Lessons from Building a Social Enterprise with Team Swataleem [#TBS Eps 34]
Public Education Enthusiast and Founders of Swataleem Foundation Ananya Tiwari and Vaibhav Kumar discuss talk about their learning from building a Social Enterprises, raising funds, building their team and myths about development sector for aspiring social entrepreneur.
Lessons from a Yogi, Martial Artist and Zen Philosopher [#TBS Eps 33]
Former National Tae – Kwon – Do Champion, Hatha Yogi and founder of Sailum Martial Arts Academy Acharya Babu T. Raghu speaks about learning to absorb pain, achieving mastery and doing everything one loves, even if you cant make a living out of it.
Why do we exaggerate our fears of trying something new [#TBS Eps 31]
There are so many things that make us curious, so many things that interest us, so many things that we want to learn and master. But we rarely start because we are terrible at it now. This snippet explores why we exaggerate our fears and how to, in the long term, hone our ability to learn something despite being afraid of it.
Developing Original Thinking with Santosh Desai | [#TBS Eps 29]
One of India’s best known Social Commentator and CEO of Futurebrands, Santosh Desai talks about pitfalls of MBA education, importance of synthesised learning, developing original perspective and thoughts on meaningful work.
A Masterclass on Podcasting with Chhavi Sachdev [#TBS Eps 28]]
Journalist, Media entrepreneur and India’s leading Podcast Consultant Chhavi Sachdev talks about limitation of Radio that led to emergence of Podcasts, Challenges and opportunities for independent Podcasters and myths associated with working as a freelancer.
Leveraging the Power of Stories with Ameen Haque | [#TBS Eps 27]
Business Story Telling Coach and Founder of Storywallahs, Ameen Haque helps us understand what makes stories authentic, how stories shape our lives and how can you and I leverage the power of stories to improve the quality of our lives and businesses.
Learning without Classrooms with Abhijit Sinha [#TBS Eps 26]
Founder and CEO of Project DEFY Abhijit Sinha, talks about creating learning centers without teachers, raising funds, building teams, starting a social enterprise and defying conventional understanding of education. Do you often commit to learn a new skill but never start learning?
Kanyakumari to Kashmir with Amrutha Kashinath [#TBS Eps 25]
Traveler and Biking Enthusiast Amrutha Kashinath and Shubra Acharya hold the Limca Book of Record for the fastest journey between Kanyakumari and Kashmir on bike by two women (129 hours). On the show today, I have Amrutha Kashinath to discuss how she managed her expeditions along with a job, what goes into preparing for such long distance expeditions and how safe is it for women to travel solo in India
Strengthening Commitments and Reducing Intent Action Gap with Anurag Vaish [#TBS Eps 24]
On this episode, I Anurag Vaish, Co-founder of India’s leading Behavioural Science firm, Finalmile Consulting, to help us understand the reasons for Intent Action gap – The huge gap between what we Intend to do and what we really do.
Why do we continue in careers we don’t meaningful? | Understanding Status Quo Bias | [#TBS Eps 23]
In this 12-minute short snippet I unpack The Status Quo Bias, a major problem in our decision making that makes us resistant to change. I explain its underlying causes Basis Behavioral Science Studies and two possible ways we can try to avoid the bias and make better decisions.
The Art of making what you love with Vaibhav Chhabra [#TBS Eps 22]
Engineer, Carpenter & Founder of Maker’s Asylum, Vaibhav Chhabra talks about quitting his job to build Makers Asylum, a leading maker’s space in India, How maker’s community enable people to build what they love and what stops us from giving our ideas a physical form.
How to save money? Lessons from Behavioural Science with Benis Kumar Moses [#TBS Eps 21]
Personal Finance Enthusiast and Behaviour Architect at India’s leading Behavioural Science consulting firm, Finalmile Consulting, Benis Kumar Moses speaks about biases that hold us from saving money , how to reduce the intent-action gap and improve our ability to deal with uncertainty.
5 powerful lessons from People who do what they love [#TBS Eps 20]
As we launch into 2020, here is a 10 minutes snippet summarising 5 powerful lessons from these conversations
How to find mentors to learn what you love [#TBS Eps 19]
Just doing what you love doesn’t pay your bills. However, for people to pay you for a specific skill, you must be really good at it. One of the most powerful ways to sharpen your learning is to find a mentor. In this snippet, we focus on two aspects – What do you need to convince someone to be your mentor and two, where can you find mentors.
How to save money to do what you love (Part 2) with Pardeep Goyal [#TBS Eps 18]
Personal Finance Coach and author of the award winning personal finance blog Cashoverflow, Pardeep Goyal talks about developing passive income, experimenting, common mistakes while saving money, his learning from two failed start ups and a lot more.
How to save money to do what you love (Part 1) with Manish Chauhan [#TBS Eps 17]
Personal Finance Coach & Founder of India’s leading personal finance blog Jago Investor, Manish Chauhan talks about factors that causes us to spend more, financial concepts every layman must be aware of and common misconceptions people have about money.
