I have come a long way since I started blogging 10 years back in 2012. There I was, with a laptop, some ideas I wanted to share with the world and an incessant desire to break the barriers of personal freedom and become independent of the 9 to 5 ecosystems.

Nervous, understaffed (only me) and with no actionable experience or intelligence, the only way I knew was to hustle: reach the skills that I needed and polish those I already had.

I have experienced a lot since then. I have established a blog and taken it forward to become one of the most popular blogs in India. I have launched a product and failed miserably at it. I have succeeded at business deals and also failed my fair share. I have made worthwhile connections that have turned very profitable. I have also made competitors, always on the lookout to push me down. I have amassed lovers and haters alike. I have spoken at events, colleges, and forums, both online and offline.

In a nutshell, I haven’t become a millionaire of sorts, but yes, I have entered the realm of freedom, personal and financial, and I have got to say, it is a growth machine.

Here in this book, I want to discuss my experiences and the insights I have gained, with you, my readers, the only backbone that keeps me going.

-Jitendra Vaswani | Founder of bytegain.com