People & Stories I Admire

These are people I admire because of what they did, or the way their stories helped me take inspiration.

• Travis Kalanick — Building Uber from scratch and his attitude that is what i liked the most about.
• Steve Jobs — His early life, building Apple and NeXT, "stealing" things from Xerox PARC, and his times with Bill Gates.
• Chanakya — He established the Mauryan Empire. Getting into his mind and understanding how he thinks is incredibly insightful for me.
• Lionel Messi — His amazing story and how he stays so humble even after being the absolute best in the world.
• MS Dhoni — His story from being a ticket collector to becoming one of the most successful captains in cricket.
• Subhas Chandra Bose — His life, and especially the mystery surrounding his life after "death".
• Napoleon Bonaparte — His sheer mindset.
• Elon Musk — The Alien, What he does, no one else is doing. He runs 6 companies, and building even one of them isn't something most genius people can do. Total obsession.
• Daniel Ek & Martin Lorentzon — Their story of building Spotify was great, i got to know from the Playlist Webseries.
• Sandeep Maheshwari — His teachings in the sessions he has taken on his YouTube channel have genuinely helped me in my life.
• Ray Kroc — His story of building McDonald's and his persistent attitude towards life—that is something one can really look up to.
• Abhijit Chavda — For his incredible deep dives into history and how the world works. I really like how he thinks in n dimensions.
• Lex Fridman — He covers deep talks on a lot of hard subjects. I really just like the way he thinks in n dimensions.
• Jack Ma — His story of failing everywhere at the most basic things, but still not giving up and thinking big, is really inspirational.
• Mark Zuckerberg — Watched The Social Network and absolutely loved his story of building Facebook.