What stops you from mastering the craft of writing with Chetan Mahajan [#TBS Eps 16]
Author, award winning blogger and founder of The Himalayan Writing Retreat, Chetan Mahajan talks about bad habits that stops people from writing well, how to get feedback as a writer, powerful writing communities, impact of technology on writing, Questions you must ask before you start writing a book and a lot more
Life is Meaningless! That is why it is Beautiful.
On Oct 29th, an IIT Hyderabad student killed himself by jumping off his hostel. He said “I do not find life interesting and my courses are not going great.” This is the 3rd suicide at IIT Hyderabad this year. The incident made me wonder, Why do we need to score high marks? Earn a lot of money? How do you make life interesting? Why do we do what we do? What is really the purpose of our lives?
Master Public Speaking with the World Champion of Public Speaking Aaron Beverly [#TBS Eps 14]
Story Teller and World Champion of Public Speaking Aaron Beverly talks about finding his voice as an introvert, 4 powerful ways to sharpen your public speaking skills, listening to what people are not saying and practicing authenticity
The Art of Story Telling (Part 2) with Mehak Mirza Prabhu [#TBS Eps 13]
Story Teller, Coach and writer Mehak Mirza Prabhu talks about fundamentals of Story Telling, developing characters, balancing between practice and spontaneity and pursuing a career in story telling.
How to be Consistent | The Inversion Method [#TBS Eps 12]
This is our 3rd snippet on consistency, where we learn the Inversion Method to achieve long term consistency. In the previous 2 snippets, We discussed the primary reason for our inconsistency – our dependence on emotions how to employ the Time Block Method to overcome this dependency.
How to be Consistent | The Time Blocking Method [#TBS Eps 11]
This is our 2nd snippet on consistency. In our 1st Snippet, I discussed the primary reason for our inconsistency – our dependence on emotions i.e. most of us act, when we feel great, or miserable, or jealous or inspired. In this snippet I discuss our 1st simple method to remove emotional dependency & attain consistency in the long term.
The Art of Sky Diving with Rudra Bhanu Solanki [#TBS Eps 10]
India’s youngest sky diving coach, Rudra Bhanu Solanki talks about sky diving, becoming a coach and building India’s premier sky diving company, Sky high India Ltd
The Art of Story Telling with Geeta Ramanujam [#TBS Eps 9]
Story Teller, Coach & the founder of International Academy of Story Telling (Kathalaya), Geeta Ramanujam talks about fundamentals of Story Telling, letting go your inhibitions and how she built a globally recognized Academy of Story Telling.
The Art of Blogging & Teach Online with Sumit Bansal [#TBS Eps 8]
Serial Blogger, MS Excel Exert & Blogging Coach Sumit Bansal talks about fundamentals of blogging, building credibility as a blogger, finding your audience, creating online courses and earning by blogging and offering online courses
Inspiration is Overrated, Focus on Consistency (TBS Snippets) [#TBS Eps 7]
Do you jump from one self book to other? Do you jump from one motivational seminar to other? Do you take get pumped up after listening to an inspirational talk but rarely take action. If yes, then perhaps you need to stop and start. Stop drinking inspiration and start taking small consistent action.
Empowering Communities and Making Cheese in Himalayas with Nitin Dayalu [#TBS Eps 6]
Traveler, Cheese maker and Rural Entrepreneur Nitin Dayalu talks about finding his love for cheese making, handling failure as an entrepreneur, Building old hills artisans food and his vision of empowering rural communities in Himalayas
Building a Writer’s Paradise in Himalayas with Chetan Mahajan [#TBS Eps 5]
Author, award winning blogger and founder of The Himalayan Writing Retreat, Chetan Mahajan talks about finding his love for writing in Jail, quitting his corporate career to moving to Kumaoni village in Himalayas to build a writers paradise in Himalayas.
Doing what you love, Everyday w/ Rahat Kulshreshtha [#TBS Eps 4]
Adventurer, film maker and technology geek Rahat Kulshreshtha talks about the struggles and successes of combining his love for travel, technology and shooting beautiful visuals into Quidich – India’s leading aerial solutions company
Winning The Podcasting Game w/ India’s Leading Podcaster Bijay Gautam [#TBS Eps 3]
India’s leading podcasting coach and host of the India’s no 1 self help podcast The Inspiring Talk, Bijay Gautam talks about his transition from a job he did not like to master what he absolutely loves – Podcasting and how other can plan a transition too!
On Being Youtuber with Digital Media Entrepreneur Saloni Srivastava [#TBS Eps 2]
Digital Media Entrepreneur and Youtuber Saloni Srivastava talks about converting her love for food and marketing into full time profession. We learn how she built her channel before quitting her job, how she got better, how she tripled her earnings by doing what she loves doing everyday and more!
Are you proud of the life you’ve lived? Introduction to the Break School [#TBS Eps 1]
Introducing The Break School Podcast. Listen to what some of the path breakers on our show have to say on the above question, why it matters that you do what you love and a lot more about whats in store for you at the break school in the coming days