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When ISTKushal Arora first started out as a 23-year-old in New Delhi, he didn't have much.
He didn't have a job, didn't have a bank account, and didn't have a lot of friends.
He didn't have a Mercedes-Benz.
He didn't have any Rolexes.
He didn't have any of the finer things in life.
And yet, he's now a multi-millionaire, with a net worth of more than $1 million, the Times of India reports.
"My target audience is young people looking for motivation," Arora wrote last week in the Economic Times, explaining how he set out to make that kind of money possible.
To do so, he had to give up nearly all his possessionsincluding his home, his car, and his cellphonefor a year.
He also gave up all his friends and family, including his parents, for a single year.
He gave up all his savings to start his own e-commerce company, got a full scholarship to study entrepreneurship at the Indian Institute of Management, and got a full scholarship to go to the London School of Economics.
He also gave up all his friends and family for a single year so he could
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