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Roshan Paul has spent his life questioning the status quo and built a career around connecting global citizens to solve social problems across boundaries. He co-founded Amani Institute in 2011 with these values in mind. Raised in Bangalore, India, Roshan has a Master’s in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School, a Bachelor’s in International Political Economy from Davidson College (a degree he self-designed), and a certificate in Creative Leadership as one of the founding participants of THNK: The Amsterdam School for Creative Leadership. He has guest-lectured at over fifty universities and other institutions around the world, including Harvard, Georgetown, and the World Bank. He served a term on the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Future Council on Behavioral Science (2016-2018), was awarded a Leadership in Education award by the World Education Congress, and was named one of the Asia Society’s “Asia 21 Young Leaders” in 2018.

In this episode we discuss,

• Roshan’s journey to Impact work
• Making of Amani Institute
• Start-up & co-founder chemistry 
• 3 Impact stories from Nairobi, Sao Paulo & Bangalore
• New Reason to work

Timestamps 

• Early career of Roshan - 1:45
• Amani Institute - 10:51
• Chemistry of co-founder success - 16:05
• 3 social impact stories from - 21:01
• Extracts of “The New Reason to Work” - 29:51
• IST Message - 42:10

Quotes

• People will be more fulfilled when they make a difference
• Networking is not about what you get but what you can give - How may I help you?
• No matter who you are you have a role to play in the Impact sector
• Take the first step today, make a move - beautiful things will happen.

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Journalist turned entrepreneur is the latest Inspirer on this popular podcast Inspire Someone Today. 

Shreyasi’s journey to entrepreneurship, and higher education, is itself symbolic of the diversity and opportunities of modern careers. She is currently Founder & CEO, Harappa Education — an online education institution that aims to become a necessary and high-quality learning destination for all young professionals. Shreyasi is an alumnus of the Lady Shri Ram College for Women and the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. 

In this episode we discuss,

• The life and trails of a founder and entrepreneur
• The changing trajectory of learning
• Trends in online learning over the years
• Advice to wannabe entrepreneurs 
• Responsibility of being a 2 percenter

Timestamps 

• The learnings, perks and sleepless nights of a CEO - 2:33
• Evolution of online education - 9:07
• The genesis of Harappa - 14:46
• Career transition decision points of Shreyasi - 22:33
• Power of 3 - 31:48
• Challenges of being an entrepreneur - 37:48
• Fostering teamwork - 43:48

Quotes

• Student debt is at the highest ever point and at the same point educating oneself is easier than ever - Paul Graham
• Education is not about content but also the context
• You become unique when your career stack is unique
• Given a chance make the change

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Flashback 10 is a summary episode capturing key themes from the previous ten episodes. Making paradigm shifts & taking the untrodden path is the key attribute that each of the guests in these last ten episodes has demonstrated. 

Inspire Someone Today featured the following guests as part of this Flashback 10 - India’s foremost digital marketer Siddharth Rajshekar. An architect with a deep desire of making a social impact by creating playgrounds for underprivileged kids in Pooja Rai. Renowned Futurist, Anton Musgrave. Corporate professional turned Parenting Coach - Susant Kalra. India’s first Sanskrit animated movie creator Ravishankar Venkateswaran is an example of passion, purpose, and grit. CEO of Rugby India and former India Captain Nasser Hussain shared the Rugby movement in India and lessons corporate can imbibe through sports. A master class on Leadership from the newspaper boy to the CEO story of Paul Dupuis. An executive coach working with clients on finding harmony in success was Deepa Natarajan. Photopreneur, Mayur Channagere shared the pitfalls entrepreneurs should watch out for as they scale their venture, and finally, renowned coach Krishnan Raman discussed SMARTER goals and a principles-centric approach to goal attainment. 

Time Stamps: 

The Four Lessons:

Lesson # 1 - Follow your passion - Defy the odds - 2:55

Lesson # 2 - Pragmatic approach to goal setting - 9:44

Lesson # 3 - Differentiate amongst competition - 15:54

Lesson # 4 - Effective Leadership lessons - 19:58

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Krishnan is an experienced Coach, Mentor, Consultant, Facilitator & Keynote Speaker with more than 25 years of experience in enabling Leadership at all levels across India and other parts of the world. His association with more than 1000 organizations of varying sizes have benefited from his expertise to increase their Sales, Market Share, Profitability, Employee Engagement, Customer Loyalty, Trust, Personal Productivity, and Team/Organizational Execution Capabilities. He lives in Gurugram, India and his Personal Mission is to enable the highest potential in every individual he serves. His Vision is to make the current world a better & peaceful place for future generations.

