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Kunal Shah: evaluation

24 Mar 2024 Lenny's Podcast Kunal Shah on winning in India, second-order thinking, the philosophy of startups, and more

“I believe that the biggest profit making scheme that I've seen in recent times is to tell people to love themselves and they'll pay you money for saying that.”

— Kunal Shah

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Kunal Shah
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24 Mar 2024
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Lenny's Podcast

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…I love it. I'll link to that book in the show notes. Final question, do you have this series on Twitter that you call Monday Motivations? I'm curious what's motivating you these days? I find the internet is filled with all these people trying to give fake motivation and make money off that stuff. And it's almost like a drug for people to feel, ”Oh my God, there's motivation, I'm going to do well.” I just wanted to remind people that all success comes from an extraordinary amount of pain and struggle and hard work, and there is no shortcut to anything material coming in life. And so the Monday motivation post comes as the anti-motivation post because the world is filled with... I believe that the biggest profit making scheme that I've seen in recent times is to tell people to love themselves and they'll pay you money for saying that. And I think the best way to love yourself is to keep evolving. So my motivation comes from evolution, connecting dots, solving harder problems than I've solved in the past. And I think life is ultimately a game where you want to feel that your levels have changed and your skills have changed constantly. Kunal, you are wonderful. Thank you so much for being here.…

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