Dr. Alok Kanojia

I was going to be a doctor, not just any doctor, best doctor. I'm going to go to Harvard, right? Because that's what good Indian kids do. So like, that's what my goals were. But like, I had no actual motivational drive. So I played a bunch of video games, started in high school, started to become a problem there. But then I basically failed out of college.

I was going to be a doctor, not just any doctor, best doctor. I'm going to go to Harvard, right? Because that's what good Indian kids do. So like, that's what my goals were. But like, I had no actual motivational drive. So I played a bunch of video games, started in high school, started to become a problem there. But then I basically failed out of college.

So my first year in college, I had less than a 2.0 GPA. Half of my transcript was literally Fs. And then so I was on academic probation and barely made it through my second year. So I was on the verge of getting kicked out and like had all I had to do is get higher than a 2.0 GPA. And so I had managed to get like a 2.1 or something.

So my first year in college, I had less than a 2.0 GPA. Half of my transcript was literally Fs. And then so I was on academic probation and barely made it through my second year. So I was on the verge of getting kicked out and like had all I had to do is get higher than a 2.0 GPA. And so I had managed to get like a 2.1 or something.

So my first year in college, I had less than a 2.0 GPA. Half of my transcript was literally Fs. And then so I was on academic probation and barely made it through my second year. So I was on the verge of getting kicked out and like had all I had to do is get higher than a 2.0 GPA. And so I had managed to get like a 2.1 or something.

So two years of college in, I've got like an average of less than one. So I had a 2.1 my last semester. And before that, it was like a one point something. And so, and my parents tried everything. They tried to like, you know, punish me and they tried like tough love and love, love. And like, they just didn't know what they were dealing with because I was really addicted. So I went to India.

So two years of college in, I've got like an average of less than one. So I had a 2.1 my last semester. And before that, it was like a one point something. And so, and my parents tried everything. They tried to like, you know, punish me and they tried like tough love and love, love. And like, they just didn't know what they were dealing with because I was really addicted. So I went to India.

So two years of college in, I've got like an average of less than one. So I had a 2.1 my last semester. And before that, it was like a one point something. And so, and my parents tried everything. They tried to like, you know, punish me and they tried like tough love and love, love. And like, they just didn't know what they were dealing with because I was really addicted. So I went to India.

I spent three months at an ashram studying yoga and meditation and like fell in love with it. So my whole life, like I wanted things, but I could never get myself to do them. So I had like desires, like I had goals, but I couldn't motivate myself. And on the flip side, I was like a slave to my desires when it came to video games.

I spent three months at an ashram studying yoga and meditation and like fell in love with it. So my whole life, like I wanted things, but I could never get myself to do them. So I had like desires, like I had goals, but I couldn't motivate myself. And on the flip side, I was like a slave to my desires when it came to video games.

I spent three months at an ashram studying yoga and meditation and like fell in love with it. So my whole life, like I wanted things, but I could never get myself to do them. So I had like desires, like I had goals, but I couldn't motivate myself. And on the flip side, I was like a slave to my desires when it came to video games.

And I was playing video games for like 16 to 20 hours a day, like seven days a week. like just wasn't going to class for like a month at a time. So I would like order fried rice by the pound and fuel myself with like two liter bottles of soda and like pounds of fried rice at like 20 hour stretches.

And I was playing video games for like 16 to 20 hours a day, like seven days a week. like just wasn't going to class for like a month at a time. So I would like order fried rice by the pound and fuel myself with like two liter bottles of soda and like pounds of fried rice at like 20 hour stretches.

And I was playing video games for like 16 to 20 hours a day, like seven days a week. like just wasn't going to class for like a month at a time. So I would like order fried rice by the pound and fuel myself with like two liter bottles of soda and like pounds of fried rice at like 20 hour stretches.

And so what I loved about India is I discovered like a system of learning that teaches me about myself. So in the way that we can learn algebra, like we learn about desire. Where does desire come from? What happens if you satisfy it? All that kind of stuff. So I decided to become a monk.

And so what I loved about India is I discovered like a system of learning that teaches me about myself. So in the way that we can learn algebra, like we learn about desire. Where does desire come from? What happens if you satisfy it? All that kind of stuff. So I decided to become a monk.

And so what I loved about India is I discovered like a system of learning that teaches me about myself. So in the way that we can learn algebra, like we learn about desire. Where does desire come from? What happens if you satisfy it? All that kind of stuff. So I decided to become a monk.

spent the next seven years studying with different like teachers in India, went a little bit to South Korea and Japan, and I was going to become a monk. My teachers at the age of 21, I tried. They said, you need to come back when you're 30. And then if you still want to do it, we'll take you. But they still continued teaching me.

spent the next seven years studying with different like teachers in India, went a little bit to South Korea and Japan, and I was going to become a monk. My teachers at the age of 21, I tried. They said, you need to come back when you're 30. And then if you still want to do it, we'll take you. But they still continued teaching me.

spent the next seven years studying with different like teachers in India, went a little bit to South Korea and Japan, and I was going to become a monk. My teachers at the age of 21, I tried. They said, you need to come back when you're 30. And then if you still want to do it, we'll take you. But they still continued teaching me.