God Is Not Fair?

Friends, We all at some point or the other in our lives crib about not getting the desired support from society or community and hold it responsible for our current situation.I interacted recently with Gauri Sawant who was born as Ganesh Sawant in Pune. In this podcast I bring you her story of bouncing back and giving back to the society in spite of not getting anything from it. Against all odds in her life, she is the one who filed the petition in Supreme Court for equality and including transgenders as an identity and you see the outcome now.Stay Tuned...Jai HindVivek

Friends, we have this tendency of judging ourselves and our our capabilities and, often we're not right.The feelings of shame and unworthiness are the source of many problems we experience with our relationships, careers, and creative endeavours. Self-acceptance is the feeling of satisfaction with yourself despite your weaknesses and regardless of your past behaviours and choices. It’s necessary for good mental health. When we’re self-accepting, we’re able to embrace all facets of ourselves — not just the positive parts. Self-acceptance could be the key to a happier life, yet it’s the happy habit many people practice the least.Listen to this podcast and know the ways to come out of this trap of self judgement and live a healthier and happier life.Jai HindVivek

Almost each one of us has this time at least once in our lifetime when we don't know why the adversities hit us continuously and we feel trapped in the circus called life.Today, I'm sharing a real life story and my learnings in it and that is - when you don't find anyway to move and don't even understand a bit of it, just hit the pause button and surrender to the nature (or mother universe or god whatever you call it). Give it some time and you'll start getting the directions.Do listen to this 10 minutes podcast and share with the ones who might be helped or guided. See you next Monday!Jai Hind

Don't let today's troubles bring you down, Don't give up and keep believing in yourself and never ever stop dreaming big. You're here for a reason. In this podcast, I'm sharing a true story of one of my listener who became an IPS officer in spite of coming from a distant village which not many people even know of.Do listen to this 7 minutes podcast and share your feedback.Jai HindVivek

People often compare themselves to others to determine how well they are doing in life and base their personal value on that. However, that usually doesn’t lead to feeling too good about yourself. Plus, who actually wants to judge themselves in a negative way?Learn more about the harms that comparison brings in your live through this podcast.

How does a team of ordinary athletes with no previous history of major success in over a century go ahead and create a success like none other ever?Working on many tiny habits, improving every single one of them 1% at a time. Accumulated and compounded, the result of this was always going to be the kind of success that the British Cycling had.Do listen to the complete podcast and share your feedback if you wish to.Jai HindVivek

You can find thousands of articles online about bullying and statisticsof bullying. But what is less found is:How to deal with a bully?A bully can be defined as someone makes other people dosomething that they do not wish to.When some tries to get others trying to get others to do things bythreatening them, shaming them, manipulating them, lying to them, orin any other way hurting or attempting to hurt them, then you shouldknow that you’re witnessing a bully. Sometimes the hardest bully tospot is the one that is bullying you personally.In this podcast, I have shared how to respond to bullies...

Friends, the easiest thing in the world is to give up. You can say, Babu Moshay - its easier said than done and I'll disagree. If you just look back into history, all the so called successful people would have been a big failure had they not pushed one more time in their respective field. Forget them; even if you remember your achievements in your own lives, there must had been a time where your today's achievement was looking like a far fetched dream, isn't it?The solution to the biggest of the problem in life can be handled by 1) accepting the problem and seeing it as it is 2) challenging the circumstances and proving that you're bigger than them and 3) contribute yourself towards the solution. If you're lucky, you may have people to support otherwise understand, no one will be with you if you're not strong enough to face the challenges and determined enough to sail through it. If you have any doubt, query or you want to share something with me, please connect through www.thevivek.in, or visit my social med

Many of the times we remain confused whether to follow our passion or purpose and before that, what is it? how to realise it and furthermore how to pursue the same?Let me explain: Passion is something for yourself. It makes YOU happy, it fills YOU with joy.  and on the other hand, Purpose is for others. Once you find your purpose, it your duty to bring it to life. Your purpose in one way or another help at least ONE person when it comes to fruition, if not more. When we focus on how to get out of the comfort zone that we are holed up in, to go and accomplish your purpose, we often mistaken it for ourselves. Live for others, accomplish for others and you will do well for yourself. When we stay engaged into our daily routine and lose our lifetime without even enjoying it to the fullest, we feel regret in later part of our lives.Regret according to me is the worst feeling. It is the feeling of you just not doing something, which if you had done, would take down a different path. The worst part of it, there is no

Parents today put themselves in two categories- one who considers children a boon and others who feel that it is simply too difficult to raise a child. In a world of unfulfilled potentials, parents often transfer the dreams they once had and expect the children to fulfil it.  This often adds immense pressure to the children. While some thrive in this set of conditions, because of the belief that they are born to be special instilled in them early on, many fail under this kind of pressure. 

