Maximize Life with Mindset Pivots

In this episode of Maximize Your Life, I speak with James Garrett on the neuroscience behind Procrastination, why our brain does what it does and how can we address it in our everyday life. A simple mantra would be to tell ourselves, let's just do this boring, mundane activity for 2minutes and that's it. No forcing ourselves to get the whole pantry cleaned or garage sorted. Just start and you'll s...

In the first episode of this Podcast, I speak with an unofficial mentor and a wise person with great humor - Manish Agarwal. We speak about how perspective seeking is a great way of conserving energy, how we define success and happiness, some interesting views about Systems thinking and lastly about being a lifelong learner About Manish: Manish Agarwal is currently a Visiting Faculty at IIMC, IIMK...

In this episode, I chat with Stephanie, a finance director at Amazon, about the core mindset shift of eliminating the non essentials to get better at addressing leadership questions be it in meetings or over emails or documents. We also discuss how to apply these techniques more broadly to enhance leadership effectiveness. About Stephanie Washington Stephanie is a Finance Director at Amazon and ca...

A lovely reminder for self empathy - Its important to accept that you can't be at your best every single day. Its alright to be vulnerable; You don't build equity in a day; it builds over time from what you deliver every single day; About Jaya: VP, Global Marketing (Cars) at Castrol Top 40 Under 40 CMO| Guest Faculty at IIM-A, IIM-L, India’s top business school.

In this episode Khushi and I chat about happiness and energy and what kind of micro-practices has Khushi cultivated in her life to live upto her name. Khushi means Happiness in Hindi. About Khushi Khushi is a Partner at McKinsey and Company and leads McKinsey’s AI and Technology Transformation practice. Sheserves CEOs, CXOs and Boards on technology strategy, AI execution and business value creatio...

This episode starts with the philosophy of this too shall pass, whether its happiness linked to promotion or stress linked to not making it. We then delve into the 4 key characteristics that makes effective leaders and how do we hone those skills. About Vivek: Vivek is the CEO of 6thStreet, the #1 Fashion & Lifestyle commerce platform in GCC. He is a lifelong student of network businesses and...

In this episode, I speak with Sankalpa about how managing disruptions in life is not just about managing it when it happens, but about training our brains for when it will happen and also training out brains and selves for afterthe storm has passed. We also discuss the 3 axes of life - Work, Life and Money and how do we at any point optimize for just 2 of these. About Sankalpa Sankalpa is a manage...

In this episode, I chat with Nidhi Mishra, an entrepreneur on the perspectives we can take to better manage our minds and energies on bad days and unplanned disruptions. That's not all, we touch upon playing your own game as a way to be highly productive as well as how each of us is multi-faceted in terms of the roles we play in life. About Nidhi Mishra: She is the founder CEO, Bookosmia (smell of...

In this episode Hanane and I discuss in depth about the victim mindset and how we always have a choice. We discuss tools and techniques to shift the mindset from victim to choosing, as Hanane shares something deeply personal where she made that shift. About Hanane Anoua With 15+ years of global experience, Hanane has designed and led transformational programs across universities, non-profits, and...

In this episode of Maximize Life, I speak with Ursula to go deep into the neuroscience of Productivity, Deep work, Mind wandering and Procrastination. We also discuss what happens in our brain during boredom, mundane tasks and stress. About Ursula Pottinga Ursula Pottinga, CPCC, PCC, MNTC is the co-founder of BEabove Leadership and is the co- developer/leader of its ground breaking training progra...

In this episode I chat with Uma about Antifragility, the concept coined and made popular by Nassim Nicholas Taleb's book, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder. She shares the learnings from her Entrepreneurial journey, How she defines Success and what Work Life Harmony and Success looks for her. About Uma Uma Kasoji is a management consultant-turned-entrepreneur. She co-founded The star in...