I know not to reply, if the email or message starts with “Hi Ankur Warikoo” -Ankur Warikoo

Don’t waste your time on people who don’t value their time. -Ankur Warikoo

5 signs of a toxic job: 1. There is no respect or recognition 2. There is no progress 3. There are no role models for you 4. There is no personal space 5. There are no/poor financial incentives 1 sign of a happy job: You look forward to show up for work -Ankur Warikoo

The battle is in the mind. -Ankur Warikoo

Someone helped you early on. But now they have turned toxic. Stepping away doesn’t mean you do not acknowledge what they did for you. It means you also care about what they are doing to you. -Ankur Warikoo

If you invest in something you don’t understand because others are doing it, it is not called investing. It is called FOMO! -Ankur Warikoo

You can be kind, while still being selfish. -Ankur Warikoo

Simplest way of building trust Do what you say you will do! EVERY SINGLE TIME -Ankur Warikoo

A big piece i have seen missing in several startups is a clear, simple and compelling definition of Employee Value Proposition (EVP) Why should anyone join you, as against someplace else? -Ankur Warikoo

The day we start taking ourselves too seriously, the world stops doing that! -Ankur Warikoo

When trying to bring about positive change, we run after the good so aggressively that our mind and body craves for the bad! Change only happens over slowly. Over time. Step by step. -Ankur Warikoo

Nothing teaches you better than teaching others. -Ankur Warikoo

Spend a lot of time on Twitter? It isn't always bad. It isn't always good too. Depends on what you get out of it. And what it keeps you away from. -Ankur Warikoo

"I am excited for you" = "I really want this to go well for you", if the person loves you = "I can't wait to say told you so, when you fail", if the person hates you -Ankur Warikoo

Knowing when to say no and saying it is a life skill -Ankur Warikoo

I think it's time for me to declare this publicly. I was working towards being the first man on Mars long before Elon Musk started SpaceX and SRK became a NASA scientist in Swades. -Ankur Warikoo

One of the best ways to win in life is to own our happiness. -Ankur Warikoo

We do not have the power to bring life. But we do have the power to appreciate that life. -Ankur Warikoo

When you are good at something, you are almost always seeking external validation to prove it. When you are truly happy doing something, the need for validation disappears. - Realized this during an interview today -Ankur Warikoo

You will always have people working on "your" idea. The world rarely has new ideas. It mostly has better ideas. Better is almost always more valuable than new. -Ankur Warikoo