Problem Solving Marathon Ep 3 – Sandeep Maheshwari’s Practical Life Lessons

In this powerful session, people asked real-life questions to Sandeep Maheshwari about career, AI, spirituality, inner child, and business struggles. His answers were practical, eye-opening, and deeply inspiring.

Let’s understand each question with simplified explanations and examples.

 

Question 1. My job is easily replaceable by AI. What should I do?

The Question:

“Sir, I work as a Conference Technology Admin (IT support). My job can be easily replaced by AI in future. I know I need to do something but I don’t know what exactly. What should I focus on?”

Sandeep Sir’s Answer (Explained):

1. Start learning everything about AI.

• AI is changing at lightning speed.
• Earlier, big inventions came every 10-20 years.
• Now, every week new inventions come that make last week’s innovations look small.

Example:
ChatGPT launched just 2 years ago, and now the entire world is using AI for daily tasks.

2. Think like an entrepreneur.

• Don’t just learn AI tools randomly.
• Ask AI itself:
• “These are my skills, these are my tasks – tell me 10-20 daily problems people like me face that have no good solution yet.”
• Find problems you connect with and create solutions for them.

3. Learn multiple AI models and their strengths.

• Gemini, Grok, ChatGPT, Perplexity – all have different strengths.
• Stay updated every week, as today’s best tool may not be tomorrow’s best.

 

Question 2. I feel confused between logic and intuition in career decisions. Should I leave corporate and follow spiritual life?

The Question:

“Sir, my intuition says I should go into spirituality, but logically I think I should continue my corporate career. How do I resolve this inner child vs adult conflict?”

Sandeep Sir’s Answer (Explained):

1. Spirituality is not about running away from life.

• Real spirituality is about knowing your true self (spirit).
• You don’t need to leave your job or go to an ashram to be spiritual.
• “Understand yourself where you are right now.”

2. Life in spiritual fields is not glamorous.

• Spirituality is about accepting tough truths and living simply.
• If you leave corporate life thinking spirituality will solve problems, you are escaping reality.
• First, understand what spirituality truly means before making big decisions.

Example:
A monk lives without money, luxuries, or career growth. Are you ready for that life?

Question 3. How can I keep my inner child alive as an adult?

The Question:

“Sir, as we grow, we become too logical and lose our inner child. How to keep it alive?”

Sandeep Sir’s Answer (Explained):

1. Stay around playful, young-at-heart people.

• If you stay around only serious, mentally old people, you become the same.
• Even a 25-year-old can have an ‘old’ mind if they lose curiosity and playfulness.

2. Adopt a pet or volunteer with kids.

• Spending time with pets or children naturally keeps your inner child alive.

Question 4. My dropshipping business keeps failing despite using new tools. Why?

The Question:

“Sir, I do dropshipping. Whenever I try to streamline it into systems and processes, a new tool or trend comes up. I feel frustrated and leave it midway. Why can’t I succeed?”

Sandeep Sir’s Answer (Explained):

1. Most people do business only to solve their own problem: money.

• Real business is solving customers’ problems, not your own financial problem.

2. Dropshipping often has no real value addition.

Example:
If you buy a product for ₹50 and sell it for ₹500 without any value addition, why will people buy from you when it’s available for ₹100 elsewhere?

3. Business is either ‘Chicken Business’ or ‘Egg Business’.

• Chicken Business: Needs new customers daily to survive.
• Egg Business: Has repeat customers and grows stably.

Lesson:
Build a business where customers return again and again, not just one-time buyers.

 

Question 5. I run an AI agency but big companies solve problems faster. When should I drop an idea?

The Question:

“Sir, my AI agency builds AI agents for small companies, but big tech giants solve problems before we do. When should we stop working on an idea and move on?”

Sandeep Sir’s Answer (Explained):

1. Don’t aim for success; aim for quick failures.

• Test ideas fast.
• If it fails, move on quickly.
• This is how Silicon Valley works.

2. Identify one big goal and stick to it.

Example:
If your big goal is AI, keep experimenting with ideas in that field. Fail fast, learn, and grow within AI.

3. Your agency earns 90-95% revenue from web design and marketing, but spends maximum on AI agents.

• Rebalance your investments.
• Focus on projects that solve real problems and generate stable income.

Question 6. How do I implement AI in business to grow fast?

The Question:

“Sir, clients hesitate to spend money on ads. How can we implement AI to scale their business and ours too?”

Sandeep Sir’s Answer (Explained):

1. Understand the biggest problem of all businesses: Sales.

• Customers don’t care if you use AI or humans.
• They care about results – more sales, higher profit.

2. Offer performance-based services.

Example:
Tell a client, “I will increase your sales. Pay me only a percentage of the profit.”

3. Use AI to automate lead generation, calling, and marketing.

• AI tools today can handle calls in local languages, generate websites, and run ads automatically.
• Your knowledge of combining these tools is your real business value.

 

Final Powerful Lessons

• Learn AI deeply – not just tools, but their problem-solving capabilities.
• Be solution-oriented, not tool-focused.
• Understand real spirituality before thinking of leaving your career.
• Keep your inner child alive by staying with playful, young-hearted people.
• Fail fast, learn fast, and move forward within your chosen field.
• Focus your business on solving real customer problems to grow infinitely.

Your Action Steps Today

• Write down 3 AI tools to learn deeply this week.
• List 5 problems customers face in your industry and think about how to solve them.
• Spend 10 minutes today doing something playful to connect with your inner child.

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Credits:
This post is inspired by “Problem Solving Marathon Episode 3” by Sandeep Maheshwari. The learnings are explained in my own words for educational and motivational purposes.