Ep 216 | Anjula Acharia
Achieve Your Dreams Through Visualization
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We’re re-airing one of our top episodes from last year with the lovely Anjula Acharia. She has been visualizing her success from an early age, without even realizing she was doing so. If anyone knows how to tune in to the opportunities around her, it’s Anjula.
She is the founder and CEO of A-Series Management and Investments and works as a talent strategist and strategic investor and advisor to many consumer tech and CPG startups, including two notable early-stage investments, ClassPass and Bumble, which have grown into billion-dollar unicorns. Not only is she an early investor and advocate, but she also happens to be international superstar Priyanka Chopra’s manager and business partner and has played a critical role in launching Priyanka’s career in the US.
In this episode, Anjula imparts her wisdom about how opportunities present themselves in the absence of desperation and explains why she chooses not to live by a plan. We hear her visualization tips and insights and discover how she applied the “power of the pivot” to Priyanka Chopra’s career. Anjula recounts how she connected with a legendary record executive, how she came to work with Priyanka, and the sheer hustle that was required for her to “break” into the industry.
Show Notes:
Hema’s perspective on having a Plan B and why you shouldn't have one when taking the leap. [03:47]
Leaving her career as a lawyer to pursue a career as a fashion stylist. [05:00]
How marriage and divorce have influenced Hema's perspectives on money and her career. [09:01]
The importance of having a strong support system. [11:57]
Hema's growing sense that something is missing in her life after having a successful career in law. [14:52]
What Hema's parents think about her pursuing a career as a stylist. [17:48]
Transitioning to a new career later in life and building self-confidence. [20:28]
The puzzle pieces of Hema's career journey that ultimately led her to becoming an interior designer. [20:56]
Why everyone needs to: stop planning and start acting. [22:22]
Venturing into the fashion industry and discovering it's not her true calling. [26:57]
Don’t let money be your number one motivation in your career. [32:52]
The importance of defining your purpose and happiness. [34:58]
Transitioning from being stylist to interior designer during the pandemic. [37:18]
How the hustle culture hinders us from real success. [40:42]
A big ego can hold you back in entrepreneurship. [47:36]
Confronting self-doubt daily, and how it failed to deter Hema from pursuing her passion. [48:28]
Hema's most significant fear that she must overcome. [50:57]
Hema aspires to eventually mend her relationship with money. [52:58]
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