Podcasts about Sarika

In this episode of CyberTalks with InfosecTrain , host Anas is joined by Sarika Malhotra, a data privacy expert, to explore the intersection of Data Privacy, AI, and the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA) from a user's perspective. As AI continues to shape how personal data is handled, Sarika breaks down how the DPDPA safeguards our information and what steps users can take to protect their privacy in this digital age.How does AI impact your privacy? Discover how the DPDPA is designed to protect YOU!Don't forget to subscribe/follow and stay updated on all things Information Security!✅ For more details or to get a free demo with our expert, just give us a heads up at sales@infosectrain.comSubscribe to our channel to get video updates. Hit the subscribe button.✅ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Infosectrain/✅ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Infosec_Train✅ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/infosec-train/✅ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infosectrain/✅ Telegram: https://t.me/infosectrains✅ Website: https://www.infosectrain.com/

Danielle sits down with the powerhouse women behind 21 Seeds Tequila—Kat Hantas, Sarika Singh, and Nicole Emanuel—to reveal how they built a $160+ million brand from their kitchen. This is also happens to be Danielle's FAVORITE (infused) tequila!  The journey from infusing tequila at home to becoming the No. 1 flavored tequila in the U.S. Why traditional tequila marketing missed the mark for women—and how they flipped the script The moment they knew 21 Seeds was bigger than just a fun side hustle Behind-the-scenes of their first disastrous production run and how they turned failure into momentum How they caught the attention of  Oprah, and the entire spirits industry. What it was like to have celebrities like Jessica Alba and Katie Couric organically fall in love with their brand How being outsiders in the spirits industry gave them an advantage over legacy brands The strategy that helped them land on the shelves of Whole Foods, Target, Trader Joe's, and major liquor stores nationwide The lessons they learned from selling their brand to Diageo, the parent company of Casamigos and Don Julio Why moms make the best entrepreneurs and how motherhood prepared them for building a business The future of 21 Seeds and their advice for aspiring entrepreneurs who want to break into competitive industries If you love entrepreneurship, tequila, brand-building, and female founders shaking up male-populated spaces, this episode is a must-listen. Find out how these women called the shots—and changed the industry. Grab your limited edition Shot Callers card game here. Follow 21SEEDS here

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Grab your favorite mug—we're asking what's ✨brewing✨ in comp strategies for the year ahead. In this episode of Comp and Coffee, host Ruth Thomas kicks off 2025 with guest Sarika Lamont, Vice President of People and Culture at Vidyard. The discussion revolves around the emerging trends and critical priorities in HR and compensation, focusing on the intersection of equity, AI, and employee empowerment. Sarika shares insights on fostering pay equity independently of DE&I trends and emphasizes the importance of sustainable pay practices. Tune in for a dynamic conversation about navigating HR challenges and strategies in the new year. Key Highlights: The influence of political and economic changes on HR priorities in 2025. The ongoing debate and strategies around remote work versus return to office. The role of AI in shaping HR and compensation processes and policies. A deep dive into the importance of pay transparency and equity amid shifting DE&I focuses. Innovative approaches to integrating performance and pay within organizations. Emerging trends in personalized rewards and skills-based pay practices. Quotes: "Compensation is an area of strategic focus for HR teams and leaders in 2025." – Sarika Lamont "Pay equity should happen systemically all the time, driven through inclusive processes." – Sarika Lamont "Performance is about growth; feedback is how action happens." – Sarika Lamont "The power of choice in total rewards is critical for fulfilling diverse employee needs." – Sarika Lamont Resources: 2025 HR Predictions Guide: https://www.payscale.com/research-and-insights/2024-end-of-year-report/#module-19 I Hate it Here Podcast Episode Compensation 101 - https://open.spotify.com/episode/54HavsXulnai0ORYK79D58?si=Y8THgieHSo-Sq_yE9vIkpA&nd=1&dlsi=6c587930609e460c

Many of the world's poorest communities are among tribal and indigenous populations. Trapped in a relentless cycle of extreme poverty, vulnerability, and deprivation, they face a complex web of challenges that are deeply interconnected. These communities are the most vulnerable to the onset of climate change and environmental degradation. Increased water scarcity, soil instability and deforestation threaten the livelihoods of the 300 million people who are reliant on India's forest ecosystems.In Episode 13, I am joined by Dr. Sarika Kulkarni, the founder of the RAAH Foundation, an organization with the vision to make a better life for the tribal communities of Maharashtra. Operating in the northern Western Ghats, RAAH Foundation takes an integrated landscape management approach. This includes activities like creating water-positive villages, soil and moisture conservation, contour lining of farms, protecting grasses, designating fragile and critical areas, diverting grazing, converting barren land into biodiverse enriched carbon sinks through the plantation of native trees. To support biodiversity, RAAH is involved in the removal of invasive species, regenerative farming and agroforestry. Other than supporting tribal communities establish climate smart farming, RAAH Foundation aims to revive tribal art and establish micro businesses.The Think Wildlife Podcast is also available on iTunes, Spotify and YouTube. Please do consider upgrading to an optional paid subscription on Substack. 30% of the revenue from this episode will be donated to RAAH Foundation!Meet the HostAnish Banerjee: https://x.com/anishwildlifeThink Wildlife Foundation: https://thinkwildlifefoundation.com/Meet the GuestsDr. Sarika Kulkarni: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarikakulkarni/Recommended Wildlife Conservation BooksRewilding: The Radical New Science of Ecological Recovery: https://amzn.to/3NGF2V5Rewilding Africa: Restoring the Wilderness on a War-ravaged Continent by Grant Fowlds and Graham Spence: https://amzn.to/48rpX3dWilder: How Rewilding is Transforming Conservation and Changing the World: https://amzn.to/4hpHIEcRewilding the Sea by Charles Clover: https://amzn.to/3NGF2V5 Get full access to The Think Wildlife Podcast at anishbanerjee.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to a brand new season of the podcast, where I'm flipping the script and diving deep into more diverse topics! I'll be challenging myself (and my guests) to rethink what we think we know about the world of work, and how seemingly unrelated topics still tie back to HR. Today, we've got the one and only Sarika Lamont, aka my Comp Guru Queen, joining us! If you want to understand pay transparency and total rewards in a way that actually makes sense, Sarika is here to break it all down.  Spoiler alert: pay isn't as simple as it seems—and neither is the communication behind it.  We talk about why employees often misunderstand compensation, how we can improve the conversation, and why education is the key to getting pay transparency right. Are you ready to unlock the full potential of your workforce? PI empowers organizations to align talent with business strategy, helping you drive results and build a culture where your people truly thrive. Transform how you hire, engage, and lead—visit predictiveindex.com to learn how you can create meaningful change in your organization today! 00:05:45 - One Topic Sarika is Interested in Right Now 00:16:05 - Explaining Compensation and Total Rewards in Simple Terms 00:19:07 - How do you Decide What Employees Should be Paid? 00:36:22 - What Makes Creating Good Pay Packages so Challenging? 00:53:55 - What do Employees Misunderstand About Pay, Benefits, and How They're Determined? 01:13:55 - Should Companies be Open About How Much They Pay Employees? 01:16:02 - Non-money Rewards That Companies Can Offer to Make Employees Feel Valued 01:17:36 - How Pay and Rewards for Employees Will Change in the Future And if you love I Hate It Here, sign up to Hebba's newsletter! It's for jaded, overworked, and emotionally burnt-out HR/People Operations professionals needing a little inspiration. https://workweek.com/discover-newsletters/i-hate-it-here-newsletter/   And if you love the podcast, be sure to check out https://www.youtube.com/@ihateit-here for even more exclusive insider content! Follow Sarika: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarikal/ Follow Hebba:  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ihateit-here/videos LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/hebba-youssef Twitter: https://twitter.com/hebbamyoussef

In this episode, hosts Andy and Chris chat with Sarika Shah, a dentist and principal of Platinum Dental Care, discussing her remarkable journey from Kenya to the UK. Sarika shares insights about her childhood, the influence of her parents, her decision to move to England for education, and her eventual choice to pursue a career in dentistry. Sarika shares her journey from being an international student to becoming a successful dental practice owner. She discusses the importance of keeping options open during her education, the challenges she faced in securing a dental position, and the significance of mastering clinical skills before venturing into the business side of dentistry. Sarika emphasises the entrepreneurial spirit within the dental field and the transformation of her practice, Platinum Dental Care, into a thriving business. She also highlights the crucial role of dental care professionals and the need for collaboration within the dental team. Finally, she shares her personal journey of balancing family life with running a business and talks about the significance of self-care, personal leadership, and the need for mentorship and community support for women in dentistry. Topics: -  How did your parents set you up for the future given you grew up in Kenya and moved to the UK when you were 16 to finish high school? -  Did you always know you'd be a dentist? - You qualified from Manchester and then did your VT in Norwich – what was dental school like and why Norwich? - Did you seek out any business education in the early years? -  Were you always destined to be a principal? -  What more did you need that being an associate couldn't deliver? -  What did the practice look like when you bought it compared to what you have now? -  Is there a general misunderstanding inside the profession (which impacts on patient understanding) of the value that therapists (and to a lesser extent hygienists) bring the party? -  Since buying your practice you've also become a mum, how did this change things for you? -  This year you launched Flourish as a Female – tell us about this?

In this episode, we are meeting with Ms. Sarika Moonian, who is a student service manager at University of the West Indies ROYTEC. Sarika is also one of the ACPA membership scholarship awardees this year. Today we will have her talk about her work as a student affairs profession supporting students in a multicultural community in Trinidad and Tobago.

Todays show: Cacheflow's Sarika Garg joins Alex Wilhelm to discuss the challenges of B2B software sales (4:26), finding product-market fit (14:08), HubSpot's acquisition of Cashflow (17:32), and more! * Timestamps: (0:00) Cacheflow's Sarika Garg joins Alex (2:25) Sarika Garg's startup journey and founding of Cashflow (4:26) Challenges in B2B software sales, managing billing complexities, and SaaS explosion (10:09) Initial funding, product development, and growth (10:34) AssemblyAI - Get 100 free hours to start building at https://www.assemblyai.com/twist (14:08) Finding product-market fit and scaling strategies (17:32) HubSpot's acquisition of Cashflow (21:20) Vanta - Get $1000 off your SOC 2 at https://www.vanta.com/twist (22:24) Preparing for Series A and positioning as an AI company (24:57) Deal with HubSpot and integration plans (29:41) Runway - Sign up at ⁠https://runway.com/twist⁠ to get your first 3 months free (30:58) Diverse cap table, early exit, and founder lessons (33:45) Importance of a part-time CFO and organizational efficiency (37:26) Integration with HubSpot's Commerce Hub (39:02) Shifts in SaaS buying behavior and future plans at HubSpot (47:01) Remote work's impact * Subscribe to the TWiST500 newsletter: https://ticker.thisweekinstartups.com/ Check out the TWIST500: twist500.com Subscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcp * Check out Cacheflow: https://www.getcacheflow.com Check out Alex's articles on Cacheflow: https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/06/cacheflow-doubles-valuation-while-raising-10m-proving-that-the-venture-market-is-far-from-dead/https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/10/cacheflow-drops-stealth-tag-raises-6m-to-simplify-the-saas-buying-experience/ * Follow Sarika: X: https://x.com/sarikagarg LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarikagarg * Follow Alex: X: https://x.com/alex LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexwilhelm * Thank you to our partners: (10:34) AssemblyAI - Get 100 free hours to start building at https://www.assemblyai.com/twist (21:20) Vanta - Get $1000 off your SOC 2 at https://www.vanta.com/twist (29:41) Runway - Sign up at ⁠https://runway.com/twist to get your first 3 months free * Great TWIST interviews: Will Guidara, Eoghan McCabe, Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Bob Moesta, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland * Check out Jason's suite of newsletters: https://substack.com/@calacanis * Follow TWiST: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartups YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinstartups TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups Substack: https://twistartups.substack.com * Subscribe to the Founder University Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@founderuniversity1916

In this episode, Anamika sits down with Sarika, a first-generation Indian-American doctor, to discuss overcoming challenges, balancing cultural identities, and navigating life with an autoimmune condition. Sarika shares her journey from fulfilling her parents' dream of becoming a doctor to finding her own path in the pharmaceutical industry. She opens up about dealing with chronic pain, embracing resilience, and rejecting stereotypes that often come with being part of two worlds. Her story is a testament to the strength it takes to overcome obstacles and build a life of purpose and balance. All views expressed in this Episode or either the host or the guests own, there is no representation of any company or firm.

