Rahul Kohli

Assistant Manager @KPMGIndia | DevOps | Cloud | Linux

[Harsh Goenka @hvgoenka]

Money isn’t the goal. Having the power to choose what you work on, who you work with, and how you spend your time is the ultimate flex.

[Naval @naval]

The new competition isn’t Humans vs AI. It’s Humans with AI vs everyone else.

[Serena Yan @ysl_serena]

Physical Intelligence is the next OpenAI. Mark my words.

[Mindset Machine  @mindsetmachine]

What isn’t shared, can’t be destroyed…

[Naval @naval]

You have one life. Don’t settle for mediocrity.

[anu @anuatluru]

minimum necessary obsession

[Rahul Kohli @rahulkohli31]

@dominos_india Placed order on 8:52 PM and still not received. Catch is no one picking up the call on store.

Started new scam?

[Rahul Kohli @rahulkohli31]

@BhavikaMehta96 Absolutely. X is like a complete package. You can get the information, news, fights, shit posters, entertainment, knowledgeable content etc. It’s a great place to be in!

[Rahul Kohli @rahulkohli31]

@GabbbarSingh Haha, absolutely. After getting so called award, he went crazy on the podcasts and I think something hits his head really hard

[Naval @naval]

A person who needs to be happy will never be happy.

A person who needs to be at peace will never be at peace.

[EDDIE CHENG @ecomEddie]

I’m obsessed with learning how to learn.

So, I spent 100+ hours studying how Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and Naval Ravikant absorb information.

Here’s what I found on becoming a learning machine:

[Shivanshi Verma @shivanshi_v]

So, I’m the co-founder and I’m interviewing you for an important role in my company.

The interview went well.
We both agreed to work together but…

You ask for 14 LPA.

And to save for my company, I’m gonna negotiate it down to 10 LPA. You know I want to save as much money as I can.

But I’m staggeringly WRONG.

I might save 4 lakh a year but at what cost?

Sooner or later you’re going to realise your worth. No matter how stringent the NDA we have in place, you will quit once you find a slightly better opportunity.

So, I’m back to square one.

I thought I was saving money but in the long term, I lost more than I saved.

- Extra efforts to sort new applications
- Sitting in an interview for hours
- Wasting my personal time
- Training you for months

This event teaches me a simple but very valuable lesson.

[Kunal Shah @kunalb11]

Taking yourself too seriously is a sure shot way to live a miserable life.

[Naval @naval]

An enlightened person is one who’s tired of being here.

[Rahul Kohli @rahulkohli31]

@radhikagarwal07 Always!

[Rahul Kohli @rahulkohli31]

@AbhilashaPurwar Bang on! Can’t agree more with you. Blaming wrong person/city doesn’t solve any problem. And correct if all the pollution is due to the vehicles, then Bengaluru would be the most polluted city on the earth due to bad and old vehicle conditions.

[Abhilasha Purwar @AbhilashaPurwar]

Since the air pollution season has begun, there will be endless tweets, gyaan, debate, omg price of development, cars, apocalypse, etc.

Some straight up facts -

[Amrish Rau @amrishrau]

On the first Friday of my first job, I asked my manager if I should come into office on Saturday?

He told me never get in the habit of coming to office on Saturday. Don’t do late nights in office. Once you get into these habits it will stay with you thru the career

Best advice

[Amrish Rau @amrishrau]

Just got off a call with a friend who has been bit by the entrepreneurship bug. He had the usual question - Is this the right time to Startup? My thoughts back to him:

- India is in its golden years. Economy is doing well. GDP is growing at healthy pace, Per capita income is rising and more women in the workforce. You want to build in times when the economy doesn't weigh your business idea or market down.

- The safety net is all around you. Indian formal job market is strong. International companies and local business houses are investing in digital and if things don't work out, jobs are plenty!

- India focussed VCs are flush with funds and are still searching for that amazing founder with big dreams. So, for the early stage founders the winter isn't coming soon

- The golden 20-30 years for wealth generation is here. Jab Laxmi tilak lagane aati hai, tab ghar pe chup ke nahi rehna. China just went thru their 20 years of boom in enterprenuership. India's time is now.

- While there are great engineers out there, startups are built by entrepreneurs. If you have the domain expertise, business sense, you still have an unfair advantage over those who are new to the sector. Tech & engg will be added advantage

- There are at least 5 startup founders (with now more than 250Mn valuation) who I know, just needed to get their first USD 300K to resign and get started. They didn't have the best answer to the problem, they just needed someone to extend the hand of support to make the jump. Today the market is full of supporters.

- Don't forget the basics: be loans light, your family needs to back you and have friends who have your back. The support infra needs to be perfect before you startup.

Finally, Itna mat sooch. sooch gehri ho jaaye toh buland faisle kamzor ho jaate hai

[Kunal Shah @kunalb11]

One thing that remains true for all people who pursue excellence.

Maniacal focus on how they manage their time and spend their energy.