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03:30 – Why is it important to Fail?

04:20 – Passion vs Practicality. 

04:46 – Why Planning Fails?

07:30 – AMBITION vs EXPECTATIONS 

10:12 – Failure & Success a Social Construct.

13:50 – Family & Conflicts

16:14 - Conversation with Self.

17:50 - Value vs Idealism

19:30 - Overcoming Doubts

21:30 - Importance of Contradicting Yourself. 

22:20 - When someone tells, you are overthinking. 

Sankalp Raj Tripathi is a Mumbai based writer and a filmmaker. Born and brought up in Lucknow. He served as a Creative Director YourQuote for a year in 2018. During his stint at India’s fastest growing self-expression platform, he wrote and directed several short films that received both, acclaims from the audiences across the social media platforms, and accolades at film festivals as well. He also served as a Creative Producer for a production house in Mumbai.

Currently working as Supervising Producer at Dice Media,  Sankalp has also worked as a writer of TV and ad films and a freelance ad and short film director before. Also a poet, singer and a storyteller, Sankalp is also developing his own feature for a renowned ad filmmaker. In the longer run, Sankalp wants to write and direct films on the subjects that reflect the socio-political-cultural aspects of the contemporary world.

02:05 – Starting with freelancing

06:05 – Risk of quitting from a fulltime job

08:00 – Identifying your strengths.

09:00 – Glorification of a freelancing life

10:17 – Pros of Freelancing

11:50 – Cons of Freelancing

13:40 – Freelancing needs a Routine

14:40- What is Mindset? Importance of Mindset!

16:21 –What are some good Mind-set Practices?

17:10 –How to feel that drive every day.

18:32 – What are some of the lifestyle changes?

22:50 – Can somebody be a freelancer for life?

23:28 – Family and Freelancing

25:20- Facing rejection and failing at Pitches

26:11- Business development in freelancing

29:30- Is Freelancing for me?

32:48 – Myths around Freelancing!

Hrishikesh is a corporate guy turned freelancer turned entrepreneur, who runs 2 startups right now. He has switched careers at least 5 times in the last 10 years, going from wanting to study astrophysics to studying journalism to then studying International Affairs, then working as a business analyst and finally becoming a Digital Marketing freelancer and now an entrepreneur selling healthy snacks in one of his 2 ventures.

He’s here today to help us understand more about how he successfully made a switch from a well paid corporate job to freelancing full time, and what tools and tactics really helped him achieve the kind of life he wanted to build for himself.

00:48 – Will We Survive?

01:44 – Moment of Realization.

03:12 – Guilt of being Privileged

05:08 – Surviving during the Crisis

06:21 – Coexistence and Symbiotic Relationship

11:04 – Culture and Religion

12:18 – Dignity of Labor

13:43 – Becoming a superhuman before being a superpower.

15:46 – Healthcare for the underprivileged

19:58 – Hygiene in India

23:37 – Paying Capacity and Savings

25:25 – Working from Home

30:00 – Technology in Education

32:20 – Entertainment Industry (OTT Platforms Vs Theatres)



Sankalp Raj Tripathi is a Mumbai based writer and a filmmaker. Born and brought up in Lucknow. He served as a Creative Director YourQuote for a year in 2018. During his stint at India’s fastest growing self-expression platform, he wrote and directed several short films that received both, acclaims from the audiences across the social media platforms, and accolades at film festivals as well. He also served as a Creative Producer for a production house in Mumbai.

Currently working as Supervising Producer at Dice Media,  Sankalp has also worked as a writer of TV and ad films and a freelance ad and short film director before. Also a poet, singer and a storyteller, Sankalp is also developing his own feature for a renowned ad filmmaker. In the longer run, Sankalp wants to write and direct films on the subjects that reflect the socio-political-cultural aspects of the contemporary world.

01:38 - Who is Kavya?  

03:19 - Why is it so hard for us to accept our success? 

06:55 - How to look beyond buckets of success and failure? 

10:57 - What does it take to be more kind to yourself?  

16:38 - Writing down your accomplishments.  

17:44 - Negative Bias  18:55 - Imposter Syndrome  

22:00 - Identifying the pattern and breaking it.  

24:14 - What is the story you are telling your self?  

29:20 -  It's ok to be ok  

30:54 - A Quick Recap   

Link- Why you should define your fears instead of your goals | Tim Ferriss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J6jA... 

Kavya Tadakaluri co-founded a startup called the Inner Goddess Academy – a leadership development platform specially designed for women, worked as the City Head for a student-run media house called ‘The PULP’ and did Research and Development for the Social Responsibility Portfolio for the global leadership organization ‘YPO’. Since then, she has worked at digital advertising agencies, in the consumer goods sector and with several NGOs. However, while doing all the above she found her true passion in social work, in particular gender rights, education, and environmental protection. She aims to use the knowledge and experience gained to address and build awareness around these topics.

01:05 - Why should one think creative? 

03:48 - Not taking the engineering route. 

07:40 - What do you mean by good content and how can it get viral? 

10:39 - Which is the best medium to publish your content?  

13:01 - Dealing with Beginners Block. 

13:56 - What to do when you are out of ideas. (Creative Block)  

17:15 - Getting Started with an Idea.  

19:00 - Getting your idea validated.  

20:10 - How to 'UP' your frequency and get into a creative flow. 

22:46 - What is the process like? 

25:52 - Struggle and disconnect with creativity. 

27:25 - Gut Feeling and dealing with Self Doubt. 

29:46 - Dealing with Criticism. 

33:48 - How to think of big ideas in a low budget.  



Yashaswi is a Content Creator and currently, he is working as a Lead Filmmaker with the content marketing team at ixigo having made a lot of videos with his team which went viral and have millions of views and shares. He loves to create, value-driven, impactful and purposeful content and believes everyday life is full of ideas and metaphors, one just needs to observe rigorously and fit it into some format.

02:55 - Personal Journey and Struggle.  

06:15 - Saying no without feeling Guilty  

08:45 - Communication with Parents 

10:00 - Effectively Confronting  

11:15 - Communication with your Boss  

14:00 -  Ability to express yourself at the workplace  

16:10 - Pushing Boundaries with Parents  

22:36 - Toxic Relationship with Social Media  

27:48 - How to raise Kids to become effective communicators. 

31:16 Putting Success and failure in buckets  

32:39 - Creating safe non-judgmental spaces around us for people to express  

33:40 - Relationship with Closure  



Alisha is a humanist, a writer, a marketeer and an educator with a background in Journalism and in the Social Sector. Her core is in social and developmental issues; Youth, Life Skills, Mental Health and Gender. Currently, she works with Medha, an organisation working towards building an India with equal career opportunities for youth, irrespective of gender, class or caste. Coming from Hindu-Muslim parentage, she is a hoarder of free speech and human rights.