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 entrepreneurThe changing trajectory of learningTrends in online learning over the yearsAdvice to wannabe entrepreneurs Responsibility of being a 2 percenterTimestamps The learnings, perks and sleepless nights of a CEO - 2:33Evolution of online education - 9:07The genesis of Harappa - 14:46Career transition decision points of Shreyasi - 22:33Power of 3 - 31:48Challenges of being an entrepreneur - 37:48Fostering teamwork - 43:48QuotesStudent debt is at the highest ever point and at the same point educating oneself is easier than ever - Paul GrahamEducation is not about content but also the contextYou become unique when your career stack is uniqueGiven a chance make the changeConnect with Shreyasi: Website, Book, and LinkedIn Do not miss to check out our new website and share your love https://inspiresomeonetoday.in/Subscribe, follow, and leave your comments to help me get better with my episodes. Available on all podcast platforms, including, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox, RadioPublic, TuneIn, Gaana Jio Saavn, AudibleDo stay tuned for new episodes every alternate Friday. Next episode - Feb 4 '22.

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 - 2:55Lesson # 2 - Pragmatic approach to goal setting - 9:44Lesson # 3 - Differentiate amongst competition - 15:54Lesson # 4 - Effective Leadership lessons - 19:58Do not miss to check out our new website and share your love https://inspiresomeonetoday.in/Follow me on LinkedIn or Instagram.Subscribe, follow, and leave your comments to help me get better with my episodes. Available on all podcast platforms, including, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, youtube, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox, RadioPublic, TuneIn, Gaana Jio Saavn, AudibleDo stay tuned for new episodes every alternate Friday. Next episode - Jan 21’22.

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 tipsAkhand Jyoti, a social foundation with a mission Timestamps What is Coaching and who is it for - 2:04SMART goals to SMARTER goals - 7:30Principles-based approach - 13:217 Habits of Highly Effective People framework - 18:403 coaching tips to all our listeners - 27:48Akhand Jyoti, a social foundation with a mission - 31:35QuotesCoaching is all about conversations that expand peoples thinkingMethods can vary, values can shift but Principles remain the samePeople don’t fail in achieving goals, they fail in taking actionMotivation is external, Inspiration is internalConnect with Krishnan: LinkedIn Social enterprise AkhandJyoti - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24BZ7JrCHTADo not miss to check out our new website and share your love https://inspiresomeonetoday.in/Subscribe, follow, and leave your comments to help me get better with my episodes. Available on all podcast platforms, including, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox, RadioPublic, TuneIn, Gaana Jio Saavn, AudibleDo stay tuned for new episodes every alternate Friday. Next episode -Jan 14 '22.

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 storytellingMayur 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 - 2:23Building a team as an entrepreneur - 11:43Lessons learned from working with larger-than-life personalities - 24:20Power of 3 - 33:52Skills to be a good photographer - 41:39QuotesThe more you teach, the more you share, the more you LEARN.Know your clients, do your homeworkBe prepared to give without any expectationsThe more you read the more you develop your visualizationConnect with Mayur: Website and LinkedIn Do not miss to check out our new website and share your love  https://inspiresomeonetoday.in/Follow me on LinkedIn or Instagram.Subscribe, follow, and leave your comments to help me get better with my episodes. Available on all podcast platforms, including, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox, RadioPublic, TuneIn, Gaana Jio Saavn, AudibleDo stay tuned for new episodes every alternate Friday. Next episode -Jan 7 '22.

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 - 1:48Why is change hard - 5:10Language successful people use - 9:22Process of goal setting - 14:02Power of 3 - 18:53Rethink Leadership - 22:10QuotesBe willing and courageous to experiment and be vulnerableCan I be great by playing a safe game?Change doesn’t happen in isolationTell other people how you need to be helpedGetting goals through ease - collective responsibility, co-creation Connect with Deepa: Website and LinkedIn Rethink Leadership MasterclassWant to say Hello, do connect with me on LinkedIn or Instagram.Subscribe, follow, and leave your comments to help me get better with my episodes. Available on all podcast platforms, including, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox, RadioPublic, TuneIn, Gaana Jio Saavn, AudibleDo stay tuned for new episodes every alternate Friday. Next episode -Dec 31’21.

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 - 3:04Toolbox of life - 8:14Leading in different cultures - 9:24Leaders paradigm & characteristics - 16:25E5 Movement of Leadership - 22:22Power of 3 - 32:08Coaching Indian Ice Hockey team - 42:03Key quotes and references from the episode:Everything we do in the past makes us stronger todayAs the rain falls the root grows strongerTake everything seriously nothing personallyStand on the Shoulders of GiantsConnect with Paul: Website and Linkedin If you loved listening to this episode and want to share your views do click on the link below, https://lnkd.in/gKMix5eSubscribe, follow, and leave your comments to help me get better with my episodes. Available on all podcast platforms, including, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, youtube, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox, RadioPublic, TuneIn, Gaana Jio Saavn, Audible New episodes every alternate Friday. Next episode -Dec  17’21.

