Best Quotes from Do Epic Shit by Ankur Warikoo with Page Numbers

Nothing beats the feeling of having done more in twenty-four hours than what the day expected you to!

A year from now, you will wish you had started today.

What is the single biggest thing you can do to help you towards professional success? People do not have to follow up, when you commit to doing something.

The biggest misconception people have is that they are the odd one out and everyone else is sorted!

You are what you do. Not what you say you’ll do.

Luck happens to those that make things happen.

Persistence isn’t a one-day miracle. It is a conscious choice translated into habit.

We crave novelty, yet choose to define ourselves by just one role, one title, one function, one designation.

Success is a relationship you have with your own self.

Don’t measure how valuable you are by the way you are treated.

"Habits build us, goals lay us barren."

"The secret is not merely waking up early. Any alarm clock could do that for you. The secret is to be energized, happy and productive in the morning."

"Your story is valuable. Maybe you don’t see it. Think of it as a guide for someone who hasn’t yet gone through what you have."

"Curiosity has created more opportunities than hard work ever will."

"Don’t set targets. Set habits!"

"When we choose the meaning of our struggle, we use it instead of it using us."

"Asking is the best thing to do, before making assumptions."

"Your attendance doesn’t define your discipline. Your attention does."

"The things that are easy to do are also the things that are easy to ignore."

"No step is small, as long as it is headed in the direction of where we want to go."

‘Make sure decisions in your life are made from a point of view of awareness and not ignorance.’

‘Doing the things that are the most important are the things that make you important.’

‘If unsure between two choices, picking both is almost always the wrong response.’

‘Being calm despite the storm is a powerful skill.’

‘The debt of never living for your happiness, because you were busy pleasing others.’

‘It’s never ever wrong to do the right thing.’

‘Your self-talk determines your self-worth.’

‘Stagnation amplifies sadness.’

‘Money, success, worldly pleasures – everything follows the person who chooses to be who they are.’

‘If you didn’t say it earlier, don’t say it during your exit interview.’

‘If I can’t trust you, it doesn’t matter how smart you are.’

‘Entrepreneurship is not a profession. It’s a state of mind.’

‘Attitude >> Experience >> Education.’

‘Good people pay a far higher price for being good than bad people pay for being bad.’

‘Build a team so strong that someone from outside doesn’t know who the boss is!’

‘The toughest skill as a leader is to be calm during the toughest moments.’

‘I trust you not because you know everything. I trust you because I know that you will do everything in your capacity to find the answer.’

‘The hardest moment while building a startup is when you let down your team.’

‘Asshole founders don’t build institutions. They merely start and run companies.’

‘In a society where being trusted is not common, operating with trust is a competitive advantage.’

Money is a medium of transaction. When it becomes an emotion, that is when it consumes us.

Live within your means. Pay your bills, and then pay yourself by investing.

Your income is not capped. There is no upper limit to how much we can earn.

The right time to start investing was when you turned 18. The next best time is TODAY.

Money gives you freedom. Freedom is a privilege.

Never try to time the market. The best way to invest over a long term is to invest regularly.

Invest in your beliefs and research and as per your appetite.

If you do not know how to care for money, money will stay away from you.

Double down on what is working rather than diversify. Diversification will not yield supernormal returns.

The biggest lesson that I have learnt about money is that it buys you freedom. And freedom is a privilege.

Relationships are the place where we thrive. They are also the place where we are challenged the most.

Healing isn’t an option. It is a necessity.

The change we want in others is the change we need to begin with.

You can neither choose your parents nor what they end up doing to you psychologically.

Whenever someone says 'You will never know how I am feeling', remind yourself that they are telling you life’s most fundamental truth.

You don’t have to agree with each other as long as we understand each other.

True respect is when you respect someone even after you’ve got to know them.

Your true friends are those who are TRULY happy for you when you succeed.

We all accept the love we think we deserve.

It takes effort to find love. It takes effort to feel fulfilled. It takes effort to be fit. It takes effort to be happy.