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Passion To Profession

Passion To Profession

Ash Rao

Join Ash Rao as she explores what it takes to live a passionate purposeful life. Podcast will showcase experts ranging from creative entrepreneurs, artists, authors and change makers who are making a difference in this world in their own way. Host will dig deep into guest interviews and their journey from passion to profession and ultimately finding life purpose. Show will have expert advice, life stories, success habits and routines along with fun facts like favorite book, quote and so on that subscribers can learn and apply in their own life. This show will be fun and lively and will ignite a spark within you!https://linktr.ee/PassionToProfessionPodcast
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This is a Holiday Special episode sponsored by "Magic Mind " where host Ash shares 6 best lessons learnt from guests on the show !
Episode Highlights!
1.37 - Lesson#1 on Fear
Feel The Fear and Do It AnyWay

Ash narrates her own experience of facing fear of public speaking by quoting examples of her book launch conference in London where she was invited to speak about her book!
3.53 - Lesson#2 on Opportunity
This piece of advice came from guest Heather Monahan on Episode # 29 where heather says "Do not wait for an Opportunity to come to you . Instead Create Your Own"
5.41 - Lesson#3 on Consistency
Ash narrates how her guest Srinivas Rao on Episode # 21 shared on the show that single most habit that helped him through his initial years of struggle was "Writing 1000 words every single day!" - this consistency paid off as he was able to publish many best seller books, run a top podcast, create online courses etc based on this single habit!
7.48 - Why we love the Productivity Drink "Magic Mind"!! Silicon Valley's new Morning Elixir that will increase your focus and clarity!! check out www.magicmind.com/Passiontoprofession use the discount code PassionToProfession20 to get 20% off your order!
10.35 - Lesson#4 on Motivation
Motivation is not the spark but success is !!
Ash shares about her conversation with Inc magazine most celebrated columnist /contributing editor Jeff Haden who in episode # 15 explains how to create your own motivation!

13.00 - Lesson # 5 on Power of Persistence
"Energy and Persistence conquers all things " - Benjamin Franklin
Back in episode # 19 , Founder of TheBetterIndia, Dhimant Parekh shares the story of when he along with his wife launched the positive news platform in 2008, there were not any key metrics favorable to them . Infact mainstream media told them that positive news platform will not have much audience - yet they persisted and continued to share stories of changemakers, unsung heroes and all of the positive things happening in India and today TheBetterIndia has become Asia's largest positive news media platform driving large scale social impact across the country!
Check out their new book "The Book Of Hope" - which is a curation of some of the best positive stories published by The Better India!
15.30 - Lesson # 6 on following your Passion
"Stop Hiding!"
This piece of advice is from guest Amy Blashcka from episode #20 where she shares the best advice for success . Amy is a Forbes Leadership contributor , social media ghost writer who followed a rather nonlinear path working working in agencies and even leading a non profit until she found her true calling . If you are passionate about something and would like to pursue that then only way to progress is when you "stop hiding" and start sharing your work. You will then be able to attract the right people , you will be able to make progress based on audience feedback and build a supportive community around you!
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This episode is part of special series called 'Women Of Substance' on Passion To Profession Podcast which covers woman-centered stories!
Stories of success , resilience , courage , breaking stereotypes , building strong identity, overcoming adversities and many more !
This episodes features Devina Kaur - Founder of Sexy Brilliant Global revolution initiative which aims to remove toxic shame and raise human consciousness to live life authentically.
She is also author of spiritual self-help book-
Too Fat
Too Loud
Too Ambitious
Through this book, Devina encourages you to be unapologetically brave and courageous and to accept yourself completely.
In this candid conversation with Ash , she shares her journey -

  • Her initial years - born and raised in a traditional punjabi family in India and having an arranged marriage
  • Seperation from her husband and her journey of self-discovery that led her down the path of finding Sexy Brilliant Global Revolution
  • Her awakening moment in life when she was sitting by a river and thought of jumping in ending her life but instead decided to give life another chance !
  • Quitting her job in banking industry to become a fulltime dog walker.
  • Her path to find purpose and meaning overcoming depression, addiction and having suicidal thoughts and turning her life around becoming a powerful influencer, motivational speaker , author and inspiring others to live their authentic life through her Sexy Brilliant initiative !

