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Send us Fan Mail Your brain is designed to keep you safe, not to help you change, and that single fact explains why so many goals stall, so many training programs flop, and so many leaders feel stuck repeating the same patterns. We sit down with Desikamani (Mani), founder of Mental Learning and creator of result-oriented learning engineering, to explore behavior change through an unusual lens: met...

Send us Fan Mail If someone audited your life like a portfolio, would it show only a career or would it reveal real compounding assets like health, relationships, curiosity, and courage? I sit with that question and share what changed for me after six conversations in the Portfolio Life series, because the biggest insights weren’t about collecting titles. They were about building a life that stays...

Send us Fan Mail Money can be the one topic we avoid the most, even while it shapes nearly every choice we make. We wanted to change that, so we invited Anu Seth, financial coach and co-founder of Paid Forward, for an honest conversation on financial confidence, leadership, and the portfolio life many of us are already living. Anu shares how she became an “accidental investor” after starting out i...

Send us Fan Mail He started as a software engineer, tried building systems on the side as a fresher, and once quoted a potential client four motorbikes as payment. That mix of boldness and curiosity becomes the throughline of our conversation with M D Ramaswami , an engineer turned entrepreneur, investor, mentor, and ecosystem builder who keeps evolving long after most people settle into one lane....

Send us Fan Mail Most careers are built like ladders. Nikki Barua argues for something braver: a portfolio life built like a constellation, where every role points back to one central quest. We sit down with Nikki to explore how insatiable curiosity can become a life design strategy, and why the point is not stacking credentials but getting radically clear on what you are here to unlock. Her hub-a...

Send us Fan Mail Part 2 of this 2-part conversation with Professor Rajiv Vaidyanathan. Two invisible forces shape almost every awkward moment, workplace conflict, and relationship argument: we want to feel good about ourselves and look good to others. When either one feels threatened, we snap, defend, withdraw, or blame. We sit down with Rajiv to unpack how behavioral science and self-awareness ca...

Send us Fan Mail You can be smart, informed, and highly motivated and still fail to do the things you swear matter most. That’s not a character flaw; it’s often a pattern. I sit down with Rajiv Vaidyanathan, a professor and researcher in behavioral decision science, to unpack the intention-action gap and the hidden forces that pull us away from our own best plans. We get practical fast: why “life...

Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Nikita Jain to talk about Portfolio Life in real time, where career, identity, and values are still being built under constraints. We explore what makes public policy work humane, why implementation fails, and how writing and proximity create durable judgment.  • rebuilding system literacy after moving countries  • building judgment in complex systems  • using wri...

Send us Fan Mail A polished career can hide a quiet price. When you spend decades in newsrooms, close to ministers, bureaucrats, elections, and crisis, what happens to your inner life when your outer life never slows down? We kick off our Portfolio Life Series with Rakesh Khar, a veteran of India’s leading news brands, to talk about resilience that is not performative. He opens up about being disp...

Send us Fan Mail Clarity is overrated. The real beginning of change is that uneasy feeling you keep trying to outgrow, ignore, or rationalise away. We close our Changemakers series with a reflective summary of the conversations that lingered long after recording ended, and the seven lessons that reshaped how we think about agency, purpose, and impact.  We talk about what it looks like to live full...

Send us Fan Mail A single whispered conversation about periods during COVID became a wake-up call and a launchpad. We’re joined by Palakh Khanna, founder of Break the Ice, a youth-led nonprofit that creates spaces for honest dialogue around the topics many communities still treat as taboo: menstruation and period poverty, mental health, gender equality, sustainability, climate action, and youth em...

Send us Fan Mail What if the life you want begins the moment you give yourself permission to start again? We sit down with Archana to trace a quiet, insistent nudge that grew into a full second act—one grounded not in escape, but in intention. She opens up about leaving a successful corporate career, confronting imposter syndrome head-on, and replacing the comfort of titles with the steady courage...

Send us Fan Mail Grades get the spotlight; the child gets the shadow. We sit down with Manoj Krishnan, founder of the Compass Team, to unpack a different way of helping students thrive—through comprehensive assessments that look at emotional health, cognition, speech and language, hearing, nutrition, and more. Instead of chasing scores and hype, Manoj shows how early, standardized screening plus t...