Nicole Emanuel says it isn't fear of failure that drives her—it's fear of not doing what you're passionate about. Here the co-founder of 21 Seeds Tequila talks about her journey with her co-founders—her sister Kat and their friend Sarika—to create a liquor brand that embodies empowerment, innovation, and inclusivity. Through their brand, they've crafted more than just a spirit. They've created a movement that celebrates friendship, authenticity, and the bold pursuit of dreams. It's the inaugural episode of the Women on the Move podcast in its new format, featuring video as well as audio recordings of women leaders discussing their careers and personal journeys. They'll dive into topics such as ambition, leadership, driving change, and building networks. In this episode, host Sam Saperstein sits down with Nicole to discuss the inspiring story behind 21 Seeds Tequila.   Starting with a dream team Nicole tells Sam that it was her sister Kat who first came up with the idea of making infused tequila. As wine lover who didn't tolerate wine well, Kat set out to create a relaxing spritz-like drink. “Her new goal in life was to figure out how to make this tequila as easy to drink as a glass of wine,” Nicole says. “She's an amazing cook, and she started infusing her own tequila in a filter.” Kat's first homemade infused tequila was cucumber jalapeno. “She did that happily, just to drink it for herself, for her friends, for about eight years, and everybody was asking her, Can I have more of your tequila?” Nicole remembers. “At some point, I couldn't even get to parties without bringing my sister's tequila.” Soon Kat asked Nicole and their friend Sarika about starting a tequila company together. The three each brought unique skills and experience: Nicole had been a CFO and COO, Kat was a film producer, and Sarika had worked in organic foods. Together in 2019, they launched 21 Seeds with three infusions—grapefruit hibiscus, Valencia orange, and cucumber jalapeno—all at a lower alcohol content (35%) than most spirits. “We all really had our lanes, and I think that's what allowed us to run faster,” Nicole says. “Because, we really stayed in our lanes in order to run, and we trusted each other, because it does go back to trust, of knowing that you trust their judgment, you trust how they're going to do it.”   A different approach As women launching a product in an industry dominated by men, Nicole and her partners were bound to forge their own path. One early difference was their market strategy: Rather than focusing on getting into bars to begin with, they were focused on becoming the beverage of choice of women drinking at home or at friends' homes. “We were set up pretty nicely, because our go-to-market strategy was completely different than the spirits industry,” she tells Sam. “In the spirits industry, you went to on-premise, which are bars, restaurants, had the consumer taste it, and then moved to off-premise. That's typically the go-to-market strategy for spirits. That was not our strategy. We knew who our consumer was.” An early break came when some of the early adapters “happened to be celebrities.” Katie Couric featured 21 Seeds in her Holiday Gift Guide, and through that, they landed on the Today Show. Soon they also made Oprah's Favorites, and Jessica Alba and Naomi Watts were fans. With help like that, they kept their first year's marketing budget to just $4,000.   Looking ahead By 2022, the three founders sold 21 Seeds to Diageo. Nicole says that once they started looking around for the right owner, it was an easy decision. “They have a lot of women leadership,” she says of Diageo. “They understood our position in the market. We felt like we had great representation because of that women leadership.” As for the future, Nicole says she's excited to continue mentoring talented and passionate women. “I've been lucky enough to be able to do that throughout my career,” she says. “I put my money where my mouth is. I invest in women, and I invest in their products.” Most of all, she wants other women to feel empowered to achieve their dreams. “If you want to build a company, you can,” she says. “You have to not be so risk-adverse that you can't jump and chase your dreams. That's the kind of environment I want to create for my family, for my friends, for my children. Anything is possible, and I really believe that.”   Disclaimer: The speakers' opinions belong to them and may differ from opinions of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and its affiliates. Views presented on this podcast are those of the speakers; they are as of Oct 8th, 2024 and they may not materialize.   Transcript here 

In this episode, Bart is joined by Sarika Singh, host of a top communication skills podcast in India and a seasoned coach with 25 years of experience. Sarika shares her journey from her early career to becoming the Chief Operating Officer of an Indian artisanal sugar company, driven by her passion for communication. She coaches a diverse audience, including children, young adults, and corporate teams, focusing on written and spoken communication through her bespoke programs in creative writing and public speaking. Sarika's podcast, inspired by listener questions, addresses communication challenges in both personal and professional contexts. Together, Sarika and Bart explore the communication challenges faced by Indian professionals, the common queries she receives, and the critical role of communication in India's STEM-driven landscape. This insightful discussion highlights the universal power of communication. Visit her website, www.communicate101.com, to find out more and listen to her podcast, Communicate101: Speaking Writing Tips here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sarika-singh88 Show Notes 00:28 Standard intro 01:05 Introducing Sarika Singh 02:09 Why are young Indian professionals seeking communication skills? 03:28 Largest % of youth in the world 04:05 Bart re-asks about youth and demand for leadership communication training 05:34 Sarika's career journey 06:07 An introvert who learned to love communication 06:30 Fear of public speaking 07:55 Entering the corporate world 09:13 The impact of podcasting 10:23 Starting a writing program for children 10:42 Children are the best teachers 11:18 Honesty and simplicity is supreme 11:34 The power of non-verbal cues 13:58 Building the writing program 15:24 How kids gained confidence as they learned to write 16:20 The curriculum in India 17:47 New generation careers 18:48 Launching her podcast 22:01 Her podcast gets a lot of interaction/audience involvement 23:13 Story of her daughter traveling and hearing someone in the airport listening to her podcast 24:31 Insights into what young Indian professionals want to know 25:07 The challenges people are having with communication 25:11 Difficult conversations 25:50 How to persuade/convince people 26:52 How to be comfortable on the stage 30:33 3 key pieces of advice 30:55 Clarity, empathy, collaboration 31:23 Clarity is like aiming for a basket 32:18 Empathy 33:27 Collaboration 35:32 Doing business in the Indian context 36:51 Embrace India 37:04 Indian business is relationship-driven 37:46 Be patient and build trust 39:57 India is welcoming to everyone 40:38 Thank yous 40:42 How to find out more

Food technologist and communications expert Sarika Singh speaks with Nayra (5th grader) and Shambhavi (10th grader) about foods that help kids gain height, improve their immune system, and whether having junk food is all that bad in childhood. Resources 1. Book - ⁠Eat Right 4 Your type⁠ 2. Sarika's website - ⁠communications101⁠ 3. Listen - ⁠why bournvita and complan are unhealthy for kids⁠ 4. Indian Academy of Paediatrics - ⁠height and weight chart for children⁠ 5. National Library of Medicine - ⁠nutrition and water requirements for children and adults⁠ Support this show - ⁠Donate to keep this podcast free of ads and support the production of this show⁠ Reach out to us with your questions and comments via email at hello@wsnt.in

In this episode, we explore the challenges facing rural healthcare with Dr. Sarika Aggarwal, Chief Medical Officer at Fast Pace Health. Dr. Aggarwal discusses the current state of rural healthcare, the obstacles patients face, and how Fast Pace Health is working to improve access to essential care services.This episode is sponsored by Fast Pace Health.

In today's episode, we're diving into the fascinating world of skincare and aesthetics with a very special guest—Sarika Diaz, a licensed aesthetician and laser professional with 15 years of experience.Join us as we explore the versatility of laser treatments, the importance of choosing the right provider, and the unique considerations for different skin types. Sarika shares her journey from being a high school cosmetology enthusiast to owning True Skin Aesthetics in Meyerland, Houston, and highlights the proactive steps she took to build her successful career.We'll also discuss the significance of quality over cost in aesthetic treatments, the essentials of sunscreen for all skin tones, and the importance of inclusivity in skincare. Plus, we'll uncover the difference between over-the-counter and medical-grade products, setting up good skincare habits early, and much more. Stay tuned as we explore how to confidently pursue opportunities and prioritize your skin's health. Don't forget to check out Sarika's practice: True Skin Aesthetics (@trueskinaestheticshtx) • Instagram-Fotos und -VideosRequest your consultation here:Contact Rukmini Rednam, MD in Houston TX and The Woodlands (drrukminirednam.com)

Our host Jeff Ignacio sits down with Sarika Garg, Co-founder and CEO of Cacheflow. They discuss how to optimise your pricing strategies, the importance of usage metrics and how to craft proposals. They also discuss renewals, the handoff process and the relationships between sales and finance and forecasting.

Dor (2006) Director: Sriram Raghavan Writer: Sriram Raghavan & Pooja Ladha Surti Producer: Ram Gopal Varma Cast: Urmila Matondkar, Saif Ali Khan, Seema Biswas, Aditya Srivastava, Pratima Kazmi Cinematography: C.K. Muraleedharan Music & Background Score: Amar Mohile "Ek Hasina Thi" is a 2004 Hindi neo-noir thriller directed by Sriram Raghavan, starring Urmila Matondkar and Saif Ali Khan. The film follows Sarika, a simple woman whose life is shattered when she falls in love with the charming but deceitful Karan. Wrongly imprisoned due to his machinations, Sarika endures brutal prison conditions and transforms into a vengeful force. The film is noted for its gripping screenplay, strong performances, especially Matondkar's and Khan's, and its realistic depiction of betrayal, prison life, and the pursuit of justice.

That's a wrap for season 5 on Science 360. I'm sharing with you today some highlights from 7 of the 19 episodes of the season. Of course, there could have been many more, but I had to consider time limitations. Plus, this forces you to click on these episodes and all the others to hear more!Today you will hear from:Dr. Greg Hammer, MD,  a mindfulness expert who talks about modulating the effects of the vagus nerve on your parasympathetic nervous system. Do you get stressed? Listen to Dr. Hammer!Dr. Tim Dasey, an expert on AI and author of the book Wisdom Factories. Have you wondered about how AI will factor into your world? Check out my episode with Tim and find him on LinkedIn as well for lots of blogs on AI and education.Mr. Peter Phillips-Johnston, a former student of mine who has become an expert in linguistics. Peter talks about how learning anything is possible, with the right mindset.Dr. Marcelo Gleiser, Templeton Prize Winner. Dr. Gleiser is a deep thinker on all things science and philosophy, an intellectual who emphasizes the need for creativity and art.Dr. Ross Laird, a professor who promotes a mindful change in the education system. Ross will push the way you consider the traditional classroom.Dr. Sarika Cullis-Suzuki, the host of CBC's The Nature of Things. You might recognize her name, but Sarika brings all the knowledge and enthusiasm for learning science as her father did.Dr. Julia Huggins, an expert on the microscopic world of microbes, the very thing that sustains all life on the planet! Julia was so interesting, I had her on for a two-part series!

Join host Rocky Giglio in this engaging episode of "Cloud and Clear" as he sits down with Sarika Attal and Shellie Dreistadt from Papa Johns'. Dive into a discussion on leveraging cloud technology and security at scale in the fast-paced world of pizza delivery. Sarika, VP of Enterprise Architecture and Technology, shares insights into the tech-driven operations behind Papa Johns' pizza delivery and her journey in tech. Shellie Dreistadt, VP of Information Security and Compliance, sheds light on the complexities and strategies of ensuring data security in a cloud-enabled environment.  Discover how Papa Johns' is innovating within the pizza industry through advanced technology and AI, enhancing both customer satisfaction and operational efficiency. Whether you're interested in tech, security, or the simple joy of a good pizza, this episode is packed with valuable takeaways. Tune in to this compelling episode, and don't forget to LIKE, SHARE, & SUBSCRIBE for more insightful content! ✅  

#vinayakjoshi #kannadainterviews #podcast You're in for a musical treat this week! We have the incredible Pt. Pravin Godkhindi on the show! Join us as he shares his journey from humble beginnings to worldwide fame, sprinkled with some fun stories. To donate, find bank details below - Company name: JOSHI CHITRA Account number: 10083910269 IFSC: IDFB0081106 SWIFT code: IDFBINBBMUM Bank name: IDFC FIRST Branch: BANGALORE-BANASHANKARI BRANCH UPI id : 9886719559-1@idfcfirst ................................................................................................................................................................... Title Sponsors @hosachiguru3121  is a pioneer in managed farm plots where you can dream of owning a piece of farm land. They combine passion for agriculture with a professional pursuit to revolutionize farmland management for all those with green hearts. Excited to have them back onboard for season 3. Hosachiguru - https://www.hosachiguru.com/ ................................................................................................................................................................... Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinayakjoshelay LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/vinayakjoshelay Twitter: https://twitter.com/vinayakjoshelay ..................................................................................................................................................................... Crew - Host and Director - Vinayaka Joshi Produced by - Varsha Belawadi Motion Picture Graphics/Editor - Santhosh Radhakrishnan Asst. Director - Amar Koushik First Editor - James Premkumar (Creative Trap) Asst. Editor - Mohammad Shahin DOP - Subramanya J Vaidya Line Producer - Raghav Ramaiah Music - Vishak Ramprasad Audio Mastering & Production - Khussh Pran Mehta Research Team - Ramakrishna Ganesh, Rekha Kadaba Publicity Design - Madhava Srivatsa Voice Over - RJ Sowjanya Social Media & Content Distribution - Sumanth S Styling by - Bakula Sound Recordist - Avinash Naidu Equipment - Shutterspace Productions ..................................................................................................................................................................... 00:00 - Titles00:26 - Show starts here02:06 - Introducing Pt. Praveen Godkhindi05:06 - Musical childhood11:05 - The first tune he learnt12:33 - The story of a Flute14:03 - Musical journey in Bengaluru17:15 - How "Raag Rang" changed his career20:31 - Composing title track of "Garva" 25:07 - Pt. Praveen's wife, Sarika shares her journey with him so far32:37 - Dr. SPB falls onto Pt. Praveen's feet34:43 - Jugalbandi with Dr. Balamuralikrishna & Ustad Zakir Hussain37:25 - Pt. Praveen's collection of instruments43:10 - Not My Question48:17 - Music for different emotions51:15 - Ondhu Swalpa Jaasthi with Pt. Praveen's son Shadaj Godkhindi59:08 - Pt. Praveen & Shadaj's flute jugalbandi

Sarika brings over 20 years of experience from companies like SAP and Ariba, along with startup insights, to discuss cacheflow's "deal closing platform." This platform offers CPQ capabilities specifically designed for SaaS businesses, along with features like deal room, subscription management, and billing. Despite being just 3 years old, cacheflow has already secured an investment from Google Ventures. In this episode, Sarika dives deep into: Consultative selling and how cacheflow approaches it Remote-first company culture and its benefits Target market: short-term and long-term goals Why cacheflow is valuable for both SMBs and larger customers Typical project implementation The role of AI in subscriptions No-code solutions and their impact on customers Much more! Subscribe to the CPQ Podcast today to regularly receive CPQ insights for businesses of all sizes! Website: https://www.getcacheflow.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarikagarg/ Email: sarika.garg@getcacheflow.com 

Sarika Shah shares her journey from childhood in Kenya to becoming the principal of a successful Docklands-based practice.   She discusses her transition to the UK for education, her decision to pursue dentistry, and the highs and lows of practice growth.   Sarika explores the importance of patient care, team management, and overcoming obstacles, with insight into the unique challenges faced by women in dentistry.  In This Episode 02.25 - Backstory 08.20 - Discovering dentistry 11.35 - University 18.20 - Professional journey  31.30 - Practice ownership and growth 42.35 - Women in dentistry 51.35 - Parenting and leadership 01.00.50 - Blackbox thinking 01.07.15 - Last days and legacy 01.08.00 - Fantasy dinner party About Sarika Shah Sarika Shah graduated from the University of Manchester in 2006 and completed a Master's degree in Restorative Dentistry at the Eastman Dental Institute, UCL. Sarika established Platinum Dental Care in Canary Wharf in 2017.  

