DO EPIC SHIT

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Hey... Welcome to THE TEENAGER'S DIARY where you hear the different feelings, thoughts, and emotions of the teenager. Well, this is your host, SHADOW SPARKLING. I'm a different teen of 14 and I hope to enlighten you by sharing everything I have. Well,... Today, we are going to talk about DO EPIC SHIT. PS this is a book review. And like always, I would love if you keep an open-mindset while listening to this. WHY I BOUGHT IT? Well, let’s do some epic shit!!! Ha ha ha!!! No, it’s actually the name of a book. And guess what, it’s written by my favourite Youtuber Ankur Warikoo. It’s yellow and sky-blue color in its template and written in big initials are letters stating “DO EPIC SHIT”. Okay, I didn’t buy because it was good book to read. I didn’t know that. It’s an AMAZING BOOK to read now I know. I bought it because it was written by Ankur. Yup I know it’s partiality but it was really worth it. Ankur Warikoo, if you don’t know him check his channel here, is a awesome Content Creator, one of the best in India. Creating awareness about finance, giving us really helpful knowledge about investing, money and enlightening us through his FAILURES. I just love this guy. Really. THE BOOK. Okay, so the book is a very short one. Really mean it. It took me just 5 days to finish it. And at the end of last reading session with it, I smiled at the path I had gone. It was such an amazing journey. So the book is divided into 6 sections. The sections from the first are: Success (& Failures), Habits, Awareness, Entrepreneurship, Money and Relationships. In each section, Ankur provides timeless WISDOM, related to the topic. And the fonts are quite big and on each page there’s something to learn. The paragraphs are short. Ankur has also provided his MISTAKES LISTS (mistakes in 20s, mistakes in 30s, etc.), The LIES HE TOLD HIMSELF, etc. so that we could learn from them. I loved this feature because I LEARNED LOTS. SUCCESS (& FAILURES). Ankur says that whatever he is today is the combined product of all the mistakes and hardships he has went through. Success is a journey and a relationship with oneself. Time goes away and leaves us with only one of these two things: regret or results. In this section, he has highlighted some crucial things related to success and failures. Some of the best quotes are: 1) “DON’T MEASURE HOW VALUABLE YOU ARE BY THE WAY YOU ARE TREATED.” 2) “WE HAVE JUST ONE LIFE. WHY LIVE IT WITH JUST ONE IDENTITY?” 3) “NO ONE OWES YOU THEIR TIME AND MONEY. YOU EARN IT, EVERY DAY, BY THE OWORK YOU DO.” 4) LISTENING TO SOMEONE WITHOUT JUDGEMENT OR PRESCRIPTION IS THE MOST PRECIOUS GIFT YOU CAN GIVE SOMEONE.” 5) “IT IS NOT WHAT YOU DO BUT WHO YOU ARE UNDERNEATH THAT DEFINES YOU.” 6) “AN EXCUSE IS THE DISTANC BETWEEN WHO YOU ARE AND WHO YOU WISH TO BE.” 7) “TIME IS THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS. EVERYTHING ELSE CAN WAIT.” So that sums up all. But there is plenty more. In this section, Ankur has provided with a list of his Mistakes he made in his 20s as wells as 30s. The next is HABITS. HABITS. A pro is the same amateur who showed up every day. He is the one who chose discipline over excuses. Habits are the minutes little things which define us by who we are every day. That’s not from the book. Well, Habits are truly beneficial if used correctly and to your advantage. It pays off so well. The best book about habits is ATOMIC HABITS by James Clear, it’s amazing book. You can read what I wrote about it here. Again, here too I will insert some of the best quotes from the book. 1) “HABITS BUILD US, GOALS LAY US BARREN.” 2) “Every time you stop from sharing what you know because ‘who will listen to me; I am nobody’, some nobody is sharing what they know and that becomes the ‘GOLD STANDARD’.” 3) “CURIOUSITY has created more opportunities than hard work ever will.” 4) “Habits hire us forever and take us higher, whereas targets tame us and leave us clueless after we achieve them.” 5) “Thoughts are powerful, when they are converted int o actions. Without action, they are simply broken promises.” 6) “The quality of your presence is way more important than the forced quantity of your attendance when you’re not present.” 7) “The things that are the easiest to do are the hardest to live with. Yet they are the only things that make our life easier.” Ankur warikoo has also provided with his habit list. OTHERS IN BRIEF. It’s a lot of work. The next is awareness, entrepreneurship, money & relationships. Now this time, I won’t be writing the quotes though they might be life-changing. Buy and read the book, because this is gonna get worth it. Creating awareness is what Ankur and his team are doing. Entrepreneurship part is about entrepreneurship of course. In this section he tells us crucial things and have-to-change stuffs about entrepreneurship, which have to altered. The stories you tell yourself must be right and actually true. Instead of making assumptions, it’s better to ask questions. Because the answer is gonna be NO, if you don’t ask. No cares a f**k about who you are. What you do is what matters. Your conduct is the thing which determines how others will treat you with. “Build a team so strong that someone from outside doesn’t know who the boss is!” I loved that quote. IN THE END. I loved the part where he wrote the letters to his children. I love this guy. He is such an awesome father. His struggles and mistakes are what made his guy who he is. “Remember your roots” part touched my heart. “True love sometimes means understanding that you don’t understand.” Oh God! This book is exploding with awesome quotes. Well, the importance of the MOST IMPORTANT THING is GLORIFIED in the end. It’s TIME. The book ends with the really good line, “THE POWERFUL THINGS THAT LIE WITHIN US ARE OFTEN THE EASIEST TO OVERLOOK.” And in the last line, there stands my favourite ending line, “ankur warikoo signing off!” I loved this book. And I’m so glad that I ordered this. I realize that I don’t deserve whatever I have. I came into this world empty handed and whatever I have, I HAD BEEN GIFTED. I GRATEFUL FOR IT. It’s not that hard to be grateful. I have written about gratefulness here; you can check that out. I still have to figure my superpower left to do. But this has been such an amazing journey. And just like ending, it’s has been such a great path to walk on. That will be all . 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