Send us Fan Mail What if love isn’t enough when care gets real? We sat down with Bhavana to trace a bold pivot from corporate certainty to building Caregiver Sathi, a mission grounded in lived experience, practical skills, and the quiet courage to act. The journey starts with an unlikely spark—a return to motorcycles that rekindled agency and joy—then unfolds into a deeper inquiry about living a d...

Send us Fan Mail E165 | Change Makers Series - Ft. Vishal Talreja Start with a quiet truth: change that lasts rarely shouts. It begins with seeing what we’ve trained ourselves to ignore—poverty on the commute, a child shut down in class, a system running fast but leaving people behind. In this conversation, we sit with Vishal from Dream a Dream to unpack how life skills, empathy, and systems think...

Send us Fan Mail Change rarely waits for permission, and Soumita Basu didn’t either. After losing most of her mobility, she refused to hand over her identity to illness and instead asked one practical question each day: What can I still do? That mindset led her to keep dancing while seated, confront the hidden labor of caregiving, and build an adaptive clothing company that designs for real bodies...

Send us Fan Mail Community voices reflect on a year of purpose, passion, and the future of work, sharing the habits and moments that changed how they live and lead. We co-create bold themes for 2026, from thriving in the AI era to authentic health and financial literacy, and celebrate meetups that turn inspiration into action. • key takeaways from memorable guests across sport, sales, leadership,...

Send us Fan Mail What if the most powerful leadership tool isn’t a metric or a model, but the decision to be simply human? That’s the throughline of our conversation with Rajneesh “RS” Singh—factory-floor HR leader turned media CHRO turned co-founder of SimplyHR—who built a 15-year firm on clarity, courage, and care. We start with RS’s three-layer career arc: a foundation forged in rigorous HR, a...

Send us Fan Mail The moment you forget your own name on stage can define you—or free you. We sit down with Gauri Seshadri, a global leader at Toastmasters International, to explore how a shaky first step turned into a career built on clarity, connection, and service. From introvert in a new culture to first vice president shaping strategy across 149 countries, Gauri shares the habits and framework...

Send us Fan Mail What if you treated your life like a design project, not a rigid plan? We sit down with Navyug , a transformation coach and life design educator, to unpack a practical way to build your future through small, innovative experiments. Instead of chasing a perfect blueprint, we talk about wayfinding—how to navigate from a shifting point A to a shifting point B—and why clarity often fo...

Send us Fan Mail Career growth doesn’t have to look like a ladder to the top. We unpack what it means to build a lattice—moving sideways, going deeper, and sometimes stepping down to step forward—with practical tools you can use today. With coach and speaker Shyam Sadasivan, we challenge the labels that box us in, celebrate the “deep generalist” who has breadth with chosen depth, and replace prest...

Send us Fan Mail We explore the habits that make success repeatable: focus on the moment, remove ceilings, and bring your best every day. Stories from sport and business show how to turn uncertainty into an edge, lead diverse teams, and build cultures that outlast a single win. • elite mindset as presence, no ceilings, daily best • intrinsic motivation after the peak • translating sports principle...

Send us Fan Mail Rejection can bruise the ego—or it can build the roadmap. We sit down with Venkat to unpack why the best salespeople talk less, listen more, and treat every “no” as free R&D. That simple shift—separating the rejection of an idea from the worth of a person—unlocks a healthier mindset and a sharper product. Venkat shares the unforgettable Ahmedabad school story: sky‑high expecta...

Send us Fan Mail What if success and significance weren’t opposites but the same metric—impact? That question runs through our conversation with Venkat Krishnan, the quiet builder behind platforms like GiveIndia and DaanUtsav, which have helped millions find clear paths to care. Venkat’s compass formed early: reading Gandhi in grade school, wrestling with dharma in the Mahabharata, and growing up...

Send us Fan Mail Curiosity drives learning in different ways across the globe. For students in developed countries, passion guides their educational journey, while those in developing nations like India often prioritize job security over personal interests. Professor Rao draws on his extensive teaching experience across continents to illuminate these stark contrasts, explaining why Indian students...