Turning Your Passion into a Business with Vikram Seth

In this episode we discuss:

• How do you survive during an unpaid sabbatical?
• The psychological stress of not having a salary
• What Vikram learned about psychology from Elon Musk at University
• The 2,000 year old ritual that Tim Ferriss still practices to prepare for adversity 
• If you want to start something new, should you burn your bridges or leave yourself an escape?
• Overcoming the limiting belief that you are your job
• The massive lie hidden in our education and employment systems
• The creative approach to work that unites the greatest thinkers from Richard Feynman to Ernest Hemingway, David Ogilvy, and Richard Branson
• Tactics for tapping into your subconscious mind to overcome creative blocks
• Dealing with the mental struggle of asking your first clients for money
• Why Vikram (an economist) and his brother Mrinal (a designer and developer) started teaching traditional Indian dance classes
• The common denominator that determines your success in any business or job
• Should you "scratch your own itch" when starting a business?
• How to deal with starting a business and having zero customers show up
• The Magic of the Internet, Micro-niches, and following your own passion
• How the internet is "undoing the industrial revolution" for creators
• Going in to "Fear Mode"
• Balancing "scale of impact" vs "direct impact"
• What if you could keep your job and pursue your passion?
   

Links to Resources and Books Mentioned:

• Vikram on Twitter (https://twitter.com/vsethco)
• Bounce Bhangra Website (https://bouncebhangra.com/)
• Bounce Bhangra on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/bouncebhangra/)
• Tim  Ferriss on Practicing Poverty (https://tim.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/137-tim-ferriss-how-to-practice-poverty-and-reduce-fear.pdf)
• Kevin Kelly's essay "1,000 True Fans" (https://kk.org/thetechnium/1000-true-fans/)