64 casas da vida: decifrando o caos com pensamento de grande mestre | Nikhil Dhir | TEDxGGI

Nikhil Dhir, diretor-gerente da Paramount Chess, fala sobre como transformou sua paixão por xadrez em um negócio. Ele relata que aprendeu xadrez com sua mãe e que começou seu projeto enquanto trabalhava em um emprego corporativo, enfrentando desafios como o confinamento da COVID-19, um incêndio em uma fábrica e enchentes. A mensagem é que ideias sozinhas não bastam e que o progresso real vem da ação, do sacrifício e da determinação. A palestra, em hindi, foi organizada de forma independente por uma comunidade local no formato TEDx.

• Criação da Paramount Chess a partir de uma iniciativa iniciada durante a graduação em engenharia
• Riscos financeiros, confinamento da COVID-19, incêndio em uma fábrica e enchentes
• A importância da ação e da perseverança acima das ideias

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