{"id":24849,"date":"2026-09-16T05:06:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T05:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=24849"},"modified":"2026-09-16T05:06:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T05:06:59","slug":"i-sacrificed-relationships-for-a-decade-ranveer-allahbadia-reveals-what-he-gave-up-during-his-most-intense-years-of-chasing-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=24849","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI sacrificed relationships for a decade\u201d: Ranveer Allahbadia reveals what he gave up during his most intense years of chasing success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134278339,imgsize-416419,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/ranveer-allahbadia.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cI sacrificed relationships for a decade\u201d: Ranveer Allahbadia reveals what he gave up during his most intense years of chasing success\" title=\"Ranveer Allahbadia\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ranveer Allahbadia has opened up about a part of his career that success stories rarely linger on: the relationships he says he lost while building his professional life. In a recent social media post, the entrepreneur and podcaster reflected on spending most of his twenties working six-day weeks, eventually moving to seven-day weeks, while people around him warned that he was pushing himself too far.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>He admits that some friendships were lost along the way.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>But his reflection is not simply a warning against working hard. Instead, Allahbadia argues that the intense period served the particular goals he was pursuing at the time, while acknowledging that it came with a cost.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7505815233379201024\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Read the post here<\/a><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>That distinction raises a more uncomfortable question about ambition: when does sacrifice become a conscious choice, and when do we simply convince ourselves that everything we are giving up is necessary?<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Modern work culture often celebrates the visible side of ambition: longer hours, rapid growth, packed calendars, constant productivity and the ability to keep going when everyone else stops.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>A late night at the office can mean missing dinner with family. A weekend spent working can mean skipping a friend&#8217;s birthday. Constantly postponing plans can eventually change a friendship even when nobody has a dramatic falling-out.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>And unlike a missed deadline, these losses may not announce themselves immediately.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>This is what makes Allahbadia&#8217;s reflection particularly striking. He does not describe his younger self as someone who accidentally became busy. He describes a period in which he made decisions knowing that they were costing him something.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Is sacrifice always a bad thing?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>People routinely make temporary sacrifices for goals: studying for an exam, building a company, training for a sport or saving money for a major life decision. The question is less about whether sacrifice exists and more about whether the person making it understands what is being traded and for how long.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>Psychologists have long distinguished between pursuing a goal because it genuinely matters to you and pursuing it because you feel pressured to prove yourself. <!-- -->The first can provide a sense of purpose; the second can make it much harder to recognise when the cost has become unsustainable.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>That is why Allahbadia&#8217;s question to people in their \u201cintense years\u201d is more complicated than simply asking whether they work too much.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/>It asks them to identify the trade.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>The question behind Allahbadia&#8217;s post<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>The most revealing part of his message may therefore not be the seven-day workweek.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"37\"\/>It is his admission that the outcome did not come free.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"40\"\/>That is a very different way of talking about success. For someone currently working late nights and sacrificing weekends for a future they hope will eventually arrive, that may be the question worth asking:<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"42\"\/>If you know what your ambition is giving you, do you also know what it is taking away?<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"44\"\/>Because sometimes the most important part of a career decision is not the goal you are chasing. It is the life you are quietly trading for it.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/etimes\/work-career\/i-sacrificed-relationships-for-a-decade-ranveer-allahbadia-reveals-what-he-gave-up-during-his-most-intense-years-of-chasing-success\/articleshow\/134278295.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ranveer Allahbadia has opened up about a part of his career that success stories rarely linger on: the relationships he says he lost while building his professional life. 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