RK BODDU: Recent Episodes
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Welcome to RK Boddu's Podcast.
One stop podcast for all your career needs and self development journey.
Through this podcast, I wish to add value to the listeners with topics related to career guidance, career planning, self development and much more from time to time.
Part of career conversations podcast series, this episode shares an experience on whether education guarantee success or is education mandatory to succeed.
In this episode I discussed about the most common question from both children and parents and very intriguing i.e. is education mandatory to success or does education guarantee success. The discussion surrounds both and in favor of education and the opposite as well.
Emphasis on conveying the message to youngsters without letting them fall prey to an isolated percentage of success stories but rather be more practical in the approach.
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Part of career conversations podcast series, this episode shares an experience on how to navigate between career inclination and career choice.
In this episode I discussed about a child's inclination resulted in the choice eventually. But the journey to navigate is important which requires professional guidance and systematic process to make an informed career choice.
Emphasis on engaging with a professional career mentor or counselor to fulfill the career guidance requirement to navigate between the inclination and making a choice.
Part of career conversations podcast series, this episode shares an experience how important is having a balance between studies and health.
In this episode I discussed about how a student fully focused on studies while little attention to health which had eventually got her into trouble.
Emphasis on what is important? health & fitness? happiness & satisfaction? or only academics studies? How important it is to have balance between studies and health.
Part of career conversations podcast series, this episode shares an experience about child's aspiration vs the parent dilemma.
In this episode I discussed about a child who is truly futuristic career aspiration, but the parent having her own dilemma about the child's choice.
Emphasis on encouraging the child's aspiration at the same time seeing through the practical viability and making sure the plan is equipped with a fall back career options.
Part of career conversations video series, this video shares an experience how familiarity breeds contempt i.e. That which is near is not valued.
In this episode I discussed about my own experience with my child when i play a role of career mentor, explaining the scenario typically how most children take their parents for granted which is kind of "That which is near is not valid".
Emphasis on engaging with a professional career mentor or counselor to fulfill the career guidance requirement irrespective of how knowledgeable the parent is, so that it enables both the child and parent to make an informed career decision.
This episode is all about my career counselling and mentoring experiences with students and parents. An interesting experience about a parent's situation where she was regretting her preferences imposed on her child which eventually proved as inappropriate career choice.
Each of these episodes are aimed to drive a message home for the listeners so that there is a value add hopefully it complements the thought process.
In this episode I discussed about a parent who is working in government sector and expecting her children also to choose government sector and one the top tier options as to pursue civil services as a career choice. But later she realized that it was not a well thought through choice made since the child is stuck without a direction. The parent started attributing this situation to Destiny or Fate. But later realizing that proper career planning ahead of time would yield good results. Emphasis on a structured way of nature to work mapping and career planning ahead of times. So that there is no mismatch or at least an informed career decision has been made so there is no friction or regret on a later date.
This episode is all about my career counselling and mentoring experiences with students and parents. An interesting experience about a students situation where she was warranted by her parents to choose between studies or home.
Each of these episodes are aimed to drive a message home for the listeners so that there is a value add hopefully it complements the thought process.
In this episode I discussed about an orthodox parents who are warranting their child to choose between studies or home. Certain belief systems still do exist where parents believe that girl child education as a taboo. Emphasis on awakening such parents and help the child to balance or find middle path without losing sight on the importance of parents, family and support system.
This episode is all about my career counselling and mentoring experiences with students and parents. An interesting experience about a students sliced between his parents expectations and his own aspirations.
Each of these episodes are aimed to drive a message home for the listeners so that there is a value add hopefully it complements the thought process.
In this episode I discussed about a parent whose expectations from the child is to become a "Maulvi" vs the child's aspiration of pursuing a career in banking and finance sector. Emphasis on how to make a win-win or middle path by weighing the options more practically rather going by the belief system.
This episode is all about my career counselling and mentoring experiences with students and parents. An interesting experience about a parents misconception about schools specially international schools.
Each of these episodes are aimed to drive a message home for the listeners so that there is a value add hopefully it complements the thought process.
In this episode I discussed about a parent who is of the opinion that an international school provides a high quality, high standard education but due to lack of awareness the parent admitted her child into CBSE curriculum in that so called international school. Emphasis on how to make that choice and not to just go by the naming convention.
This episode is all about my career counselling and mentoring experiences with students and parents. An interesting experience about the expectations of a parent on the child's career planning to be fast tracked.
Each of these episodes are aimed to drive a message home for the listeners so that there is a value add hopefully it complements the thought process.
In this episode I discussed about a parent expecting the career guidance, planning and preparing a student for the chosen career to be fast tracked. Emphasis on the importance of career research, profile building and preparation is a medium to long term journey and its unlikely to be fast tracked.
This episode is all about my career counselling and mentoring experiences with students and parents. An interesting experience about the parent who is expecting career guidance based on face reading or gut feel.
