Chetan Bhagat claims he resigned a day after getting $1 mn in bonus, says this attitude made him successful: ‘Salary alag se’

“My mindset was this,” he continued, “There are two ways to look at it: You have a million dollars in your bank account. Keep sitting and earning. Life is set now, I won’t die of hunger. Take it home. You have a million dollars. You are free financially, or you can say I am covered, God sent me this gift, and I can be a writer now. And that second mentality is what I talk.”

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Bhagat further shared that he bought a house, got married, and had kids. However, things weren’t easy for him as he had to seek therapy due to his banking job. “My mind was somewhere else, and I was doing different things like going out to smoke with friends in the afternoon, going out to eat paan, vada pao, etc,” he added.

“All these negative bad habits which seem kind of normal because they’re acceptable. Then, after four days, I realised this is not what I want to be. And then I went to a therapist, he shared.

Meanwhile, Bhagat caused a stir after he shared his total payout of just Rs 11 lakh from 3-Idiots, despite the film making more than Rs 500 crore globally. In another podcast, he shared that no one could predict if such an unconventional story would work at the box office or if someone like Aamir Khan would agree to play the lead.