Do Epic Shit — Ankur Warikoo

Summary in 15 minutes. For Warikoo, success and failure belong to the same story. You get to set the measure for both. Big change comes from small daily actions. And what usually blocks those actions is fear, more than laziness. Warikoo’s lessons on business, money and relationships. In all three, the first step is taking responsibility. You have finished reading. Now, just as with a few pages a day, start with one small action a day.

Key ideas of "Do Epic Shit"

Success and Failure

For Warikoo, success and failure belong to the same story. You get to set the measure for both.

1. A Few Pages a Day: What this book is, and who wrote it
2. Your Own Measure of Success: Rewriting the rules other people wrote
3. Luck Follows Action: A year from now: regret or results
4. People Know You by What You Do: Problems, comparison and many identities

Habits and Awareness

Big change comes from small daily actions. And what usually blocks those actions is fear, more than laziness.

1. Habits over Targets: Persistence becomes a habit of its own
2. Show Up Every Day: Consistency and being yourself
3. Fear Behind the Delay: Living with your eyes open

Work, Money and People

Warikoo’s lessons on business, money and relationships. In all three, the first step is taking responsibility.

1. Owning the Problem: Being an entrepreneur and a leader
2. Money Buys Freedom: Let income grow, keep spending sensible, know the traps
3. Relationships Start with You: Would you want yourself as a friend?
4. Gratitude, Forgiveness and Family: Don’t lose the people close to you on the way

Put It to Work

You have finished reading. Now, just as with a few pages a day, start with one small action a day.

1. Your 7-Day Plan: One task a day. Tick it off when done.
2. One-Page Cheat Sheet: The whole book at a glance. Save it.
3. Final Word: Start Today: The book’s message, and our honest notes

From the free first chapter

As a boy, Ankur Warikoo wanted to be a space engineer. His life went in a very different direction.

He went on to become the founding CEO of Groupon’s India business. That business later became nearbuy, which he ran as CEO from 2015 to 2019. After stepping down, he turned to writing, video and teaching online.

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