Each of these episodes are aimed to drive a message home for the listeners so that there is a value add hopefully it complements the thought process.
In this episode I discussed about a parent who thinks by looking at the face of the student we could guess what career is suitable. Emphasis on face reading, fortune telling may be good in their own sense but doesn't add much value to career guidance and planning.
This episode is all about my career counselling and mentoring experiences with students and parents. An interesting experience about a student who is wanting to take a career u turn in the mid way.
Each of these episodes are aimed to drive a message home for the listeners so that there is a value add hopefully it complements the thought process.
In this episode I discussed about a student wanting to give up two years engineering tenure and choose medicine as a career considering to start all over again. Emphasis on how difficult or easy to take U Turns in career and the importance of planning ahead of times.
This episode is all about my career counselling and mentoring experiences with students and parents. An interesting experience about how should a mentor approach and draw boundaries while mentoring the child and engaging with parents
Each of these episodes are aimed to drive a message home for the listeners so that there is a value add hopefully it complements the thought process.
In this episode I discussed about a fellow mentor bypassing or sidelining the parents of the child in the name of career guidance and planning which is severing the parent child relationship. Emphasis about where to draw the line and importance of walking that fine line in the mentoring and counselling journey.
This episode is all about my career counselling and mentoring experiences with students and parents. An interesting experience about the personality conflicts between slow and steady vs fast and furious parent and child.Each of these episodes are aimed to drive a message home for the listeners so that there is a value add hopefully it complements the thought process.In this episode I discussed about a parent who is slow and steady while the child is fast and furious, which has resulted in operational challenges though there is a career goal alignment. Emphasis on parenting approach which suits the child rather operating in default mode and being autocratic.
This episode is all about my career counselling and mentoring experiences with students and parents. An interesting experience about two different students with similar aspirations.
Each of these episodes are aimed to drive a message home for the listeners so that there is a value add hopefully it complements the thought process.
In this episode I discussed about an interesting experience, actually of two different students but with similarities. How well one should plan and manage the risk, challenges. Importance of taking informed risks and yet be prepared to face the unforeseen consequences. Its all about uninformed vs informed risk.
This episode is all about my career counselling and mentoring experiences with students and parents. An interesting experience about the parent coming under peer pressure in making a career choice for his child.
Each of these episodes are aimed to drive a message home for the listeners so that there is a value add hopefully it complements the thought process.
In this episode I discussed about peer pressure which impacted a parent on making a right career decision for his child, choosing between a sports career vs a typical academic path.
This episode is all about my career counselling and mentoring experiences with students and parents. An interesting experience about the conflicting interested between the parent and child.
Each of these episodes are aimed to drive a message home for the listeners so that there is a value add hopefully it complements the thought process.
In this episode I discussed about a parent being too pushy and autocratic approach towards the child's career path and decisions. Where as a the child having contradicting aspirations and as a result there is a serious conflict between the parent and child resulting in performance issues and withdrawal.
This episode is all about my career counselling and mentoring experiences with students and parents. An interesting experience about the expectations of a parent on his child vs the possibilities that were visualized by the child.
Each of these episodes are aimed to drive a message home for the listeners so that there is a value add hopefully it complements the thought process.
In this episode I discussed about the expectations of a parent on his child vs the possibilities that the child could visualize if empowered and guided through certain tools and techniques. Its good to have expectations on our children as a parent without force, but its important to let the child visualize, explore the possibilities and at the same time as a parent stay supportive and guide the child if required take help of a professional counsellor, mentor.
This episode is all about my career counselling and mentoring experiences with students and parents. An interesting experience with a fellow counsellor who is of the belief that language shouldn't be a barrier for career conversations.
Each of these episodes are aimed to drive a message home for the listeners so that there is a value add hopefully it complements the thought process.
In this episode I discussed about how important it is to convey the message, guidance to both parent and child irrespective of the language we use, its more about the parent and child since they seek guidance from a mentor, counsellor. Thought there could be practical challenges in having the counsellor, mentor speak many languages but as long as the message is communicated which is more important.
This episode is all about my career counselling and mentoring experiences with students and parents. An interesting conversation about a student willing to walk in the foot steps of her parents voluntarily. Good thing is that the parent is not pushing it over the child.
Each of these episodes are aimed to drive a message home for the listeners so that there is a value add hopefully it complements the thought process.
In this episode I discussed about how important it is to be for both parent and child in sync with the career choices, since the career decision has to be a join effort between the parent and child, not in isolation. Also, its perfectly fine if the child is willing to walk the foot steps of his or her parents which is basically choosing the same career as their parents, but it has to be voluntary and positive inspiration rather being influenced and pushed it over the child by the parent.