Have you ever felt a poem tug at your heartstrings, or stumbled upon lines of verse that perfectly captured your emotions? Today's podcast is a treasure for anyone who's ever been moved by the power of poetry. We're joined by the poet Sarika Singh, whose insights into the transformative impact of poetry on education are nothing short of inspirational. Together, we explore the emotional journey of poetic expression and its ability to connect us to our shared humanity.Poetry is often seen as an enigma, a puzzle that only a selected few can unlock. But as Sarika and I unravel the myths surrounding this timeless art form, we discover that the poet within us is just waiting to be set free. In this heartfelt exchange, we talk about the universal appeal of poetry and the importance of creating spaces where everyone can enjoy the liberating power of poetic creation. Our discussion navigates the strategies to foster personal expression and connect with contemporary works, ensuring that poetry can be more than an academic exercise — it can be a source of pure joy and unity.The episode culminates with powerful accounts of writing's extraordinary influence on young lives. We share the stories of two students whose experiences with writing reveal its capacity to be a coping mechanism and a pathway to self-discovery. To learn more about Sarika Singh, go to sarikasingh.in and listen to her podcast series, "Communicate 101: Speaking Writing Tips."The HazeI tried so hard to wipe it cleanTo bring the window back its sheen,I rubbed hard, it stayed undoneAlas, it still looked a hazy sun.I wet my cloth to clean this timeImagining now all would be fine,I wiped again with all my mightMy glass was fuzzy though sun was bright.The haze kept growing further some moreMy pulse was fast, my hands were sore,The view distorted more than beforeI ogled frozen at the smoggy outdoor.Suddenly I felt my cheeks were wetGlass was clearing, miasma leaving, you bet;My tears fell, my glass did clearWhat blurred my vision was my unSupport the showPlease subscribe and share this podcast with a friend to spread the good!If you find value to this podcast, consider becoming a supporter with a $3 subscription. Click on the link to join: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2048018/supportTo help this podcast reach others, rate and review on Apple Podcasts! Go to Library, choose The Brighter Side of Education, and scroll down to Reviews. It's just that easy. Thank you!Want to share a story? Email me at drlisarichardsonhassler@gmail.com.Visit my website for resources: http://www.drlisarhassler.com The music in this podcast was written and performed by Brandon Picciolini of the Lonesome Family Band. Visit and follow him on Instagram. My publications: America's Embarrassing Reading Crisis: What we learned from COVID, A guide to help educational leaders, teachers, and parents change the game, is available on Amazon, Kindle, and Audible, and iTunes. My Weekly Writing Journal: 15 Weeks of Writing for Primary Grades on Amazon.World of Words: A Middle School Writing Notebook Using the Writing Process ...

