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Five years of https://inspiresomeonetoday.in/ has transformed from a single-mic pandemic project to a community of thousands through unwavering consistency and purpose-driven conversations. This 150th milestone episode celebrates the impact of showing up every single Sunday without fail for five years, highlighting the growth from uncertainty to a thriving community built on authenticity.

• Born during the 2020 pandemic lockdown with just one mic and a heart full of intention
• Five years, 150 episodes, zero missed episodes - built without a team or backing brand
• Featured impactful conversations with guests including Dr. Sai Kaustuv, Andrew Sridhar, Luis Miranda, and Rupa Kuduva
• Created ripple effects, including a book, meetups across major cities, and a community built on authenticity
• Received messages from listeners who found direction, courage, jobs, and mentors through the show
• Looking ahead to a mastermind community, voices from the edge, and featuring listener stories
• Maintaining focus on real stories, deep connection, and actionable wisdom

Share an episode that moved you, invite someone new into this world, and leave a review to help fuel discovery. Let's grow this together the way it began - one genuine connection at a time.

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What happens when someone walks away from Wall Street wealth to transform the lives of India's most marginalized children? Dr. Abraham George's remarkable journey answers this question with heart-stirring clarity.

From a near-death experience during military service in the Himalayas to founding a groundbreaking educational institution, Dr. George's path reveals how purposeful living can create ripples of change across generations. After building a successful financial technology company and serving as Managing Director at Credit Suisse, he made the extraordinary decision to sell his business at its peak and establish Shanti Bhavan – a residential school providing world-class education to children from India's poorest communities and lowest castes.

Shanti Bhavan isn't just about academics. It's built on three transformative pillars: excellent education comparable to international schools, leadership development focusing on communication and self-confidence, and human values like humility, compassion, and integrity. This holistic approach has produced remarkable results, with graduates attending prestigious universities like Stanford, MIT, Princeton, and Duke before moving into professional careers that break centuries-old cycles of poverty and discrimination.

The school survived a severe financial crisis in 2008 that threatened its existence, demonstrating Dr. George's unwavering commitment. Now celebrating three decades of impact and opening a second campus, his vision extends to creating 100 Shanti Bhavans across India – enough to genuinely transform the country by empowering its most marginalized citizens.

Dr. George's "50-50 plan" offers wisdom for anyone seeking purpose: dedicate half your life to professional success and financial resources, and half to using those resources to serve others. His most profound insight? True happiness comes not from consumption or status but from making a difference in others' lives. You don't need to wait until you're wealthy to begin – start small, develop a habit of giving, and build on it over time.

Listen now to a conversation that might just change how you think about success, purpose, and the extraordinary power of education to transform lives.

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Dr. Uma Gautam's remarkable journey from dentistry to entrepreneurship embodies this year's Women's Day theme: "Accelerate Action." When faced with the challenge of balancing motherhood with career ambitions, Uma didn't wait for perfect circumstances—she created them by founding an all-women recruitment team that has thrived for 14 years.

Her entrepreneurial path wasn't without obstacles. Starting as a "one-woman army" working from home, Uma gradually built her business through word-of-mouth referrals and unwavering resilience. Rather than viewing setbacks as reasons to quit, she interpreted them as opportunities to adapt and learn—a mindset instilled by her parents and reinforced through experience.

The conversation reveals Uma's eight entrepreneurial mantras, including embracing uncertainty with courage, building resilience as a "mental muscle," and surrounding yourself with the right mentors. As she powerfully states, "An entrepreneur can never become singularly successful." Her emphasis on financial discipline addresses why many startups fail: not because of bad ideas, but because they run out of money before gaining traction.

Beyond recruitment, Uma has flourished as a TV anchor and speaker, recently delivering a TEDx talk that garnered 50,000 views in just two months. Her approach to these high-visibility roles prioritizes authenticity over perfection, creating genuine connections with audiences through vulnerability and presence. This philosophy aligns with her leadership definition through the "three I's": influence, inspire, and impact.

For those considering career transitions, Uma offers profound advice: focus on the "why" behind potential moves, not just the "what" of titles and compensation. This deeper questioning reveals alignment between personal values and organizational culture—the foundation for lasting professional satisfaction. Her parting wisdom? "The world moves only for those who ask." Trust yourself, take action, and watch as possibilities unfold.

