
The Winning Sixer, leadership lessons to master. W.V Raman. Ex-Indian cricketer & coach of the India women's national cricket team | 150th episode
07/14/20 • 36 min
W.V. Raman’s vast experience as a player and coach at the top level will provide wonderful learnings on how to achieve one’s potential in all walks of life. - Sachin Tendulkar. Today I speak with Mr W V Raman - Former test match cricketer , and coach of the indian women's team. We talk about his book The Winning Sixer , leadership lessons to master. He talks about how anyone can be a leader. He talks about building credibility. Biggest mistakes leaders make. He talks about life changing advice from a non-cricketer which led him to break all records in 88-89 season and scoring one of the best knocks overseas by an indian batsman. Talks about dealing with the pressure of playing for India. Nasser Hussain's perceptions on the Indian touring sides in the 1990's and how S.Ganguly changed it. Thoughts on the winner takes all 'mentality' and finally we talk about his current coaching career .
In this conversation we also talk about:
- Dealing with Sledging
- Getting bowled out for 66 in Durban
- Do you have to be selfish to be a top cricketer?
- Going back to school
- Listening to talking ratios
- Talks about underrated Indian cricket players
- How he got his big break as a top order batsman
- Facing a prime Allan Donald!
- Life in the dressing room
P.S
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W.V. Raman’s vast experience as a player and coach at the top level will provide wonderful learnings on how to achieve one’s potential in all walks of life. - Sachin Tendulkar. Today I speak with Mr W V Raman - Former test match cricketer , and coach of the indian women's team. We talk about his book The Winning Sixer , leadership lessons to master. He talks about how anyone can be a leader. He talks about building credibility. Biggest mistakes leaders make. He talks about life changing advice from a non-cricketer which led him to break all records in 88-89 season and scoring one of the best knocks overseas by an indian batsman. Talks about dealing with the pressure of playing for India. Nasser Hussain's perceptions on the Indian touring sides in the 1990's and how S.Ganguly changed it. Thoughts on the winner takes all 'mentality' and finally we talk about his current coaching career .
In this conversation we also talk about:
- Dealing with Sledging
- Getting bowled out for 66 in Durban
- Do you have to be selfish to be a top cricketer?
- Going back to school
- Listening to talking ratios
- Talks about underrated Indian cricket players
- How he got his big break as a top order batsman
- Facing a prime Allan Donald!
- Life in the dressing room
P.S
if you need something to do during these challenging and difficult times and want some inspiration and need some creativity. check out Skillshare. Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, tech, and more. Anyone can join the millions of members in our community to learn cutting-edge skills, network with peers and discover new opportunities.
Try Premium free for 2 months and access all my classes!
https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel
music by Punch Deck. https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV
Hosted And Produced by Neil Patel
https://www.linkedin.com/today/author/neilpatel2
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if you need something to do during these challenging and difficult times and want some inspiration and need some creativity. check out Skillshare. Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, tech, and more. Anyone can join the millions of members in our community to learn cutting-edge skills, network with peers and discover new opportunities.
Try Premium free for 2 months and access all my classes!
https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel
music by Punch Deck. https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV
Hosted And Produced by Neil Patel
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links
P.S
if you need something to do during these challenging and difficult times and want some inspiration and need some creativity. check out Skillshare. Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, tech, and more. Anyone can join the millions of members in our community to learn cutting-edge skills, network with peers and discover new opportunities.
Try Premium free for 2 months and access all my classes!
https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/neilpatel
music by Punch Deck. https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV
Hosted And Produced by Neil Patel
https://www.linkedin.com/today/author/neilpatel2
Enjoyed this episode? Don’t forget to subscribe and leave us a review! Share this episode with your friends.
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