Akshat Shrivastava LinkedIn Posts

My 2024 goal is very simple: MORE personal time & LESS professional time.

- Shoot fewer videos.
- 0 networking (or close to

As a student, I always struggled to pick things quickly.

I was very good at retaining things, but had a very hard time

If you are from a tier-2/3 college and think that you will not achieve much, here are your options:-

[1] You can get

According to Microsoft, our attention span now stands at 8 seconds.

Now one can debate this figure, but it is safe to assume

I have been working from home since 2018.

And, recently I shifted to Goa for at least a year :)

This does not mean

My grandfather taught me one of the golden rules of investing.

He said: "If you are spending on an expensive item, then

I have spent more than 80% of my life being under-confident about my abilities.

One of the biggest reasons was: I grew up

Checklist for life (that most of us have):

1. Get a good education.
2. Get a good job.
3. Buy a decent house.

India's luxury market segment is one of the fastest growing market segments in the world.

As per Bain's report, this will 3.5X by

This is how I made a 123% return on a stock (in a month).
That is more than a 1000% annual return.

When

"But it costs too much to study at Harvard".

"If I get through INSEAD, will I get an Investment Banking job in New

It is unfortunate that people are working their way to poverty. Consider entry level IT salaries:

2012: 2.45 Lakhs
2022: 3.55 Lakhs

This salary growth

I have watched 0 motivational videos in my life.

And, I get all my work done quite efficiently.

Here are 10 tips that

Navigating the job market is getting quite tricky:

- The number of 'gold standard' jobs are few to begin with.
- The competition is

At this stage in my life, I don't have a full-time job.

I have automated my online businesses.
And, spend may be 2 hours/day running

At this stage in my life, I don't have a full-time job.

I have automated my online businesses.
And, spend may be 2 hours/day running

When I was working in Delhi, I realised fairly quickly that one day, I will have to leave this city.

Not because of

Learning Hindi (or any vernacular language) can actually do wonders for you. 

My son, Zayn, is 1.5 years old. And, my wife and I

I have made some bad financial mistakes in my life.

When I bought my first stock in 2005, I wanted to sell it

In Portugal, your boss can't contact you outside regular office hours.

On a recent viral video a VP from HDFC Bank was found