'Hindi Mein Nahi Hota Ki Jal Gaya, Bhun Gaya¡¯: Ashneer Grover Calls Burnout A ¡®Western Concept¡¯

A state of physical or emotional fatigue that is also followed by a sense of diminishing accomplishment and loss of personal identity is described to as job burnout. Job burnout is a distinctive kind of stress that is related to work.

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During a recent conversation with aspiring entrepreneurs, Ashneer Grover, a judge on the debut season of Sony's Shark Tank India, was asked how he avoids burnout. According to Ashneer, burnout is not a "desi emotion" because it is a "western concept" with no counterpart in the Hindi language.

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In the seminar uploaded to YouTube by Business Incarnate, he emphasized this idea by stating,

"Burn out na Thoda western concept laghta hai mujhe. Hindi mein kabhi hota nahi ki ¡®main jal gaya, bhun gaya¡¯. Agar Hindi mein hai toh humara desi emotion hai, Hindi mein nahi hai toh yeh adopted emotion hai (I feel burnout is a Western concept. I have never heard anyone say in Hindi that ¡®I got burnt or roasted.¡¯ If it is in Hindi, then it is a local emotion, if not then it is an adopted emotion)."

Ashneer continued by explaining that, in his opinion, the idea of burnout only applies when people cannot justify their work to themselves. He said,

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"Burn out mere khyal se bas ek hi situation mein ho sakta hai ki fundamentally, jo bhi aap kar rahe ho, aapke dimag ka ek hissa aapko bol raha hai ki iska koi logic nahi hai. But aap, for some reason, usko kare jaa rahe ho. Only in that situation, jo hota hai na ki bande ka dimag chalna band ho gaya uske baad, voh tabhi ho sakta hai (In my opinion, burnout can only happen if fundamentally, whatever you might be doing, your brain is telling you that this doesn¡¯t make any sense. But you, for some reason, continue to do it. Only in that situation can one say that they can¡¯t function anymore)."

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"US value concept kam paalo yeh burn out shurn out," he said at the end of his statement. (Don¡¯t adopt concepts like ¡®burn out¡¯ that come from the US.)"

Entrepreneur and "Shark Tank India" investor Ashneer Grover came with his autobiography this December, which he says is "all about the hypocrisy of life ¨C success in failure and failure in success".

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His book also offers an insider view into the mythical world of unicorns.

"Doglapan: The Hard Truth about Life and Start-ups" was published by Penguin India. The book is being billed as "raw, gut-wrenchingly honest, and one of the finest storytelling from the Delhi boy renowned for his truth bombs."

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