Smashed Bashed yet not Dashed Podcast

Arti is one of the most inspiring women I've come across in my life.  While she may keep a low profile on social media, she leaves a mark on everyone she meets. In this episode we discuss entrepreneurship, health, networking and more. A must watch. Arti has been one of the reasons I have been able to do so much in the last few years and for that I will be always grateful to her.  Love to have...

Merry Christmas. This is an episode about our own Santa Claus. Someone who is giving back with the gift of education and 10X-ing the lives of thousands of children.  A must listen to episode.    Vandana Paul or Bindu as she's also known by many has had a profound impact on me growing up. She's someone who despite everything life has thrown at her has never given up. Today she's help...

Puneet Aggarwal is one of the most knowledgeable people when it comes to the world of investing. He knows his fundamentals, mastered his technicals and creates great wealth leveraging the markets. Puneet Oberoi has been in the financial planning space with a balanced approach on wealth creation for 2 decades.  Both of them bring a unique perspective to this episode of the Smashed Bashed Yet Not Da...

Elena Cardone is one of the most exceptional women I have ever met in person over the last few years.  She has been instrumental in pushing Grant in achieving his Billionaire status and apart from that has been an exceptional mother to Sabrina and Scarlet Cardone.  All of this despite having a very traumatic teen experience and lots and lots of disappointments in life. This is one podcast episode...

Saumya is one of the finest emotional, mental wellbeing coaches I've met.  She was recently picked as BWBusinessWorld 40 under 40.  It's an episode of the SBYND podcast that's different. While in the past we've spoken a lot about struggles around money, business and the likes. This episode covers a different area and talks about overcoming the mental and emotional challenges th...

Some would call Aditya quite the risk taker.  He grew up  in the  small town of Meerut and the odds of him running the multiple businesses that scale the globe were slim.  He has achieved this through an amazing mindset and further lives his passion for adventure  and even scaled Mt. Everest in 2019 after turning 50.  Aditya and his companies today touch thousands of lives  in India and around the...

Colonel Sunil Prem may have started out against the odds in the beginning of almost every journey that he took. Be it at the back of his class as a 7-year-old or at the age of 16 when he decided to join the army. However, he eventually topped his class, won the president’s gold medal at the Indian Military Academy and also achieved a 10 on 10 CPA at IIT Kanpur. He spent 27 years in the Indian Army...

Pradyot Voleti is a man on a mission. He has empowered thousands of under privileged children across India to aspire for a better life and he's doing it through the power of basketball. Children that have gone through the dribble academy could barely pay for a basic education let alone dream of scholarships to some of the country's best schools and even the Junior NBA. He has had his cha...

This was actually a book interview with Deep, days before the pandemic locked us all down. Truly a story of perseverance and not throwing in the towel. Such great insights shared by Deep, I just couldn't deny the world of these golden nuggets. Makemytrip is a Nasdaq listed company and I've the good fortune of knowing Deep Kalra and Sachin Bhatia right from the start.  Hope you enjoy this...

Tarun Mansukhani on the SBYND Podcast. Acclaimed Director on life in Bollywood & the ups and downs.  You will love this episode with Tarun, he had an amazing start to his Bollywood journey working with some of the biggest names and movies in the industry. Working with Karan Johar as an assistant director and then as a director himself he tasted success early and in dues course also had to tast...

A candid conversation with Advaita Kala, the very talented author, broadcaster and columnist. In this episode we discuss women empowerment, social causes, Bollywood, procrastination, life and more.  Advaita and my friendship goes back 25 years and her shares on this podcast episode would be appreciated by all.  The otherwise very private Advaita shares some interesting moments from her life, vulne...

Avi is an exceptional person and is truly ahead of his time.  The more I speak to him the more I realise on how he sees things differently from most.  In this episode Avi talks about being vulnerable, being bullied, spending time away from his family, struggling at work and then overcoming it all to move forward.  Don't miss his thoughts on social commerce and how social media has not even sc...

