Small Talk: Work | Play | Build

Across generations, across diverse contexts, we’re all human. We need support, and help, and a nudge in the right direction to help us achieve our full potential. In this episode, Yash, Founder, SuperBeings, talks about his two-year journey discovering powerful concepts in positive psychology, neuroscience and best practices in motivation. We talk about how behavioural nudges can help us become better, and lead the way for organisational learning and touch upon growth, hybrid work, Buddhism, positive psychology and how HERO skills can create superbeings! 

Books and things that come up in the podcast:

1. Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink

2. Flow: The Classic Work On How To Achieve Happiness: The Psychology of Happiness by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi 

3. Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life by Martin E.P. Seligman

SuperBeings is building the next-gen OKR, Performance management, and employee engagement platform for hyper-growth start-ups.

Subha Chandrasekaran is an ICF certified leadership coach with over 21 years of experience (corporate & entrepreneurial) leading people and businesses to explore their potential. As always, you can find Subha here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/subhachandrasekaran/

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Who am I? That’s a question that can be answered on the spiritual, philosophical, metaphysical, and practical levels. We are the product of what we do over and over again. We are also the sum total of our choices, the products of our pasts, and so much more. 

In this episode, Subha and Hasita talk about deciphering your interests, your identity, and the ultimate digital-age goal of becoming a thought-leader! Today, with the opportunity to be creators and change-makers in our own right, how we define our identity and how we differentiate this from passing interests is the only way to truly get to know ourselves better. The Followers shall, perhaps, then follow. Tune in!

Links to books and things referred to on the show:

1. Atomic Habits by James Clear

2. BeastofTraal - Karthik Srinivasan on LinkedIn 

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Subha Chandrasekaran is an ICF certified leadership coach with over 21 years of experience (corporate & entrepreneurial) leading people and businesses to explore their potential. Hasita is a marketing strategist who dives deep to create sustainable, results-oriented B2B marketing wins.

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What is it like to WFH when you are a skilled courtroom litigator? Is the profession what it’s made out to be in John Grisham novels and Good Wife episodes? Jayna Kothari is a senior advocate in the Karnataka High Court and the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. Jayna’s research and practice interests include constitutional law, gender and sexuality law, disability rights and discrimination law. She had argued in the Supreme Court in the constitutional challenges to Section 377 and adultery which were both decriminalized. She also argued the Independent Thought case in which the Supreme Court recognized child marital rape as a criminal offence. Her book, “The Future of Disability Law in India” was published in 2012 by Oxford University Press.

Jayna joins us on Small Talk With Rainkraft to answer common and uncommon questions we have about the law, and tells us what it means to work for social justice - as a young law student or a seasoned litigator, making space for other interests too.

To connect with Jayna, please find her here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaynakothari/. The amazing work she does is captured at https://clpr.org.in

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When was the last time one Insta reel led to another and 20min later you are wondering why you are watching kitchen remodelling videos? When was the last time just a glance at the latest ping on your phone didn't lead to checking messages on four other Whatsapp groups? When was the last time you had a video conversation where you did nothing but watch the speaker and listen, without a silent toggle to another tab?

In this episode, Subha and Hasita talk about why focus tools and techniques fail so often and think about guilt-free ways to focus, while also having fun. Can focus be just about doing something deeply for a significant period of time? Does focus have to lead to productivity? And why the 'put-your-phone-away' line of advice is near impossible for most of us. Tune in!

Links to books and things referred to on the show:

1. Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman

2. Dr Rangan Chatterjee in conversation with Johann Hari on How to Reclaim your Attention

3. Deep Work by Cal Newport

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Subha Chandrasekaran is an ICF certified leadership coach with over 21 years of experience (corporate & entrepreneurial) leading people and businesses to explore their potential. Hasita is a marketing strategist who dives deep to create sustainable, results-oriented B2B marketing wins.

You can find us on LinkedIn here:

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Intentionality is everything. Do you believe this to be true? We certainly do, after meeting Sonia. In this episode, Subha sits down with fellow coach Sonia Saini to understand how to drive change in individuals, with a clear focus on empathy and positivity. Sonia generously shares her views and personal stories about the power of positivity (her superpower!) and how each of us can refocus our minds to give us joy and satisfaction in whatever we choose to do. 

To connect with Sonia, please find her here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sosaini/. The amazing work she does is captured at www.tickleyourmind.com

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Small Talk with RainKraft is a pandemic project that outgrew its pandemic status early this year. Let's now look ahead to learning and growing with optimism. Subha and Hasita invite guests for conversations that will inspire you to know more about a person or an idea or the work people do. Challenge yourself to listen with an open mind and take away a whole lot (or just a little bit) that will get you thinking about your life, the work you do and what you can do to be better every day.

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Ending the year and a season, on a high! For the last episode of season 2, we talk about the things that were and the year that will be. Give it a listen for hope, good vibes, and a ton of recommendations, approved by the team at RainKraft.

Links of the recommendations we threw at you!

1. Escape to DeviVilla Estate in Coorg this holiday season or any season! Vishal and Aparna will make you feel so at home in the jungle. 

2. The Dutch House on Audible, written by Ann Patchett and narrated by Tom Hanks.

3. 'In Treatment' on Disney HotStar for folks in India and HBO in other places.

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Subha is an executive/leadership/career coach at RainKraft, and works with individuals to tap into their full potential, form mindful work patterns, and help them thrive at the workplace. Hasita, the proud new proprietor of Motley Crew Marketing Services, is a B2B marketing consultant and copywriter.

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What do our teams look like today? How are they different from before the pandemic? In this episode, Subha and Hasita cover the nuances of growth, building a team, and learning to let go too. Hiring better also means knowing the difference between getting someone onboard for the long term vs dipping into the gig economy to get work done. 

Subha is an executive/leadership/career coach at RainKraft, and works with individuals to tap into their full potential, form mindful work patterns, and help them thrive at the workplace. Hasita is That Content Girl, a B2B marketing consultant and copywriter.

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Welcome to Small Talk with RainKraft, where Subha and Hasita discuss the workplace's most pressing challenges, and how to resolve them. Have you ever juggled conflicting expectations in a new environment? Do you struggle with boundaries in the hybrid work world? How do you stay professional when the workplace is also the dining table or bedroom corner?

We face the exact same challenges and work towards finding a solution every day, and this podcast is a way for us to give back to India's diverse workforce, of which we are a part.

Subha is an executive/leadership/career coach at RainKraft, and works with individuals to tap into their full potential, form mindful work patterns, and help them thrive at the workplace. Hasita is That Content Girl, a B2B marketing consultant and copywriter.

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A truly inspiring and insightful conversation with Kartik Hosanagar, a multipotentialite with careers in academia, entrepreneurship, angel-investing and now jumpstarting a new venture in movie-making. We talk about numerous things that hold true for professionals in any sphere of work. Kartik generously shares the guiding principles that have shaped his work and life - from the stereotypical career choices we make as young adults to breaking free of our own beliefs to using the Ikigai circles to life in academia and how his passion for film-making enhances his teaching to what every professional today needs to hear and practice today. Listen in and discover how to connect the dots and enjoy what you do every day.  

References from the episode:

1.  A Human’s Guide to Machine Intelligence: How Algorithms Are Shaping Our Lives and How We Can Stay in Control by Kartik Hosanagar (Available at https://amzn.to/36RsGUC)

2. Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life (Available at: https://amzn.to/3eLPeuB) 

3. Podcasts we listen to: Cal Newport and Adam Grant 

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