You can learn more about her work and connect with her on www.devinakaur.com

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“Don’t be defined as what you see as an opportunity.
Instead, be willing to create your own”

- Heather Monahan

This episode covers the incredible comeback story of Heather Monahan – a former C-level executive who successfully climbed the corporate ladder , shattered glassceiling to claim her spot in C-suite and then after being named as ‘One of the most influential women in Radio ‘ in 2017 faced an unexpected and sudden termination from employment !

Heather shares with Ash -

· Her initial years of working in various sales jobs and then working her way up to be the chief revenue officer / VP of sales at online media/radio business

· Climbing through the corporate ladder, becoming a c-level executive and winning several awards including ‘ One of the most influential women in Radio’ in 2017

· Her bitter experience of getting fired unexpectedly soon after she received the award which left her shocked and led her to pursue her own business ‘Boss in Heels’

· Initial struggles and challenges she faced on her way through writing her first best-selling book ‘Confidence Creator’ and becoming a Keynote speaker!

Heather’s work is featured in CNN, Forbes, Fast Company and many top publications!

Her first book - ‘Confidence Creator’ was ranked #1 in amazon business category and she is now launching her second book – “Overcome your Villain” which is now available for pre-order here!

Episode highlights /Timelines

9.41 – Tips for building high self-confidence

14.31 – Tips for public speaking

15.24 – About Heather’s new book ‘Overcome Your Villains’ and her 3-step process to overcome adversity in life and business!

18.50 – rapid fire fun question round

For more details visit - https://heathermonahan.com/

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Starting a brand-new season here on “Passion To Profession” Podcast with a fresh perspective and insight into how to make 2022 your Best Year Yet!

In this episode, host Ash shares with you her approach and the 5 things you should NOT do this year and What to Do Instead!

Episode Key Takeaways:

1. ❌DON’T make New year Resolution
✅Do a Past Year Review!

2. ❌DON’T Consume a lot of Content
✅ Instead Create your own Content!

3 . ❌DON’T make Big Goals
✅Build your Systems!

4. ❌ DON’T Overthink
✅ Do More!

5. ❌DON’T Chase Perfection
✅ Focus on making Progress!

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In this episode , host Ash chats with International Author and Speaker David Amerland
who began his career as a chemical engineer .
However David's desire for freedom to travel, and able to work at his own pace- made him choose writing/journalism as compared to engineering and he travelled through Europe and then started working for a SEO company .
David Amerland became an expert in semantic search and is credited for authoring the first ever book written on semantic search.

His latest work is 'The Sniper Mind' which elaborates on snipers and their military techniques and connects the dots to business world and leadership.

In this episode, David Amerland shares -

  • His initial years of career
  • Training in Chemical Engineering and transitioning over to business journalism
  • His work and expertise in semantic search and data mining
  • Best Selling book - The Sniper Mind

His next book aims to address the concept of Remote work slated to hit the market by year end!

More about David Amerland - check out https://davidamerland.com/
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In this episode , host Ash sits down with Kevin Monroe as he shares his Passion to Profession Story .
Kevin Monroe is the host of "Higher Purpose" Podcast , host of " The Extraordinary Life" Community, a coach, community builder , people connector and Purveyor of Purpose and Positivity!
Episode highlights his passion to help people and businesses find their higher purpose.
As a coach as a business consultant , kevin helps companies become

  • purpose driven
  • people focused
  • value based

And strongly believes that businesses thrive only when people flourish .
Big Takeaways:

