Grateful Living

Ani Sanyal is the ultimate entrepreneur: he's currently running several 6 and 7 figure businesses. He is co-founder of Kolkata Chai Company, which currently has a masala chai cafe in NYC and is also direct to consumer chai brand, co-founder of Green Room Creative, a digital marketing agency, a real estate investor, and manages artist Anik Khan.

In this interview, we talk about:

* How growing up poor and watching his dad get laid off motivated Ani to not want to work for others and instead build his own companies

* Starting a record label and band from 16-26, which included opening for Wiz Khalifa touring in Japan and India

* Being diagnosed with end-stage renal disease and receiving a kidney transplant from his dad

* Starting a digital marketing agency

* Building a real estate portfolio and turning $40k into $2.1 M portfolio

* Co-founding a direct-to-consumer, authentic chai company with his brother Ayan Sanyal

* Surviving the Covid-19 pandemic as a real estate investor and cafe/restaurant owner

* Managing artist Anik Khan

Ani's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anihustles/?hl=en

Ani's Medium Page: https://anihustles.medium.com/

Ani's Real Estate Investment Group: https://www.sanyalcapitalgroup.com/

Green Room Creative: http://greenroomcreative.co/

Kolkata Chai Company: https://kolkatachai.co/

Anik Khan's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anikkhan_/?hl=en

Anik Khan's Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/23bSD5t38m4d6k8jtlZGDa

Grateful Living Website: http://grateful4living.com/

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YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Bo...

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gratefulliving4

In this vlog, I give one reminder to anyone feeling suicidal.

Candida Brush, Ph.D. is the Franklin W. Olin Chair of Entrepreneurship at Babson College.

Professor Brush has co-authored reports for OECD, the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and the Goldman Sachs Foundation, and presented her work at the World Economic Forum in Davos and the US Department of Commerce. Professor Brush has authored more than 160 publications in entrepreneurship, including 13 books, and is one of the most highly cited researchers in the field. Her current research investigates angel capital funding of nascent ventures and venture capital funding of women entrepreneurs.

In this interview, we talk about:

* Her journey to becoming an associate professor at Boston University

* Becoming the chair of Entrepreneurship at Babson College

* Her research on female entrepreneurship

* Her advice on getting a Ph.D,on becoming a professor, and on research and publishing articles

Professor Brush's Faculty Profile: https://www.babson.edu/academics/faculty/faculty-profiles/candida-brush.php

Grateful Living Website: http://grateful4living.com/​

My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aroy81547/?...​

To Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Hn4ttt...​

To Listen on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...​

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Bo...​

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gratefulliving4

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In this vlog, I give 2 tips on managing the ups and downs of your mental health, especially suicidal thoughts.

In particular, I go through my belief that the key for those dealing with suicidal thoughts is really managing your mental health and keeping yourself in the normal mental health range of ups and downs rather than have bigs swings of ups and downs.

In this clip, I talk about my pieces of advice to help move on from a breakup.

If you think I missed on a certain perspective or you have another piece of advice that may be helpful, please DM me and I’ll make another video at some point.

Maria Laham is a guidance counselor at a middle school. In July of 2018, her father Simon passed away after a battle with cancer.

In this interview, we talk about:

* Her journey to becoming a guidance counselor

* Simon’s diagnosis and journey with cancer

* How she has coped through his cancer journey, his passing, and advice she has to others who may be going through a similar grieving process

* Starting a blog called Grow + Glow to document her journey as a grieving daughter and to create a support community to help others going through a similar process

Grow + Glow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/growwithbanuta/

Grow + Glow Blog: https://marialaham.wixsite.com/growglow

Grateful Living Website: http://grateful4living.com/​

My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aroy81547/?...​

To Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Hn4ttt...​

To Listen on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...​

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Bo...​

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gratefulliving4 

Allie’s musical talent are incredible - she plays piano, violin, viola, and is an amazing songwriter and singer.

In this interview, we talk about:

Allie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/missalliemcintosh/

Listen to Purgatory Rd: http://smarturl.it/alliemcintosh?fbclid=IwAR0FO9LzLbfxmtXe5XnlwRdloLhfF1iAftYk7M1Pme66VrKt796i4Z_ifGE

Grateful Living Website: http://grateful4living.com/​

My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aroy81547/?...​

To Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Hn4ttt...​

To Listen on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...​

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Bo...​

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gratefulliving4

In this vlog, I talk about the importance of taking responsibility with respect to your life.  

I give the example of people feeling like the dating scene is not great, people not liking their job or people wanting to end a friendship that no longer serves them, and how all these and other situations you’re in, can be navigated by realizing the power you have in your life to make changes.

Eddy Arriola is the CEO of Apollo Bank. Apollo Bank is a Miami-based full service commercial bank. Eddy founded Apollo in 2009 and now in 2021 the bank has over $850 million dollars in assets.

Prior to Apollo, Eddie was the Managing Director and co-founder of Inktel Direct, a call center solutions company working with Fortune 500 companies and government agencies.

Eddy is also the Chairman of the Board for the Inter-American Foundation.

In this interview, he talks about:

- His Cuban heritage and his family’s story of coming to the US

- Starting a call center company with his two brothers

- Starting Apollo Bank, a Miami-based full service commercial bank in 2009 and growing it to having $850 million in assets in 12 years

Apollo Bank: https://www.apollobank.com/

Eddy's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eddy-arriola-9ba0255/

Grateful Living Website: http://grateful4living.com/​

My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aroy81547/?...​

To Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Hn4ttt...​

To Listen on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...​

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Bo...​

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gratefulliving4