My Worst Investment Ever Podcast Padmini Janaki – Nothing Is More Important Than Health
BIO: Padmini Janaki is the CEO and Co-founder of Mind&Mom, an AI app that predicts pregnancy abnormalities and cures.
STORY: Padmini chased success with everything she had because she believed that’s what she was born and raised to do. It wasn’t until she forgot to feed her daughter that she realized she’d been chasing the wrong thing.
LEARNING: Nothing or nobody is as important as you are. So invest a lot in yourself. If we don’t have health, we have nothing.
“Invest in yourself because nobody is as important as you.”
Padmini Janaki
Guest profile
Padmini Janaki is the CEO and Co-founder of Mind&Mom, an AI app that predicts pregnancy abnormalities and cures. She is also the author of Myths & Millennials, with 35,000 readers worldwide. Her mission is to save women’s health globally and stop maternal deaths.
Worst investment ever
Padmini believed that people are born and raised to be prosperous and financially stable. So she was in that manual mode while growing up. Padmini studied hard, and when she came out of university and started working, she emersed herself in work. All Padmini thought about was working hard to go up the corporate ladder and earn more. Padmini’s focus was only on how to be successful. Her version of success was making money, being the best employee, and getting promotions every year.
Padmini worked non-stop. She even cut short her maternity leave to get back to her career journey. She felt this was what it took to get to the right level of success. One day she forgot to feed her daughter. She had late-night calls with clients and was so engrossed in the meetings that her daughter fell asleep without eating. It wasn’t until the following day, when Padmini’s daughter told her that she’d forgotten to feed her, that she realized she had been investing all her energy and focus into her career while missing out on the most important things in her life.
Lessons learned
- Nothing or nobody is as important as you are. So invest a lot in yourself.
- Doing something that you’re passionate about instead of working hard to impress your boss or the people around you is the only way to succeed in life. You can be on your own, make the same money, bring the same value, be happy about it, and have a much more balanced life.
Andrew’s takeaways
- If we don’t have health, we have nothing. You have to take responsibility for your health.
- You don’t have to destroy yourself and your health in a business; you can set your limits.
Actionable advice
Learn at least one thing every single day. Set aside an hour every day to focus on learning something new by reading a book or watching a YouTube video that talks about something new.
No. 1 goal for the next 12 months
Padmini’s goal for the next 12 months is to go into infertility and hopefully serve 500,000 women so they can have better health.
Parting words
“Whatever you’re doing, no matter how small, love it and do it with your full heart. I’m sure it’s going to turn out to be something even lovelier.”
Padmini Janaki
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Andrew’s books
- How to Start Building Your Wealth Investing in the Stock Market
- My Worst Investment Ever
- 9 Valuation Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
- Transform Your Business with Dr.Deming’s 14 Points
Andrew’s online programs
- Valuation Master Class
- How to Start Building Your Wealth Investing in the Stock Market
- Finance Made Ridiculously Simple
- Become a Great Presenter and Increase Your Influence
- Transform Your Business with Dr. Deming’s 14 Points