  • Secret to one big successful idea? Have lots of ideas , experiement , take action and see what clicks
  • Imperfect action always triumph over perfect plan
  • Purpose is "Pain Refined"

More about Kevin: https://kevindmonroe.com/

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In this episode host Ash chats with Career Coach Betty Kempa who shares her story of how she found her true passion of coaching others after years of working in the corporate world .
Betty takes us through her experience of working in corporate , then transitioning to become a Career Coach helping women especially at senior levels of management find their dream job/career .
In this episode , Betty reveals her signature program that she offers to her selected clients
Her Career Bliss service which covers

  1. Overcome Self Sabotage
  2. Seek Clarity
  3. Personal Brand revolution
  4. Secret Networking Strategies
  5. Interviewing and Negotiating Like a Pro

Other Topics covered-

  • How hiring process has changed and how job seekers need to step up to the new normal of virtual networking, virtual interviewing and remote working

Her Best advice for job seekers during this pandemic -
"Dont give up on your dream role. Take a bridge job if necessary to pay your bills . But dont lose focus on your long term goal - keep chipping away, working towards your dream role. Dont understimate the power of networking . Take this time to pause and reflect at what you really want and dont give up"
More about Betty and Career Coaching advice - https://bettykempa.com/
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What defines a successful CEO?

Power? Money? Freedom? Fulfillment of purpose? Impact?

Yes, while all this does paint the picture of success, what we tend to ignore is success just like light does have its shadow side as well.

This shadow side or the dark side is the constant stress, overwhelming pressure, mental anxiety and everything that comes with being a CEO and running your own company.

This is where High Performance and Mindset Coach, Byron Morrison comes in to help CEOs manage the shadow side of success.

In this episode, we talk about

  • Byron Morrison ‘s back story and what inspired him to become a mindset and performance coach
  • How his dad’s cancer took him along the path of mindset, psychology, health and high performance, writing a best-selling book along the way.
  • Evolve CEO Program – his 90-day program designed for CEOs which aims to up level their brain power so they can work faster, think more clearly and erase stress – essentially helping CEOs to operate at their full potential and full capacity.
  • Fun Facts about Byron – which includes him being superhero nerd!

You can connect with Byron on https://byronmorrison.co.uk/about-byron-morrison/

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This episode showcases International TEDx speaker , Best selling Author and Leadership Coach , Heather Younger
Heather shares her Passion to Profession Story with host Ash as they discuss what it takes to build high performance teams .
Episode covers

  • Heather Younger backstory
  • Transition from lawyer to leadership consultant , becoming an author and speaker
  • Why Employee experience and loyalty is crucial for building high performance teams and
  • Role of leadership in delivering best employee experience
  • Her classic work - "The 7 Intuitive Laws of Employee Loyalty" and her upcoming book "Art of Caring leadership"

Ash and Heather also talk about success habits, balancing career with life as a mom, success habits , importance of sleep and morning routine.
Connect with Heather > heatheryounger.com
Connect with Ash > https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashrao1/
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FAQ

How many episodes does Passion To Profession have?

Passion To Profession currently has 33 episodes available.

What topics does Passion To Profession cover?

The podcast is about Purpose, Self Development, Success, Motivation, Entrepreneurship, Passion, Productivity, Podcasts, Inspiration, Business, Habits and Careers.

What is the most popular episode on Passion To Profession?

The episode title '029#: Passion To Profession: Confidence Expert , Founder of Boss in Heels Heather Monahan on confidence and finding success after an unexpected job termination #WomenOfSubstance #Series' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Passion To Profession?

The average episode length on Passion To Profession is 39 minutes.

How often are episodes of Passion To Profession released?

Episodes of Passion To Profession are typically released every 16 days, 9 hours.

When was the first episode of Passion To Profession?

The first episode of Passion To Profession was released on Jan 25, 2020.

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Great interview questions! Very helpful and very approachable. Little bite episodes that get you thinking. Going to listen to a few more right now and we'll definitely be back!

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