Ep 39 w/ Pooja Goyal - Does your ‘Strategy for Work’ align with your ‘Strategy for Life’?

Attitude Makeover

For episode number 39, I’ve got with me the wonderful Pooja Goyal, co-founder and COO at Avishkaar (her third company). An engineer from IIT Delhi, with an MBA from INSEAD, France, she is a serial entrepreneur, and now an angel investor and advisor to many startups and entrepreneurs.

She’s a through-and-through framework person, as I call it. Someone who strongly believes and strives to build something meaningful via sustained consistent efforts over a long period of time. In this conversation, we touch upon the frameworks of 'strategy of work' and its integration into the 'strategy of life' while discussing the nuances of emotional quotient and world dynamics.

Drawing from personal experience of failing at her first startup, we understand the dynamics of all the factors behind any career process. While on the topic of normalising squiggly careers today and generational differences, she talks about her measurement metrics with happiness and "what's important for you" topping the list. The big question we look to tackle in this episode is: Does your ‘Strategy for Work’ align with your ‘Strategy for Life’?

She interestingly delves deep into the balance of the 'Four Quadrants', design thinking, and her touch and go with the Superwoman Syndrome. We talk about time demarcation, insecurities, financial freedom, empathising with yourself and putting purpose and priority in perspectives.

As a voracious reader herself, there are a lot of Easter eggs for all your bibliophiles in this one. But beyond that, we get in the lens of self-discovery and reflection and all that could help one incorporate meaningful mindsets in the process of everyday life while embracing endless possibilities.

Frameworks can frame our big picture in the most comprehensive and achievable ways, and for all those who believe that "Stepping back and zooming out to think about what's important is very necessary sometimes." - this episode is a must for you!

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