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Courage Talks S8E2 Rakesh Godhwani


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๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐˜€: ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ต๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ (๐—–๐—ง๐—ฆ๐Ÿด๐—˜๐Ÿฎ)


Rakesh Godhwani, founder of the School of Meaningful Experiences (SoME), shares his journey from corporate roles at Wipro, Intel, and Qualcomm to a fulfilling career in teaching and writing.


Tune in for insights on career reinvention and pursuing your true calling.


๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€:


๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐˜: Transitioned from corporate roles in product marketing, sales, and business development to follow his passion for teaching and writing, living "a million times better" despite earning less.



๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ (๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐— ๐—˜): Offers programs on confidence, communication, curiosity, creativity, collaboration, and competence for professionals, leaders, and entrepreneurs.


๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€: Adjunct Faculty of Communication at IIM Bangalore and Ahmedabad University; has taught at IIM Trichy, IIM Udaipur, IIM Vizag, IIIT Bengaluru, and Indian Institute of Science; delivers corporate training for ISRO, HPCL, Deloitte, Tata, and others.


๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: Published four books, including Public Speaking Kaleidoscope (Business Expert Press, 2017) and What to Say and When to Shut Up! (Penguin Random House, 2014; Marathi translation, 2017).


๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ: ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด Guides students and professionals through career doubts with stories from IIM Bangalore alumni, including Malavika Harita, Apurva Purohit, and Arun Balakrishnan.


๐——๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ: Runs Effective Business Communication on EdX/IIMBx and Conversations with Rakesh on YouTube, with his IIMB Vista 2018 talk garnering over 1.8 million views.


๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: Volunteers as a counsellor at Vishwas Society for Mental Health in Bangalore.


Education: NIT Karnataka (BE Computers, 1997), IIM Bangalore (PGSEM, 2004), Cardiff Metropolitan University (PhD, 2018).


๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป?

Rakesh offers practical advice on overcoming career fears, taking risks, and finding purposeโ€”ideal for students, professionals, or anyone seeking a meaningful path.


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