Ep. 231: The 5 most important lessons I learned from podcasting

In the very last episode of the Absolutely write podcast, Aditi shares her top 5 lessons she learnt in her 2 years as a podcast host.  The Absolutely write podcast will be back next week with a brand new name and vibe. The conversations will be in 'Hinglish' and will stay real, authentic and based on high performance.  For the one last time, Happy Writing! Tune in

The very last episode of Absolutely write podcast wouldn't have been complete without our producer, Rasshi Ganeriwal and 2 phenomenal listeners and friends of the podcast, Anupama Mandloi & Arshdeep Kaur. Tune into the last episode of the podcast in this current avatar and learn some never heard before secrets about how the Absolutely write podcast came into being. Aditi shares some behind the scenes trivia and some hacks for new & upcoming podcasters.

Our guest this week on the Absolutely Write podcast is Ashutosh Kumar - Founder of Jagriti. Ashutosh is an entrepreneur at heart with 10+ years of experience of building communities and brands focused on the next billion. He joined the founding team of Jagriti Yatra - a crazy unique idea well ahead of its time - to empower the ‘next billion’ young entrepreneurs in 2008. A logistical mammoth, Jagriti Yatra is designed as a 15-day, 8000-km entrepreneurship train journey. It brings the best of design thinking, experiential education, and entrepreneurship together.   He is now building a community of 5500+ ‘next billion’ youth; 28% of them with their own startups.   Aditi analyses Ashutosh's handwriting and talks some interesting aspects of his personality including what makes him such a good and keen listener & leader. Ashutosh shares his love for rural India and all the work his team and him have been doing to create a social impact and empower people from all over our country.

You can make more money if you do good to the world. Our guest this week on the Absolutely Write podcast is Pratik Gauri.  Pratik is a serial Indian social entrepreneur, investor, public speaker and writer widely known as the Creator of the 5th Industrial Revolution. He has been championing the UN Sustainable Development Goals and helping transition the world from a for-profit economy to a for-benefit economy for more than a decade. As the Founder & CEO of 5ire.org ( pronounced FIRE ), Pratik believes that the service of humanity and social good can work hand-in-hand with business. Pratik has founded 8 companies prior to founding 5ire, which is a blockchain ecosystem that brings forward Sustainability, Technology & Innovation to build the 5th industrial revolution. Aditi analyses Pratik's handwriting and talks some interesting aspects of his leadership & personality including what makes him a keen listener, observer & analytical entrepreneur. She talks about his passion to do the unfathomable and stay hungry to create more impact.  Pratik shares his story of what made a successful entrepreneur at the age of 16 and some tips and hacks to how sustainability can lead to profitability. Keep a notepad handy for this fabulous episode. 

You can't get better at something you don't start! Our guest this week on the Absolutely Write podcast is Bijay Goutaum . Bijay is the Co-founder of WYN Studio, a creative content studio specializing in audio storytelling and podcasts. He hosts one of the top podcasts in India- The Inspiring Talk reaching over a million people. On this podcast, he chats with top entrepreneurs, best-selling Authors, Thought leaders, and celebrities about their journey. His podcast has gained wider accolades from his listeners and media and was a finalist for Asia’s Best Podcast Award 2019. Before all this began, Bijay was working as a Research Scientist in a leading Pharmaceutical Company. He was clearly losing motivation and drive in his life and that's when he started The Inspiring Talk. Within 15 months of starting his podcast, he quit his job to follow his passion for podcasting and inspiring people through his podcast. Aditi analyses Bijay's handwriting and talks some interesting aspects of his personality including what makes him a unique and go-getter entrepreneur and what makes him step into the uncomfortable, ever so often. Bijay shares how people can they become more of their authentic self as a content creator.  Which is your favourite lesson and why? Share in the comments section. 

Our love for textiles and art forms and a strong will to empower very talented and deserving artisans made us quit and take a big step towards our dream. The magic of thread drew us like a magnet. Our guests on this week's Absolutely write episode are Sujata & Taniya Biswas.  The sisters take pride in complementing each other’s skill sets while having the same vision. Sujata says that she is the brain and Taniya confesses to being the heart. Together, the beautiful symphony of their energies plays out perfectly to become Suta. An alumnus of IIFT Delhi, Sujata always felt something was missing in her job. She was with Essar, Jindal & IIT before SUTA. Whenever she went back to visit her parents, she came across a lot of traditional weavers with whom she used to end up chatting and they used to pour their hearts out about lack of work and menial wages. Taniya, an engineer and IIM Lucknow graduate, worked for almost three years with the Tata group and IBM. She calls herself an observer and loves to watch how everything in life is so beautifully intertwined with nature and the world around us. This kindled the creative streak in her to paint and to take photographs. After quitting her cushy corporate jobs, she grappled with many ideas, even tried her hands at product photo-shoots, before realizing that her true potential was not in the pictures but in the products itself. “I had designed a few clothes and had posted them, but instead of getting requests for shoot we were asked about the products.” Together they run this organisation that supports & empowers over 16000 weavers across India.  Aditi analyses their handwriting and talks about some of their some unique & opposite aspects of their personality including what makes them such different leaders and what makes them such a good solid team. Sujata & Taniya share some stories, lessons and takeaways that can be implemented starting today. Which is your favourite lesson from today's episode and why? Share in the comments section.   

