DN116 with Raj Jana- From a Six-Figure Job to Finding Happy Life in Entrepreneurship

Raj lived a life his parents are proud of. He went the traditional path of doing well in school and in sports, taking up an engineering course that he knew will yield him a high-paying income job. He knew his parents will be happy and proud of him. He felt achievement, however, he did not felt fulfilled.

He grew up in a loving and hardworking family, and he received so much love and support. This is what he attributed to why he has self-love and confidence. When he was 22 years old, he worked as a Petroleum Engineer for Chevron. He is earning six figures in his corporate job, but the thing is, he was not happy. He felt that even though he is working hard, someone else is pulling the string, telling him what to do and when to do it. That is when he started a side hustle route, while maintaining his full-time job in the beginning.

Another catalyst of this shift to entrepreneurship is the incident with his mentor and cubicle mate who died three months before he’s supposed to retire. He then knew that he did not want to live his life like him and his dad who never stopped working. The young boy who did not know anything about what he wanted to do in his life, now transitioned to a young man who fully know what he did not want his life to be. These drive him to be successful in optimizing his life to help him come alive, realizing that aliveness is where true freedom exists.

Learn a lot about life, investing in yourself, paying attention to what you really matters to you, how to reach true freedom and how taking action. This episode will never disappoint!

Here’s What You Missed

• High-paying job does not equate success

Knowledge Nuggets

Raj went from just going with the flow to actually owning his life and living a life of his design. At first, he kept his job while working on his side hustles. His first one is selling manual coffee grinder, of which they made a million in sales just after seven months of launching it. Majority of its success is due to him willing to invest in himself and to actually do the work.

[5:09] Hard work didn't actually equal success. In the corporate world, someone else is pulling the strings, telling you what to do and when you could do something. Even though its a high-paying job, that does not mean you are successful if you are not happy with what you are doing.

[7:01] Instead of getting a 7% return on my 401k, you get to potentially have a 7000% return by investing in yourself.

[8:15] I was living a lie. We are all living a lie by conforming to the society’s standard. Waiting for the weekend and vacation to have fun. Looking forward to retirement which you may not actually reach.

[11:22] You can live that interconnected life. You can build a life that has all of it connected and you can do work that makes your soul happy and it nourishes your spirit.

[14:16] The reason why I didn't feel fulfillment in my achievement is because they weren't my goals. Getting a six-figure job is not my goal, I was not doing it for me, it was taught to us by our parents or the community that having a high-paying job is the key to happiness. if you're not having the right achievements or if you're going after the wrong things, you're going to fill yourself up with the wrong emotions. All we are trying to create in our life is joy and happiness.

[16:30] As you're building your life , really pay attention to why you're doing it what you're doing and what matters most to you.

[17:21] Inaction doesn't help anything. So waiting to have all the answers before you take action is never going to actually get you the answers you're seeking. Important to be 60% sure and move into that direction.

[20:09] Your whys are maybe externally sort of motivated, but they created a sense of internal fire. Whatever sparks something in you that feeling, pay attention to those feelings because those feelings are truly what we're actually optimizing our life for. We are optimizing our life for things that help us come alive because in that aliveness is where true freedom exists.

[23:13] You are the average of the five people you learn from. It does not mean you have physical proximity to them. You can have an online mastermind community. There's so many resources at our disposal, but you have to put yourself out there.

[25:00] The power of accountability. One of the fastest ways to start taking action, is telling other people you're going to do something

[27:13] The reality is always a few steps behind mindset. It's about knowing what you want and then visualizing the person you need to be to go get that thing. The mindset always happens first and then reality slowly catches up.

[39:16] Make your money first. Don't worry about following your passion yet. Find your purpose and you why’s. Create your your chops as an entrepreneur, create some freedom and choice for yourself. Once you have money flowing in, then you can do whatever you want. All of you have the choice once you create the opportunity for yourself.

[42:09] The voice in your head never actually matches the voice in your heart. You just need to be at least 51% sure that the voice in your head isn't actually representing what you truly are capable of. Build up your confidence by picking up some quick wins. You don't need to be a hundred percent sure about anything in life, you just need to be a little more sure than you're not.

Important Reads and Links

Recommended books:

The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss

Evolved Enterprise by Yanik Silver

Raj Jana Website:                       https://www.rajjana.com/

Raj Jana Podcast:                        https://www.javapresse.com/blogs/podcast

Raj Jana Instagram:                    https://www.instagram.com/raj_jana

Raj Jana LinkedIn:                      https://www.instagram.com/raj_jana

Raj Jana Twitter:                         https://twitter.com/rajer_thatt

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