A book by Vikas Bhatia
Growing Your Inner Wealth
We spend our lives building careers, comfort, and success — yet peace and fulfilment often lag behind. Outer wealth can buy convenience, but only Inner Wealth brings contentment that lasts.
Growing Your Inner Wealth helps you cultivate that quiet strength through simple, daily practices that restore joy, clarity, and balance.
You Were Born a Billionaire.
What happened to all that wealth within?
Before you learned to chase success, you already possessed it — a treasure chest of joy, courage, and wonder that was your birthright. Somewhere along the way, it got buried under achievements, expectations, and endless goals.
The key is still with you. This book shows you how to find it again.
Does This Sound Like You?
You’ve built a good life — yet the glow doesn’t last.
High on achievement, low on aliveness
Wins keep coming, but joy doesn’t keep up
Always one success away from “enough”
The goalpost moves and satisfaction slips away
Rested, but not restored
Even vacations don’t silence the hum of stress
Too many options, shrinking meaning
Life is full, yet curiosity feels underused
If any of this feels familiar, this book is your mirror — and your reset.
inside the book
What Is Inner Wealth?
The Paradox
We measure outer wealth to the last decimal yet still wonder, “Is this all there is?” Inner wealth is the missing element—understood, measured, and cultivated through deliberate practice.
Inner Wealth doesn’t replace outer success; it gives it depth. It’s our natural inheritance (most visible in children) and grows through regular, intentional investment.
Reality Check
Wealth destroyers arise naturally and are often rewarded by culture—until we name them and choose differently.
- Destroyers operate unconsciously and feel “normal” until observed.
- Culture can mistake cynicism for intelligence and comparison for ambition.
- Awareness and measurement make patterns visible.
- SIPs are micro‑investments that rebuild assets and disarm destroyers.
about author
Hi, I am Vikas Bhatia
Engineer | Corporate Leader | Meditator | Seeker of Balance
I’m an engineer from IIT Bombay who has spent thirty years building businesses and leading teams, while also exploring the inner world through meditation and study. Guided by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, I discovered that balance, not ambition alone, creates lasting success. Growing Your Inner Wealth book is my way of sharing that journey.
Inside the book
Framework
Inner Wealth treats your inner life as a portfolio of capacities that compound over time—anchored by 7 assets of inner wealth. It’s a structure for making steady progress without chasing perfection.
Progress happens through SIPs (Systematic Improvement Practices)—repeatable behaviors designed to be small, honest, and sustainable. You build assets, reduce destroyers, and integration follows.
Measure, adjust, repeat. Quick self‑assessments from the Inner Wealth App reveal where you’re compounding and where you’re leaking—so progress stays honest and visible
Discover
Map your inner portfolio with reflection and quick self-assessments
Practise
Adopt SIPs like Gratitude, Listening, Observation and Giving
Integrate
Let assets reinforce one another across seasons of life
know your inner wealth score
Our articles
Resources
Happiness and Income: Why Money Helps but Doesn’t Guarantee Joy
Explore curated tools, articles, and practices to help you grow and sustain your Inner Wealth.
The Neuroscience of Everyday Practices
Simple acts like smiling or gratitude can rewire the brain. Neuroscience shows how these small daily practices lower stress and build resilience—tiny investments that compound into lasting inner strength.
Financial Wealth vs Inner Wealth
We diversify our money, not our lives. True prosperity blends outer success with inner balance. This piece explores how nurturing both creates a life rich in rupees—and in resilience.
Why Inner Wealth Matters?
Burnout, stress, and success without satisfaction have become the norm. Inner wealth isn’t luxury—it's a necessity. I share why cultivating peace, purpose, and presence is the smartest investment we can make today.
Why this book
10 Things This Book Will Teach You
Create lasting change in 2 minutes a day with SIPs that compound.
Stop the success trap that leaves high achievers feeling empty.
Catch joy‑killers early with simple daily checks.
Turn negative emotions into clear guidance for what you need.
Recover the natural contentment you had as a child.
Feel genuinely happy without needing external validation.
Build teams that are both high‑performing and genuinely happy.
Prevent employee burnout before it destroys your best talent.
Lead with authentic presence that people naturally follow.
Create lasting fulfilment that survives any external setback.
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