From '10th pass' to millionaire: Engineer's post on how his friend used 'common sense' to get rich goes viral
Believe it or not there are people who don't see a risk as a deterrent whether it comes to their personal life or even starting a business. In a recent post, X user?Sunil highlighted the importance of pure grit and common sense when taking on a new Why the post blew up online is because Avaria said he was an "engineer who listens to podcasts" while his Gujarati friend, a "10th pass," had the confidence and guts to start a business in the U.S., miles away from home ground.?
Why did the post go viral?
Sunil took to the popular social media platform to share how even the most qualified person gets in their own way when it comes to pursuing something with high associated risk. The crux of his post was that sometimes all it takes in life is "common sense," "intuition" and the "ability to take a calculated risk."
Calling it the "advantage of being a Gujarati," Sunil started off by saying: "Met a Patel friend who runs a restaurant in New Jersey. He was in his late 40s and 10th pass. I am engineer with masters degree who listens to podcasts."?
He then spoke about Peter Thiel, the former CEO of PayPal and how he called restaurants a bad investment, but if Thiel were to know his friend's story, he might rethink that. "I told him that Peter Thiel said that worst business one can do is open a restaurant. Very high failure rate and customers are very unpredictable.When I mentioned Peter Thiel¡¯s name, he raised his eyebrows to think. Obviously, he doesn¡¯t know who Peter Thiel is," he explained.
But his friend had the courage of conviction to carry on, and was very clear in his mind when he said?"opening a restaurant is sure short way to be millionaire for him."
His reason? Seeing an opportunity in front of himself. "He himself has 50 families who are his relatives that live in New Jersey who will come to his restaurant for a good Gujarati food. If salt is less, they will not stop coming. They will simply tell him to add more salt."
"A lot of Gujaratis from New York and Pennsylvania hire tourist bus when they have to go to visit swaminarayan temple in Robinsville. In the way to Robinsville, they make a stop at his restaurant to eat delicious Gujarati thali. That¡¯s 50-75 people per bus," he went on in the post.
And, so, how he became a millionaire is by simply keeping his restaurant open. "All he has to do is open restaurant in morning, cook dal Chawal sabzi roti, dhokla, tea for 10 years and he is a millionaire."
"That¡¯s 10th pass immigrant for you. No MBA, no listening to podcast. Just common sense, intuition and ability to take calculated risk," he finished making anyone reading the post realise how sometimes even the most brilliant, talented and qualified people can lose out on opportunities if they don't take any risk.
How did the internet react?
Shared on August 18, the post has raked in 440.2 k views, 6k likes and comments to match, some of which are shown below:
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