Jimmy Narain left Goldman Sachs to sell online courses on Udemy and made over $1 million a year, teaching 500,000+ students while traveling to 76 countries. His father used the same system to reach 218,000 learners. Vishen Lakhiani argues it's a repeatable formula: identify knowledge, package it, market it.
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If there's a tiny voice in your head whispering, I cannot spend another 20 years working for this company, Jimmy Narain's story might be your escape plan. So Jimmy had the kind of job most people are told they should want. He worked at Goldman Sachs. One day he decided to quit because Jimmy discovered that he could take what he knew, turn it into an online course, put it on a platform like Udemy, optimize the heck out of it, and lead a completely different life. He went on to become one of Udemy's top trainers, teaching over 500,000 people and generating a million a year from his course, which is It's not bad for a guy who basically started by uploading lessons to the internet. And all of this gave Jimmy something even more valuable than money— freedom. He's traveled to 76 countries, hiked mountains with Wim Hof, taken on crazy health and wellness adventures around the world, and pursued some of his wildest goals all before his 35th birthday. And nobody from HR had to approve his vacation time or his ice baths. But here's the part that gets crazy. Once Jimmy figured out the system, he decided to teach it to his father. Dr. Roy Narain was already in his 60s. Roy replicated it. Today, Roy reaches 218,000+ learners on Udemy, generating 55,000 reviews. So maybe Jimmy isn't some exceptional freak. Maybe there's actually a system here. And what if Jimmy could teach you this system? You don't need a million followers. You don't need to call yourself a thought leader on LinkedIn. You don't have to get a job at Goldman Sachs and then rage quit. You need something valuable you can teach, a smart way to package it, and a smart way to get it in front of people. And that's exactly what Jimmy is gonna teach on September 18th and 19th with me at Expert to Authority Summit. So don't rage quit your job tomorrow. That would be irresponsible. Build the escape hatch first.
