In this episode Ankur delves into the concept of luck and its significant, often underrated, influence on our lives. He reflects on how six specific aspects of his life, which were determined before his birth, have profoundly shaped his trajectory. These include his gender, skin color, family background, access to education, and upbringing in a large city. He emphasizes that recognizing the privileges that come without effort is crucial, and discusses his approach as a parent to teaching his children to acknowledge and be humble about their own privileges. The key takeaway is the importance of understanding the role of luck in our lives and being grateful and humble about the privileges we are born into.
00:00 Welcome to Woice with Warikoo: A Journey into Entrepreneurship and Life Lessons
00:18 The Intriguing Concept of Luck and Its Impact on Our Lives
01:39 Acknowledging Privilege: A Personal Reflection
02:15 Parenting in Privilege: Nurturing Gratitude and Humility
03:40 Closing Thoughts and Invitation to Engage
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[00:00:29] Luck is an interesting thing because we cannot measure it.
[00:00:32] So we feel that luck is very important or not at all.
[00:00:37] So one day I thought about what kind of things I am lucky to have.
[00:00:44] And especially those things that I never had any opinion about, nor did I have any control.
[00:00:51] Those things that maybe I have been through since my childhood or I have been in my childhood, which I did not have.
[00:00:59] So six things that I feel, genuinely feel, 99% of my success is defined by them.
[00:01:08] Number one, that I was born a boy.
[00:01:12] Number two, that I was born a girl.
[00:01:15] Number three, that I was born in a Hindu Brahmin family.
[00:01:19] Number four, that my parents were educated and went to college.
[00:01:23] Number five, that they sent me and my sister to an English medium school.
[00:01:28] And number six, that we were living in a big city in Delhi.
[00:01:32] So think about it.
[00:01:34] I did not have to give anything to these six things.
[00:01:36] But the time, the time, the time, the time I was born, these six things have become very big things for me.
[00:01:45] So if I stand in front of the mirror and say that no, my hard work, my discipline, my strength or anything else
[00:01:53] And the reason I came here is a lie.
[00:01:55] The truth is that I am privileged.
[00:01:58] I am very fortunate.
[00:02:01] I was born in such a small circle,
[00:02:04] who gave me so many opportunities in my life that I will never get in my life.
[00:02:10] And they work very hard for me and many of them understand me very, very, very much.
[00:02:17] I have only been lucky.
[00:02:20] And luck is a very interesting concept because we cannot measure it.
[00:02:25] So either we give it importance or we do not give it.
[00:02:28] Verse, I feel that we can make our own destiny.
[00:02:31] Yes, we can make it.
[00:02:33] We can make some limits.
[00:02:34] But I feel that the destiny you really were born with,
[00:02:38] the family you were born in, the situation you were born in,
[00:02:42] the country you were born in,
[00:02:44] that is a very small part of your destiny.
[00:02:50] Now, Ruchi, my wife and I often think about it,
[00:02:53] especially as parents.
[00:02:55] Because the truth is that our children were born in a very privileged way,
[00:02:58] were born with great luck,
[00:03:00] they have no shortage of money,
[00:03:01] they have global exposure,
[00:03:02] their parents are educated,
[00:03:04] they are proud,
[00:03:05] they are studying in such a big places in such a good way.
[00:03:09] So there is no darkness to this list.
[00:03:12] So what is our role of parents?
[00:03:15] Do we take away all these questions from them?
[00:03:18] Do we show them the real world,
[00:03:22] what is the taste of anger,
[00:03:25] what are the faces?
[00:03:26] We have to do something like this.
[00:03:28] But if they are there, they live in this world.
[00:03:31] So we cannot remove this world.
[00:03:34] So I feel that our main role is
[00:03:36] to make them realize every day
[00:03:40] how fortunate they are.
[00:03:43] That when they are in an air conditioned car
[00:03:46] and are writing their favorite expensive ice cream
[00:03:49] and knock on a window and say,
[00:03:52] please buy this tissue box,
[00:03:54] whose price is less than their ice cream,
[00:03:57] then they should never think that
[00:04:01] we are older than them and younger than us.
[00:04:06] In fact,
[00:04:07] only one thought should come
[00:04:09] that whatever I have got in my life,
[00:04:12] I am thankful for it.
[00:04:14] Because I have not done anything for this.
[00:04:17] I am only fortunate.
[00:04:20] Recognize your luck.
[00:04:23] And then, with a hand,
[00:04:26] live your life with it.
[00:04:28] All the best.
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