Hey {{first_name|bro}},
My uncle once told me, "Bro, so many gyms and so much business, this must be some shady money."
He was talking about Bijan Barik.
A guy from Bhubaneswar who runs 7 gyms, an international conference business in 15 countries, 6 registered companies, and drives a Ferrari in Odisha, as I said in the last email.
And my uncle's first reaction was: black money.
Not "wow, he worked hard." Not "wow, he built something real."
But he made a conclusion: It must be illegal.
And I realised this is not just my uncle.
This is the average Indian middle-class mindset.
When someone from your own city, your own background, builds real wealth, the first instinct is suspicion.
Because the only version of rich they've seen is politicians with briefcases or businessmen with shady government contacts.
Nobody showed them the other version.
The version where Bijan took a ₹3.70 crore bank loan, filed 6 registered companies with the government, paid taxes, and built everything out in the open.
That's what wealth actually looks like in 2026. And who knows, maybe he was doing black stuff.
But the only purpose of writing this email is to change the way you think and see wealthy people.
Cause your mindset will decide: do you want to be broke, gossiping in a broke group about their black money.
Or hang out with actual wealthy people who made it through providing value & solving problems for people?
Choice is yours.
And see you in the next one.
-AshuRex
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