Sandeep Sastry is aseasoned Strategy and Operations leader who has worked cross-functionally among Sales, Marketing, Customer Success (Support and Services) teams within major Fortune 500 companies - Cisco and Pure Storage. He has also held Corporate Strategic Planning roles in Siemens IT Arm and Global IT Merger Integration Program Management roles in Chevron.
Nick Vujicic- Changing Obstacles to Opportunities
Nick was born with phocomelia- absence of arms and legs. He is a motivational speaker and he talks about the time he contemplated suicide drowning in his parents’ bath tub to reaching out to over a billion people in last few years. He professes that we have the power of choice- be angry of what we don’t have or be thankful for what we have. Very interesting talk.
Adam Leipzig- How to know your life purpose in 5 minutes?
Adam Leipzig simplifies it to discover your life purpose. It is not that easy but gets you thinking. Who you are? What do you love to do? Who do you do it for? What do they want or need? How do they change as a result?
Simon Sinek- How Great Leaders Inspire Action?
Adam Leipzig simplifies it to discover your life purpose. It is not that easy but gets you thinking. Who you are? What do you love to do? Who do you do it for? What do they want or need? How do they change as a result?
Shawn Achor- The Happiness Advantage
This is a humorous talk where Shawn talks about the importance of positive psychology. It’s not the reality that shapes us but the need to change the lens through which the brain views the world shapes the reality. Since childhood we are told if you work hard you will find success and then you will be happy. It does not work in reality because you end up setting new goals and competing with others at that next level. He talks about reversing the order- be happy feel great, work hard that leads to big success.
Neil Pasricha-The 3 As of Awesome
Neil Pasricha started an award winning blog- 1000 awesome things in 2009 writing about everyday things that that make us happy but we don’t talk about it for example a new counter line opening up in grocery store, hitting 7 straight green lights on your way to work or wearing warm underwear straight out the dryer. He talks about 3 As of Awesome- Attitude- choosing to move forward and move on taking baby steps to the future, Awareness – embracing your inner 3 year old and Authenticity- following your heart and being yourself.