saransh sharma

Hi that's me I guess🫠

I took an ₹80,000 loan before I made a single rupee. No job confirmed. No salary in hand. No safety net. Just a consultancy telling me I needed a specific laptop to work. And a 17-year-old who wanted it bad enough to sign on the dotted line. Everyone thought I was crazy. Honestly maybe I was. But here's what that decision taught me about commitment that no one ever talks about: Risk changes you before the outcome does. The moment I signed that loan, something shifted. I couldn't afford to fail anymore. Not emotionally. Not financially. So I stopped treating the job like something I was trying. I started treating it like something I had already committed to. 12 to 16 hour shifts. No friends in the first two months. Working US hours through the night. Skipping everything else. Not because I was passionate. Because I was accountable. To myself. To that loan. To the version of me that took the risk. Three months later loan was fully paid. Laptop mine. Confidence mine. Work ethic mine. That laptop started everything. Every skill I learned, I learned on that machine. Every late night. Every client. Every failure and comeback after that started there. People talk about commitment like it's a feeling. It's not. Commitment is what you do when the feeling is gone. When the excitement has worn off. When the loan is still sitting there and the work still needs doing. I didn't take that loan because I was confident. I took it because I was desperate enough to bet on myself. And that bet changed everything. Now I run mindmazestudio. Still betting on myself. Just with better odds. What's the biggest bet you've ever placed on yourself? hashtag#MindMazeStudio hashtag#BuildingInPublic hashtag#FounderLife hashtag#SoloFounder hashtag#Entrepreneurship hashtag#PersonalBrand hashtag#RiskTaking

I'm not saying ignore burnout. I'm not saying grind yourself into the ground. I'm saying — don't confuse low energy with inability. You're not blocked. You're just not feeling it today. Open the laptop anyway. Make the coffee anyway. Do the one next thing anyway.

Low energy days have a weird superpower. You stop trying to make the work brilliant. You just make it done. And done beats brilliant every single time.

I don't wait to feel ready before I work. I stopped doing that a long time ago. Here's why

Stop looking for a bigger vision. Fix your Tuesday. The rest follows.

Consistency doesn't feel like growth when you're inside it. It only looks like growth when you look back.

I don't need a bigger vision. I need a better Tuesday. 🧵

I work on weekends. Not because I have to. Because honestly, I don't feel the difference. Saturday morning with coffee and Figma open feels exactly like Tuesday afternoon to me. The work is the same. The energy is the same. The love for it is the same. When you're building something that's yours the calendar stops mattering. But here's the thing I never do: I never expect my team to feel the same way. They have lives. Families. Rest they've earned. Weekends are theirs not mine to take. If a deadline is tight and I genuinely need help, I ask. Not demand. Not assume. Not guilt. Just - hey, I know it's the weekend, would you be open to jumping in? And if the answer is no. That's a full sentence. No explanation needed. I think this is something a lot of founders and agency owners get wrong. Your obsession with your work is yours. Your team didn't sign up for your obsession. They signed up for good work, fair pay, and respect for their time. You can love the grind. Just don't make it someone else's obligation. Building mindmazestudio - one project, one lesson at a time. hashtag#FounderLife hashtag#BuildingInPublic hashtag#AgencyLife hashtag#SoloFounder hashtag#Leadership

You can love the work more than anyone in the room. Just don't punish the room for not loving it the same way. Lead with respect. Deliver with obsession. Keep those two things separate.

A lot of founders confuse their work ethic with a team standard. Your obsession is yours. Your grind is yours. Don't make it someone else's obligation just because you can't switch off.

I work every weekend. And I never ask my team to do the same. Here's why 🧵