DO EPIC SHIT - Book Club #1
Our Tall Cotton take on Do Epic Shit by Ankur Warikoo. A grounded reflection on discipline, responsibility, and building confidence through action.
Do Epic Shit by Ankur Warikoo
We are starting the Tall Cotton Library with a book about responsibility.
Not wealth theory.
Not asset allocation.
Not retirement modeling.
Responsibility.
Do Epic Shit is about personal ownership. It is about acting before you feel ready. It is about discipline instead of motivation and movement instead of excuses.
This is the right first book because nothing compounds without action.
Profiles show you what is possible.
This book asks what you are doing.
Why This Book Comes First
Before you can design your life, you must decide to move.
Before you can optimize time, you must act with it.
Before wealth, leverage, or legacy, there is decision.
Do Epic Shit is a reset for people who are stuck in thought loops, comparison, or hesitation. It challenges you to take control of your narrative without waiting for applause, validation, or certainty.
That is Tall Cotton energy.
Core Idea
The thesis is simple:
Confidence follows action.
It does not precede it.
Warikoo writes from experience, not theory. He has built, failed, rebuilt, and recalibrated. The lessons in this book are not formulas. They are reminders.
You are responsible for your trajectory.
Your habits create your identity.
Your discipline determines your range.
Nothing glamorous. Just true.
The Tall Cotton Lens
When you study the builders featured on this platform, you see something consistent.
David Steward did not wait for permission.
Mellody Hobson did not wait for representation.
Tope Awotona did not wait for venture capital.
They moved.
Do Epic Shit reinforces the same principle. Ownership of your life comes before ownership of assets.
You cannot build legacy if you are waiting to feel ready.
What This Book Is Really About
This is not about hype.
It is about:
• Taking responsibility
• Making decisions under uncertainty
• Building discipline
• Reducing excuses
• Acting before applause
The title sounds loud. The message is steady.
Practical Application
If you read this book and want to apply it, do this:
- Make one uncomfortable decision this week.
- Remove one recurring excuse from your vocabulary.
- Choose one daily non negotiable habit.
- Stop announcing plans and start executing quietly.
Epic looks ordinary in the beginning.
Who This Book Is For
• People stuck in hesitation
• Builders early in their journey
• Professionals waiting for clarity
• Creatives delaying output
Who This Book Is Not For
• Readers looking for detailed financial strategy
• Those wanting market frameworks
• People expecting step by step business systems
This is mindset alignment, not a playbook.
Why It Leads the Library
Book One sets identity.
Do Epic Shit establishes that this Library is about movement, accountability, and decision.
Book Two can refine philosophy.
Book Three can expand strategy.
But none of that matters without action.