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I rarely have met someone who, throughout his life, has been presented with so many challenges but always moves forward with strength, poise, and vision. Robert Schott and I first met 27 years ago when Karen and I moved to New Jersey for a job. Robert immediately took a liking to both of us as we were asked to help our church, also the church Robert and his wife Erica attended, design wheelchair access both for Karen and others. As I got to know Robert I recognized that he was quite a determined individual who worked hard to bring success to whatever endeavors he undertook.   Robert's story both in the work he has done for others as well as his own inventing mindset is well worth hearing. In fact, as you will hear, he has designed a new toy currently looking for a manufacturing home, but that already has been described as the first invention creating a new way of play for children.   If all of us ever encounter through these podcast episodes someone unstoppable it is Robert Schott. I hope his thoughts, life lessons and his enthusiastic mindset rubs off on all of us. His faith and his attitude really do show all of us that we can be more unstoppable than we think we can.     About the Guest:     Robert Schott has more than 40 years of business and employee communications design experience currently concentrated in employee benefits and retirement plans. With Charles Schwab Retirement Plan Services, Mr. Schott specializes in customizing people engagement strategies on financial literacy and to prepare his clients' employees for their future retirement income needs. Pensions & Investments magazine recognized two of his recent projects with First Place Eddy Awards for superior achievement in Retirement Readiness and Financial Wellness communications design. Mr. Schott help similar roles at Merrill Lynch Retirement Plan Services, J.P. Morgan/American Century Retirement Plan Services, J.P. Morgan Investment Management, and Coopers & Lybrand Human Resources Group. Additionally, Mr. Schott founded and owns Bopt Inc., a consumer product development and sales company featuring two notable inventions, WOWindow Posters® and SprawlyWalls™. WOWindow Posters are translucent posters designed for illuminating Halloween and Christmas images in windows simply by turning on the room lights. SprawlyWalls is a build, decorate, and play system for children ages 5 to 11 to create play spaces for their dolls and action figures. The Strong National Museum of Play/Toy Hall of Fame recently included SprawlyWalls in its in-museum Play Lab. Mr. Schott is a member of the Leadership Forum Community (LFC) which convenes to explore leadership challenges, develop conscious leaders, and create solutions that result in meaningful and equitable change in organizations, education, and society. He collaborated on the concept of ‘Conscious Dialogue' presented at the LFC Summit in July 2023. Notably, in 2019 and 2021, Mr. Schott participated in America in One Room, an experiment in Deliberative Democracy designed by social scientists at Stanford University to foster civil discourse on political themes by convening over 500 USA citizens for moderated discussions. In 2021, Mr. Schott's community, Cranford New Jersey, recognized him with the annual Kindness Award for bringing joy to others through his massive annual front yard snow sculptures. In June 2023, he joined an expedition in Newfoundland Canada to search for a missing French biplane that would have beat Charles Lindbergh in 1927 for the $50k prize money had it landed in front of the Statue of Liberty coming from Paris. Mr. Schott holds a bachelor of arts with honors in communication design from Rochester Institute of Technology. He completed a Mini-MBA certification program at Rutgers, Center for Management Development. He had previously held Series 7 and 66 licenses for his financial industry work.     Ways to connect with Tony:   https://www.facebook.com/robert.schott.33/ https://www.facebook.com/SprawlyWalls/ https://www.facebook.com/WOWindows/ https://www.instagram.com/sprawlywalls/ https://www.instagram.com/shotinthedarkguy/ Twitter: @wowindows     About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog.   Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards.   https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/   accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/       Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below!   Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can also subscribe in your favorite podcast app.   Leave us an Apple Podcasts review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts.     Transcription Notes Michael Hingson ** 00:00 Access Cast and accessiBe Initiative presents Unstoppable Mindset. The podcast where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i  capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us.   Michael Hingson ** 01:21 Well, Hi, and welcome once again to unstoppable mindset. I am your host, Mike Hingson. And today, I get to really have a wonderful pleasure and honor to even introduce you to someone who I've known for a long time, Robert Schott lived fairly close to us when we lived in New Jersey, we lived in Westfield, New Jersey, but we both went to the same church, which is where we met, we met the shots and others became good friends. And Robert was a very good supporter of ours, especially helping Karen because if and when we started at the church, it was not very wheelchair accessible. And there were a lot of issues to try to make it more accessible. And Robert and others were really helpful in advocating and recognizing the value of that. So he's become a great friend. He's had associations with Rochester Institute of Technology and actually helped get me to do a speech there one. So Robert and I have known each other for a long time. Gosh, if we were to really go back and count, Robert, it's since what 1996. So that is what 27 years long. I know. Welcome to unstoppable mindset.   Robert Schott ** 02:34 Well, thank you, Michael. And I appreciate the warm regard as friends that's top of mind and you create helped create a fascinating part of my life. And Erica's life, which we're grateful for. And we were sorry to see you move west. But I know that was all for good things   Michael Hingson ** 02:53 are good things. But we still get to stay in touch. And yeah, and one of these days, I hope to be able to get back to New Jersey and spend some time with all of you, which would be good. So we'll have to figure that out at some point. But for now, let's let's talk about you a little bit. Why don't you tell us a little bit about as I love to do with the deepening of these things, the the early Robert growing up and all that sort of stuff and kind of what got you to where you are at least a little bit and then we can always go back and talk more about that. But yeah, love to hear some of the early Robert stories.   Robert Schott ** 03:30 Yeah, and cut me off when we need to pivot but okay, I'm cutting you off now.   Michael Hingson ** 03:33 Thanks.   Robert Schott ** 03:36 You're funny, man. Yeah, go ahead. Well, in fact, I grew up in a town past Westfield, which was Fanwood nestled by Scotch Plains. I went to Scotch Plains Fanwood high school I was one of five children to two middle class English parents. My mom was the high school nurse where I was went to high school I had a hard time cutting class or calling out sick because she knew   Michael Hingson ** 04:02 my dad told us no anyway.   Robert Schott ** 04:05 Yeah, you know, my dad actually have pretty fascinating place to work. He was a lab technician on the brainiac floor at Bell Laboratories and Murray Hill that could go on and on about that but one little thing was the tech across the hall from him he had made the first transistor which set a whole lot of things in motion. But we we you know mom and dad were around dad would go down in the basement and do oil painting and I mentioned that for a reason I'll tell you what, we were very involved in our school and activities band, I was a big into Boy Scouts. And all along the way I would became very interested in art. And that was I mentioned that was a fine art oil painter became professional grade but he taught me how to oil paint when I was seven years old and always made sure I was supplied with tools and gear. You know from what caravita oil painting in watercolor. So that became a nice side thing for me to focus on, which kind of fizzled out as a creative arts. But by the time I went to college, where I shifted to Applied Arts and what that what I mean is graphic design was my major at Rochester Institute of Technology. It's interesting, I think about that decision. And when I was in junior high school, I made a proclamation to my family, I said, I don't like TV advertising, I'm going to go into advertising and change it, I'm going to change the world of advertising. And so when I was studying schools, Syracuse University was, you know, one of the two that I narrowed down or it was the other. And I got to Syracuse, I would have been in New House School of Communication, which was more advertising and media focused, whereas it was more graphics and artistic focus. But the decision which was relevant for 18 year old was the ice rink at RMIT was on the way from classes. And if I went to Syracuse, it would have been a two mile train. So we make our decisions. It all turns out,   Michael Hingson ** 06:13 you my brother in law, is in Idaho, and for years was a master cabinet maker, he's now more of a general contractor, but his winters were all controlled and covered by skiing. And in fact, in the winter, for many years, he as an Certified International Ski guide, would take people to France and do off piste, skiing and so on. But I understand exactly what you're saying about the ice rink because he was all about skiing, and still likes to ski but he's a lot older and doesn't do the events. And he's also got work in the winter. So responsibilities change, but I know what you're saying.   Robert Schott ** 06:57 Yeah, I was. I learned how to ice skate on my backyard after an ice storm in 11th grade and I began playing ice hockey pickup with some friends and I had two years to get ready before college and I I actually made I got cut from the junior varsity team. But I said to the coach, hey, listen, I really want to learn this game. Can I can I come to all the practices? Can I come to the games and carry everybody sticks in the water? He said sure. And so I didn't miss a practice and mid season. I guess enough guys got hurt or quit. Or I showed progress. He put me on in a game. He gave me the last minute of a game. And the only thing I was able to do was when I jumped over the boards the puck was coming by. And so as the opponent, I just put my hip out and I gave the guy a hip check. He went flying and the game was over. So he said, Yeah, you're qualified. We need you for the next game. Like I had, I had two goals and three assists and eight games. So I actually was a producer.   Michael Hingson ** 07:55 Well, it's always better to be a producer than not needless to say. So what was your actual major then?   Robert Schott ** 08:03 Well, it was called Communication Design. And it was focused on communicating through graphic arts, and largely the two dimensional realm of graphic arts. And I was a high achiever in my classes, mostly A's and what I did some standout work. It led to a summer job at a welding products company in the art department. And I remember getting rejected by Texas wiener hotdogs that summer. And then I went to this agency and as I was walking out the door, they because they said they had nothing for me, oh, here's something Oh, you have to know how to type. So I said, Holy cow. I know how to type. My mom made me take typing in eighth grade. So I ended up in the art department, you know, go figure and I was using an IBM Selectric components, not yet knocking out, you know, graphic text writing with that, that early typesetting machine. And so it was a great and that summer job. One of our one of our vendors would come in and pick up work and he ended up at the end of the summer saying come work for me when you graduated. I help you with your homework for the rest of the year.   Michael Hingson ** 09:16 God does provide doesn't teach Oh, it's pretty funny. Yeah, there you go. So you graduated when did you graduate?   Robert Schott ** 09:25 That was 1981. Okay, then I was really busy student you know, between a little bit of ice hockey and academic word, the artwork was very time consuming. And I also was a pretty high level student leader in on the campus and that led to some pretty fun things too. So I was pretty harried, you know, really had to burn the candle on both ends a lot of the time. But in 1981, I had that job offer, which I took and it was he they put me on the artboard to Do graphic arts and there was a small boutique, there was a dozen people doing business to business communications, which included business slides, industrial videos, other graphics and advertising materials. And it turned out I was, I was actually not very good as an artist on the board on demand, you know, I was a good student, but it didn't translate. And so getting into the thick of it, they went into computer graphics, there was a machine called jet graphics that allowed us to make business presentation slides, instead of using the old graphic art, code Iliff and other kind of build your slide business that way. And they put me in charge of them. And within three years, we had seven of these machines in two locations running around the clock, seven days a week. And it was a grind, if I may think I really, I discovered the limits of the physical limits of sleep deprivation, which is not a healthy thing, but I did it. And that's what was probably the first thing I ever became an expert at in the country may be further making these slides and supervising and training, you know, a team 24/7.   Michael Hingson ** 11:21 So how long did you stay there? So this was after college? Right?   Robert Schott ** 11:24 Yeah, so I was there for seven years. Wow. Okay. And I mentioned one thing about a large part of my career was in reflection, I'm trying to coach my own young adult children don't fall into the same trap. Maybe I didn't really have the aspirational goal in my mind, like when I did when I was in junior high school. But what I did do was accept the next job that somebody offered me. One because I was ready to leave and two was a good job offer. But it didn't. After doing that three or four times it didn't ever really align with where maybe the root of my skills or passions lay. So a lot of years went by just, you know, three, seven year stints to say, Yeah, I'll take that job and, you know, going to have children, I need a professional job, and I needed benefits. And, you know, I took my I took my eye off the market, what I was really maybe meant to be   Michael Hingson ** 12:28 right. So you say you went off and you took other jobs. And so where did you end up?   Robert Schott ** 12:36 So the sequence was I left? We were doing business slides for the Coopers and Lybrand can see accounting and consulting firm and I was making the earliest of its kind slide presentations for 401k plans in the middle early 80s. And from that, I got to work with Coopers and Lybrand. You know, my first job was working with Coopers and Lybrand. And they said, why don't you come over here, because they liked what I was doing producing the record on case stuff. So I learned how to be an A Communication Consultant, the full gamut it was writing and directing and strategy at Coopers for their human resource advisory group clients. And sure enough, in the 401k plan at Cooper's they had JP Morgan investment funds. And that when they brought those funds in, I got to know the funds. And we communicated to 20,000 people about those funds. And eventually, JP Morgan said, why don't you come work over here? There you go. So I went over there. And you know, each time I was still have a relationship, or I left, which was, you know, kind of unique.   Michael Hingson ** 13:44 But good. She kept a positive relationship,   Robert Schott ** 13:47 no burn bridges. It was natural for me to move on. And the Morgan thing was in your marketing grew up helping to communicate the value of these types of 401k plan funds that other companies would put into their 401 K plans. So it was kind of there that I moved into another role where they formed a partnership with a company called American century. And we formed a partnership in retirement plan servicing and I moved over to that side of the business. But things didn't really go very well, after a while and I was getting frustrated with the work environment and the work I was doing. That's what led to the spark of doing something different.   Michael Hingson ** 14:36 So you, you decided you really needed to do something different than working in those kinds of environments. And did you have an idea of what you wanted to do and where you were going to go?   Robert Schott ** 14:46 Well, it it's interesting, because, you know, there was no there was no real physical track to making Something happened that would put me in a new place. But there was a seed to have an invention idea I had to pursue. And that was really the mission. Can I take this idea? Get it further, far enough along? And then then from there, it was the idea, could I license it to a big manufacturing company? And so the inspiration was in a day of wallowing in my corporate anxiety, I went upstairs. And you remember my daughter, Carly, she was seven years old and 2000 2001, I think it was. And she was playing a certain way with her Barbie dolls. She was making rooms to play with her dolls across the floor with cardboard bricks. And I just went up to watch her play. That was my relief release. And I said, Hey, Carly, I wonder if a toy exists, where you can build walls. And you don't have to, you know, I can get something official that it was a Sunday afternoon. And I said, What, hey, let's go downstairs and draw what this toy could do. So seven year old, Carla and I went downstairs and we started drawing this idea of connecting walls to make dollhouse rooms. And I said to her right there, okay. This is all I need to know that this is something I have to pursue. And I'm going to work really hard to make this get this product made for you. And that's what kicked off the inventions probably was back then.   Michael Hingson ** 16:30 So basically, though, were you working for someone else at the time? Or Did Jesus decide to do this full time? Or how did all that work?   Robert Schott ** 16:37 Yeah. So initially, I was still working at JP Morgan investment. And at one point, I got laid off. Another fell out that they were rejiggering things. And of course that happens. But they gave me a generous severance package. And I said, Oh, holy cow, here's my moment. I'm going to go full blast on this toy idea. So I've been working on it for a year. Now I had this open time, with some, you know, compensation to cover my expenses, and then went hard at it. Now in the meantime, I was anxious. So I ended up pursuing five other part time things. I got a benefits consulting job, and I was dabbling with these other things that were really distracting and, frankly, the ability debilitating because I couldn't get anything to stick to make additional money. And and to have the free time to work on a toy.   Michael Hingson ** 17:34 That totally Sarika doing.   Robert Schott ** 17:37 She can. She's been working ever since you've known her in occupational therapy,   Michael Hingson ** 17:42 since she continued to work. Yeah. So   Robert Schott ** 17:46 yeah, I mean, I had the severance. So that was key. But I also didn't know if I was going to have another job at the end of it. So I had to continue thinking about how to make money if the toy thing doesn't, you know, come to Canada really fast. But in that period, I really refined the concept I filed for design and utility patents on the mechanical element of the walls, the way they would connect together. I created a logo and branding and I created a packaging design. I made prototypes, dope models for the kids to play with Ram focus groups with groups, a little kids, and all the proofs of this really cool thing we're coming through. And through. You know, a friend of mines likes to say it's, it's not serendipity or accident or luck, it's intentionality. And when you have really crisp intentions, some things kind of can just happen and out of the most unexpected places. And that that happened, I ended up getting a meeting with Hasbro, a college friend of mine, and it was like the Tom Hanks at Hasbro. He had a lab where he'd make stuff for the inventors. So I said he introduced me the creative guy. And they said, Yeah, if we really liked your idea, but it's not really for us, at least not at this time. And we back up a second when I was in the outplacement Center at Morgan, a former client then friend said hey, talk to this guy, John, John Harvey, and he'll coach you on your transition because he started a free coaching Transition Network out of Maplewood, New Jersey. So I called John and he said, what do you what do you really want to do? And I said, Oh, I really want to make this toy. He said to me, Hey, listen to this. Three months ago. I was at a think tank session. I might get the details fuzzy here, but it was the heads of innovation from Nike, somewhere else and Mattel and when you're ready, I'll introduce you to the head of innovation at Mattel. And so after my Hasbro meeting I called on Joe It said yeah. And he made the introduction and through another couple things. I got to make a meeting with the Creative Director for Barbie at Mattel, the biggest toy brand on Earth, and I got an hour. That's what I left the building that the young lady said, I know you got it in here because people like you don't. To Joe told you stuff about Barbie probably shouldn't have because, you know, it's proprietary, but he really liked what she came up with. And I'll share that walking out of that building was the singular highest moment, work moment of my life. And nothing is taught that yet. Even though the deals didn't turn out, just the sense that I made an impression to this big company, as a novice said, Man, I really ready to I'm really able to do something different.   Michael Hingson ** 20:57 So you have When did you have the meeting with Mattel?   Robert Schott ** 21:01 That was the late spring of 2003.   Michael Hingson ** 21:05 Okay, so that was always ago that was 20 years ago? Yeah. 20 years. And but did you have a basic conceptual design? Or did you actually have a model at that point?   Robert Schott ** 21:17 Oh, yeah, I had the prototypes, I had play models, you know, everything was, you know, in a condition that was acceptable from a toy inventor for a big company to take it on. And I didn't make any errors about what I anything beyond what I knew what I did. I didn't say I knew how to price it or manufacture it, or anything like that, which other toy inventors would have known more about. But, you know, no deals came through and I solicited all companies, you know, Lego and connects, and I went to FAO, Schwarz and Toys R Us and all in fact, the last meeting I had was with the head of brands at Toys R Us that was through an acquaintance, a friend of mine who I worked with in my first job out of out of school, he introduced me the head of brands, and I met there and Susan said, Oh, Robert, I really really liked your idea. I can't work with you. Because it's not real yet. You know, I need to be able to product to put on the shelves. But go back to Mattel tell them they're not they got their heads in the wrong place. Because this is what we need on the shelves. And I'll spare you the EXPLAIN of that. What was that? So, you know, here's another validation from the biggest toy distributor on earth without my concept. And crazily I just kind of got burnt out and I need to get a new job and I let it go. I just had to let it go for a while.   Michael Hingson ** 22:41 So what did you do?   Robert Schott ** 22:45 Well, two things happened. One, the realization that I knew I could do something different, I thought about what else I had made around my home. And in fact, it was in the year 2000. For Halloween I had made out of hardboard and red cellophane giant cutouts of cat eyes that I hung in the Windows upstairs. And with a room lights on they lit up like a giant cat was looking at. I thought, holy cow. There's an idea. Maybe i i figured i can get that done myself. I don't need to sell the idea. I'll just get after it. And so I worked on it for three quarters of a year. And then I talked to a friend. I remember you remember Brian Jenkins and Cindy Jenkins from the church. Brian was a printer by trade and I said Hey, Brian, what do you think of this idea. And in the same call, he said, Hey, I was just drawing a pumpkin that would light up to put in the window. And we agreed to go into business together. And it took us two more years to figure out how to make them. We ended up with a outfit in Green Bay, Wisconsin that agreed to work with us. And a little thing that I learned along that way was never, never, never admit your deficiencies on something always present yourself as confident and professional. And they this big company that served enterprises like Procter and Gamble allowed us to come into their space and dabble with manufacturing this printed window posts around big wide plastic sheets on 150 foot long printing press. And we pulled it off, you know we made a poster that that worked. So now I said there was two things. That's one track and I'll tell you more. But at the same time I needed to get back to day job with income and the fellow that I got laid off with from Morgan said, Hey Robert, I saw a posting for that's made for you and it was with Merrill Lynch and I put my resume into the black hole. And the next day I had a call that never happens. And three days later, I had an interview. And remember the second part of that interview that the hiring manager took me back to the first interviewee, or, as she said to the first, the second one, Hey, give this guy an offer yet. So it was a slam dunk, I got back to work, right at the end of my 15 month severance. So that all kind of worked out nice.   Michael Hingson ** 25:29 But you did keep on dreaming, which is part of the whole story at first, which is great, but you did go back to work. And that works for a little while, at least while Merrill was around.   Robert Schott ** 25:40 Yeah, well, kind of they never really went away. They took up, you know, partnered up. But I worked there for, I think, six years. And this is how you can do things sometimes in life that are, it's creative thinking. And I said to the boss, hey, look, I had a bunch of bad things happen with the poster business after we had a tremendous start, you know, we, we ended up in three years with a million and a half dollars of sales. And we were getting attention by the biggest enterprises in consumer, brick and mortar stores. But then, sadly, Brian passed away in 2009. And I had to take on the whole thing myself. And I approached my, my boss, I said, Look, I gotta leave, you know, I gotta work on this. And she said, Well, why don't go so fast. We need you here. How about if we give you a reduced hours, but still keep you on benefits? I said, that works. So I went from 70 hours a week to 40 kept my bike benefits. And then I worked another 40 a week on the   Michael Hingson ** 26:44 poster business, back to sleep deprivation.   Robert Schott ** 26:47 Yeah, well, that was easy street from earlier years. So I did that for another year. And finally, I said, No, this isn't going to work. And I cut out and I worked on the poster business full time for five years, which was had diminishing returns, the world was changing. And there's a lot of obstacles that I had overcome. Amazon was starting to come into play in the big box store, the big Oh, my wholesale accounts were drifting away, and it was just a mess. So I ended up going back again, through fellow I worked with at Merrill said, Hey, come work for us. And I won't get into that, because it's my current work. But that's, that's where I've been for seven, eight years. Now. It's the next corporate gig.   Michael Hingson ** 27:41 Things that I react to. And the most significant to me is no matter what with all of the job changes. I don't know that I would say all of it's not like there were such a huge amount, compared to some people who can't hold a job, you moved from place to place. But one of the things that I find most striking is that you kept really wonderful relationships, wherever you went. And whenever you left, you continue to have relationships. And that's been very supportive for you, which I think is really cool. A lot of people don't do that and burn too many bridges, which is unfortunate.   Robert Schott ** 28:21 Yeah, thanks for recognizing that I, I hold friendships or business acquaintances from all the roles I had. And I'm, you know, happy about reconnecting with people and reminiscing. But they've also come into play. Over time, what at different points, I'd reach out and say, hey, you know, I know you're doing this now. But that was, you know, there's a 40 year relationship from that first a few of them that I've been able to go back to currently and say, Hey, let's talk about this thing I'm working on.   Michael Hingson ** 28:55 And there must be ways that you're obviously benefiting and helping them as well.   Robert Schott ** 28:59 Oh, sure. Yeah, absolutely.   Michael Hingson ** 29:03 Well, you know, clearly, by definition of what this podcast is all about, you are absolutely unstoppable. in mind, and so on. Give me a couple of examples in your own mind, or from your own perspective of how you've been on top of that, maybe a small one and a big one.   Robert Schott ** 29:20 Yes, that's a good question. It was a couple of small ones that are more recent. I'll just stick to the more recent because it's shows I still have the ability to persevere, and it has a lot to do with a lesson my mom taught me was you always have to finish what you start. And I learned that you know, when I was five, six years old, you know, she wouldn't let us quit something at school because we were unhappy or didn't like it. We had to finish it. And so I got into for fun making big snow sculptures out in my front yard. And I've been doing in our town of Cranford for over 30 years and I did a MIT college and back in high school. Well, in 2020, it was 2021 There was a big blizzard. And I'd been waiting to do this particular snow sculpture of Abraham Lincoln, half scale. So half scale is for 15 feet tall. And I had gotten skilled enough to know how to prepare my drawings. And I built a wooden form to fill as the base. And we we had a convergence of things and I need one was a big snowstorm to it has to get warm afterwards because I mold and build. And I had to have the time. So this thing started on a Sunday afternoon. And as I got to do this, this, this is it. This is the moment of truth. And so from Sunday afternoon, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and then some nights after my work job. And then all day Saturday, I worked on Abraham Lincoln. And I realized that it was probably over six tons of snow that we moved. I spent 435 hours sculpting carving, and I had a bunch of helpers. And it was magnificent. And it attracted national media attention. And the beautiful part was it landed right on Lincoln's birthday when I finished it. You have pictures? Yeah, I do. I have some good pictures of it.   