5 Episodes 5 Lessons - TVF Pitchers

Episode 1: Tu Beer Hai

Get Out of Comfort Zone: Episode one is all about getting out of one’s comfort zone and get moving. When we feel stuck in life, it’s because we’ve been at one place for longer than we should have been. As one of my colleague says, “If you do what you’ve always done, you will get what you’ve always got.” In many ways, universe is a software program, and the output is always dependent on input. If you are not getting the desired output, change the input.

Episode 2: And then there were four

We need friends and they need to be selfish: No matter how talented we are, we are never master of every trade. That’s where friends come in. Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, HP (Hewlett-Packard), the 5 major tech companies in the world, and many more, were started by Friends, in their garage and not just any friends- All of them shared their passion to make a change. They were selfish. Each wanted their work to be successful for their own good. In life you need friends with high ambitions to grow yourself. Good friends are a lot like having superpowers. I’ve noticed that my friends are a major influence on me, more than even my family and I guess it’s the same for everyone. My friends motivate me to do better in life. My friends are successful and that instead of making me jealous, inspires me to do better, push myself forward. We need friends.

Episode 3: The Jury Room

The heart is in left, but it is always right: The heart, the gut feeling, always listen to it. I always say that we live with the choices we take. Listen to what people say to us, but if it affects us in any way, make the final choice based on what we believe. Our choices may be wrong, our decisions may be incorrect, BUT they will be OUR decisions and OUR choices. What’s worse than being wrong? It’s the feeling of “I was right but I listened to someone else...”.

Episode 4: Bulb Jalega Boss

DON’T GIVE UP: If something keeps you awake at night, don’t give up on it. Persistence is the key. If a door closes, find a new door, if that one closes too, make yourself a new door. You have your dreams, but they are your dreams, not everyone else’s around you. They have their separate dreams. Turn your dream into their goal. Fir success ka bulb jalega.

Episode 5: Where magic happens

Neither success nor failure is permanent: We need to remember, shit happens. Not everyday is sunshine and rainbows. When shit happens, we can either sit at one place and wallow in that shit, or get a change of clothes and try a different approach. We will have to sacrifice a lot of things, but in process we will gain some other things.

One day we will be gone from this world, but our work will remain, make sure it’s worth remembering.

And one big lesson combined from all of the series:

Don’t Stop Believing!