In this episode Ankur shares his inspirational journey from dropping out of a PhD program to becoming a highly successful consultant. Starting with his first job at 24 that paid him a modest salary, He navigates through financial independence, the decision to pursue an MBA, and the challenges of entering the consulting world. He highlights the importance of hard work, leveraging opportunities, and the impact of mentorship and support from others on his career trajectory. He's story is not just about his professional success, but also about personal growth, gratitude, and the philosophy that hard work post-opportunity is key to success.
00:00 Welcome to Woice with Warikoo: A Journey of Growth and Learning
00:18 The First Job: From PhD Dropout to Financial Independence
02:30 The MBA Decision: A Pivot from Physics to Management
04:55 Consulting Dreams: Overcoming Challenges and Achieving Success
07:07 Reflections on Success: Gratitude, Hard Work, and Betting on Yourself
08:18 Closing Thoughts and Gratitude
[00:00:00] Hey everyone, this is Woice with Warikoo, my name is Ankur Warikoo, I cover a lot of things in this English Podcast series.
[00:00:12] Career, relationships, personal finance, success, failure and frankly, something else that comes in the world.
[00:00:20] Every week, Thursday, your favorite podcast platform for a new episode, Woice with Warikoo.
[00:00:28] 20 years ago, in 14th year, I was the first one in my life.
[00:00:33] And that was the first time I had been in the world for 24000-755 years.
[00:00:39] In 26 years, I was in the last 12 years.
[00:00:44] After 3 years, I was in the last 10th year.
[00:00:48] This is my story. March, 2004.
[00:00:54] I had dropped out of my PhD program at Michigan State University and decided to come back.
[00:00:59] I was a bit worried about my decision because I was in a 100% scholarship.
[00:01:04] I had no time to lose my money, I had no money to pay and it would be expensive.
[00:01:10] But yes, there was a burden on me that every person in my world had a lead down.
[00:01:19] When I came back, there was no goal, no plan, no idea about what happened in my future.
[00:01:25] I wanted to know that the first thing that I had to be financially independent is that I should have a stability and a job.
[00:01:32] No job.
[00:01:34] So, the small network that I had been able to tap on, talk to my friends, apply for use paper, apply for advertisements, work and interviews.
[00:01:43] After a few days of Penthalis, I had a company called NIS Sparta, which was a corporate training company.
[00:01:51] They asked me what your salary expectations were and they asked me how to answer the question of the idea.
[00:01:57] Because I never asked them questions.
[00:02:00] I knew that if I had to get Rs.10,000, they would have been very much.
[00:02:04] They offered me finally, Rs.15,000.
[00:02:10] It was very expensive.
[00:02:12] Hardle 1 was clear.
[00:02:15] Now, the job that I had was to design a training program for corporate.
[00:02:21] Now it was a very good job.
[00:02:23] But in my life there was a problem.
[00:02:27] I was not able to have any idea about the world.
[00:02:30] I was a physical dropout.
[00:02:32] I had no idea of what the sales were, what the marketing, what the finance, what the HR, what the supply chain was.
[00:02:37] The company had a bet on me.
[00:02:41] I was able to deliver it on my own.
[00:02:43] I had a good attitude towards learning and I was able to prove that I was able to deliver it.
[00:02:51] So, I worked hard, I had a lot of time on the field, I talked to people, I wrote a lot,
[00:02:57] and how the business work was done, I understood.
[00:03:02] This was also the thing that my colleagues, all of them had MBAs.
[00:03:06] Their understanding was very clear with the same things.
[00:03:10] They understood a lot from the very beginning.
[00:03:13] They took me time.
[00:03:15] So, I thought that I could have done a good job in MBA.
[00:03:19] I would have to do my physics management pivot.
[00:03:23] But I was not sure.
[00:03:25] I was looking for a lot of commitment.
[00:03:29] I am still a student in a university.
[00:03:33] As a lucky habit, I had never been to a new school.
[00:03:39] I was not able to do my math.
[00:03:41] I would have to do a lot of programs.
[00:03:44] If I had to do that program, then I would be able to do it.
[00:03:47] But, I would have been able to do one year MBA.