Michael Hingson ** 31:23 Once we have a picture or an article, loved it featured in the podcast notes.   Robert Schott ** 31:27 Yeah, I absolutely send that. But here's the kicker. And I didn't tell a lot of people that week, that Sunday when I started, I had body aches and a fever. And I said, I have to do this. This is the moment of truth. Well, I didn't find out till Thursday that I had COVID. I was climbing ladders and lifting snow six hours a day changing clothes three times because I was sweating so much. And I just it was so hard to get up in the morning and get at this thing, but I did it. So there's, there's I guess that's a good example of a small thing. Getting it done.   Michael Hingson ** 32:04 Not sure it's so small, but I hear you. And then once you said 14 feet tall,   Robert Schott ** 32:08 14 feet tall. Yeah. of Abraham Lincoln, nestled in his chair looking out from the Lincoln Memorial. Right. So that's, that's an unstoppable, I'd say, you know, pursuing the window posters is an exciting things that I feel really proud of achievement, that I can look back on fondly and say I really got something good done there. And I think that, you know, the window posters I've been doing for, yeah, I've been working on it for 20 years 17 In business. And it's, it's been, it was wildly successful when we got going. And it's had a lot of setbacks, and been losing money for 10 years. So it's something that's kind of weird, because I can't even get out of it. You know, I couldn't sell the business, I couldn't sell the inventory. But I'm straddled with some debt from it. And from, you know, having things I just don't want to throw away. Every year, it's all online, and I sell them online, and I make make some money, just about is covering expenses now. So, back to unstoppable during the pandemic, I'll say I had the good fortune of being able to cut out three or four hours a day of commuting to New York City. And I said, Alright, I gotta get this toy made. And I picked up this volleyballs again, and I I got serious about pursuing it to the finish. And to the act of that, you know, fast forward. Last November, I got product in hand. You know, I took it from further engineering, prototyping, manufacture, testing, then you fracturing, packaging, patent filings marketing. I've been working on its sale since last November. So 20 years later, you know, or more. It's coming to fruition. Now, once   Michael Hingson ** 34:06 Yeah,   Robert Schott ** 34:08 let me add a point here. Because when I said I was gonna make the window posters, I said, Alright, I'm not giving up on the toy, but I'm going to make so much money from the window for posters, I can afford to make the toy pins some day. I just told you I was I've been losing money on the toy on the posters. But what I didn't, what finally occurred to me a year ago was holy cow. I got a I got the value and benefit of experience from learning how to make a product bring to market to make the toy. So the the, the outcome was, I didn't make a lot of money to make it but I earned a lifetime of experience to know how to make it. I think that's pretty cool.   Michael Hingson ** 34:51 That's worth a lot.   Robert Schott ** 34:53 Yeah. Yeah, let's How do you make a barcode? I don't know. Well, you have to figure it out. So every part of bringing your part like to mark it from scratch, has these learning hurdles,   Michael Hingson ** 35:03 you know, you go to the bar and you make it home.   Robert Schott ** 35:07 You go to the bar you drink, you talk to the guy next, know how to make barcodes. Or   Michael Hingson ** 35:15 it seems easy to me. Well,   Robert Schott ** 35:18 Michael, I was experimenting with making glow in the dark window posters. So I went to Green Bay to do a glow in the dark test. And just in my travels, I met three more people on the airplane in the airport and at lunch that day, who were in the glow in the dark business. So intentionality, you know, I talked about what I was doing. Oh, I do go to dark paint that will happen in one day.   Michael Hingson ** 35:47 As you said a lifetime of experience, which is something that is priceless.   Robert Schott ** 35:53 Yeah. I'll put a cap on that one. I'll say that, you know, maybe not financially. I haven't blown it out financially. But I'm really rich for the experience.   Michael Hingson ** 36:03 Yeah, exactly what I'm saying. Yeah. Well, so what exactly is happening with sprawling walls then today?   Robert Schott ** 36:11 Well, I had envisioned, pursuing direct consumer through E commerce only and using virtual communities to help create viral interest in the modern way of exposing a product. And that's not going like I envisioned this past nine months. It was disheartening to see one, even in a few years, how that realm has changed, and how much harder it is to get out, reach out and trade attention. And on a shoestring budget, you know, haven't been able to engage at a higher level where people, you know, for 50 grand, they could help make that happen. But in the meantime, I was working with a person who was critical of me spending time on the idea of networking. And I said I'm because he was helped me think through some of the marketing stuff. And so I've gone up to ra T, I was invited to go to the hockey game, I'll be in the President's booth at the arena at the campus. I'm going I don't know what's going to happen, but I'm gonna make the trip us up my time. And he said, Why are you gonna waste your time showing something that's not really ready for I'm going anyway, fella. So I went, and guess who was in the President's booth. But I mentioned I was a student leader and are at, and the Director of Student Affairs who I became very close to in a lifetime friend, and eventually become number two, at RMIT, as the Secretary to the institute. And he was in that booth with his wife. And it's like, holy cow. Well, of course, I brought my prototype. So I'm showing everybody in the President's booth, my toy idea. And then Fred pulls me aside and says, hey, hey, Robert, and if you know this, but I'm on the board of directors at the strong National Museum of Play, and Toy Hall of Fame. If you want, I can get your meeting there. Like it was the perfect storm for networking, and meeting. So here, I had an hour with the chief curator of the National Museum of Play, and he's been in this business for 35 years, who looked at what I was doing and said, Man, this is such a great story. And I think the trouble with you getting exposure with your product is because people don't know what to make of it yet. In fact, Robert, you've invented a new category of play. As well, that isn't that because he couldn't think of a comparable to what I've created. And furthermore, they said, we'd like to bring this product into our life play lab, we're in the side, the museum kids can come in and play with, you know, free play type of building toy systems and learn a lot from that. Yeah, so I think they're putting it in there in a few weeks, in reality, and they're also bringing my toy out in public outreach to children who have troubled circumstances, and may not have a environment where they live to be able to play. So they bring these children to places where they expose them to just pure play, just for the sake of playing in the creative collaboration that goes with that. So I'm grateful to be turning my product into something bigger than just me making a toy to sell but actually influencing young children.   Michael Hingson ** 39:49 But hopefully it will turn into a real product that sells which is always a good thing. But you know, one of the things that I react to keep thinking back on is house Bro, then had no interest in it with things like GI Joe and so on, I would have thought they would have been very interested in sprawie forte, but I guess   Robert Schott ** 40:08 it's you, you're spot on, you know, when I went to Hasbro, I didn't come with just the Girl doll system. Right.   Michael Hingson ** 40:16 I understand.   Robert Schott ** 40:17 I came with the Army system. So I brought my GI Joes and I had camouflage wall panels that connected together to make, you know, Fort scenes. But yeah, they didn't see it that what they said was Well, that's all good. And well, but, you know, boys like to build and destroy. So   Michael Hingson ** 40:40 that was a funny line. Yeah, especially well, yeah. All the way around. Well, you know, clearly though, everything that you're doing, you continue to move forward. And you get sidelined along the way, sometimes from circumstances over which you have no control. But, but you still do, which I think is great. What puts you in keeps you in a mind frame of being unstoppable and just continuing to move forward? Because no matter what's happened, you've had a lot of things that have been setbacks, and a lot of people would just be held back by that. But you've continued to move forward. And you've done it very intentionally and in very positive way. How does that work?   Robert Schott ** 41:27 Yeah, thanks, Michael. I'm gonna go back to the root of a painting I did when I was seven years old side by side with my dad. And it was an apple with a sugar jar on burlap. And he painted his version of paint in mind. And I remember getting it done and maybe didn't reflect on it back then. But I reflect on it now that I created a piece of art that I can look at and enjoy. And we got that done together. And through the pursuit of art, the creative arts, oil painting, sculpture, watercolor painting, and other things. I find the greatest joy for myself looking at, if I can look at something that I did, or that someone else did, and see joy in it, and continuous enjoyment and keep coming back to it like a good movie, like the Wizard of Oz, I can watch that every time. To me that describes what art is that it has this appeal that you can continue to enjoy. And you don't get there by not working at it. Right. So I think when I see something I want to do and get done, a need to see it finished, because I want to sit back and look at what I did it, you know, despite many obstacles, like with the window posters, you know, there was a storm that there was a hurricane that wiped out Halloween when winter and snow blizzard the next Halloween and then my warehouse got hit by lightning and all my product deliveries were late, my partner passed away and you know, all these things that just just bang on? Yeah, but you just got to keep going. So I think presently, like with what I'm pursuing, the side gig, if you will, I have this vision of what it would be. And there's something bigger than I realized last year. But it's so big that it overrides any doubt that I have or fear or even the skepticism of others. And even the regard for risking money on it, I come to realize that, you know, money saved isn't helping me create and invest in in my own pursuit. So I've let loose let go and I don't let it get me down. Like I would have, you know, 30 years ago.   Michael Hingson ** 43:47 So how do you view money today? Or how is your attitude about the whole issue of money changed? Both from the standpoint of you personally, but you've obviously been in companies that specialize in that stuff. So you must have a lot of ways to to answer that.   Robert Schott ** 44:02 Yeah. So it's kind of a little funny contradiction. I teach a lot about saving for retirement yet I'm spending a lot of my retirement savings. I'm investing in my future is what I'm doing. You know, I discovered I had a to really make it happen. I had to use what I have with the belief that it will work out and I'll be better off for it financially one day. Certainly, the cut three high end college educations at a time when I thought money was going to really be flowing from the window posters and my work. That was a drain as it is on anybody today, the way college expenses go. And then just trying to keep my head above water with the poster business. It's been technically losing money. You know, just I'm resolved that this is my way to pursue something bigger in my life. And I'll figure it out. I'll just keep Working I have, I'm so resourceful and I have so many ways that I could earn money for the next 20 years, if I have to that, I just, I don't like it that I'm in a spot. But I love that I feel hopeful and confident in my abilities.   Michael Hingson ** 45:15 But you've made the commitment to do it. And if it means that you'd have to put some things on hold for a while and do more mundane or more things that are not directly in line with what you want to do. Right, you're going to get to do what you want to do. And you'll, you'll let some of the other stuff be a part of what you do to make that happen.   Robert Schott ** 45:36 That's right. And I'll just finish off on the Toy Story, if you will, I have two big events coming up. In the next month. I was accepted to a when he call it up a media showcase. I'll be on Pier 60 in New York City on September 12. So by the time people see this, I might have been well past but the showcases of is for the best toys of 2023. And while I didn't make the cut as a best toy, they accepted me to be present, which is I think a nice credit to that I'm recognizing what I have to be in the presence of major media as well as social influencers. And then I was also accepted on the last day of this year's Toy Fair at the Javits Center in early October for Toy inventors day. So that didn't come easy, either. I had to qualify. And I'll be in front of major manufacturers to potentially come back to the idea of licensing the product. So I've got four tracks, I can sell direct to consumer, I can make the product and sell wholesale. I can pursue other avenues like homeschool and teaching networks and Montessori schools where play free play is the thing, or I could make a licensing deal. So all these are on the table right now and making some of those big opportunities happen.   Michael Hingson ** 47:06 Have you thought of doing anything like trying to go on to Shark Tank and showing this to the world through that?   Robert Schott ** 47:14 Oh, I've thought about it a lot. But I've also tried out for shark tank with the poster idea. And there's a lot of reasons I don't want to do that. A lot of reasons why I won't do that is I won't get into that. But I think I can pursue avenues through my own. Maybe I could put it this way. I've discovered how I can make tracks doing things. And I think maybe other people don't think that's their only avenue. Yeah. Success. And I don't believe that for me. So that's a there's a good answer. Well,   Michael Hingson ** 47:51 and clearly in partisan businesses zine and you want to make it the way you want to make it. So it's just a question out of curiosity, but it makes sense. You know, to, to at least ask the question, and you thought about it. Not that answers it, which is great. Yeah. The you continue to be resilient, about pressing through and finishing whatever you start. I think you've hit on it some but why is it that you are so firm at being able to press through and continue to work? What, what, what keeps you going? And always moving forward like you do?   Robert Schott ** 48:33 Well, you know, I think when you first introduced the idea of me being a guest, I had this theme in my head, which was real, that some bit of my career, I didn't feel very interesting anymore.   Michael Hingson ** 48:49 What and I said you were interesting. Yeah,   Robert Schott ** 48:52 I know. But I'd go on vacation with four other families and these other guys were all entrepreneur, for Nouriel, I had nothing to talk about in my work life that would be of any interest at the dinner table. So it's going to be interesting again, but anyway, I think it's there was lessons growing up about endurance and achieving things, you know, I was a boy scout, and we we camped every month of the year, whatever the weather was, wherever we went so, you know, five below zero in a tent with no floor and a summer sleeping bag. You have to somehow get through that night and learn where your limits are in pain points. I made Eagle Scout at college I was in academics and sports and and student leadership and you know, I actually the one and only time I sought professional help was at school, the counselor to say I'm falling apart, you know helped me put my pieces back together again and the coaching I got there it was really valuable. You know, encourage anybody who's feeling a bad spot to take it Then under the resources out there, and then that first job I had was 12 people. And it was all for one one for all, we were all the hats, you know, when when we move to a new building, they said, We're gonna come in Saturday and work on the wiring together and this new building. So the boss was running out around teaching us how to do wiring, it wasn't really legal, but that's what we did. So you learn how to solve little and big problems. And nothing is an obstacle when you have that frame of mind. And so when I get stuck on a business problem with my side gigs, I hunt down the answer. And I find people who know the answer, and I get coaching and make alliances. And so there's an answer to at all, it's just matter how you pursue that. And the other part of that is, you can set up a business plan and say, These are the steps we're gonna get done. But you can take yourself off of that anxiety by saying, I'm working on this thing to get done. And then the next thing or maybe three things at once, but I'm not going to worry about where it is two years from now, because I can't do that I have to work on what I can figure out today. And I've gotten really good at that. And, you know, setting the expectation, like I thought I would be blowing up my product by June. And yet, most of it's still sitting on the shelf. Alright, dial down my expectation, slow down, what I'm trying to get done, work on some bigger game things. And here's the bigger bigger game, Michael, I want to make sure I get in a year ago, I realized that invented this toy. But then I discovered this world called free play. And I've been studying the meaning of what free play is it's the definition is children given us a place to play and things to play with, that are non electronic. And without parental supervision. And sing alone or with a group or a friend's day will discover how to keep keep an afternoon going through trying and failing and trying and failing and trying and succeeding and solving each other's problems. And what I further learned is that there's incredible power in the development of a child through this kind of activity. And there's some important studies that Mattel and has done with Cardiff University and Melissa and Doug with Gallup, that are proving how children will mature with greater empathy and social skills, when time is devoted to free play versus playing by themselves or electronic play. And I realized I have a new direction that the bigger game is getting my toy out there. But helping children in their free play development   Michael Hingson ** 52:37 is part of what the museum really referred to when they said you develop the whole new way to play.   Robert Schott ** 52:44 Yeah, yeah, fits right in there with all of that. And so I'm becoming a student of that realm. I'm a novice. But I can see a third act for myself in pressing forward in becoming the leader or spokesperson in that model of play.   Michael Hingson ** 53:02 Some Yeah. So writing about it and getting some other things to help enhance your credibility would mean sense writing about it, speaking about it, as you said, and then going to places and talking about it would make sense. And that takes away a little bit from the toy, but maybe not. Maybe certainly something to explore.   Robert Schott ** 53:20 Yeah, I think it actually feeds the toy.   Michael Hingson ** 53:23 It does feed the toy, I think. Yeah. Which makes sense to do. Well, so for you. You, you continue to, you know, to move forward for you. What do you think about your journey now, as opposed to 20? Or even 30 years ago? Do you think your journey has really changed as your mindset changed? Have you changed?   Robert Schott ** 53:51 Well, you know, I've certainly learned a vast amount in pursuing nice things. And like you said, I've given up a lot of things to, you know, it's hard to stay inside on a gorgeous sunny weekend, you know, doing bookkeeping, and accounting and inventory management for for things. But I think my motivation has never been hired to see something come to fruition. And my understanding of how important it is to our society is feeding that and to also know that I'm getting the attention of important players. And what I'm pursuing is gives me great hope. So I'm going to continue with my corporate life. In fact, I'm actually trying to shift that a little bit more to around the realm of Community Oriented financial literacy. And I may have opportunities where I work now, to make that my work. To take all I've learned over 40 years in financial education, and actually be out in the communities leading programming that's a picture on anything for myself that could come around in a couple years where I am, but pursue the toy, pursue the Childhood Development theme. But personally, I'd like to free myself of the amount of work I'm doing, if I can make it financially viable. And get back to my basic artwork, I haven't finished an oil painting last year, that got recognized with a second place in the Union County art show here in New Jersey. And I started that 140 years ago, I finished it last year, I want to create new things now. So I need to find the time to get back to my arts, work on some of my athletic ambitions and other crazy adventures, I have room in my system for off the wall things. So that's, that's where I'm at mentally and emotionally, so   Michael Hingson ** 55:52 well, and you continue to, to move forward, as I said before, which is, which is great, and you continue to clearly be as unstoppable as one can imagine. So what's ahead for you?   Robert Schott ** 56:05 Well, immediately, it's just keep doing great work and my day job, is that what you mean? And then just keep chipping away at the toy, you know, manage my expectation on the toy, keep finding avenues, because I can't work on it full time. Just find out what I can get done. And but aim bigger, you know, I need to think for think for a while on what's the best bigger hits that I can get to make it come really to life. And in fact, this morning, I prove the banner I'm going to bring to the media and the toy vendor showcase that illustrates the future of the toy. And what I mean by as I've got five phases of development, that take it from a single size eight by 12 inch panel that connects with others, to 16 different sizes, and four different palettes of colors. And eventually, mechanical elements like pulleys and levers and drawing and graphic applications to the panels and maybe even LED lighting. So I'm paying you to picture the future so others can see it with me, you know, I, what I've got today isn't really describing what it could become. And I want to make sure people understand that.   Michael Hingson ** 57:19 Yeah, and I think as I said a minute ago, doing some writing about it really composing some things and putting it out in places might very well be helpful and actually lend a lot to credibility, I think people need to be drawn into your vision and why you can only do so much of that with an actual model of the toy, writing, talking about it, speaking about it, having slides that show it in action, whatever, I think those are things that will help pull people in to realize what visionary ideas you have. And it'll be interesting to see what happens when it goes into the, to the free play area and the museum and how all that works. Yeah, and I because that's gonna lend a lot of support to what you're doing.   Robert Schott ** 58:10 I completely agree on the visibility through my own initiatives, whether you know, certainly joining you, but other situations like this I'm going to pursue, we're going into a little higher gear on our social media, visibility of the product with examples and videos, and I've got social media influencers creating content. So I'm in a big content build phase, but I like the idea of the writing side. It's right now it could be you know, reflections of what I've learned about childhood development and, and free play. And even though I'm a novice, I have something to say and point people to where they can learn more. In fact, when I, when I go to the Showcase, I'm putting up something into the showcase gift bag for all the media is going to include a rolled up window poster, and then two sheets that describe both products. And there'll be QR codes that lead those who see my sheet, to the studies by Mattel, Melissa and Doug and a survey I've started on for parents to take to tell me about what their children's play patterns are today. It's an open survey and I'm encouraging all parents with children, four to 11 to complete it that helps inform me about what current children are doing and what they need next.   Michael Hingson ** 59:34 When can you get some photos of kids actually playing with the toys?   Robert Schott ** 59:38 I've got? I've got a bunch of photos new one came in today, but I probably have you know 50 or 60 photos and videos saying some videos putting some of that I would think past to be helped them Yeah, most importantly I want those that content from strangers. You know, I don't want you know Exactly right. And there's some beautiful things coming in Michael I, I did some street fairs in the spring. And I'm going to do one more in Cranford in October. And I set up a play space for the kids, I invite them to play. And the spirit of what I created shows up, you know, one kid joins in, and then three more come by, and then they're all playing together, and they're creating things. But there's surprises like, I think they can build walls. But all of a sudden, this kid takes all the sticks that hold the walls together and makes a sword out of it. And another kid takes the walls and built a ramp down off the table with a structure that he engineered to run his cars down it. There's all this innovation is what this is about. And the kids are showcasing it at the street fair. So I've got all those photos too.   Michael Hingson ** 1:00:45 That's great well, and put them out. I mean, that's those are all cool things. I want to thank you for being here. And I'm excited for you. And I'm excited by what's going to happen. And I look forward to hearing more about it. So definitely keep us in your and on your email list. But one of these days, we'll get back there to visit. But I really hope that it all goes well for you and that this will catch on soon, and people will start to get really excited about what you're doing. And I agree, I think it's really interesting that although you intended it as walls on the house, kids are doing a lot more with it and so much the better that they do. Yeah, future engineers.   Robert Schott ** 1:01:25 And you know, the, the key selling point about it, and a couple of them is that it integrates and connects to Lego. It connects with connects, you can put Avery removable papers that you run through your printer to make wallpapers and you can draw on it with Expo markers. And the best part is you can collapse it back down into the box in like no time flat. Parents love that you can put it away into a little box.   Michael Hingson ** 1:01:52 That's not messy when you do that. No, just   Robert Schott ** 1:01:55 don't think that the pick pick up the little clips because they hurt your feet just like little Lego. That's fair. Yeah, Michael, thanks.   Michael Hingson ** 1:02:05 This has really been fun. Well, you're absolutely welcome. And this has been great. I really appreciate that we finally got a chance to do this. And you need to come back in a little while and let us know how it's going and tell us about the adventure because it clearly is an adventure. And I hope that you listening have enjoyed this. If people want to reach out to learn more about you what you're doing and so on. Robert, how do they do that?   Robert Schott ** 1:02:28 Well, I just set up a new email address yesterday morning to Robert dot Schott S C H O T T  at bopt Inc. It's B O P T inc.com. And little funny there Mike, I'll close with this. I named my company bopt because I was told it's how I spelled my name when I was four years old. There you go. From Robert to Bob to Bobt But two weeks ago, I was going through a folder my mom left for me my drawings from when I was five. Just two weeks ago I saw these for the first time and I discovered I actually spelled my name B O P P T and my sister said, well don't worry about it. Robert, you can just say Bobt is the nickname for the longer version B O P P T   Michael Hingson ** 1:03:19 so it's Robert dot Schott or just Robert Schott. Robert dot Schott at S C H O T T  at B O P T.com. Yeah, well, great. Well, please reach out to Robert. We've got some social media links and other things that are in the cover notes. Please send me a picture of Abraham Lincoln that will be fun to add in anything else that you want us to put in there. We definitely want to do and be supportive of you. And thank you for listening. I'd love to hear what you all think. Please feel free to email me Michaelhi at accessibe A C C E S S I B E. I can spell.com or go to our podcast page www dot Michael Hingson h i n g s o n.com/podcast. We'd love to hear from you. And Robert, for you and for you listening if you know anyone else who want to be a guest on unstoppable mindset. You've heard a lot of the stories that people tell you heard Robert today. We'd love to hear from you about people, you know, who ought to come on unstoppable mindset as well. So please let us know. Please give us introductions. We appreciate it. And so once more. Robert, I want to thank you for being here. And we really appreciate your time late in the evening in New Jersey. You get in the spring   **Michael Hingson ** 1:04:43 You have been listening to the Unstoppable Mindset podcast. Thanks for dropping by. I hope that you'll join us again next week, and in future weeks for upcoming episodes. To subscribe to our podcast and to learn about upcoming episodes, please visit www dot Michael hingson.com slash podcast. Michael Hingson is spelled m i c h a e l h i n g s o n. While you're on the site., please use the form there to recommend people who we ought to interview in upcoming editions of the show. And also, we ask you and urge you to invite your friends to join us in the future. If you know of any one or any organization needing a speaker for an event, please email me at speaker at Michael hingson.com. I appreciate it very much. To learn more about the concept of blinded by fear, please visit www dot Michael hingson.

