Rendezvous with The Mindset Maiden: Recent Episodes

Patricia Gaekwad

From life lessons to inspirational notes. From candid conversations to motivational quotes. From interesting insights to fun and no sweat. A platform to help Women and Youth develop a growth mindset! You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman, you educate a generation ~Brigham Young . Conversations when done effectively, have the power to create bonds between people that can fuel the relationship going forward. I sincerely hope, through this podcast, I am able to facilitate genuine heartfelt conversations through deep reflecting questions and make this platform magical!

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As I wrap-up my rendezvous with Saira, Saro and Robert on risk taking, failures and the lessons learnt.

PS: Listen to their intro on the teaser podcast along with their brief bio in the description.

Key learnings from this episode:

  1. Embrace failure, gather the pieces and move ahead. Never give up.

  2. Allow yourself to be vulnerable. Embrace your vulnerabilities and reach out to people around you. You cannot win this alone.

  3. Take small risks and conquer which will help you develop the mindset to take bigger risks.

  4. If you aim high, you will achieve more than you would have done if you settled for average.

  5. Step out of your comfort zone and take the plunge. Cater to your strengths and ensure your soul is happy.

  6. Your environment should support your risk taking ability. So ensure you have a strong support system who will help you along your journey.

Tips to our listeners on how to cope with these uncertain, trying times:

  1. Pause, Reflect, Remember... this will rejuvenate your spirits

  2. Be human, break down your barriers, throw away the mask so you become approachable and people can reach out to you.

  3. Have faith, things will work out eventually.

  4. Have a listening head and a feeling heart.

  5. Count your blessings and give copious amount of gratitude with a full heart into the Universe.

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As I continue my rendezvous with the awesome threesome on their leadership journey and their role models, I felt an even deeper connection.  That is what personal stories does, it opens a personal connection between different people. 

PS: Listen to their intro on the teaser podcast along with their brief bio in the description.

Key learnings from this episode:

  1. Make the most of whatever opportunities come your way.

  2. Work together as a family unit in a selfless manner to live a productive life.

  3. Focus on the good traits in an individual and the good you can extract from every individual.

  4. Empathy is a key trait to be a great leader.

  5. Give weightage to an individuals opinion, don't disregard what someone close to you has to say.

  6. Have a people first mind-set if you want to see results.  Learn to collaborate and develop a trust to co-create.  This is far better than when you try to do things by self.  

  7. Believe in yourself. 

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In today's episode I am having a rendezvous with 3 veteran Toastmasters who are amazing mentors. We look closer at mentoring including mentor approaches and motivations.   

PS:  Listen to their intro on the teaser podcast along with their brief bio.

Key learnings from this episode:

  1. As mentors, establish a relationship/friendship and understand their purpose/objective, the areas where they are looking to develop and grow.

  2. Take personal interest in your mentee(s) and invest in the relationship.

  3. Mentoring is a two-way process where both mentors and mentees learn from each other.

  4. Have a listening head and a feeling heart .  Sometimes a person only needs to be heard and may not be looking for an advise.

  5. Onus is on both parties to keep the relationship going.

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On my upcoming episode I will have a Rendezvous with 3 incredibly talented people with an absolute heart of gold.  When they come under one roof there is bound to be all the ROFL moments :-) Saira Ranj, Winner of Online Speakers Summit 2020, Founder of DSO Gavel Club, an NLP Coach, a certified Communicator and Leader from Toastmasters USA. At the age of 14, she sold her first artwork at an auction held at the Dubai International Art Centre. Over the years, Saira has won several accolades in art, conducted workshops in portrait painting and held live painting sessions. She is the founder of CreateIt, an avant-garde skill development centre based in Bahrain so #CreativityIsInHerVeins. Wearing multiple hats this free spirited Artist cum Writer has published articles in Young Times, UAE’s leading daily youth magazine, and has been featured in the publication 101 Artists Toastmasters Around the World.  A third culture kid from Dubai, she currently resides in Bahrain. Saro Tharyan, a passionate cook, a globe trotter, an empathetic leader holding a Bachelors degree in Sociology. She has been a member of Toastmasters International since 2012 and has done several leadership roles with panache. She is also the Counselor of Emirates Gavel Club in Dubai. Just like fine wine – classy, bold - she gets better with age and sees aging as a natural progression that brings, growth, knowledge, experience and understanding. Robert Devotta, a native of Chennai, India and a marine engineer by profession. He has been a Toastmaster for 7 years. Widely known throughout the UAE TM fraternity as an engaging and thoroughly entertaining MC for large events. Essayed the role of Humorous chair for District Toastmasters Annual Contest (DTAC) 2019 very successfully for a crowd of almost 1000 participants. He fell in love with the art of Improv in 2017.  Robert is the Founder and curator of Dubai Improv Tribe for the last 2 & ½ years. He has hosted several successful shows in UAE and lately hosted shows online  for audiences across the globe. He is Co-founder of the highly successful podcast ‘Unscripted with DIT’ - ranked #1 by Apple podcasts for Improv in the UAE. Someone who firmly believes that you’re never too old to learn something new. Stay tuned!

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Over the course of years, Samir has brought together people from different spheres of life to have engaging conversations, as well as exchange of knowledge and ideas.  Hence no surprises he is my first guest, who better than to have a conversation with the Awesome Conversationalist himself. An Awesome Walker who literally  walks the talk, who creates a difference in the communities that we live in by doing what he does, and doing it with a huge scoop of awesomeness!  He has the fire within him to "Make Conversations Happen".   He truly believes in making a difference, confirmed by the fact that he created the comfort level for me as we started the conversation, since this is my first time into podcasting and creating "The Mindset Maiden" platform. Samir Geepee is a Life Coach to Leaders and Change makers who aspire to make a difference and take the human race forward. Beyond the podcast, you can connect with him at www.samirgeepee.com PS: You will notice how nervous I was hosting my first podcast. My neural pathways were surely consumed by anxiety over the forthcoming conversation. I have to brush the thought aside :-) and focus on my purpose & the intent of creating this podcast - to make a difference and create a positive impact on as many lives as I can. Life is a game, Play it; Life is a challenge, Meet it; Life is an opportunity, Capture it. Signing off with love and gratitude. Follow me on Instagram #themindsetmaiden

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About Me Until 2017 if anyone had to tell me that I would be speaking on stage, hosting events, performing on stage, hosting a podcast interview... I would have just laughed out loud and said "yeah right"! For as long as I can remember, public speaking was always at the top of my short “fear list”.  I never did anything about it. I unnecessarily allowed my fear of public speaking intensify over the years which prevented me from achieving my potential.  With some deep diving I realized my own fear of public speaking was career limiting. So in June 2017 I joined the Toastmasters Program.  This was a complete game changer for me. True to the motto of my home club, T-G-I-S (Think-Grow-Inspire-and Succeed) Toastmasters Cllub, from the onset the club provided me with every leadership and speaking opportunities to become a better and a more confident speaker. The more I practiced, the more comfortable I became with speaking in front of an audience From “I am afraid of speaking in front of the club audience” to co-hosting a Division contest in front of hundreds of people in 2018. Not only speak but I also did a catwalk and danced to Uptown funk post break just to ensure the audience were entertained throughout… now that’s progress don’t you think? Who would have ever thought that this shy person who suffered anxiety pangs every time her name was called on stage would stand on the stage in 2019 delivering a speech in front of the World Champion of Public Speaking – Ramona Smith. I am so glad I took that step to face my fear head on.  After all “Real Courage is not fearlessness, Real Courage is feeling the fear and doing it anyway”. Follow me on Instagram #themindsetmaiden