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The Mindvalley Podcast

How To Go From An Intern To A CEO - Vishen & Ajit Nawalkha

The Mindvalley Podcast

Mindvalley

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.51.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In this fascinating Q&A, Vishen talks business with his former intern, now Co-founder of Evercoach, Ajit Nawalkha, about the 5 smart ways to boost your career as an entrepreneur. If you're looking for some business inspiration, this episode is for you. Get ready to ask yourself the one question that will change the trajectory of your life.   Listen out for: - What a dominant question is and why it’s important. - How Mindvalley finds their world-class teachers.  - The keys to making your company the best place to work.    ABOUT AJIT NAWALKHA Ajit Nawalkha is well-known throughout the globe as the guy who always builds booming businesses. After failing a startup, struggling with partnerships, and going from the ranks of an intern to a successful co-founder, Ajit has vast experience in the world of business--and he is committed to sharing the lessons he learned with budding entrepreneurs. Through these hard-hitting experiences, Ajit found that business is more about emotion, spirituality, physicality, and mental resilience than you’d think – and it’s not so heavily reliant on strategy. His passion and mission aim to help make the world a better place, one entrepreneur at a time.   ABOUT VISHEN Vishen Lakhiani is a world-class entrepreneur, author, and activist on a mission to raise human consciousness. He is the founder and CEO of Mindvalley, our award-winning education movement with millions of students worldwide. He is also a serial New York Times bestselling author, with The Code of the Extraordinary Mind and The Buddha and the Badass selling millions of copies worldwide.      Bonus:                                                                          - Become a certified Business Coach with Ajit Nawalkha here 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/q8gW6CCd - Discover how to access altered states of mind for powerful guidance and problem-solving with Vishen Lakhiani in this FREE Mindvalley masterclass 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/Silva                                                   - Subscribe to Mindvalley Membership to discover 30+ Mindvalley Quests, watch our podcast sessions live, interact with the guests, connect with the world’s best teachers and find your community 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/NOW   Like this episode? Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting app. Share this with your friends on Instagram or Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

I am Vision Latiani, founder of Mind Valley, the School for Human Transformation.

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You're listening to the Mind Valley podcast where we'll be bringing you the greatest teachers

0:09.0

and thought leaders on the planet to discuss the world's most powerful ideas

0:13.0

and personal growth for mind, body, spirit and work.

0:18.0

Since we're talking about teaching and coaching, they did studies of teachers.

0:22.0

They took a group of teachers and they lied to the teachers.

0:25.0

It was a white lie.

0:26.0

They told the teachers, Jim Sally, Timmy and Bill, in your class,

0:31.0

they've been tested for supreme intelligence.

0:33.0

We don't want you to treat them any different.

0:35.0

We just want you to know that you have these four geniuses in your class.

0:38.0

That's it.

0:39.0

Now over the course of the next academic year, the teacher didn't do anything different

0:42.0

with these four kids because they were told they couldn't even bring it up.

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They couldn't share it.

0:45.0

They had to just, you know, not do anything.

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But what they found is at the end of the academic year,

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those four kids ended up scoring way better.

0:52.0

The expectation we have of someone seems to influence their behavior.

0:55.0

The reverse also happens.

0:57.0

So if you're hiring someone and you assume this person is a dummy,

1:00.0

I don't know if they're really going to work out, you're actually bringing down their performance.

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