Tune in to listen to me and Rachel's journey as the co-founders of Boba 4 Books, a student-led organization that provides educational resources to underserved youth. We also share our advice and insight for students interested in creating their own passion projects or initiatives! If you want to learn more about Boba 4 Books, feel free to check out our Instagram (@boba4books) or send us an email (boba4books@gmail.com). Shoutout to my wonderful team—Sarika, Arna, & Nekeisha :) Feel free to get in touch with us! Study Break's Instagram: @thestudybreakpodcast Angelina's Instagram: @aangelinamo Rachel's Instagram: @xiaoyannhuang --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/studybreakpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/studybreakpodcast/support

Lean Coffee is a fantastic tool to enable co-creating meaningful dialogue with those impacted by the change by letting them decide what they would like to discuss.Lean Coffee is a good practice that brings a simple, democratic structure to unstructured meetings too.Sarika, host of Perspectives of Change show, has been inviting practitioners to the Perspectives of Change show. She invited Jehaan to the July 2023 Disrupt Unleash Co-create Learning Series “Lean Coffee and Change” for Jehaan to share her experience experimenting and facilitating Lean Coffee's in her context. Jehaan onboarded her journey of Lean Change Management the last year 2022. She has been the driving force behind a number of Lean Coffee's in her context. Jehaan Ghaseeta, agile coach, shares from her experiments with Lean coffee what has worked well for her, what challenges has she seen during the journey and some advice too for those wanting to experiment with Lean coffee for the first time.More about Jehaan at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jehaan-naailah/Subscribe to YouTube channelSubscribe to new podcast channel SpodKast