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 IndiaA bird’s eye view of how the game of rugby is playedWhat are the parallels between sports and business? On the other side of Nasser, the pie chart in the day of the CEOTimestamps Nasser’s Rugby debut - 1:58Experience through playing Sports - 5:48Rugby in India  - 8:35The parallel between growing a product in sports and business - 16:57Power of sharing and collaboration - 25:32Day in the life of the CEO - 33:04Key quotes and references from the episode:Follow your dreams and passion. Do not give up!Failure is the stepping stone to successEverybody wins togetherWe are all in the same boat, eventually, we will get there - practice sharing and collaborationConnect with Nasser:  Website, LinkedInIf you loved listening to this episode and want to share your views do click on the link below, https://lnkd.in/gKMix5eWant to say Hello, do connect with me on LinkedIn or Instagram.Subscribe, follow, and leave your comments to help me get better with my episodes. Available on all podcast platforms, including, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, youtube, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox, RadioPublic, TuneIn, Gaana Jio Saavn, AudibleDo stay tuned for new episodes every alternate Friday. Next episode -Dec 03’21.

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 - 2:18Making of the movie “Punyakoti” - 6:40Lessons learnt through filmmaking - 12:56Message from the movie Punyakoti - 19:14Experience sharing from the movie star Revathi - 26:25Being a minimalist -  35:07A career in animation - 37:38Key quotes  from the episode:You have to be at your best  all the timeWhat looks easy and effortless is the produce of years of compressed experienceFear is here to stay, expand despite the fearLife is not about finding yourself it’s about creating yourselfConnect with Ravi Venkateswaran: Website  & LinkedInBook My Show - Punyakoti the MovieIf you loved listening to this episode and want to share your views do click on the link below, https://lnkd.in/gKMix5eDo connect with me on LinkedIn or Instagram.Subscribe, follow, and leave your comments to help me get better with my episodes. Available on all podcast platforms, including, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, youtube, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox, RadioPublic, TuneIn, Gaana Jio Saavn, AudibleDo stay tuned for new episodes every alternate Friday. Next episode -Nov 19’21

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 IsJoining 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 - 1:45What’s Parwarish - 6:01Need for Parenting coach - 14:05Enhancing relationship with your child - 20:27Power of 3 - 26:00Perfect Parenting - The Book - 37:37Key quotes and references from the episode:Getting the joy and fulfilment of holding your child for the first time every timeHuman beings are born with unlimited potentialYour child is not youBecome your child’s best friendConnect with Sushant: Website  Book -  Perfect Parenting and Ted TalkSubscribe, follow, and leave your comments to help me get better with my episodes. Available on all podcast platforms, including, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, youtube, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox, Jio Saavn, AudibleDo stay tuned for new episodes every alternate Friday. Next episode -Nov 05’21.

A futurist, business strategist, keynote speaker, businessman and entrepreneur, Anton engages with clients around the world in strategic conversations on the future.  Anton is a partner in Futureworld International, having joined the global Futureworld network in 1991.  He has gained step-change business experience in a varied and successful professional, entrepreneurial and business career. What is a Futurist, exploring possible futures? The signs of the pandemic from the lens of futurists. What’s e-VUCA? Wearables and Ingestables. Rehumanizing humans. Lessons from the intersection of industries. What does space tourism mean to the world of tomorrow? Start-up’s to watch out that is redefining the world and the role each of us can play in reimagining the future is the essence of the conversation on this episode “Reimagining Future”. Timestamps What’s a FUTURIST  - 2:51Did Futurists see the coming of the Pandemic - 9:27VUCA world in a post-pandemic era - 12:04Businesses to watch out for - 17:10Space tourism - What does it mean to the world - 24:00Power of 3 - 25:50Staying ahead and relevant - 30:02Future World - 34:58Key quotes  from the episode:When things go crazy, good things can also happenSmart society is the future of the VUCA worldRehumanizing humans is the 5th industrial revolutionIt’s not about sustainability it’s about flourishingThink differently, stay positiveConnect with Anton: Website and LinkedIn If you loved listening to this episode and want to share your views do click on the link below, https://lnkd.in/gKMix5eWant to say Hello, do connect with me on LinkedIn or Instagram.Subscribe, follow, and leave your comments to help me get better with my episodes. Available on all podcast platforms, including, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, youtube, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox, RadioPublic, TuneIn, Gaana Jio Saavn, AudibleDo stay tuned for new episodes every alternate Friday. Next episode -Oct  22’21.