At 61, What I Got Wrong About Success at 30 | Sanjeev Mulloo
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Can you build a successful business without first building a successful human being?Sanjeev Mulloo, the businessman behind Vista Com Communications, joins Jaswinder Singh to share what decades in business and life have taught him at 61. He started in printing after watching his father, a writer, journalist and historian, struggle to get his books published. Today he looks back on what he got completely wrong about success at 30.In this episode: • Why he "wishes people failure", and what failure really teaches you • The lotus lesson: turning ugliness into beauty under pressure • The pleasure trap, and how a 20-year-old can rebuild after a breakup • His father's last words: "Never, ever, ever close your mind" • The 3 capitals of modern business: intellectual, relational and financial • Why chasing money first is the classic founder mistake • "You don't buy a brand, you recruit a brand"• At 20: should you take a job or start a business?Chapters 00:00 Can you build a great business without being a great human? 00:45 What Vista Com Communications does 06:00 How it started: his father's books and printing 08:53 Why young people chase money instead of value 13:18 Success vs greatness 16:47 Why failure is a good thing 18:04 The lotus lesson 19:22 Breakups, addiction and the pleasure trap 33:04 Does motivation actually work? 40:56 What he got wrong about success at 30 43:35 His father's last words 52:14 Stop judging people 58:32 The 3 capitals of business 01:04:50 Branding vs becoming a commodity 01:09:12 You don't buy a brand, you recruit it 01:12:48 Internal vs external locus of control 01:16:37 Why young founders quit after a few weeks 01:20:07 When does more money stop improving your life? 01:23:20 At 20: job or business? 01:26:49 What he wants to leave behindJaswinder Singh Euphoric is Mauritius's first podcast about the real journeys of Mauritian business people. It covers the struggle, the money, the mistakes and the island context that newspaper profiles leave out. New episodes every Tuesday & Friday.Follow the show on Spotify, and tell us what YOU got wrong about success when you were younger.Watch the full video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTtRlJ-pSHYSuggest a guest on WhatsApp: https://wa.me/23052737693?text=Guest%20nomination%20for%20Euphoric%3A%20YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JaswinderSinghEuphoric Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jaswindersingheuphoric Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jaswindersingheuphoric TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jaswindersingheuphoric LinkedIn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTtRlJ-pSHYApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jaswinder-singh-euphoric/id6812294141 Website: https://jaswindersingheuphoric.com
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