This episode is all about my career counselling and mentoring experiences with students and parents. An interesting conversation about a parent believing that having more academic qualifications would lead to a dream job, and wishing and pushing it over the child irrespective of the child's interests.
Each of these episodes are aimed to drive a message home for the listeners so that there is a value add hopefully it complements the thought process.
In this episode I discussed about how important it is to plan a destination based career rather focusing on acquiring academic qualifications without direction. And its important for the parents to empower and enable their children to make a career choice rather forcing any wish list onto them which eventually lead to regret on a later date.
This episode is all about my career counselling and mentoring experiences with students and parents. An interesting conversation about a parent over analyzing the available options to admit his child into formal schooling and foreseeing the consequences, with all that analysis paralysis not being able to make a decision
Each of these episodes are aimed to drive a message home for the listeners so that there is a value add hopefully it complements the thought process.
In this episode I discussed about how important it is to focus on the learning environment more than anything else. A parent who has done too much of analysis to let his child take admission into a kindergarten. Its ok to analyze but over doing it will leave more confusion and leads to not being able to make an appropriate decision.
This episode is all about my career counselling and mentoring experiences with students and parents. An interesting conversation about a a parent who is anxious ahead of time about the career choices of his pre-school child.
Each of these episodes are aimed to drive a message home for the listeners so that there is a value add hopefully it complements the thought process.
In this episode I discussed about how important it is for the parent to start planning to choose the curriculum, school for the child at an early age. And this should not be based on peer influence, social conformity or just walking the path that everyone is walking etc., While there could be many factors that prioritize these decisions, the most important aspect is to keep in mind of the wholistic development of the child irrespective of the curriculum. The best way to do this is understand each of those curriculums (CBSE, ICSE, Cambridge, IB etc.,), their objectives and make your choice, comparison is not going serve largely though it gives an insight.
This episode is all about my career counselling and mentoring experiences with students and parents. An interesting conversation about a student who is unwilling to be part of the career conversation with a counsellor, eventually finding a way forward to make an appropriate career choice.
Each of these episodes are aimed to drive a message home for the listeners so that there is a value add hopefully it complements the thought process.
In this episode i discussed about how important it is for the counsellor, mentor to break the barriers with students, parents in letting them engage in these career conversations by overcoming any skepticism, reluctance, resistance. Its not about just a checklist items, more about enabling, empowering the child and parent to make an informed career decision and as a counsellor, mentor act as a tool to help make that career decision.
This episode is all about my career counselling and mentoring experiences with students and parents. An interesting conversation about a student who is super clear at an early age which is an 'early start' seeking guidance ahead of time and parent is in collaboration working with the child to make his aspiration come true.
Each of these episodes are aimed to drive a message home for the listeners so that there is a value add hopefully it complements the thought process.
In this episode i discussed about starting the career discussions, exploration at the earliest possible at least at 8th or 9th grade if not earlier than that, like in this conversation the child starts exploration from 7th grade onwards and planning for the best colleges in the world ahead of time and the parent who is empowering and encouraging the child in that direction.
This episode is all about my career counselling and mentoring experiences with students and parents. An interesting conversation about a student coming up with an unconventional career option and seeking guidance for the same.
Each of these episodes are aimed to drive a message home for the listeners so that there is a value add hopefully it complements the thought process.
In this episode i discussed about how important it is to be for both parent and child in sync with the career choices, since the career decision has to be a join effort between the parent and child, not in isolation. Also, its perfectly fine to explore the less walked paths, breaking the barriers of conventional career choices and come up with an unconventional choice.
This episode is all about my career counselling and mentoring experiences with students and parents. An interesting conversation about a student who came up with a career question which is beyond imagination.
Each of these episodes are aimed to drive a message home for the listeners so that there is a value add hopefully it complements the thought process.
In this episode i discussed about how important it is for the parents, teachers and counsellors to be watchful and mindful about what influences does the children go through, what kind of conversations are they taking part of and lend them an ear when they have certain specific questions, else there is a chance to fall prey to wrong hands.
This episode is all about my career counselling and mentoring experiences with students and parents. An interesting conversation about a parent who is wise enough to empower her child to explore the possibilities, at the same time present the pros and cons of any career, and eventually finding a way forward to sail through.
Each of these episodes are aimed to drive a message home for the listeners so that there is a value add hopefully it complements the thought process.
In this episode i discussed about how important it is to be openminded and wise enough to let the children explore the possibilities without any boundaries and not to enforce parents wish list on their children, youngsters about their career choices, rather empower them to explore.
This episode is all about my career counselling and mentoring experiences with students and parents. An interesting conversation about a career choice mismatch between the student and his father, and eventually finding a way forward to sail through.
Each of these episodes are aimed to drive a message home for the listeners so that there is a value add hopefully it complements the thought process.
In this episode i discussed about how important it is not to be pushy or enforce parents wish list on their children, youngsters about their career choices, rather empower them to explore.