[00:03:50] And the best thing was if I had done it,
[00:03:53] تو میری آسفاؤ جو میری بچمٹھ سوں میں,
[00:03:56] ان کے پاس ریل وہکی کسپیرنس تھا,
[00:03:59] انہوں نے زندگی میں,
[00:04:01] اصلی میں کام کیا تھا
[00:04:03] and it's called that I was not only in class
[00:04:05] but in class,
[00:04:06] but in class,
[00:04:07] بہار بھی بہت کچھ سکھا ہوں گا.
[00:04:08] تو میں نے I S B میں اپلای کرنے کا فیصلہ کیا
[00:04:11] and
[00:04:13] Bhagwan بھلا کریں اس انسان کا
[00:04:15] جس نے میرا اپلکشن دیکھا
[00:04:17] اور اسے ایسا لگا
[00:04:18] ki میں اس چیس کے قابل ہوں
[00:04:20] کیوں کی کسی نے تو
[00:04:22] میروپ پر بروسا کیا
[00:04:24] Of course,
[00:04:25] تھا ساڑے چوڑا لاخرپے گا
[00:04:27] ایک سال کے لئے
[00:04:28] کم بیرزن کے لئے
[00:04:30] I AMS جو تھے
[00:04:31] جو سب سے بیست ام بیے پروگنام تھے
[00:04:33] ابھی بھی ہیں
[00:04:34] وہ دو سال کے لئے
[00:04:35] ساڑے تیلا کرو پے چاہج کرتے ہیں
[00:04:37] تو زائر سی بات ہے کہ
[00:04:39] کیا آیا
[00:04:40] ورثلٹ ہے کہ نہیں ہے
[00:04:41] ساڑے چوڑا لاخرپے
[00:04:42] مجھنے ہی باتا
[00:04:44] تو میں نے ایک
[00:04:45] اعلنگ سوال پوچھا
[00:04:46] سب سے برا گیا ہو جائے گا
[00:04:47] اگر تم I AMS
[00:04:48] بھی چاہلے گا
[00:04:49] اب I AMS
[00:04:50] بھی سے پہلے
[00:04:51] میری تنکوہ
[00:04:52] 1500 پہنرہ زاروپے مہیناتی
[00:04:53] اگر میں یہ پورا لون لے تھا
[00:04:54] ساڑے چاہل لاخر
[00:04:55] ورثلٹ کے لئے
[00:04:56] تو اس کی EMI بیٹھتی کریں
[00:04:57] بھی سزاروپے
[00:04:58] تو میں نے اپنے آپ سے
[00:04:59] سوال پوچھا کی
[00:05:00] کیا I AMS
[00:05:01] بھی کے بعد
[00:05:02] میں پہنٹھتے سزاروپے
[00:05:03] مہینے کی تنکوہ ملے گے
[00:05:04] بھی سزاروپے
[00:05:16] اگر میں 90% جو کلاس جو ہے
[00:05:17] وہ لون لے گایاتے
[00:05:18] تو میں نے SBI سے اپنے لون لیا
[00:05:20] جس کے پاس
[00:05:21] میکسیمم بیوریشن
[00:05:22] 10 سالوالا جو آفشنتہ
[00:05:23] بوٹھا
[00:05:25] اارے کو خاندان کا
[00:05:26] سب سے پیلا
[00:05:27] لون
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[00:05:29] لون دھے لے
[00:05:30] تیارے لے تھا
[00:05:31] هرڈل
[00:05:32] تو بھی
[00:05:33] کلے رہا
[00:05:35] اگر میں ایک سرے بوٹھا ہوں
[00:05:36] کی I AMS
[00:05:37] بھی میں گستنا دوازہانے
[00:05:38] باہا ہا نکلنا مہتنشکلہ
[00:05:39] ابسکمت لگیا
[00:05:40] اگر
[00:05:41] اسکمت لگ یہ کہ
[00:05:42] بہت سارے لگنا I AMS
[00:05:43] میں بہت ساری ایک سپیکٹیشنگ لگیاتے
[00:05:44] کیوں کہ وہ پہلے سے کمارے ہوتے ہیں
[00:05:45] تو ان کے دماغ میں ہوتا ہے
[00:05:47] کیا ٹین گنا
[00:05:48] پانچ گنا
