Ankur Warikoo shares Class 12 marksheet: 'Scored only 57/100 in English. Felt like a failure'

Advising his followers to not let failures define them, Ankur Warikoo said, 'Your marks do not have the power to define you.' (Image credit: @ankurwarikoo/Instagram)

Author, entrepreneur, and content creator Ankur Warikoo shared his Class 12 CBSE marksheet on Instagram to show that marks alone cannot define whether a student is going to succeed or fail in life. Warikoo, who has penned popular book on money and self-awareness such as Make Epic Money and Do Epic Shit, had scored 57 out of 100 in English.

"I scored only 57/100 in English in Class 12. I honestly did not expect this disaster! I felt like a failure," the 43-year-old wrote on Instagram. "But today, people call me a good communicator. Someone who is a confident speaker. If my marks were a true reflection of my capability, I would be nowhere!"

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In a related post, the author added, "I studied in an English medium school and my English was good. I used to get good marks. But in 12th grade, I got 57 marks. I was one of the students with the lowest marks. And I was very shocked. I felt that my marks had become my identity and my existence."

Twenty years later, however, Ankur Warikoo said he realised that the exam was not his existence. "In fact, no exam was my existence, whether my marks were high or low. It was just an outcome. I could change that outcome with my own efforts." Advising his followers to not let failures define them, Ankur Warikoo said, "Your marks do not have the power to define you. Only YOU have that power to define you. Take it from me, who has failed several times. The fact that you are still here is the biggest gift you have. You have time. You have you. Make the most of it."

Responding to his post, Instagram user Priya Jeet Navgire (priyajiv696) wrote, "Actually the tenth and twelfth marks hardly matters later in life, what matters is our attitude and the way we lead our life, take chances and face failures."

"Marks doesn't matter. I'm pursuing MBBS which is my childhood dream. I too was an average student during my school days, today I'm proud of myself," added user Vishu Bhagat (medico_vishu).