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Hemant Albert Soreng is a serial entrepreneur, digital evangelist, author, blogger, scuba diver, documentary filmmaker, high-altitude mountaineer, ironman triathlete, and marathoner. Presently, he runs Rustik Travel, a sustainable experiential travel company that he has founded a few years ago. An early entrepreneur, in 2000, he co-founded eDeltaC Communications, one of the first digital marketing agencies in India, which was bought by Ogilvy, a top advertising agency worldwide, after two years of profitable operations. He then moved on to work for various companies in leadership positions for several years (a period he calls ‘sabbatical’) until he plunged into entrepreneurship again.

He went to school in Delhi at Sardar Patel Vidyalaya. He is an engineering graduate from Delhi College of Engineering (1995) in Electronics & Communication and has an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (1997).

Timestamps 

• Hemant on being a multifaceted personality - 3:09
• Expereince sharing from the 26,000 kilometers roadtrip - 9:34
• Surprise elements on the road trip - 19:25
• Power of 3 - 26:42
• Lessons from road trip - 35:47

Quotes

• Go beyond your limits and do it for yourself
• People are what makes places
• Do not get bogged down by internal/external voice

Connect with Hemant : 

LinkedIn | Twitter |Website

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Flashback 10 is a Bonus Episode. This is an amalgamation of the last 10 episodes in a concise form bringing in key lessons from the last ten guests. Inspire Someone Today featured the following guests as part of this Flashback 10 - Journalist turned CEO/Founder - Shreyasi Singh, Author, and Social Impact professional- Roshan Paul, Ex-Navy Veteran, and CEO of ANSR - Lalit Ahuja, Mindset Coach, and Olympian athletes Coach -  Sanjana Kiran, CX Leader and Keynote Speaker - Nathalie Schooling, Podcaster and Co-Founder of WYN Studio - Bijay Gautam Financial market expert and Young Turk - Salonee Shangvi, Career Coach and Sales expert Krishna Gopal, Ex-Banker and CEO of Scrip Box - Atul Shinghal and the last guest on the list is CEO and Founder of Dynamic Achievement - Sasja Chomos.

Time Stamps: 

The Five Themes:

Theme # 1 - Career Transitions - 2:30

Theme # 2 - Taking advantage of the situations we run into - 9:08

Theme # 3 - Impact Stories - 15:16

Theme # 4 - Financial wellness - 21:55

Theme #5 - Mental Well-being - 27: 12

IST Message - 32:40

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Sasja Chomos  - President, Culture of Service and Leadership, Dynamic Achievement

Sasja is a specialist in organizational culture, leadership coaching and development, and employee engagement. Driven by her core purpose to create conditions for individuals, teams, and organizations to excel, Sasja helps people develop the mindset and skills they need to achieve superior results. Sasja has a Masters Degree in Leadership and Training from Royal Roads University and a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Lethbridge.

Timestamps 

• Sasja’s professional journey - 2:02
• Power of mindset and skill development - 11:04
• Horizontal and Vertical mindset - 18:27
• Power of 3 - 24:20
• Leaders' role in employees well-being - 31:33
• Why leaders don’t get feedback - 37:21

Quotes

• Different sets of mindsets will give you different results
• If I am not operating at my best then everything else is a moot point
• The strongest predictor of our mental health at the workplace is the relationship we have with our boss

Connect with Sasja Chomos : 

LinkedIn

Website

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Atul Singhal - Founder, and CEO of Scripbox owns and operates an online investing platform that distributes mutual funds in India. Its platform allows investors to buy and sell equity, debt, and tax-saving mutual funds. Atul Singhal founded Scripbox in 2012. It has its headquarters in Bengaluru India

Atul started Scripbox as he felt strongly that India deserved better than what was on offer for the common investor. Having spent over 15 years building businesses in South Africa, the UK, and India, Atul brings expertise and experience in taking companies from 10 to 100 and beyond.

Scripbox, Atul is in charge of growth and his mission is to help a million families achieve financial freedom, by making Scripbox the preferred partner in their wealth creation journey.

