E23 - Janhavi Rao - Unshackling Conventions

Send us Fan MailMeet Janhavi Ajit Rao, our next guest on Inspire Someone Today. A highly successful IT professional saw her career impacted when she was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. Her response to it was nothing short of spectacular, stuff dreams are made of act!Janhavi shares her life story that prompted her to give her IT career and start afresh as a trained doctor at the age of 43. Things that aided her in the decision making, challenges she had in her career shift. The role her doctor and family played in helping her follow her passion. Taboos about age as a barrier to accomplish life’s goals, ways to tackle mid-career blues and what does pursuit of passion mean. Janhavi is currently pursuing her Masters in Internal Medicine and living her passion on making an impact on the community. A real story of grit, passion and creating ripples of inspiration!!Timestamps Backstory of Jhanavi Rao - An engineer started studying medicine - 2:23Fitting the tribe in a new field - 11:40Mindset change to overcome chronic or lifestyle diseases - 15:28Managing mid-life crisis - 20:54Next stop in Dr.Jhanvi's medicine career - 24:40Advice to your younger self - 28:38Key quotes and references from the episode:Positive frame of mind changes everythingLet us not be shackled by our limitationsNothing is impossible, never say neverDo not confuse what you like with what you are passionate aboutLetting go can happen in all facets of our lifeLinkedIn: Janhavi RaoIf you loved listening to this episode and want to share your views do click on the link below, https://lnkd.in/gKMix5eWant to say Hello, do connect with me on LinkedIn or Instagram.Subscribe, follow, and leave your comments to help me get better with my episodes. Available on all podcast platforms, including, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, youtube, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox, RadioPublic, TuneIn, Gaana Jio Saavn, AudibleDo stay tuned for new episodes every alternate Friday. Next episode -June 4’21.Have you purchased the copy of Inspire Someone Today, yet? - Give it a go geni.us/istbookAvailable on all podcast platforms, including, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify