Today I went to Sendh Lake for vlogging, but the wind was so strong that I could not record properly. Early mornings there are extremely windy. But the location is beautiful. Someday I will definitely vlog there properly.
Right now I am sitting in a garden, and honestly, the atmosphere feels peaceful. My first vlog was shot at Muktangan, and many people asked me where that location was because it looked beautiful. Muktangan is genuinely a very good place, and everyone should visit it at least once.
While sitting here, I started thinking about something important.
Today I talked to a guy who is doing CA. He told me he is only doing it because of family pressure. He does not actually want to become a CA, but he cannot tell his parents because they will never allow him to choose another path.
And honestly, this situation exists in almost every Indian family.
Parents try to completely control their children’s lives. They decide:
What career the child should choose
What subjects they should study
What type of life they should live
As if children are robots.
But how can every human being follow the exact same path?
Everyone has different interests, personalities, goals, and mindsets.
Yet in India, most people choose their career not because they genuinely want it, but because their family wants it.
And the biggest problem is that parents usually operate with an outdated mindset. They guide their children based on what worked during their own time. But by the time the child grows up, the world has already changed.
I Never Wanted to Become an Engineer
My situation was similar.
I never wanted to do engineering. But my parents wanted me to become an engineer, so I followed that path.
At that age, I also did not fully understand what I actually wanted to do in life.
But once I started engineering, by second year I realized:
“I am not enjoying this.”
I was even thinking of dropping out.
But because I had no alternative plan, I completed the degree somehow. Today I work using that engineering degree, but the reality is:
I never liked engineering.
So naturally, I do not enjoy the job either.
And honestly, I do not enjoy jobs in general.
How Books Changed My Mindset
When I was in first year, I read Zero to One by Peter Thiel.
That book completely changed my thinking.
It introduced me to startups, innovation, and the idea of building something from scratch instead of simply following traditional career paths.
After that I started reading more books:
Think and Grow Rich
Rich Dad Poor Dad
Business and entrepreneurship books
And slowly my mindset shifted completely.
I realized something:
If you want real wealth and freedom, business makes far more sense than depending only on a job.
From college itself, my mindset became clear:
I did not want to spend my entire life doing a job.
That is why I never seriously prepared for placements or government exams.
Even though I graduated from NIT Raipur and my mathematics and reasoning skills are good enough that I could probably clear some exams, I never had any interest in that path.
I even made a video called:
“Do Not Waste Your Life on Government Exams.”
Because I genuinely believe many young people waste 5–7 years preparing for exams with extremely low selection rates, while those same years could have been invested into skills, business, content creation, or other growth opportunities.
Why I Started Thinking Like an Entrepreneur
One major reason I dislike jobs is because jobs trade time for money.
You work 8–10 hours a day, and only then you get paid.
The moment you stop working, the income stops too.
That means your income is directly tied to your time.
And time is limited.
This is why jobs rarely create real freedom.
True financial independence means:
Money comes even when you are not actively working
You have time freedom
You have location freedom
In jobs, you remain trapped in active involvement forever.
That is why I became obsessed with the concept of leverage.
What Is Leverage?
Leverage means:
One effort gives repeated returns.
For example:
A rental property gives monthly rent
Stocks give dividends and appreciation
A book can sell for years
A YouTube video can generate views and income for years
An app can keep earning money long after it is built
This is powerful because you work once and benefit multiple times.
But in jobs, there is no leverage.
You work today → you get paid today.
Tomorrow you must repeat the process again.
That cycle never ends.
This is one of the biggest reasons I started making YouTube videos.
If a video is good, it can continue generating views and income for years.
That is leverage.
Work once.
Get rewarded repeatedly.
My Failed Vegetable Business
During lockdown, I even quit my job and started a vegetable business.
The idea was actually good. Six years ago I opened a supermarket-style vegetable shop. But I failed because I lacked:
Financial management
Operational management
Business experience
I burned through the money and could not sustain the business long term.
But even after failure, my mindset did not change.
I still believe business and leverage-based work are far better long-term paths than traditional jobs.
We Are Living Like Caged Lions
Sometimes I feel humans are like lions trapped inside cages.
A lion is powerful enough to hunt big prey.
But instead, someone locks the lion inside a cage and gives it tiny pieces of meat every day just enough to survive.
That tiny piece of meat is salary.
And slowly the lion becomes comfortable.
It stops hunting.
Stops exploring.
Stops using its true strength.
That is what many jobs do to people.
They make people dependent on monthly salary and slowly kill their ambition.
The sad part is:
The cage is often unlocked.
People can leave and build something bigger, but fear and comfort stop them.
Final Thoughts
I am not saying jobs are completely useless.
Sometimes jobs are necessary, especially when you come from a financially weak background. Jobs can provide stability and survival.
But long term, I believe everyone should try to build something with leverage:
Business
Content creation
Investments
Real estate
Apps
Digital products
Skills that scale
Because life is too short to spend forever trading hours for survival.
We are meant to live life, explore life, and experience freedom.
Not just survive from salary to salary.
That is why my long-term goal is very clear:
Escape the cycle of trading time for money and build systems that create freedom.