He is passionate about Entrepreneurship and apart from founding and scaling two successful start-ups, Scripbox and Probe Information Services (both well funded by leading VCs in the world), he also actively mentors a number of start-ups, including being involved with NSRCEL. He is also a regular speaker at Fintech and Entrepreneurship forums.

Atul is an alumnus of Mayo College, IIT Madras, and IIM Bangalore.

Timestamps 

• Lessons from being an entrepreneur - 3:30
• Working with VCs as an entrepreneur - 10:20
• Financial wellness, the what and how of it - 16:22
• What are the right investing instruments - 25:30
• Trends in the stock market - 31:54
• Atul’s journey as a late-stage entrepreneur - 37:50

Quotes

• More people die of overeating than starvation
• Capital doesn’t come with conditions but comes with expectations
• Financial goals without a plan are like having a bucket list
• Let Power of Compounding be your friend

Connect with Atul Singhal : 

LinkedIn |  Twitter|  Website

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KG is a natural mentor and coach. He worked in the corporate world for 38 years across a variety of industries and towards the latter part specialized in IT sales. With several achievements under his belt, KG discovered his IKIGAI in coaching & mentoring when he helped conceive of & deliver the AIM program at Tech Mahindra. He continues to be associated with TechM in helping to enable their sales team.

His #PadiHaiwithKG videos and posts are well-read and watched and provide followers with learning based on the rearview mirror of his life. His uncanny ability to use analogies to make a point and his storytelling abilities make him a compelling speaker.

He has worked with the CEOs and leadership teams of several mid-sized firms to be their sounding board, review strategy, help with recruitment and provide coaching to senior executives. 

In this episode we discuss,

• Are career transition possible so late in your career?
• Series of small serendipities, paying attention to the signals
• Developing the inner salesperson
• Working with young professionals and traits manger's to watch out for
• Skills to acquire in an ever-changing business world
• Padi Hai, what matters to you
• Hybrid work and the role leaders and managers can play

Timestamps 

• Making career transitions and finding IKIGAI - 2:10
• Rekindling the Inner salesperson - 8:53
• Nurturing young professionals - 15:02
• Power of 3 - 23:01
• Hybrid work expectations - 33:07
• IST Message - 36:38

Quotes

• If you don’t get what you like you should like what you get
• Selling is with each of us, we do not choose to acknowledge it
• To be a better professional be a better human

Connect with KG:

LinkedIn

Twitter

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Salonee Sanghvi, India’s Top 100 Women in Finance | India’s Wealth Management Thought Leader Award – Nominee | India’s Top 50 Finance Influencers

Fourth-generation financial professional with 17+ years of experience in the financial services industry.

The dearth of solid, reliable financial advice prompted her to realize her passion to spread financial literacy with transparency to every strata of society. To bridge the gap and provide a customized roadmap she founded My Wealth Guide, an endeavor to make a difference to help people become financially independent and attain their goals.

Timestamps 

•  Journey towards becoming a personal wealth consultant - 2:34
• Understanding the investing process - 8:00
• Long term wealth building - 17:54
• Evidence-based investing - 21:40
• Financial lessons post-pandemic era - 31:57

Quotes

1. Savings means what you invest and not necessarily what you leave in your bank account
2. Money should give you peace of mind, not stress, understand your relationship with money
3. No plan is cast in stone, revisit your money goals regularly
4. Time in the market is very important than timing the market

Connect with Salonee:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saloneesanghvi/

Twitter: @QuirkyLogic

Website: https://www.mywealthguide.com/ 

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Bijay Goutaum, Co-founder, WYN Studio & Host- The Inspiring Talk Podcast, 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. His show was among the Top Podcasts on Jio Saavn in 2020 and Gaana in 2021

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.

Timestamps 

• Journey of India’s first podcasting coach - 2:31
• Elements of vulnerability - 13:47
• Podcasting trends - 21:34
• Power of 3 - 29:30
• Summary from The Inspiring Talks podcast - 37:38
• IST Message - 45:47

Quotes

• Have self-belief even though people around you dissuade
• Focus on one thing without getting distracted
• Judgment comes in the way of being vulnerable
• If you want to connect dots you need to first collect the dots
• Think beyond yourself

Connect with Bijay:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bijaygautam/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bijayspeaks/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bijayspeaks

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bijayspeaks

Website: https://bijayspeaks.com 

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