[00:05:49] 10 گنا تو کم سے کم کرکے جانے
[00:05:50] میں یہاں آراتھا
[00:05:51] پینٹزاوروپے کی نوکری
[00:05:52] ایک سپیک کرنے کے لئے
[00:05:53] تو اس کی ورے سے
[00:05:55] سپرائیزنگ لنا
[00:05:56] چیزا ملے بہت
[00:05:57] اصان ووے
[00:05:58] ایک کلسز کو بہت انجوائی کیا
[00:06:00] میں نے ہر ایک سٹوڑن
[00:06:01] نیشٹٹب میں بھاگ لیا
[00:06:02] اپنے بہت کو جانے کی کوشش کری
[00:06:04] اور I AMS
[00:06:05] بھی میں رہتے رہتے
[00:06:06] ایک بڑا ایک سپیکٹیشنگ
[00:06:07] کے بارے میں بتا چھلا
[00:06:08] جس کا نام ہے
[00:06:09] کنسلٹیں
[00:06:10] کنسلٹیں میں آپ کو
[00:06:11] بڑے سارے پیسے بلتے
[00:06:12] اب بڑے سمجھ دار
[00:06:13] لوگوں کے ساتھ کام کرتے ہیں
[00:06:14] رہلیل لیسٹر بلتے ہیں
[00:06:16] اور یہ جو پرویزیکس
[00:06:18] وہ ہر کچھ مئی نے
[00:06:20] چین جو تیرے تھے
[00:06:21] تو مجھے لگا ہے
[00:06:22] تو بہت سیترے گئے
[00:06:23] اپنی پرویشٹل آئی
[00:06:24] ایسٹاد کرنے گئے
[00:06:25] سیخنے وہ کچھ مئے
[00:06:26] کچھ مئے گئے
[00:06:27] بہت سی بھی گمالیں گے
[00:06:28] اچھے لوگے ساتھ کام بھی کریں گے
[00:06:29] پروبلوں سے رب ایک تھی
[00:06:31] کی کنسلٹیں بڑی
[00:06:32] ہائی اچیورس کو سیلیکٹ کرتے ہیں
[00:06:35] اور میں ہائی اچیور نہیں تھا
[00:06:37] جس کی I S B
[00:06:38] دینزلس ناما کیک چیز ہوتی ہے
[00:06:40] جو Top 10% of the batch
[00:06:41] اچھے ایسٹیورتے ہیں
[00:06:42] تو ایسٹیورتے ہیں
[00:06:43] ایسٹیورتے ہیں
[00:06:44] وہ I S B
[00:06:46] دینزلسٹ میں سے لوگوں کو
[00:06:47] سیلیکٹ کرتے ہیں
[00:06:48] اور میں تھا
[00:06:49] I S B
[00:06:50] کے Top 15%
[00:06:51] تو کلیلے
[00:06:52] اگر مجھے شوٹلسٹ ہونہ تھا
[00:06:54] تو مجھے اپنے
[00:06:55] پروفائل پڑے
[00:06:56] الگ دھنگ سے بنانا بڑھتا ہے
[00:06:57] تو میں نے وہی کیا
[00:06:58] جو میں سبسچھا چاگر تھا
[00:07:00] ایک جنیلسٹ بنانیا
[00:07:01] میں نے جو اپنا Top 15%
[00:07:03] والا جو Prowfiles ہونہ
[00:07:04] اس کو منتین کرنے کی کچھ کریں
[00:07:06] اور اس کے بعد
[00:07:07] جو کچھ کر پیا
[00:07:09] کرا
[00:07:10] компuteition میں بھاکلے رہاں
[00:07:11] کلوپس میں پاٹسپیٹ کر رہاں
[00:07:12] ایدھر پیر لگا رہاں
[00:07:13] ایدھر ہاتھ مارر رہاں
[00:07:15] سب کچھ کرنے کے لئے
[00:07:16] تاکی یہ دکھے کہ
[00:07:17] میں وہتھ کچھ کرنے کے
[00:07:19] کھا بلوں
[00:07:20] دو قنسلٹٹینگ فاومز نے
[00:07:22] اس بسس میں شوٹلسٹ کیا
[00:07:24] BCG اور ATKR
[00:07:25] BCG کی انٹرவیوں کو
[00:07:27] تو میں نے پہلے رہاں میں
[00:07:28] بام کر دیا
[00:07:29] اتنا بورا گیا کہ
[00:07:30] پوچھ ہوئی مدھ
[00:07:31] ATKR نہیں کا
[00:07:32] پہلے رہاں
[00:07:33] پہلے رہاں
[00:07:34] دوسرے رہاں میں
