Introduction

This book is based on my own last 10 years of work experiences, studies, and learnings. This is the journey that I experienced and most of the entrepreneurs' experience in their life. Some give up at any stage and some refuse to give up and become successful entrepreneurs.

There was only one goal in my life to do some big business. But there was no one in the school, in the college, in family, or in surrounding society, who could show the right path which leads to my goal. Wherever the only goal of studying was told a good job.

There is no theory in academic that teach how to be financially free at a young age. They teach you to get a degree, do a job, save your money and invest it in a retirement plan and leave the world.

When you know the goal but the path is unknown, then the journey becomes a little difficult. At first, I do not understand where to start the journey. Because of this, one has to go on the wrong paths, some wrong turns have to be taken, but if you have faith in your mind, you get the right path. In this book, you will read a journey that makes an entrepreneur a successful entrepreneur.

So, that you can make your path and share your journey with others.

If you think this is the book only for those who want to do business or own his business. No, this is the book for everyone because it relates to everyone’s any part of their life. Whether you are a business owner, doing a job, or student, or a retired person you will relate.

The goal of this book is not simply to try to fix the things that are not working. Rather, I wrote this book as a guide to focus on and amplify the things that do work.

There are other people like me in this world who want to start their own business, they also have great ideas but they don’t know how to start, where to start. This is the reason 95% population work for 5% population. This book will change your mindset and you will learn what 5% of people do.

This is not a long book you can read it easily. I tried to explain my point by some examples or by true stories. Some topics in this might offend you, or challenge you because they violate the old beliefs that you created over time.

We are always taught to go to school get good marks, take admission to a good college, get a degree, get a good job, work 9 to 5 job, get a salary, invest in some mutual funds or into some banking schemes then after 30 40 years you will be rich. This book denies all these teachings taught by your parents, your teachers, or your society.

I read a lot of books by different authors from different countries. I found the most important thing that it doesn’t matter from which country or which religion you belong, somewhere you relate to the author’s point of view.

The reason is the common human psychology and behavior. The common human psychology never change whether you belong to any country. This book consists the common human psychologies and behaviors. In some parts of the book, you will relate completely. Note the key takeaways, learn the lesson and make your path.

Self - Realization

It’s time to start living the life you have only imagined. - Henry James

There are many realization days in life. But sometimes a day also comes when we realize — “What we are doing with our life? Are we doing any justice with our life? Or we are just living to survive only.”

One day, I was sitting at the counter of my shop and I realized the same that what I am doing with my life. My dream was to become a successful businessman but what I am doing is not a business. If it is then why I am not happy with it. I was having a shop where I sold food products.

That day I was upset and thinking about a job person that he is better than me. I never wanted to job because I never wanted a 9 to 5 routine, go to the office come back home, and work for someone’s dream. But I found a job person is better than a self-employed especially a shopkeeper whose routine is hectic than a job person.

A Shop keeper works more than a job person. Have more than 12 hours duty and no holidays and worse busier on festivals. He thinks many times to go anywhere for holidays but do not go. You can say he rarely goes on holiday.

My realization was the same. No doubt there is money in business more than a job but there is no time for the self. We called it self-employed but we are self slaves.

Whatever you are doing - It is right or not? The best way to know is - Imagine, where do you see yourself after 5 years in that field? If you see yourself in a better place and you are happy then what you are doing is right. If you don’t see yourself happy and satisfied then something is wrong. You need to think on it.

I did the same and I saw that what I am doing is not right. I found myself not happy after 5 years. And the path I have chosen is very slow. My dreams can never be fulfilled on this path. Then what is the way to get financial freedom, where I have a lot of money as well as a lot of time?

I did schooling for 14 to 15 years and 4 years in my B.tech degree. In my almost 19 years academic career, nobody talked about entrepreneurship. All I heard only — “Study, if you want a good job. You have to score good marks so that you can get admission to a good college.” A good college means where you can get a job after passing.

The irony of education is that even after studying from business school, people look for jobs. Even in business school or college, nobody encourages you to do business. They encourage you only for a job.

Nobody talks about how someone can be financially free at a young age. My decision was clear from my childhood that I will do business but did not know which one. For me, the meaning of business was your boss.

Before doing business I used to think that I should do a job for a few years so that I can get some experience. But later I found out experience comes from what you do in life, not from what you do in a job. I also realize you don’t need a job to get experience.

I remembered an anecdote that I may have forgotten. That story deepened my realization. Once upon a time, I went shopping in a market with my father. There we took some clothes and left them for alternation. We said that tomorrow we will take it. On this shopkeeper told they have a market strike tomorrow against the administration. So tomorrow will be close.

The administration had asked to keep the market closed for one day in a week. The market people were against it so that they could keep the shop open for 7 days. On this statement, my father said that “You should take a day off so that you can also spend what you are earning. What will you do of all that money if you will not have time to spend?”

That thing clicked me and made me think. At that time I decided in my mind that whatever work I will do, I will take care that I have money as well as time. But whatever work I did, I did not get all this.