Our guest this week on the Absolutely Write podcast is Rishabh Sharma. Rishabh leads the Global Twitter Next team in India, and is managing South-East Asia, and Australia operations in the interim. With over 14 years in the media industry, and cross-geographical experience in APAC, MENA & U.S, Rishabh is a seasoned brand strategist and digital marketing professional. The Global Twitter Next team’s purpose is to create human-centric ideas worth talking about and enable Twitter’s largest advertisers to drive significant impact during moments that matter. Rishabh and his team also act as drivers for creative, media and marketing agencies across India as they collaborate within the ecosystem to craft marketing solutions that deeply resonate with the Twitter audience whilst aligning with the business objectives of organizations or brands. Aditi analyses Rishabh's handwriting and talks some interesting aspects of his personality including what makes him an end result oriented leader and why one must constantly renew the contract. Rishabh shares his love for creativity in everything he does, music and why we must lead by serving. He shares his love for Football and compares the sport to some aspects of leadership. Keep a notepad handy to make notes. 

Stories have power.  Our guest this week on the Absolutely Write podcast is Souniya Khurana. Souniya is the Co-founder & CEO of WYN Studio, a new age media venture and the best-branded podcast studio, and audio agency. She is a REX Karamveer Chakra awardee, a globetrotting entrepreneur, a communications professional, a professional speaker, an IIM A graduate who failed her 6th grade only to do it twice and then failed at her first entrepreneurial stint and since then, has had quite a love-hate relationship with failure. And as she says  - In my failure, I found my story and new beliefs. Over the last decade, she has fallen in love with stories and compelling narratives and thus building brand narratives & amplifying brand voice is what excites her. She enables brands to leverage the power of audio and has produced over 15 chart-topping and award-winning podcasts. Aditi analyses Souniya's handwriting and talks about some interesting aspects of her personality including what makes her curious & interested leader. Souniya shares her love for podcasting and why she chose a to pursue her career in the difficult space of podcasting.  Keep a notepad handy to make notes. 

The key to success is investing in yourself. - Warren Buffet Our guest this week on the Absolutely Write podcast is Abhinav Aggarwal. Abhinav is the CEO & Co-Founder of Fluid AI. He is Fortune 40 under 40, On the cover of Forbes, works in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Science, TedX speaker, and has worked with Warren Buffett. He started his company along with his brother Raghav who is COO, when he was just 17 and Raghav was 21. Abhinav dropped out of MBA at ISB Hyderabad (Ranked number 12 in the world) to found the company while Raghav dropped out of IIM Ahmedabad (Ranked No.1 in India). Being finance guys, Abhinav's a Chartered Accountant and Raghav's a CFA. Both of them are self-taught coders. They were also winners at one of the world’s biggest 24 hour coding competitions, the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon in New York. Aditi analyses Abhinav's handwriting and talks about some interesting aspects of his personality including what keeps him forever on his pursuit of excellence.  Abhinav shares his love for AI, technology & books. He shares his experience of working with the legendary Warren Buffet & Steve Wozniak.  Keep a notepad handy to make notes.  Tune in to this engaging episode on Apple podcast, Spotify, JioSaavn, Amazon Music or any other major audio platform across the globe.

Are you able to feel your toes? This 1 statement from Rishi will change the way you work. Curious to know what it means, tune into today's episode.  Rishi Gaurav Bhatnagar is a technologist who likes to work at the intersection of design and technology and can help you take your ideas to tangible outcomes. He is Forbes 30 under 30 Asia, Intel Software Innovator, Author, Habit Hacker &  25 under 25 Science & Tech.  When he is not tinkering with technology and storytelling, he loves simplifying the complexities of science, tech and human emotions, in an attempt to teach kids (and adults) how to build the innovation muscle. Most recently he is trying to exercise emapthy in his personal life through a variety of projects and in his role at Atlan, where he leads Product Discovery and all things human insight. Aditi analyses Rishi's handwriting and talks about some interesting aspects of his personality including what makes him such a curious & interested innovator. Rishi shares his love for storytelling, empathy and some simple yet powerful takeaways & lessons that would change your perspective on how you work. Keep a notepad handy to make notes.