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Trying to live an IKIGAIful life!

Manav Tyagi
2 min readNov 27, 2023
This is me!

“When you grow up you tend to get told the world is the way it is and your life is just to live your life inside the world. Try not to bash into the walls too much. Try to have a nice family life, have fun, save a little money. That’s a very limited life. Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact, and that is — everything around you that you call life, was made up by people who were no smarter than you. And you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use.”

~ Steve Jobs

Since 2010, Steve Jobs has been my constant inspiration. I connect with all his quotes, but the one above resonates with me the most.

To explain why, let me share a story from my life.

Back in 2006, when I was choosing my engineering college, my criteria was simple:

  • Distance from home

I didn’t think about:

  • Campus placement
  • Faculty
  • College reputation
  • College size

All I cared about was that the college should be as far from home as possible so I could ask my dad for a motorcycle and enjoy the ride.

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Manav Tyagi
Manav Tyagi

Written by Manav Tyagi

A 36-year-old aspiring coder who can’t stop talking about how Apple has shaped his life—for better. I love Apple, just not the fruit!

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