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Manoj Bhargava: Billionaire Monk

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Manoj Bhargava: Billionaire Monk “Follow your dream but make sure it’s the right dream, if your dream is to be a serial killer, please don’t”                             -Manoj We all want to make a difference but end up following convention by mindlessly chasing money and power. Manoj didn’t follow convention, he put in immense hard work and used his own head to find his way. Manoj was born in Lucknow and moved to Philadelphia with his family in the 1960s. He was super smart and for his undergrad degree, he got a scholarship in one of the most prestigious universities in the world – Princeton. While studying he did many odd jobs to pay his college tuition, like driving taxis and even manual labour. After finishing just a year at Princeton he decided to drop-out. “It was great for a year, but I left for the same reason no one stays for five or six years, it's just an arbitrary number. I got what I needed out of Princeton in one year and after that I did