From $30M Success to Rock Bottom: How Trekking the Himalayas and Meditation Turned My Life Around—and Could Change the World
Join me on the mission to quantify and elevate human consciousness.
My story:
Built $30M startup when I was 24 > Full of ego > Almost bankrupt the company > Dad diagnosed with terminal cancer > Got depression > Wife (almost) left me > Decided to turn around > Trekked through the Himalayas > Healed through meditation > Business turned around > Dad recovered like a miracle
.. the better I felt, the clearer I see. And I saw that
We as a human species are suffering on a global scale right now. Stress, anxiety, depress, global unhappiness index is at all time high. We're waging wars left right center.
.. can we have world peace? What's the solution?
Is it money? Maybe. But when I was trekking through the Himalayas, I saw the purest smile on the locals' faces and they had absolutely no money.
Is it religion? Maybe. But It divided and put us into different 'box'.
Is it then.. quality of life or technological advancement? Maybe. But then America has the highest quality of life across the globe yet stress, anxiety, mental health is the worst!
So what is it then?
I've come to the realisation that it is the quality of our mind. The quality of our thoughts. Every single thing in this world that materialised was once just an idea in our head. And if we're not careful, if we're not aware, if we're not in control, we produce negative thoughts, and negative thoughts create destructive actions which in turn spread like a wild fire on a global scale.
If many of us become more aware.. more conscious with our thoughts and take back control of our mind, I believe we can truly achieve world peace one day.
And it's been my mission to elevate our collective mind and bring upon world peace by building meaningful startups.
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I am building Surya, a wrist wearable that tracks mindfulness level in real time and gently reminds us to come back to present moment when we're "mindless". It's like FitBit, but for the mind.
Note: I am not selling anything - I am looking for people who are interested in joining our mission: to awaken the human mind. Send me a message if you're down to co-create this together. Your feedback will help us shape our future. Jake.
Or email me at jake@suryaband.com