Udhay is a successful blogger writing on a bunch of niches made famous by him and runs a successful content writing portal called 9-rites, which trains people to become content writers.
Quite a few names have emerged from his training portal and have made a name for themselves in the online world as writers, successful bloggers, marketers, online consultants, coaches and owners of digital agencies.
Udhay believes in transforming peoples' lives by making them challenge the status quo, drag them out of their comfort zones, and bring about a disruption in their unsatisfactory lives to take off in a career of their choice.
The Wire caught up with Udhay Govind in the mountain lake resort at Nainital as he was preparing to start for the final day presentation of the 3-day long re-union of Mediators and content writer's festival with a very close-knit group of very similar type of personalities called Mediators
The interview was long and we managed to put together his views on various subjects close to his heart.
Personal Transformation- I am a changed man, transformed beyond belief in the last 5 years. I weigh a healthy 77 kilos, have a well-toned body strengthened by years of calisthenics and breathwork. The skin is supple and clear and I look young and feel energetic.
In the year 2020, in the midst of the infamous Covid-19 pandemic, I realized I was at the crossroads of life. The salary as a manpower consultant had stopped coming and I was forced to spend months indoors in a global lockdown
Feeling depressed and beaten, I was about to give up when I got a life-line in the form of an app called Wim Hof Method. I started working on my breathwork. I realized the secret to any change within lay in the way I breathed. After a few weeks of 40 min of breathwork every morning, the depression lifted and I began to feel happy and energetic. I was ready for a massive change.
In the year 2020, in the midst of the infamous Covid-19 pandemic, I realized I was at the crossroads of life. The salary as a manpower consultant had stopped coming and I was forced to spend months indoors in a global lockdown
Feeling depressed and beaten, I was about to give up when I got a life-line in the form of an app called Wim Hof Method. I started working on my breathwork. I realized the secret to any change within lay in the way I breathed. After a few weeks of 40 min of breathwork every morning, the depression lifted and I began to feel happy and energetic. I was ready for a massive change.
Happy and energetic, I started looking at digital marketing as a career choice again. The legend, Deepak Kanagaraju was offering a revolutionary 12- week cash back online internship and I grabbed it with both hands.
Also available was a 10-week cashback course on content writing by the great Sanjay Shenoy and l was convinced that July-2020 was going to change my life. I focused on learning and implementation. The money started flowing in quickly. I quickly reached 1500USD a month and within 6 months I was earning 5000 USD lacs a month.
By 2022 I was making more than 5000$ a week and since then have never looked back. Blogging, Affiliate marketing, mentoring, consulting have been the pillars of my online earnings. In 2022 I re-activated the 9rites website and have enjoyed immense success.
I have a spacious flat in Chennai and a farmhouse in Hosur
I have a modest office in Chennai where my accounts team and the customer relation are seated. The content team mostly works from home and remote locations. The operational team conducts online classes and students gather once a month for discussions, clarifications and group activities.
The great Wim Hof is the reason why I underwent the transformation so effortlessly mainly because I did his breathwork method every day. I learned the art of happiness, strength, and health from him.
Financial Freedom- In 2020 I'd have been happy with 80k a month but Deepak motivated me to think big and Sanjay Shenoy showed me the ropes to be a successful content writer. I aspired to earn INR 5 lakhs a month but now I am making more than 10000$ a week and I work 4-6 hours a day
I earn in hundred and thousands of US dollars, Euros and spend in India in Indian Rupees.
Interestingly, I was able to understand the potential of cryptocurrency in 2020 and have been mining Pi( a popular and highly successful cryptocurrency). My hunch was right and my accumulation is large enough to support my investments, businesses, and payments without having to depend on the conventional banks and central banks.
I believe in self- sufficiency and don't trust the government to hold my hand.
I understood my lessons well and created an ecosystem where I delegate work and personally find time to research and improve. The concept of cashback internship has been developed and honed and has been a major disruptor in the field of e-learning
The methodology of training- First we encourage entrants to understand their personalities.
We're able to identify talent and latent skills. Before we start working on their skills we help them train themselves to reach a mental state of mind where they are happy and energetic
We're able to identify talent and latent skills. Before we start working on their skills we help them train themselves to reach a mental state of mind where they are happy and energetic
Then begins their transformational training as the interns learn to step out of their comfort zones and do a lot of experimentation.
We support them and teach them to make light of failures by encouraging them to think long term. You can say we train marathon runners, not sprinters
Personal routines- I am a dynamic meditator and believe in focusing on what I need to do to evolve quickly as a human being.
Personally, the Wim Hof method has worked for me. I started with breathwork and then started taking cold challenges.
I also started working on my physical strength by doing calisthenics, suryanamaskar, slow jogging, sun gazing, fasting, etc.
Future projects- Following the successful results with younger people we're now focusing on people over 60 and luring them out of retired, sedentary lives to live a life of happiness, strength, and good health.
Afforestation is dear to me. We're working with global partners to plant trees and vegetation to support wildlife and agrarian communities.
We support them and teach them to make light of failures by encouraging them to think long term. You can say we train marathon runners, not sprinters
Personal routines- I am a dynamic meditator and believe in focusing on what I need to do to evolve quickly as a human being.
Personally, the Wim Hof method has worked for me. I started with breathwork and then started taking cold challenges.
I also started working on my physical strength by doing calisthenics, suryanamaskar, slow jogging, sun gazing, fasting, etc.
Future projects- Following the successful results with younger people we're now focusing on people over 60 and luring them out of retired, sedentary lives to live a life of happiness, strength, and good health.
Afforestation is dear to me. We're working with global partners to plant trees and vegetation to support wildlife and agrarian communities.
We're going the crowdfunding way to generate funds for these projects. We've selected barren stretches of land in India and created water bodies around them
We have created agrarian ecosystems to enable the local farming communities to do farming and eke out a decent living by selling their produce to local villages and towns.
We have created agrarian ecosystems to enable the local farming communities to do farming and eke out a decent living by selling their produce to local villages and towns.
We've taken on lease land from ex-servicemen and landlords to cultivate cash crops with the help of local farmers. We have collaborated with global partners who provide technical support and expertise to develop forests and agricultural farms.
We're hiring pathfinders to find innovators and inventors and encouraging them to begin start-ups that can benefit the world from their brilliant ideas and innovations.
All of these initiatives and ventures are supported by content writing portal 9rites
Lifestyle- The world is a global village and I am able to reach out to like-minded people everywhere in the world. Digital marketing has turned the business world on its head.
I live a minimalist life when I'm alone and with friends I turn on the party beast mode. My needs are few. I meditate a lot, eat once a day, avoid alcohol, work at my own pace, exercise regularly to strengthen my core, create wealth for all by evenly distributing it within the ecosystem.
I practice gratitude every day of my life. This has been instrumental in manifesting miracles in all areas of my life
Now that I'm transformed, my old friends are very few but I am developing a legion of new friends who think like me and believe in a life of happiness, strength, and good health. My family is dear to me and I spend a lot of time with my wife and children.
This was all we had time to gather from a very friendly Udhay as his time taken up by his fellow Mediators. A lot of activities were on and soon Udhay became busy with his friends and invited me to join in the celebration. Notable attendees were Deepak Kanagaraju, Sanjay Shenoy, Kaamna Jain, and Krishna
