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A monk at 22, a job seeker at 25 and now a corporate ‘guru’ at 34, @jayshetty has 240M+ views on YouTube.
Known as an award-winning host, storyteller and viral content creator, he has also made it to Forbes 30 Under 30.
Here is Jay's creator journey🧵
Not that we need to give an introduction but here's a bit about @jayshetty.
Jay (a.k.a the Urban Monk) is a motivational speaker, lifestyle vlogger, award show host, storyteller and content creator.
Though born and raised in London, United Kingdom, Jay's roots are from India.
👶🏻 Early Days
Jay was a shy, introverted young boy. He was bullied for being overweight and a little nerdy.
He spent most of teen years experimenting and his thrill-seeking ventures saw him often got him suspended from school.
💫 Turning point
When he was 18, Jay met @GaurangaDas at a seminar at his University and was swept off his feet.
The incident redefined success for him and he wanted a life of service, impact and passion.
At the age of 22, Jay moved to an ashram in India and took up monkhood.
⚡ Bouncing back (Well, almost)
About 3 years later, Jay's teacher suggested moving back and spreading the message to the world.
With a debt of $25,000 in debt, he moved back in with his parents in London and spent 9 months just updating himself on the world.
Soon he went out on a job hunt but got rejected by 40 companies!
He finally managed to crack an interview and join a consulting company.
Months later, though he was working 80-hour weeks, he felt he wasn’t living up to his potential.
This got him thinking about how to share mindfulness in the corporate world.
When he pitched his mindfulness-based video ideas, 10 media companies rejected him and 3 media executives told him he was too unqualified and too old to have a career in media.
That didn't stop him...
👦🏻 Becoming a Creator and a Speaker
Noticing the world going digital, Jay began sharing insights on productivity and how what he had learned as a monk on Facebook.
Soon his friends began inviting him to speak at their companies as they were under pressure and stress.
He started a YouTube Channel too.
Two years late, @ariannahuff came across Jay's videos and invited him to be the Host of @HuffPost Lifestyle in New York.
That's when things started to take off...he created his own viral video agency, grew his brand and bagged awards.
🎙Podcast On Purpose
In 2019, with a motive to make wisdom go viral, Jay started the OnPurpose Podcast. He brings interesting conversations with insightful people in the world.
The podcast had 64M+ downloads in one year and became the #1 health podcast in the world.
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📖Writing a Book
In 2020, Jay released his first book Think Like a Monk during the pandemic.
The book offers advice on reducing stress and improving focus, based on his experiences from the ashram.
Within no time, it was Amazon's best-selling book & sold many copies globally.
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🥳 Build a life, Not a resume
Jay also MCs events, runs coaching programs, gives free online masterclasses and produces motivational videos for his 11.5M Insta followers, 4.46M YT subs, 345.4K Twitter and 28M FB followers.
Lately, he officiated @JLo and @BenAffleck's wedding!
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Jay always encourages people to:
1. Find what you're good at.
2. Get really good at it.
3. Match it with something you love doing and you're passionate about.
4. And figure out how can you serve the world.
So follow him and explore more about him on jayshetty.me
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