Siddharth Rajsekar or Sidz is one of those people I refer in a heart beat to everyone. Intentional and driven by purpose. He's one of those people who will transform the world we live in for the better.  Do listen in to our interaction on the smashed bashed yet not dashed podcast. Am sure you will be really inspired as well.  You can follow Sidz on his YouTube channel as well on https://www.y...

Season 2 Episode 12.  Papa CJ in a candid and compelling  conversation with GB. Watch this episode and do share your feedback. Truly one of the best episodes of the Smashed Bashed Yet Not Dashed Podcast till date. For those of you who didn't know him, Papa CJ is a world-renowned stand-up comedian and has won awards for both Asia’s and India’s Best Stand-up Comedian. He has performed over 2000...

     This conversation with Bani J was one of the most amazing interactions I have ever had. Bani is an actress on the Emmy nominated hit Amazon show "four more shots please" , she also debuted as a gritty contestant on the Hit MTV show Roadies in 2006 and has never looked back since.      On this podcast, Bani talks about her life journey, her love for pets, the importance of fitness an...

This is a tribute the legendary Milkha Singh and some other great people who we lost in the past 2 months. Truly a trying time and many have been taken from us too soon. That said we owe it to these legends to ensure that we stay in action and be a demonstration of what they would have expected from us. 

Rakesh Kochhar, Executive Director BNI Gurgaon and Regional Director BNI Faridabad sharing his amazing journey and vision on the SBYND Podcast with GB.   Rakesh is one of the most brilliant people you'll come across and going from a small town boy in Jamshedpur to the leadership of Oracle India and then to being critically ill and bouncing back to create one of India's most sought after...

    Nikhil Kamath, the founder of Zerodha is an exceptional entrepreneur. He dropped out of school at the age of 15 and discovered the art of trading in the stock markets.  The passion soon turned to profession and today Nikhil is India's youngest self made Billionaire.     In this episode I ask Nikhil some interesting questions that he's probably not been asked in too many of his interv...

Richard Dolan is one of the most inspirational people I've come across in my life. We first met 18 months ago, when he came on as head of licensing for Grant Cardone and since them I've had the pleasure of interacting with him a lot more. For some one who has trained Le Bron James, Mike Tyson and has shared numerous stages with Tony Robbins, a podcast was bound to have lots of value. We...

     Nikhil may be one of India's leading fashion designers but his journey and what he shares on this episode of the Smashed Bashed Yet Not Dashed podcast will blow you away. When one looks at all the success that the Shantanu & Nikhil brand have had you wouldn't think that he's gone through what he has.   From being written off by his teachers to struggling through design scho...

   This week will mark one year since the Pandemic induced lockdowns began in India. This episode is about gratitude and also acknowledgement of what has passed and how the events of the last year have changed us for the better or the worse.    Some important actions steps in the end as well.  Hope you enjoy this edition.    

Amit has always been an entrepreneur at his core. Was interesting to learn that the seed was sown based on a board game that he saw at my house that I'd made when I was 16 and he was 12.  Since then Amit has had his shares of ups and downs and is now running 2 very successful businesses including the award winning Indian restaurants called "Daryaganj" which definitely has the best b...

Payalh is a woman who comes from a relatively small North Bengal town of Siliguri. She's had a pretty tough journey and has struggled on a several fronts but despite that she's persevered and continues to do some great things in the space of entrepreneurship and women empowerment.   Payalh will continue to shine and with her mindset and dedication is a person to watch out for. She is the...

This was the most epic conversation with Grant Cardone, Mr 10X himself.  Grant just starred on Undercover Billionaire which is now available on the Discovery Plus App. It is a perfect example of how one can be smashed, bashed and yet should not be dashed. Grant in these 22 minutes shared such pearls of wisdom, that this is one episode no one should miss.  Also please go and download the Discovery...