Rupal Patel | How to thrive in any situation.
The Emma Guns Show
Emma Gunavardhana
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2023
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
Rupal Patel is a former CIA officer turned serial entrepreneur who, in her role as an analyst and field agent for the CIA, served in active war zones, advised four-star generals, and was recognised by the CIA Director for her ‘superior support to the President of the United States’.
As you know, I love to see the world through my guests’ eyes and to learn from their experiences, which differ so much from my own. I cannot imagine how the world seems or the lessons learned given Rupal’s incredible career and experience, which is why I’m so delighted she’s joining me to share them on this episode of the podcast…
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Emma Gunn Show. |
| 0:08.8 | Life's defining moments don't always feel that great when they're happening. |
| 0:12.2 | In the moment they can feel challenging, uncomfortable, difficult, impossible even. |
| 0:17.0 | But with hindsight, they can take on a different shape. |
| 0:20.0 | With the benefit of that 2020 perspective, we can begin to see how the most difficult |
| 0:24.0 | times were a life lesson we didn't know we needed to learn. |
| 0:27.7 | Each week I asked my guest to share their biggest life learnings to date, as we explore |
| 0:31.6 | those difficult, swampy, infuriating times and how they shaped them all from a comfortable |
| 0:36.7 | distance. |
| 0:37.7 | It's afforded them the time to take the positive out of what might have seemed nothing |
| 0:40.9 | but negative at the time. |
| 0:42.4 | Because whether it's obstacles, challenges, risks, excuses, opportunities, successes, failures |
| 0:46.9 | or curveballs, they are the reason they are the person they are today, the person sitting |
| 0:51.0 | in front of me on this episode of the Emma Gunn Show. |
| 0:55.1 | I am very aware that opportunities don't always come by a second time. |
| 0:58.9 | You don't always get a second chance. |
| 1:00.4 | And so if it feels right in the moment for me, I take the opportunities as they come. |
| 1:05.4 | And then I just realize, well, actually, you know what, that is not... |
| 1:09.4 | That's not a... |
| 1:10.4 | Other people's stuff is not a good enough reason for me to stop pursuing what I care about |
| 1:15.8 | in my ambitions and the things that I want to achieve in my life. |
| 1:19.3 | There is no one right answer, there is no one way of doing anything. |
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