人生の64マス：グランドマスター思考で混沌を読み解く | Nikhil Dhir | TEDxGGI

Paramount Chessの専務取締役であるNikhil Dhirが、チェスへの情熱をビジネスに変えた経緯を語ります。母親とともにチェスを学んだこと、会社勤めをしながら事業を立ち上げたこと、COVID-19のロックダウン、工場の火災、洪水といった困難に触れています。アイデアだけでは足りず、行動、犠牲、粘り強さによって前進できるという主張です。ヒンディー語で行われた、地域コミュニティが独自に企画したTEDxでの講演です。

• エンジニアリング学生時代の取り組みからParamount Chessを立ち上げた経緯
• 金銭的リスク、COVID-19のロックダウン、工場火災、洪水
• アイデアだけでなく行動と粘り強さが重要だという考え

In this talk, Nikhil Dhir shares his journey of turning a passion for chess into a real business. From learning chess alongside his mother and facing personal loss to building a venture while working a corporate job, he reflects on the courage required to turn ideas into reality. Through stories of humble beginnings, difficult decisions, financial risks, the COVID-19 lockdown, a factory fire, and devastating floods, he highlights resilience, perseverance, and the importance of taking the next move even when life feels uncertain. His message is simple: ideas alone are not enough; real progress comes through action, sacrifice, and the determination to keep moving forward. Nikhil Dhir is the Managing Director of Paramount Chess, a chess-products business he built from an entrepreneurial initiative during his engineering years at Thapar University. A Mechanical Engineering graduate, he began by supplying and trading chess products before turning his passion for chess into a growing business. His journey was shaped by personal challenges and early entrepreneurial experiences that taught him patience, perseverance, customer understanding, and commitment. Through Paramount Chess, he combines his love for the game with business-building, demonstrating the value of taking initiative, learning through experience, and starting before everything is perfect. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx