Chapter 1 - When I Was 13 I Had My First Love

When I was thirteen, I didn’t know what destiny felt like.

But I met it anyway.

I used to go to an English tuition and one day my English teacher gave me a task.

“Teach this concept to those kids,” he said, pointing to four fifth-grade students sitting in front of me. He told me that he is going to ask them they should be right.

So I did what any nervous thirteen-year-old would do—I explained it the best I could. When my teacher started asking questions to them, something magical happened.

Every single one of those kids answered correctly.

That was the time when I really felt proud and powerful. Of course as I was a kid myself I couldn't understand these feelings that time.

I enjoyed being a teacher.

Years passed. Dreams grew older. Reality grew louder.

Chapter 2 - Dream vs Reality

By the time I reached class 12, I learned two things

✅ Money is very important

✅ Teachers, especially in private schools, don’t earn much.

And like most teenagers, I wanted to be rich.

So I forgot that feeling and decided to become a Chartered Accountant. Become a money man.

I cleared CPT. I did IPCC. And then… I failed. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t clear the exams that came after. When the plan you’ve been holding onto collapses, you don’t fall immediately.

First, you search for an escape.

❌ I started a candle business—failed.

❌ I built a platform for poets and storytellers—failed.

❌ I learned skills like a collector gathers souvenirs.

3D animation. Digital marketing. Copywriting. Storytelling, Financial Modeling.

I kept thinking, surely one of these should work. But none of them did, at least not at that time.

Chapter 3 - First Love Comes Back

Somehow, I finished my graduation. And, I landed a job as a Research Associate.

I didn’t love the work. But hey I had a job so no complaints.

But one day, something unexpected happened. I got an opportunity to train people in the research process.

And just like that, the same feeling from when I was thirteen walked back into the room and sat beside me.

❤️ That feeling of purpose.

❤️ That power.

❤️ That joy of helping someone understand.

That’s when I knew:

I didn’t stop wanting to be a teacher. I had just hidden it under fear. I want to be a teacher, but a teacher who earns well.

Then COVID happened.

Chapter 4 - Yes! Teacher Can Earn

The world paused. People panicked. And like everyone else, I thought, “Let’s try teaching on YouTube.” So I started teaching options trading.

➡️ Thirty-three videos.

➡️ Four months.

➡️ 150 subscribers.

I stared at that number and thought, Why my subscribers are not growing fast. I needed to understand this YouTube game.

That’s when I saw a hiring post from a YouTube channel named FinnovationZ.

They were looking for a content researcher. This time, all my “failed” experiences showed up for me.

✅ My finance knowledge as CA student
✅ My storytelling skill
✅ My past job experience as researcher

And I got selected.

I joined to learn YouTube. What I didn’t know was that I was about to learn something bigger.

Inside FinnovationZ, I didn’t just understand how YouTube works. I managed it all. I understood how teachers can use YouTube to build trust, sell courses, and change lives—without needing millions of views.

The first time we applied this properly, we sold ₹63 lakh worth of courses in a single month. And it was just starting.

This first win shattered a belief I had carried for years. Teachers can’t earn much. YouTube had solved the problem.

Chapter 5 - Conclusion

To be a successful independent teacher

😎 You don’t need millions of views.

😎 You don’t need viral fame.

😎 You need some hundreds of views, hundreds of subscribers, and honest teaching.

A thirteen-year-old kid who hid his teaching dream because he thought teachers couldn’t earn much, grew into someone who now believes one thing deeply:

No one should ever give up their dream of being an independent teacher just because they couldn’t fill the next batch.

And that’s why and how I got here.