Sahil Vaidya – Wear an Attitude of Gratitude

BIO: Sahil Vaidya co-founded The Minimalist in 2015, one of India’s fastest-growing creative solutions companies. In 2019, Sahil was featured in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list. STORY: Sahil’s worst investment was investing too much time chasing dopamine hits. LEARNING: Incorporate gratitude in your life. Don’t be fooled by the shiny object syndrome.   “Gratitude is really underrated.”Sahil Vaidya Guest profilehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/sahil-vaidya-59592043/ (Sahil Vaidya) is the co-founder of https://www.theminimalist.in/ (The Minimalist), one of India’s fastest-growing creative solutions companies. An engineering graduate from IIT Bombay, Sahil co-founded the company during his final year in 2015. Marshaling a crew of over 170+ creative minds, Sahil wakes up every day with a single-minded focus: to turn The Minimalist into India’s most inventive company in the creative business. In 2019, Sahil was featured in the prestigious Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list. He has also been the driving force behind the company’s growth, which resulted in The Minimalist being featured in LinkedIn India’s Top 25 Startups List (2018). In 2021, Sahil and Chirag launched their book https://amzn.to/3BeIEav (Think Like The Minimalist), which is a short read on their unique IP of Minimalist Thinking. Filled with detailed techniques, examples, and anecdotes, the book is a potent tool for design, marketing, and branding students, practitioners as well as leaders to master the art and science of thought-provoking design. Worst investment everSahil’s worst investment was investing too much time chasing dopamine hits. When he started his business, it was an instant success. He received a lot of accolades, awards, and recognition. Sahil thoroughly enjoyed that attention and high. He desired to cultivate a bigger external image. Sahil started chasing things like better looks, more fame, better relationships, and a much bigger company. It took a lot of time for Sahil to realize that the stuff he was after wasn’t really import