There are certainly times we should be silent, but other times we need to get out of our comfort (or rather pain) zones and say something.It may be wise in staying silent at times, but never speaking up about anything at all isn’t wise — it’s fear and this fear at times may lead to actions which are unimaginable and unpredictable. In past, we have even seen doyens of their domain like Lalit Sheth of Raj Travels, Famous TV presenter Viveka Babajee, Actress Pratyusha Banerjee, Vineet Whig of Britannica, D. Shankaran of IAS Academy and thousands more, ending their lives abruptly. All these people had been had risen from scratch and were torch bearers to thousands of followers to them. Whats shocking post their demise is that the families of all these diseased say, they didn't know what their son/daughter/husband/wife/mother/father were going through and they never told them about their ordeal. And, most of them regret, they could have done something had they known the mental state of the family member.Well, lis

You are never going to get real satisfaction from simply working in ahigh-paid job. Choose to serve someone other than yourself, by doing this you areactually creating a positive environment for yourself. It is thisenvironment that plays a vital role in building a foundation thathelps you achieve long lasting success.Let’s put ourselves into perspective. Are you truly happy? Whenwas the last time you were of service?Being of service can be anything from showing love to a dog in theneighborhood to giving food to people in orphanages. It Is anaction that will leave you filled with satisfaction and the otherperson filled with happiness.

Are you suffering from depression?Or are you dealing with it’s lesser known twin.Crisis comes across multiple stages of life. You may be worried everyday about what you are doing with you life, you procrastinate whatever you want to do, and end up doing nothing anyways. I will be prepared for my work at the start of everyday, meetings with my clients, answering emails etc.“Anyway, I will end up doing none of it. I do not do any of the work, just spend time on Netflix and regret it later. I want to develop myself spiritually and physically. But, I never manage to do any of that too. This is my everyday pattern of self-destruction rather than construction. I go into a spiral of negativity and it goes on forever. I think I am in depression.This was the conversation that we most heard repeated when taken a consensus of 20-30 year olds. Well, good news for anyone going through this phase of life. Be assured but, you are not suffering from depression. The midday demon - Acedia, was coined by monks in the 4th centur

'Daniel Ludwig'Most of the people in this world would have never heard of him. Even his own neighbours since decades did not know much about it. Daniel Ludwig living like a normal working class American. The only difference between him and other neighbours- He was a few billions rich.Daniel Ludwig was the richest man in America in the 30’s and 40’s. Heconstantly stayed out of the spotlight and often paid the PR firms to keep his name out of the papers. Daniel Ludwig got out of school and started working in the docks at the age of 9. He went on to become the biggest manufacturer of salt in the world, opened the biggest pulp factory in the world right in the middle of Amazon. “The Secretive Billionaire” is a book that explores his life. It talks about how Daniel successfully shaped his life from nothing. It talks about how he prioritised hard work and becoming the best version of himself, rather than media spotlight and attention.Daniel Ludwig believed that you can transform the world just through the way you s

When Jenny Quan Zhiya, the high flying tech executive of a Chinese Car Rental company decided it was time to go out on her own, most would have considered her venture doubtful. After all who wants to start a coffee chain to beat out Starbucks?  Especially considering the fact that Starbucks partnered with Alibaba to open exclusive Starbucks stores to make you feel that you are in 2040 already. But that did not stop Jerry Quan Zhiya, often known as the woman with the face of Buddha but works works like a thunder, from going after her dream of building up a brand to put up a major challenge against Starbucks. Fast forward 18 months, Luckin Coffee has 2370 stores ie one store opened every 3.5 hours. It is the first Chinese unicorn in the coffee industry, and Jerry still has a long way to go.  But what if she thought at the start that this was a foolish endeavour? What if she believed that Starbucks can never be put up to a challenge? We would never have the worlds first cashless coffee chain with more than a 100

Vivek Sharma is a Social Entrepreneur and through his podcast series trying to raise awareness about depression and mental health. He and his wife Sweta run an NGO named after their son, Mickey-Amogh Foundation which works for healthcare awareness & access, child education, and woman empowerment. In this episode, Vivek talks about Alisha's case of depression and how failure to identify behavioral changes in people close to you can impact you long term in your life. 

Postpartum or Postnatal Depression is one of the most widely reported cases of depression in India. It is the depression that occurs after childbirth.Although 10 million cases are reported in India every year, most of the women and sometimes even men going through this phase do not seek help. Unlike the baby blues, postpartum depression rarely disappears on its own. The condition can occur days or even months following the birth of your child and last for many weeks or months without treatment.In this podcast I discuss about the causes of postpartum depression, identifying the symptoms and what to do if you or your close ones are suffering from it.

Stress might be necessary for extracting the best out of oneself, but the moment it turns into depression, the employee can have serious health and life risks attached. More importantly, the productivity of an employee who is in depression can be questionable. The modern conveniences have made it easier to work easily at any time of the day. Unless you are lovingyour work, replying to emails while walking your dog can easily turn into a stressful event.Know more about workplace related stress through the three stories i share with you in this podcast and how to develop the coping mechanism for stress.

Is using social media making millennials unhappy? Many studies do show us that there is a link between social media and depression. Teenage and young adult users who spend the most time on these social media platforms were shown to have a substantially higher rate of reported depression than those who spent the least time.Listen to this podcast and know more on my view on this and how we as a society need to control these technology rather than these tools using us as data and constantly keeping us infront of our screens!

"Kusum" - In Hindi, it means flowers. A flower is a creature of the universe which has the potential to create a beautiful world, influence people with its presence and even leave people with its sweet memories as it is done with life. That's exactly how she is "Kusum Vivek Tomar".