Utkarsh NarangFounder, IgnitedNeurons · Your best doers become your worst managers as you scale. I turn them into leaders so your best people don’t leave.

This Is What Most Teens Are Missing

26 Jun 2025 · 1 min

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Utkarsh Narang asks how to motivate a 16-year-old without clear direction. The guest says purpose isn't built overnight but through years of consistent teaching and letting them see the real benefits of focused effort versus wasted time.

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How does one nudge a 16-year-old who does not have this clarity, who does not know what their why is, who does not care about Shark Tank or financial freedom? These are big terms, right? So how would you help someone? And let's maybe go through that journey and help me understand. How does one influence a 16-year-old who does not want to invest themselves in understanding a why?
Definitely. I think for me, it didn't just come up when I was 16 and say, oh, now you're 16, start doing all these things. It was more like over the years, I was taught this mindset and all this knowledge. I was taught it. And even seeing it myself, I was able to witness the impacts of this, the benefits of it, and even the cost of not doing it. You know, the opportunity cost if I wasn't putting my direction— my energy into one direction. So I think it was more about over the years. It wasn't just something that I learned when I was 16 and now I'm doing it. It's something that has been taught to me from day one.