Maximize Life with Mindset Pivots

This episode starts with the philosophy of this too shall pass, whether its happiness linked to promotion or stress linked to not making it. We then delve into the 4 key characteristics that makes effective leaders and how do we hone those skills.

About Vivek:

Vivek is the CEO of 6thStreet, the #1 Fashion & Lifestyle commerce platform in GCC. He is a lifelong student of network businesses and marketplaces, with hands-on experience leading digital commerce in GCC, Europe, India, China, and Southeast Asia. His career spans leadership roles across business, technology, and operations, from building businesses from the ground up at Flipkart, to scaling multi-billion-dollar ecosystems at Amazon.
He blends curiosity, analytical thinking and creativity to find simple, scalable solutions to complex problems. He takes pride in building high performance teams and developing well-rounded leaders.
Along the way, he has taken bold bets, failed often, and learnt relentlessly. These lessons now shape how he mentors bootstrapped founders in 20+ countries so they can skip these mistakes and scale faster.

He can be reached at https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivek-rajukumar/

In this episode, I speak with Sankalpa about how managing disruptions in life is not just about managing it when it happens, but about training our brains for when it will happen and also training out brains and selves for afterthe storm has passed. We also discuss the 3 axes of life - Work, Life and Money and how do we at any point optimize for just 2 of these.

About Sankalpa

Sankalpa is a management consultant and specialises in M&A consulting and strategy. He has over 23 years of industry and consulting experience and is currently a Partner with PwC, leading the Deals Strategy practice for the firm. Sankalpa is also passionate about mindfulness and meditation, fitness, tennis, reading and movies. He holds an MBA from FMS Delhi and is an engineering graduate from BITS Pilani.

Best way to reach him is at https://www.linkedin.com/in/sankalpabhattacharjya

In this episode, I chat with Nidhi Mishra, an entrepreneur on the perspectives we can take to better manage our minds and energies on bad days and unplanned disruptions. That's not all, we touch upon playing your own game as a way to be highly productive as well as how each of us is multi-faceted in terms of the roles we play in life.

About Nidhi Mishra:

She is the founder CEO, Bookosmia (smell of books)- India's No.1 Publisher 'For Kids, By Kids'
Entrepreneur | Mental Health & Inclusion Advocate | Book Lover | Ex Banker | IIM | LSR

You can reach her at

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nidhi-mishra-bookosmia/

In this episode Hanane and I discuss in depth about the victim mindset and how we always have a choice. We discuss tools and techniques to shift the mindset from victim to choosing, as Hanane shares something deeply personal where she made that shift.

About Hanane Anoua

With 15+ years of global experience, Hanane has designed and led transformational programs across universities, non-profits, and corporations in multiple countries. She strongly believes that mindset is the root of every breakthrough.

As a consultant and coach, Hanane's mission is to help you step fully into your role as a change agent and live life to the fullest. By adding value to your skills, character, and business, she works with you to uncover what’s holding you back and provide you with the resources to shift the way you think, feel, and act. Because the journey of leadership always begins with self-leadership.

Best way to reach her is https://www.linkedin.com/in/hananeanoua/ and http://www.hananeanoua.com/

In this episode of Maximize Life, I speak with Ursula to go deep into the neuroscience of Productivity, Deep work, Mind wandering and Procrastination. We also discuss what happens in our brain during boredom, mundane tasks and stress.

About Ursula Pottinga

Ursula Pottinga, CPCC, PCC, MNTC is the co-founder of BEabove Leadership and is the co- developer/leader of its ground breaking training program.

Ursula is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach through The Coaches Training Institute and a Master Neuro Transformational Coach with more than 20 years experience.

She is a skilled facilitator with more than 30 years experience creating and leading workshops, events, and meetings internationally as an organizational development consultant. A sought-after speaker and coach, Ursula also has her own consulting and coaching company, Profound Growth. In this capacity she supports highly successful leaders break out of patterns that have held them back from claiming the best version of themselves, impacting culture, relationships and creating new paths forward.

She is also a Certified Relational Trauma and Neuroscience coach where she focuses on bringing awareness, change and ultimately healing to organizations that have been negatively impacted by relational trauma.

She speaks and coaches internationally and has co-authored a number of books. She is the co-author of The Guide to Getting It: Remarkable Management Skills, Create a New Normal and the spiritual journal: Universal Intentions.

She loves playing with her Granddaughters and perfecting her tennis and golf game. And forever diving more deeply into the subjects of consciousness and neuroscience.

Learn more about Ursula’s work on her website.

In this episode I chat with Uma about Antifragility, the concept coined and made popular by Nassim Nicholas Taleb's book, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder. She shares the learnings from her Entrepreneurial journey, How she defines Success and what Work Life Harmony and Success looks for her.

About Uma

Uma Kasoji is a management consultant-turned-entrepreneur. She co-founded The star in me, a global talent development platform whose clients include several Fortune 500 firms. She is also a board member of Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, her alma mater.

With experience ranging from incubating consulting practices to leading transformation programs with C-suite executives across five continents, Uma brings a unique blend of strategic insight and entrepreneurial vision.

A voracious reader and speaker, she frequently shares her thoughts on career growth and professional development through her blogs.