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What to do with your life?TEDxTirupati, 2013
by King Sidharth
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CV
Before I share my ideas
A brief
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7 Years Ago2006
Moved to Chandigarhfrom small industrial town: Baddi
not very different from Tirupati
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5 Years Ago2008
Finished 10th gradeStarted an online Magazine: theFriendz.biz
Started Freelancing as a Web Designer
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4 Years Ago2009
Got featured in a book:50 Interviews: Young Entrepreneurs
How to Make More Money Than Your Parents
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3 Years Ago2010
Failed in 12th Grade
Gap Year
My Fist Job as Entrepreneur-in-Residence
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2 Years Ago2011
Joined collegeFine Arts College
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1 Years Ago2012
DepressionDropped out
Started a UX design company: Web Mutiny
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This Year2013
Left my own company to join
InstamojoEntrepreneur + Designer + Cake Baker + Book Reader etc.
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3 Days Ago2013
turned
22 years old
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Classic Idea of Life
Be Born > Get education > Get a degree > Get a job > Get money > Get a spouse > Get a house > Get those damn babies >
Educate them > Put them in the same rat race as yours >
Retire > Die.
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Err...
Where is the scope and space for your dreams? for your aspirations? for your
getting to know life?
Stop this madness. Halt. Let me think. Let me have a look at what I am doing?
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live a life of Your Dreams
EntrepreneurshipLive a life of your dreams, or die trying.
Have fun all along the way.
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“Would you rather chase your dreams, happiness and satisfaction? Or keep adjusting
to life till the day you die.”
“If you are not living the life of your dreams, or at least trying to. What are you
here for?”
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Find Yourself.
Who are you?Body?
A person? A son/daughter? A son/daughter?
A girlfriend/boyfriend?
Where do we start?
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Read. Write. Travel.Think & Question
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What is your education?Your degree or qualifications?
Or the lessons life taught you?
Educate Yourself
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Is it your job? That your degree defined? That everything else defined?
Or something you want to contribute to, change?
Choose your Profession
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Some lies they told you
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-10! Work Hard!
Reality: Life Rewards you for Mistakes
Mistakes are BadMyth:
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Work Hard! Rat Race!
Reality: Life is about the fun, joy, & satisfaction.
Life is about GoalsMyth:
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Bleh!
Reality: Labour of Love.
Hard WorkMyth:
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Too old, too young, too tall, too short, too fat, too boy, too girl...
Reality: Do you know who you are?
You are Not good enough
Myth:
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Welcome to
Planet EarthYou can be, do, and have anything that you
want.