In this episode we discuss,

• Who needs coaching? 
• The new definition of goal setting, from SMART goal to SMARTER goals. 
• Towards a principles-based decision making in life or in business, the practice one can adapt. 
• The 7 habits framework from the person who worked closely with Dr. Stephen Covey. How do you achieve goals, not on the goal itself but the action thereon? Experience sharing by collaborating with Dr. Covey. 
• Coaching tips
• Akhand Jyoti, a social foundation with a mission 

Timestamps 

• What is Coaching and who is it for - 2:04
• SMART goals to SMARTER goals - 7:30
• Principles-based approach - 13:21
• 7 Habits of Highly Effective People framework - 18:40
• 3 coaching tips to all our listeners - 27:48
• Akhand Jyoti, a social foundation with a mission - 31:35

Quotes

• Coaching is all about conversations that expand peoples thinking
• Methods can vary, values can shift but Principles remain the same
• People don’t fail in achieving goals, they fail in taking action
• Motivation is external, Inspiration is internal

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Social enterprise AkhandJyoti - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24BZ7JrCHTA

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Mayur Channagere is a Photopreneur (photographer and Entrepreneur) and Chief Storyteller at “AGNA”. Having spent over a decade in a corporate set up as a consultant in top Indian Companies, he moved out to pursue his passion for storytelling through Photography and Cinematography as a medium in 2010. Mayur started PhotoMojo (An - AGNA Venture). Photomojo is a leading Photo and Videography production house that strives towards one underlying purpose – the art of visual storytelling

Mayur starts sharing his experience and challenges of being an entrepreneur, the importance of finding the right mentor, building a team with transparency and complementary skills. Experience sharing working with the likes of Pandit Ravishankar, Kiccha Sudeep, and Mike Cannon. The awesome power of 3 round where Mayur takes us to three wonderful places that cannot be missed. Skills needed to be a good photographer and a powerful message to sign off the show.

Timestamps 

• Challenges of being an entrepreneur - 2:23
• Building a team as an entrepreneur - 11:43
• Lessons learned from working with larger-than-life personalities - 24:20
• Power of 3 - 33:52
• Skills to be a good photographer - 41:39

Quotes

• The more you teach, the more you share, the more you LEARN.
• Know your clients, do your homework
• Be prepared to give without any expectations
• The more you read the more you develop your visualization

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Deepa NATARAJAN is a leader in the field of change helping highly driven corporate professionals to find success and wellbeing in their whole life. She helps leaders rethink the way they lead by bringing eastern and western practices in service of transforming lives. She has developed a proven methodology to help leaders get unstuck from old patterns, to achieve the success they desire whilst experiencing a better quality of life.

Deepa talks about the year gone by, was it too fast or too slow.  Her journey of becoming an executive coach. Why is change hard? Limiting beliefs that stall us. Breaking paradigms and watching the language we use. The different perspectives to the process of goal setting, key techniques to find internal coherence. Insights on Rethink Leadership. Power of journaling, reflection vs journaling.

Timestamps 

• Reflection moments post-pandemic - 1:48
• Why is change hard - 5:10
• Language successful people use - 9:22
• Process of goal setting - 14:02
• Power of 3 - 18:53
• Rethink Leadership - 22:10

Quotes

• Be willing and courageous to experiment and be vulnerable
• Can I be great by playing a safe game?
• Change doesn’t happen in isolation
• Tell other people how you need to be helped
• Getting goals through ease - collective responsibility, co-creation 

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A global leader with a commendable track record in hands-on business growth and organizational transformation leadership. Paul Dupuis, is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Randstad Japan, one of the country's leading HR services organizations, effective 1st July 2021. Prior to his appointment as CEO of Japan, Paul was MD and CEO of Randstad India, where he drove the company to profitability. Paul is a game-changer and a transformational leader.  He published his first book on leadership, The E5 Movement in June 2020. Paul is a passionate ice hockey player and volunteers as a coach and supporter of ice hockey in the remote part of the Himalayas in Northern India.

Paul connects with me on this episode on a free-wheeling conversation on a range of topics. Paul shares his early life story starting as a newspaper boy to now the CEO of Randstad Japan. Provides us with the toolbox for life through his own life experiences and learnings. Paul has lived and worked in the APAC region for more than 25 years, leading transformation in Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, India, and beyond and provides a perspective of leadership in different cultures and finally his philosophy of “doing well and doing good” which he is demonstrating through his work with the Indian Ice Hockey team at the Himalayas.

