Ginni Saraswati is an award-winning journalist known to stun many a personality with her quick-witted introductions and on-air antics. She left Paula Abdul in a laughing fit and Havana Brown choking! She has interviewed them all, from K.D. Lang, Jennifer Beals, Ruby Rose to Martina Navratilova… and the list goes on! She has recently launched her brand new podcast The Ginni Show—Curry, Comedy & Connectivity, which invites listeners to follow the hilarious journey life of a young Sri Lankan gay immigrant woman growing up in Australia with guest appearances from Ginni’s aunties, 170 cousins, and celebrities. Ginni Media is a boutique Podcast Production Company serving the vision of entrepreneurs, celebrities and influential organizations around the world. Specialising in podcast production and content repurposing, they provide a concierge-style service to ensure your voice is literally being heard where it needs to be.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“First was the hangover of the fear. So, you know migrating from Australia to New York… The hangover of this may not work, how am I going to make ends meet… It all worked out. It was never getting through that fear… What I found was the energy and time I was putting into my business before was again a side hustle so I only allocated X amount of hours but now that I took away my day job I had all those other hours to put into my business so naturally the business just grew ”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- Becoming Your Best: The 12 Principles of Highly Successful Leaders Book by Steve Shallenberger
- Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. Book by Brené Brown
- Crushing It!: How Great Entrepreneurs Build Their Business and Influence—and How You Can, Too Book by Gary Vaynerchuk
- The Thank You Economy Book by Gary Vaynerchuk
Favourite Quote:
- “I’ve come to believe that there exists in the universe something I call ‘The Physics of The Quest’ — a force of nature governed by laws as real as the laws of gravity or momentum. And the rule of Quest Physics maybe goes like this: ‘If you are brave enough to leave behind everything familiar and comforting (which can be anything from your house to your bitter old resentments) and set out on a truth-seeking journey (either externally or internally), and if you are truly willing to regard everything that happens to you on that journey as a clue, and if you accept everyone you meet along the way as a teacher, and if you are prepared – most of all – to face (and forgive) some very difficult realities about yourself… then truth will not be withheld from you.’ Or so I’ve come to believe.” Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love
- “your environment is stronger than your will power” Rumi
Recommended Online Resources:
- Gary Vaynerchuk – Gary Vaynerchuk is a Belarusian American entrepreneur, author, speaker and internet personality. First known as a wine critic who grew his family’s wine business from $3 million to $60 million.
- Entrepreneur Magazine is the a source for everything small business. Get the latest small business information.
- LinkedIn – LinkedIn is a business and employment-oriented service that operates via websites and mobile apps. Founded on December 28, 2002, and launched on May 5, 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking, including employers posting jobs and job seekers posting their CVs.
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“always use happiness as your compass (your Northstar whichever way you want to word it). I think having an idea and a vision as entrepreneurs we can be a little bit crazy if you like to choose a path that is not travelled as much to go after a dream to build it, which may take years to build in some instances. And you may not know it but it will take years to build it. You been hustling doing a side hustle, you turned it into a full-time hustle… Just make sure happiness is the ROI on everything that you do because I think if we don’t have happiness, if we are not alive, if were not healthy without those three things really can’t do anything. So make sure happiness is in one of your goals to”…[Listen for More]
More About Ginni Saraswati:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” John D. Rockefeller
Other Quotes From the Chat with Ginni Saraswati:
- “as humans even though we know certain things our personalities and our egos tend to steer us the other way because obviously we are all unique and wired uniquely. So it’s just fascinating how self-awareness plays such a key role into our leadership”
- “really think about what makes you happy… If you are in the job right now where you are looking forward to the weekend that makes me sad… because if you are looking forward to two days out of the seven that means one third of your life you are spending being happy but another third of your life you are spending looking forward to something that isn’t in the here and now. And that is I think a key cause of unhappiness…”
- “Dedicate the first part of your day to you and by extension the universe or whatever you call the universe. Do that because that really anchors your day and gets you grounded in the present… Have a morning routine that is just for you before you start your work day”
- “you are the sum of the five people that you spend the most time with… I do think your inner circle influences you greatly… Your inner circle can literally push you forward or pull you back. So, I think the influences you surround yourself with, the voices in your head which they do become the voice in your head that’s really important”
- “happiness should be your return on investment for everything”
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