min

Cultivating Selfless Intentions and Service Mentality

48:29 • 22min

The Journey to Inner Peace and Wisdom

01:10:45 • 8min

Seven years after stepping away from his highly successful business, Kunal Tulsiani has gained profound personal insights into purpose, meaning, and fulfillment. In this episode, he shares how these insights now direct and drive his post-exit journey. He also offers actionable advice for you and me to live a more meaningful life.

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Timestamps: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:03: Introduction 00:04:04: Personal journey into Philosophy and Spirituality 00:08:29: Career beginning in Real Estate Development 00:12:32: Importance of maintaining discipline 00:16:02: Transition from selfish to selfless 00:19:57: Applying Vedantic principles to business and personal life. 00:21:09: Leaving the Oligarch and Starting Own Property Business 00:23:05: Desire to Teach Philosophy 00:24:46: Naming of Family Office - Impact Assets 00:26:30: Finding Balance in Desire for Business and Self-Actualisation 00:27:52: Conflict Between Desire for Wealth and Spirituality 00:29:50: Concept of Managing Desires Over Wealth Management 00:31:21: The Case Study of Post-Exit Entrepreneurship 00:34:31: Understanding True Nature from an Entrepreneur Perspective 00:36:20: Desire for Control vs Spiritual Growth 00:38:57: The Role of Agitation in Sparking Bliss 00:39:56: Stages of Spiritual Development 00:40:08: Levels of Spiritual Growth 00:44:07: Building a Philosophy-focused Business 00:46:52: Impact Investing 00:50:20: Principles of Self Discovery 00:52:39: Process of Having a Charitable Disposition 00:54:25: Developing Intellectual Capacity for Control 00:56:10: Reading Philosophy for Self Development 00:59:33: Post Exit - Finding a Purpose 01:00:10: The significance of action and reaction 01:01:18: Discussion about the book "Die with Zero" 01:02:10: Changing mindset from scarcity to abundance 01:04:43: Incorporating philosophy into daily life 01:06:15: Managing one's energy and giving within capacity 01:09:33: Moving from selfish to unselfish 01:12:47: Concept of meditation and achieving a still mind 01:14:40: Thoughts on silent retreats and frustration of the mind 01:15:35: Insights on different forms of yoga and pathways of learning 01:17:57: Concluding thoughts