Hiii!! I am SO excited to share this first episode with you all. Tune in to listen to me and my friend Susan share advice on how to discover and explore your interests throughout high school. Also, shoutout to my wonderful team of editors—Sarika, Arna, & Nekeisha :) --- Feel free to get in touch with us! Study Break Podcast on Instagram and TikTok: @thestudybreakpodcast Angelina's Instagram: @aangelinamo Susan's Instagram: @susanjjiang --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/studybreakpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/studybreakpodcast/support

Join us on a captivating voyage of spirituality and self-discovery as we delve into "Embarking On A Fool's Journey,". In this soul-stirring episode, we are thrilled to welcome our esteemed guest, Sarika Bhardwaj, an accomplished author, certified coach, and theta-healing practitioner. Sarika's mission is to uplift consciousness and transform lives by empowering individuals to embrace their true selves and discover the power of "self-presence." Get ready to explore the Fool's Journey, a path of infinite possibilities and personal growth. Throughout the episode, we'll uncover the transformative power of spirituality and how it can bring a profound sense of purpose and fulfillment to our lives. Sarika will share her wisdom, experiences, and guidance, offering practical insights on how to tap into our inner wisdom and harness our intuition to make empowered choices. Tune in and be prepared to challenge perceptions, expand your consciousness, and embark on a journey of profound transformation, guided by the wisdom and expertise of our incredible guest, Sarika Bhardwaj. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In honor of Father's Day.. we figured we'd look into our DNA!   I've been wanting to take a DNA test since they came out, so I figured it'd be fun to do it on the air while we record.  These DNA kits can help fill in the picture of where your ancestors came from.  Two friends and I ordered a kit from Ancestry.com  We got our results and *tried* to wait until this recording before taking a look.  It was definitely fun, and in some cases VERY interesting! I'm not sponsored by them, but Ancestry.com is having a sale right now, and you can get a kit for $59 if you order before June 18th, 2023!  (They're normally $99, but they go on sale around Black Friday too) Special thanks to Alan and Sarika, who agreed to take the tests and reveal their results with me on the air.   As I always mention, you can write to us at: infatuasianpodcast@gmail.com, and please follow us on Instagram and Facebook @theinfatuasianpodcast  Please follow us wherever you get your podcasts.  We could use your ratings and reviews over at Apple. And now Spotify! Our Theme: “Super Happy J-Pop Fun-Time” by Prismic Studios was arranged and performed by All Arms Around  #ancestry #dnatest #23andme #bioinformatics #asianpodcast #asian #asianamerican #infatuasian #infatuasianpodcast #aapi #veryasian  #asianamericanpodcaster #asianauthor #representationmatters  

FIND YOUR SOULMATE IN 90 DAYS That's the promise of "The 90-Day Soulmate Plan: Get Out of Your Own Way and Attract the Higher Love You Deserve" a new book by Sarika Jain. Sarika is a Love Strategist & NYC Dating Expert and she's joining me today at 12:30 to talk about how to find your special someone. Find her book here.

Are young adults becoming more lost looking for love? Willie talks with Sarika Jane from ProsperityOhio.com about why we are having trouble finding the one, and how we can fix that.

Are young adults becoming more lost looking for love? Willie talks with Sarika Jane from ProsperityOhio.com about why we are having trouble finding the one, and how we can fix that.

Sarika Jain is a love strategist, dating coach, and author whose book is titled: "The 90-Day Soulmate Plan: Get Out of Your Own Way and Attract the High Love You Deserve."  Sarika also leads workshops, coaching individuals about self-love, mindful dating, and relationship skills. Sarika shares a quote from Rumi at the beginning of her book, telling us a great deal:  "You are searching the world for treasure, but the real treasure is yourself." And in this wisdom, Sarika lives and works and shares with us. www.sarikajain.com

When thinking about global development, toilets are not the first thing that comes to mind. But facilitating access to toilets for everyone has surprising benefits for health, nutrition, safety, education and the economy. In this episode, Sarika Saluja, General Manager of the World Toilet Organisation, explains why universal access to toilets is more important than we'd think, why even governments are not sufficiently aware of that and how the situation has been improving over the last years. Hosted by Ed Crasnick and Jonathan Widder; edited by Mathias Warzecha Questions: (00:4:17) Introduction of Sarika (00:5:00) Whats the World Toilet Organisation and what do they do? (00:7:52) Wow do we get a different view about this issue? (00:10:20) Why is the design of Toilettes different all around the world? (00:11:55) Why is access to toiletts more important than medicine? (00:13:52) Are governments aware about this important problems? (00:15:12) Whats the 6 sustainable development goals? (00:16:10) Why do people, especially women, in developing countries stop eating and drinking in the evening? (00:18:32) What leads to sanitation issues? (00:21:43) India has made significant progress in recent years by constructing over 111 million toilets? (00:23:08) The program in India is the biggest program by a government in the world? (00:24:08) How do job opportunities in India increase due to toilets? (00:25:50) What is the World Toilette Colleague? (00:29:08) When do you think everyone in the World will have access to a toilette? Stories discussed Half of India couldn't access a toilet 5 years ago. Modi built 110M latrines – but will people use them? CNN World Toilet Organisation Website Squirrel News Squirrel News is a free, curated news service. Find our more about Squirrel News on our website or read our latest news. Download our app or subscribe to our newsletter. Please donate now to help us continue our work.

Éliminée aux portes de la demi-finale, Sarika revient sur son parcours avant d'intégrer les cuisines de l'émission. Comment Top Chef et Objectif Top Chef ont changé sa vie, comment s'est-elle lancée dans la cuisine et quels sont ses futurs objectifs ? La candidate se livre pour le podcast RTL.

HR leaders play a pivotal role in guiding their organizations towards strategic growth. This is particularly true when it comes to navigating the complexities of rapid growth and M&A integration where prioritizing culture and people can be the difference between success and failure. Sarika Lamont, Vice President of People & Culture at Vidyard, shares the crucial steps HR leaders can take to ensure seamless integration and drive results. She explains how she takes a proactive approach to people leadership, breaks down silos, and challenges herself to think differently to enable a new vision for the future.   For the entire interview, subscribe to HR Superstars on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. Or tune in on our website. Original podcast track produced by Entheo. Want to connect with thousands of other strategic HR leaders like you, join the HR Superstars Community! Listening on a desktop & can't see the links? Just search for HR Superstars in your favorite podcast player.*

Politics touches every aspect of our lives - curriculum we study, roads we drive, businesses we can setup, interest rates we get, and nowadays, even the dress we can wear and food we can eat.    But most of us keep away from politics saying one excuse or the other. And then we lament the state of the country.I am excited to discuss with a first generation politician Dr Sarika Verma about this topic. She is a practicing doctor and a spokesperson for AAP in Haryana. Even though my guest is from a particular political party, this episode is not about a particular ideology. We talk about politics in general and what we as common people can do to participate and improve politics in our country. Enjoy our conversation.What you'll hear (00:00) - Welcome (01:15) - How Dr Srika started in politics? (02:58) - Why Dr Sarika joined politics? (05:05) - Managing politics and other responsibilities (07:07) - Alternative to bigotry and corruption (09:18) - Common people should take a stand (12:22) - How can common people hold politicians accountable? (15:00) - Can politics & ethics go together? (18:11) - Can politics be a viable career option? (22:15) - Skills needed for politics (26:49) - How politicians have fun? (29:27) - Technology & Politics (32:10) - Kindest thing people have done (32:41) - Living a good life (33:09) - What is leadership & who has exhibited it? Connect with Dr Sarika Verma- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Drsarika005- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-sarika-verma-b8970734/- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AllergyDocIndia- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drsarika005/Connect with me Twitter: https://twitter.com/jjude LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jjude/ Website: https://jjude.com/ Newsletter: https://jjude.com/subscribe Youtube: https://youtube.com/gravitaswins Email: podcast@jjude.com Executive Coaching Program: https://gravitaswins.com Your feedback countsThank you for listening. If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple podcast or on YouTube? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in finding this podcast. And it boosts my spirits.

It takes a lot of effort to create alignment. For teams to be successful, they need to feel accountable. Telling them so is not going to get them to own up to it. Give them the space they need to co-create and continuously evolve their way of working.A team agreement is a great place to start for any team!Link to my article on Co-creating Team agreements on the Management 3.0 website - includes the Team agreement template toohttps://management30.com/blog/team-agreements/Link to the Personal Maps practice from Management 3.0 (SpodKast coming soon on this practice too)https://management30.com/practice/personal-maps/Link to my article on Conflict Management (SpodKast coming soon on this article too)https://management30.com/blog/workplace-conflict-management/Subscribe to YouTube channelSubscribe to new podcast channel SpodKast

Jason starts the show by discussing First Citizens acquiring SVB's assets (2:03) before diving into a Reddit post detailing how generative AI changed a 3D artist's job overnight (9:09). Jason wraps by interviewing Sarika Bajaj, the CEO, and Co-founder of Refiberd, as she dives into the reality of the recycling process, how they are using spectroscopy to recycle textiles, and more (20:28)! (0:00) Jason kicks off the show (2:03) A breakdown of First Citizens' purchase of SVB (8:05) Vanta - Get $1000 off your SOC 2 at https://vanta.com/twist (9:09) Reddit Post: A radical change for 3D artists  (18:59) LinkedIn Marketing - Get a $100 LinkedIn ad credit at https://linkedin.com/thisweekinstartups (20:28) Sarika Bajaj, CEO of Refiberd joins Jason  (21:00) What happens to our textiles?  (25:20) Refiberd's solution (30:31) Solving for inefficiencies in the recycling process  (38:05) Brilliant.org - Get 20% off an annual subscription at http://brilliant.org/twist (39:33) The state of recycling today (49:23) Raising capital in today's market  (54:25) Navigating gate SVB collapse  FOLLOW Sarika: https://refiberd.com/  FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis Subscribe to our YouTube to watch all full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkkhmBWfS7pILYIk0izkc3A?sub_confirmation=1 FOUNDERS! Subscribe to the Founder University podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/founder-university/id1648407190

Where should I go this year? It's our favorite question—and (we hope) yours! For our annual where to go list, we handpicked 12 unique destinations, from the Great Lakes to Tasmania. We offer ideas for every type of traveler, whether you want to bicycle along Prince Edward Island's new Island Walk, eat seafood and listen to music in the Brazilian city of Salvador, or appreciate art and architecture in the United Arab Emirates' Sharjah. In this episode, we're unpacking the list with AFAR editorial director Sarika Bansal, deputy editor Tim Chester, and freelancer travel writer Ashlea Halpern. The three also weigh in on travel trends for 2023, the realities of traveling with little kids, and other tips for making 2023 your best travel year yet. Read more at https://afar.com/wtg2023. And don't forget to follow our editors: Sarika: https://www.instagram.com/sarika008/ Ashlea: https://www.instagram.com/ashleahalpern Tim: https://www.instagram.com/timchester

When religion and sex come together, particularly in South Asian communities, guilt, shame, patriarchy, and talks of honor and cleanliness aren't far behind. Dr. Sarika Persaud, a PsyD who specializes in issues of sexuality, Tantra, and Vedanta joins TDS to break down those misconceptions, have a meaningful conversation on how the two can coexist, define the tantric practice, and give listeners some food for thought.   Follow Sarika on Instagram at @doctor.samosa and follow TDS at @thatdesispark on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter!

