If you don’t believe in you, how can you expect others to? – Arteen Arabshahi

Venture capitalist and poet Arteen Arabshahi shares his unconventional journey to success, emphasizing the power of self-confidence, initiative, and resilience.

He offers valuable insights into how a simple cold email can open doors to dream opportunities and how one can leverage their ‘confidence distortion field’ to take their first professional steps.

Table of Contents

  1. The power of initiative
  2. Positioning for luck
  3. Embracing authenticity
  4. The importance of follow-through
  5. Leveraging the ‘confidence distortion field’
  6. Humanizing successful individuals
  7. The universality of talent
  8. Taking control of your journey
  9. The transformative power of belief

The power of initiative

Arabshahi’s journey underscores the importance of taking action and being proactive.

His initiative of sending 150 cold emails not only led to conversations but also opened up job opportunities, demonstrating the potential of a simple cold email in unlocking doors to dream jobs.

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Positioning for luck

While acknowledging the role of luck in his success, Arabshahi emphasizes that he positioned himself to get lucky.

His relentless hustle and initiative put him in the right place at the right time, underscoring the idea that luck often favors the prepared.