[00:07:35] میں نے
[00:07:36] تھوڑی بھاکھ گلتیاگر دیا
[00:07:38] تو انٹرவیور نے
[00:07:39] مجھ سے پوچھا کہ
[00:07:40] آپ اپنے آپ کو
[00:07:41] کتنا ریٹ کریں گے ہیں
[00:07:42] کریں گے
[00:07:43] میں نے
[00:07:44] بلہ
[00:07:45] کائیدے سے
[00:07:47] 2 & 5
[00:07:49] اور وہ نے
[00:07:50] بلہ
[00:07:51] میں
[00:07:53] آپ کی بات سے سہمتوں
[00:07:55] اور وہ سنتے ہیں
[00:07:56] میں رہاں
[00:07:57] دل بیٹ کیا
[00:07:58] میں لگا یہ بھی
[00:07:59] کہا
[00:08:00] لیکن کسی نے تو
[00:08:02] میروپر ایک بیٹلیا
[00:08:03] کسی نے تو
[00:08:04] بھر ہو سا گیا
[00:08:05] کیوں کہ
[00:08:06] ایک ارمکہ ملا
[00:08:07] MD of the firm
[00:08:08] کے ساتھ انٹیبیو کرنے گا
[00:08:09] اور اسم میں
[00:08:10] میں نے
[00:08:11] اپنے بیس دے دیا
[00:08:12] اور وہ
[00:08:13] کام کر گیا
[00:08:14] مجھنوکری
[00:08:15] بل گئی
[00:08:16] ISBK
[00:08:16] campus کی
[00:08:17] best knockery
[00:08:18] day one
[00:08:19] bhei
[00:08:20] parah
[00:08:21] lakh
[00:08:22] rubei ki tankwa
[00:08:23] kesa
[00:08:24] hurdle three
[00:08:25] be clear
[00:08:26] конкуلٹیک نے
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[00:09:15] اور ایس باتا میں کوئی انسان تھا جس نے میرے پے بروسا کیا جمہ میں بسس کے بار میں کوچھ نہیں بتا تھا
[00:09:22] ایس بھی میں کوئی تھا جس نے میرے پے بروسا کیا جمہے کوئی نہیں تھا
[00:09:26] ایٹی کارنی نے مجھ پے بروسا کیا جمہ میں نے پفوم نہیں کیا تھا
[00:09:31] تو میرا سے رہے کی فرص بندھا
[00:09:33] کی جو بھی آبچنٹی ملئے اس کے لئے پہاہت پہاہ شکر گذار ہوں
[00:09:37] اور پہاہت زیادہ مہنت کروں
[00:09:39] انا پمکھے میں ایک بار شاروخان سے پوشاتا
[00:09:42] جاتا جی شاروخان ایک اتنے سکسسسفل کیا سے
[00:09:45] تو شاروخان نے بولا کی سر موقع پانے کے لئے حرے کنسان مہنت کرتے
[00:09:49] موقع پانے کے لئے حرے کنسان مہنت کرتے
[00:09:52] لیکن موقع پانے کے بعد مجھ سے زیادہ مہنت کوئی نہیں کر سکتا
[00:09:57] یہی زندیگہ مولہ
[00:10:00] ہمے بہت سارے ایس موقیں ملئے جہاں ہم سہی جگا پہوں گے
[00:10:05] سہی وقت پہوں گے
[00:10:06] بہت سارے لوگوں نے ہمہری مدت کری ہو گی
[00:10:09] ان் சப் பெஞ்சைக் கோனா, Fograntrait,
[00:10:11] மத்தில்லை,
[00:10:11] சரி, Shukur,
[00:10:12] கதார்,
[00:10:13] اور اس,
[00:10:14] மாக்கே கோ,
[00:10:15] பாக்கர,
[00:10:16] இது நீ வேண்டும்,
[00:10:17] کہ,
[00:10:18] துமை,
[00:10:19] کوேன்,
[00:10:20] ஏறா சکதா,
[00:10:21] کیوں,
[00:10:22] யார்,
[00:10:23] யார்,
[00:10:24] யார்,
[00:10:25] யார்,
[00:10:26] யார்,
[00:10:27] யார்,
[00:10:28] யார்,
[00:10:29] யார்,
[00:10:30] யார்,
[00:10:31] யார்,
[00:10:32] யார்,