Organizations spend a great deal of resources to drive top-of-funnel activities and engage prospects. But once a customer is ready to buy, the process for signing a contract and paying an invoice can sometimes be a horrible experience.In this episode of the Revenue Engine podcast, Sarika Garg, the CEO and Co-Founder of Cacheflow, shares how B2B companies can provide a seamless experience from proposal to payment to truly optimize the customer experience!This episode is brought to you by Growth Forum - sign up for 30-days free, use the code: GROW30

It's a big group on this week's podcast. Sisters Kat and Nicole, along with friend Sarika joined forces to create 21Seeds tequila. “2” symbolizing the sisters, and “1” symbolizing a friend. These three female founders are a force. Honing her storytelling chops at CAA and in television and film, in her spare time, Kat was known for infusing tequilas in her Brita pitcher and her concoctions were a huge hit with friends. Her sister Nicole worked in finance before life took a turn to tequila, working for companies like Refinery 29 and Angel List. And Sarika had long worked in food, helping to develop everything from probiotic chocolate to quinoa and seaweed snacks. Each armed with a killer skill set that created the best breadth of knowledge amongst the three co-founders, they launched and sold 21 Seeds in a mere three years. Now part of the Diagio group of beverage alcohol, 21Seeds offers three flavors of supremely smooth tequila that is clean and natural and requires little to no mixing; an alternative to fermented wine and beer, something that Kat had been looking to move away from. We discuss all the details behind their incredible story, how a psychic in India predicted it all, and how they work together as a team. They share the details of the steps they took to launch their brand, how they cultivated creation, how Mexico inspires, and some insights into their proprietary process. They share a ton of valuable entrepreneurial advice and how the customer experience is of paramount importance to them. We talk about how and why 21Seeds has transformed the way people think about tequila, how it elevates in its brand experience, how they rose to serve a growing need, and how they are totally inspiring trailblazers. This conversation serves up a large dose of the beauty in what is possible. On to episode 114 with Kat, Nicole and Sarika of 21Seeds. Shop the podcast: 21Seeds.com21Seeds Grapefruit Hibiscus Tequila21Seeds Cucumber Jalapeno Tequila21Seeds Valencia Orange TequilaThirteenLune.comFarmRio dressWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

“If your heart is broken, I urge you not to waste it.” – Sarika Jain In 2012, Sarika Jain was living a life similar to that of her clients today: she was a “smart, professional, go-getter” woman on Wall Street seeking to find love. But after a broken engagement that left her heartbroken and disillusioned with life, she realized she needed deeper, spiritual healing. “It was time to let go of all the things I thought I knew about love, dating, and relationships, and begin a powerful new inner journey of profound healing and transformation,” she realized. True to her later advice, she didn’t waste her heartbreak. She embarked on a journey of self-love and true self-acceptance. That journey took her through, among other things, Awakin meditation circles, where she would meet the man who eventually became her life partner, Krishan Patel. She didn’t stop at just marrying her life partner, but also crossed a bigger milestone: “marrying one’s own self.” Through her work of self-transformation, she came across the great leaders of history. What was their relationship with self-doubt? “They take a leap of faith in themselves,” Sarika observed, leading her to do just that for herself. From a well settled career as a management consultant, Sarika Jain decided to take a leap of faith and follow her dream: inspiring women to live the lives they’ve dreamed of - experiencing profound love, success and fulfillment. Sarika is a love, relationship and dating coach and the author of an upcoming book, The 90 Day Soulmate Plan: Get Out of Your Own Way and Attract the Higher Love You Deserve. While a quick reaction about love coaching may feel like it’s about making oneself more appealing to attract the partner of one’s dreams, Sarika’s entire focus is on inner transformation. She has applied a deeply psycho-spiritual lens in the realm of personal relationships. How do we cultivate ourselves to be joyful and complete? How do we heal the wounds of incompleteness and the grief of unresolved heartbreaks and past hurts? Instead of changing oneself to be attractive to another, she focuses on helping people stop getting in the way of their most authentic self. Her unique approach encompasses everything from uncovering relationship patterns and closing one’s “Ex Files” to practicing self-love and mindfulness in relationships. And although her primary early motivation was to help women, her work helps both women and men. Sarika walks the edge of inner transformation, leaning into interpersonal struggles and mining the gold from them. The relatability of her approach, the clarity of her message, and the power of her values has led to some calling her a “Relationship Sorceress.” In her personal life, Sarika focuses on creating a conscious, joyful partnership with Krishan and a healthy home for her two daughters (with a third on the way!) as well as building a sacred community around her, which she views as an extension of cultivating her Love Garden. Through the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh and her involvement with various volunteer communities, she has evolved her understanding of love – centering around the concepts of interbeing, mindfulness and service. Her underlying passion is around healing the relationship between men and women and “creating a future of peace for the children of the world” by ending generational trauma and creating healthy family units. Sarika’s professional journey includes 15 years in the corporate world. It has been more than a decade since she made the conscious decision to connect with the song of her heart. Sarika is a student of yoga, energy healing, psychology, feminine spirituality, and relationships and has studied Life Centered Therapy with licensed clinical psychologist Dr. Andy Hahn. She has an undergraduate degree in Computer Science & Engineering from University of Pennsylvania, an MBA from The Wharton School, and has worked at Bain & Co., Merrill Lynch and the World Bank. Sarika lives with her husband, Krishan, and two daughters in New Jersey, and leads a playful, passionate life. Join us in conversation with this votary of healthy love -- a love that is enabled by self-acceptance and inner transformation.

In Episode 289, I sit down with three co-founders of the Harvard Undergraduate Disability Justice Club; Emma, Sarika and Melissa, as they share with me their passion for disability justice but also how inaccessible Harvard can be.  They share with me why they started HUDJC, some inaccessibility they've each faced on campus + so much more.  This one is really cool and important!  Enjoy!    You can connect with HUDJC here: https://linktr.ee/harvardhudj    Apply now to be on Disability After Dark by e-mailing disabilityafterdarkpod@gmail.com or going to this link:   https://calendly.com/disabilityafterdarkpod/disabilityafterdark    Pre-order your Bump'n Joystick RIGHT NOW, or get a gift card for a friend at www.getbumpn.com    Hire Kristen Williams for disability centric therapy by e-mailing kristen.williams10@gmail.com    You can buy DISABILITY AFTER DARK themed MERCH HERE.   

Devin: What do you see as your superpower?Sarika: I think my superpower is being a scientist but thinking beyond that label as a box.Sarika Khanwilkar is an evolutionary biologist working on her Ph.D. at Columbia University. Ph.D. students are almost all overworked. It is a high-stress job, much more so than the student life we experience in undergraduate studies.Starting a NonprofitThat pressure hasn’t stopped her from starting a nonprofit, Wild Tiger, to save the endangered cats in India.Sarika launched her nonprofit after starting research for graduate school in India. Sarika’s father was born in India and had taken her to visit the country before. Her first trip as a professional gave her a new perspective.“I went to rural India, and I saw tigers. But I also, most importantly, saw how people are living with tigers and the challenges that come along with that,” she says.The challenges of living among tigers lead too frequently to tragedy.“Those challenges had been missing from a lot of the narrative that we in the United States have about tiger conservation,” Sarika says. She also saw success. “What I was seeing on the ground when I went there was impactful work happening by locally-led small organizations.” Adding, “These locally-run organizations were doing amazing, amazing work with communities, with tigers, with wildlife.”Wild Tiger was Sarika’s way of helping these on-the-ground nonprofits fund their work. In addition to raising funds, she tries to help when her research takes her back to India. She provides scientific support, helps in data collection, data analysis and guidance on whether interventions are working.Stopping Human-Wildlife ConflictIn India, Sarika sees conflict less as an academic problem to be researched but as a crisis that requires immediate resources to end.“I visited this man whose wife had died, who had been mauled by a tiger while out collecting firewood,” she says, citing just one example of the human-tiger challenges Indians face.Still, Sarika approaches her work as a scientist. “We were finding that there were certain livelihood patterns, you could say, such as collecting firewood, which increases the risk of people getting attacked by tigers or leopards.”“It is mostly women and children who are burdened with collecting firewood and cooking at home,” she says. They are the ones at risk of encountering a tiger.The motivation for collecting firewood complicates the issues with addressing this pattern. It is used primarily as a cooking fuel, meaning that to tell them to stop would be as absurd as telling the tiger not to eat.The second pattern of human-tiger conflict involves toileting, or more correctly, defecating without the benefit of a toilet. If there isn’t a clean, accessible toilet in your home or village, finding a quiet place in the forest is your best bet.Bending over to collect firewood and crouching to do your business put you in a similar position—eye-level to a hungry tiger who now may see you as prey.“Tiger conservation is not just about saving tigers,” Sarika concludes. “It’s just not easy to live with tigers.”“One of the reasons tigers have been able to survive in India so long is because people have had a great tolerance for this conflict,” she says. “Part of that comes from the religious symbolism of animals and the tiger. The tiger is a God.”Sarika shared some of the work that the organizations her Wild Tiger nonprofit supports.Tiger Research and Conservation Trust has been working on several aspects, including educating people on avoiding interaction with tigers and monitoring village areas for tiger movements. Critically, the organization has been helping people access liquid propane as an alternative cooking fuel.Loss Wilderness Foundations works closely with indigenous communities to create livelihoods. They help villagers make and sell jewelry and serve as tour guides in the forest.In all this work, Sarika has been burnishing her superpower, an ability to think outside the box as a scientist.To support this vital work, subscribe.How to Develop Thinking Outside the Box As a Scientist As a SuperpowerSarika wants to shake things up in science.The public has defined scientists, she says, as being white men who publish in peer-reviewed journals. To make matters worse, she feels the public distrusts science. “As a scientist, that’s kind of a bummer.”She sees an opportunity for some changes. “I think having scientists communicate directly with the public and be more of public figures and public leaders in life, in general, would be would be nice.”She wants to see science contextualized and realized more fully:What I'm really passionate about is doing better science. What I mean by that is not only allowing more diverse perspectives to do science, that is to study and to pursue it as a career and actually become scientists but also like when we're doing science, I think we need to be a lot more cognizant of how, we're impacting the people that we're collecting data on or the people who own the land where we are collecting data—and then the impact of our data.When scientists’ work has policy implications, she’d like to see scientists take a more prominent role in advocating for the implied policy changes. Otherwise, she says, “they’re just empty words on paper.”She is hopeful that change can happen. She notes that despite public distrust of science, scientists are well regarded. “There’s a general trust overall of a person who is a scientist.”She has two specific points she hopes the scientific world will implement further. First, she encourages scientists to commit to a field and stay with it, allowing them time to advocate for and see change realized within their focus areas.Second, she wants to see scientists pause before jumping into fieldwork to take time to get to know the people in the impacted communities. “Making conversations and genuine collaboration a part of every work would be, I think, really great.”Even if you are not a scientist, there is value in committing to your work and looking for policies that leaders can implement to support your cause and then advocating for those policies. This approach can become a superpower you to use for good. 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In this episode, we're sitting down with Sarika Khanwilkar, founder of the non-profit Wild Tiger, a PhD student at Columbia University, and a tiger expert. Sarika discovered her passion for tigers during an internship studying human-tiger conflict in central India through TRACT, a well-known tiger conservation organization led by her aunt and uncle. She returned to the US a changed woman and decided to dedicate her life to tiger conservation. In keeping with that theme, Sarika recently published a paper examining the US' role in the illegal trade of tiger parts, and oh my, is it interesting. Sarika teaches us all about the illegal tiger trade in the US, the conservation of wild tigers in India, and the actions we can take to protect this phenomenal cat. If you're liking the show, please hit the follow button and share with someone you think would enjoy this episode. Sharing is the best way to help the show grow! Check out the new Rewildology merch shop! https://rewildology.com/shop/ See full show notes at rewildology.com.Recording gear provided by Focusrite: https://focusrite.com/en/usb-audio-interface/scarlett/scarlett-solo-studioDiscover more ways to watch, listen, and interact: https://linktr.ee/RewildologyJoin the Rewildologists Community Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/rewildologistsFollow RewildologyInstagram: https://instagram.com/rewildology/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rewildologyFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/rewildologyTwitter: https://twitter.com/rewildologyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxNVIeC0km8ZGK_1QPy7-iA