Timestamps 

• Connecting the DOTS - Paul's backstory - 3:04
• Toolbox of life - 8:14
• Leading in different cultures - 9:24
• Leaders paradigm & characteristics - 16:25
• E5 Movement of Leadership - 22:22
• Power of 3 - 32:08
• Coaching Indian Ice Hockey team - 42:03

Key quotes and references from the episode:

• Everything we do in the past makes us stronger today
• As the rain falls the root grows stronger
• Take everything seriously nothing personally
• Stand on the Shoulders of Giants

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Nasser Hussain, former Captain of the Indian Rugby team, now championing the growth of Rugby across India. A dynamic and task-oriented individual adept at driving teams to achieve high standards of excellence based on values of discipline, accountability and teamwork. An MSc in Sport Management gave a strong foundation in the fundamentals and nuances of capturing greater mind share and resources for growing sport in a unique and competitive market like India. Representing the country at the International level imbibed the virtues of professionalism, time management and excelling under pressure. Outside of work, a person who has a passion for adventure, sport and enjoys travelling, meeting new people and exploring diverse cultures.

Man of many hats from a player, captain to taking the game to the next level, Nasser Hussain spoke at length about the following areas,

• As the head of Rugby India, what gives him sleepless nights. 
• The growth of Rugby in India
• A bird’s eye view of how the game of rugby is played
• What are the parallels between sports and business? 
• On the other side of Nasser, the pie chart in the day of the CEO

Timestamps 

• Nasser’s Rugby debut - 1:58
• Experience through playing Sports - 5:48
• Rugby in India  - 8:35
• The parallel between growing a product in sports and business - 16:57
• Power of sharing and collaboration - 25:32
• Day in the life of the CEO - 33:04

Key quotes and references from the episode:

• Follow your dreams and passion. Do not give up!
• Failure is the stepping stone to success
• Everybody wins together
• We are all in the same boat, eventually, we will get there - practice sharing and collaboration

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Ravishankar Venkateswaran is the author and director of Punyakoti, India's first crowdfunded and crowdsourced animated feature film in Sanskrit. He started his career as a copywriter after a Master's Degree in English Literature. He was a pioneer and was instrumental in creating the first interactive multimedia CD-ROM based on Indian fables way back in 1995. 

In this episode, Ravi shares his passion for movie making, the stint and coffee conversations that made his idea take shape. Joined by stalwarts of the Indian movie industry like Ilayaraja and Revathi, this animated Sanskrit movie has a very important social message to humanity. The audacious project and overcoming the fears of making the film. The unique approach adopted in making this movie - crowdfunding, 5 years in the making and launching it on OTT platforms and the various accolades the movie has garnered so far. Ravi makes a bold announcement during the conversation on his future projects.

Timestamps 

• The trigger to be a  moviemaker - 2:18
• Making of the movie “Punyakoti” - 6:40
• Lessons learnt through filmmaking - 12:56
• Message from the movie Punyakoti - 19:14
• Experience sharing from the movie star Revathi - 26:25
• Being a minimalist -  35:07
• A career in animation - 37:38

Key quotes  from the episode:

• You have to be at your best  all the time
• What looks easy and effortless is the produce of years of compressed experience
• Fear is here to stay, expand despite the fear
• Life is not about finding yourself it’s about creating yourself

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Children are born with all the power in the world; it is the external environment and the interactions children have that restricts their natural Gifts and hence their development. By providing a “Nurturing and Stimulating” environment we can support raising their intelligence and potential to keep learning”. “NO-LIMIT CHILDREN” This Is Just Not A Belief – That’s The Way It Is

Joining me to talk about Perfect Parenting is the acclaimed author, parenting coach and passionate speaker Sushant Kalra. A pioneer in Parenting Education heading Parwarish for the last 10 years. The author of the book 'Perfect Parenting' helps parents find their unique 'perfect' blend of parenting for their unique family setups.

We caught up on this episode to understand what a no-limit child means, the importance of parenting coaches in today’s world and also breaking down myths of our parenting styles and paradigms. Sushant shares practical tips to enhance our relationship with our children and the role we play to make our society amiable for the all-around growth of our children.

Timestamps 

• Sushant’s  journey to becoming Parenting Coach - 1:45
• What’s Parwarish - 6:01
• Need for Parenting coach - 14:05
• Enhancing relationship with your child - 20:27
• Power of 3 - 26:00
• Perfect Parenting - The Book - 37:37

Key quotes and references from the episode:

• Getting the joy and fulfilment of holding your child for the first time every time
• Human beings are born with unlimited potential
• Your child is not you
• Become your child’s best friend

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