Ravi Verma

Had everything, lost everything. Rebuilding life from scratch || Marketer building products ||
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[Ravi Verma @raviverma1907]

My Story

- Small town boy, shy, kept to myself
- Did everything that was asked of me - made it to IIT. made it to IIM
- Got top 10 percentile campus offers from both
- Worked in corporate for 13 years. Didn’t enjoy it much beyond the learning part
- Learned a lot of skills, but lost touch of who I wanted to be
- Covid happened - lost my wife, brother, mother
- Daughter was 1 yr old then - raised her alone
- Went into depression, bad habits - too much alcohol and more depression
- Hit rock bottom - realised that my daughter didn’t deserve this
- Built an escape plan - Saved up a few years worth of expenses
- Quit the rat race to explore who I am and what this life means
- Took a break and then started consulting business - was good at it but knew I could do more
- Started a marketing agency - not my thing - shut down in 6 months
- Started writing a book, could never complete it - atleast not yet
- Had product ideas, but never had enough courage to build them
- Started to focus on health - mind and body
- Started going to the gym. Stayed in Buddhist monasteries to learn meditation properly.
- Learnt being mindful and being present - not in the regrets of the past, not in the anxiety of the future
- Started loving myself again and having gratitude for this life
- Started dating again. Had a terrible time with online dating, until I hit jackpot with my wonderful partner
- Moved back closer to hometown from big city with daughter - to live with my partner
- Still running my consulting business
- Said fuck it to impostor syndrome - started and built my first software product in 1 week
- Still question from time to time if anything I am doing is right
- Never really wanted filthy money or titles - just wanted to have a great life, like a story worth telling - feels like I am getting there
- Never cared about titles - I am much happier working alone than with a big team that reports to me. MBA was a bad move in hindsight.
- I love my daughter. I love my partner. I love my life.
- I am so stupidly and irrationally peaceful and happy most of the time that people around me get annoyed because of it
- I keep saying this and will say it again - Imagine your perfect life → Start living that life → Figure out how to keep that dream life going forever until you die.
- Don’t do it the other way round - don’t let the world tell you what you should be doing. They have no idea what you want.
- end of thread

[Ravi Verma @raviverma1907]

@janwhyy The joke is on you if you are putting all your eggs, no pun intended, in the arranged marriage bucket. Live your life the way you want and keep your heart open. The right guy will find you. Give love and destiny a chance.

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@Mgenius9111 Dont do drungs MMMMKAAAY. Drugs are bad MMMMKKKAAAYY

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@dagorenouf This is unfortunately true

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@vrexec Dude woke up and chose to post a banger

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@dagorenouf Let me know if you need some help on understanding Indian customer behaviour. Been there done that

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@SandeepMall It's not the flex that you think it is. This is not about India, this is about you and your privilege. Humble brag concealed as "Life is India is so great".

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@vrexec Yes

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@dedeep__ @grok Summarise the answers and suggest which places are recommended the most here.

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@riyaelity I swear i saw a similar post by someone else. I replied to it. There's no originality left anymore

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@RakJhun He won't be able to enjoy that Net worth if it keeps on growing with that Net Girth.

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@_heysurya @grok answer

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@PiyuduttaPiyu As an IIT IIM grad, I approve of this tweet. We pay too much attention to college degree in hiring, not enough on skill. I, as a millennial, was a beneficiary of this, but it must change for the next gen.

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@Camp4 Well said. You got my follow.

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@dmuthuk Also, you have misunderstood it. The point was not on Wealth (that you have) vs. Peace. The point was Wealth (that you don't have) vs. Peace. Dreaming of becoming a billionaire is Wealth that you dont have. It is ambition vs peace basically.

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@dmuthuk Ambition is a unsaid contract that you have with yourself to remain unhappy until you achieve what you desire. The very definition of ambition is unhappiness. So, good luck.

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@wtffgauravvvv @_ParikshitTyagi 🤣

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Another post on X glorifying conventional ambition. He's your son and raise him how you want, but if my hypothetical son was obsessed about being a billionaire, I would tell him this - "live life a little first, see the world, figure out what life means to you, find truth and love, and if that doesn't make you content, then yeah sure, go and obsess about a random number. A fit body, a peaceful mind and a house full of love, those should be the ambition. Becoming a billionaire can wait until then."

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@Dirtdog Great post. Happy father's day from someone who loves being a dad.

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Monday motivation - A healthy body, a peaceful mind and a house full of love and laughter are the only things that nobody can give to you.

You have to do the hard work for all of these yourself.

Which one of these are you working towards these days?

And if you're not doing any of these, then who are you working for? And to what end?

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Twitter/X will have you believe that money is everything.