Why You Shouldn't Have A "Plan B" & The Ultimate Goal Setting Method w/Payal Kadakia EP 1224
Feb 4, 2022
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In this engaging conversation, Payal Kadakia, the founder of ClassPass and author of "LifePass," champions the idea of committing to one’s dreams without a fallback. She shares her journey from dance to entrepreneurship, emphasizing the power of passion over societal expectations. Kadakia discusses achieving financial freedom through open conversations about money and aligning personal values with career choices. Additionally, she highlights setting intentional goals and the transformative nature of self-reflection, urging listeners to embrace their individuality and pursue greatness.
Reflecting on emotions and setting intentions helps us understand our current state and cultivate the desired future.
Having open conversations about money with your partner enables a healthy financial relationship and shared money vision.
Tracking and prioritizing our time based on our dreams and goals helps avoid wasting time and focus on what truly matters.
Setting quarterly goals provides a realistic timeframe for progress and increases the chance of success while avoiding overwhelm.
Deep dives
Reflecting and Dreaming
Reflecting on our emotions and experiences helps us understand where we currently are in our lives. It is important to dream and set intentions for the future, focusing on the emotions and feelings we hope to cultivate.
Managing Money and Conversations
Having open and honest conversations about money with your partner is essential for a healthy financial relationship. Understanding each other's money values, upbringing, and dreams can help create a shared money vision.
Tracking and Prioritizing Time
Tracking how we spend our time and prioritizing the areas that align with our dreams and goals is crucial. It helps us recognize where our time is being wasted and allows us to make intentional choices to focus on what truly matters.
Setting Realistic and Achievable Goals
Setting quarterly goals instead of overwhelming ourselves with year-long resolutions gives us a realistic timeframe to make progress and experience small victories along the way. Choosing a few areas to focus on helps us avoid spreading ourselves too thin and increases the likelihood of success.
Embracing Change and Being Adaptable
One of the main lessons from the podcast is that the only constant in life is change. It emphasizes the importance of being flexible and adaptable in order to navigate through different situations and challenges. The speaker shares how she learned to embrace change and make it a part of her journey towards success.
Embracing Individuality and Following Your Own Path
The podcast highlights the significance of embracing one's uniqueness and not conforming to societal expectations. It encourages listeners to live their lives on their own terms and follow their own path, rather than trying to fit into predefined boxes. The speaker shares her personal experience of going against stereotypes and pursuing her passion for dance and entrepreneurship, inspiring others to do the same.
Fearlessly Pursuing Goals and Overcoming Doubt
The podcast discusses the importance of setting goals and pursuing them fearlessly, despite the presence of doubts and insecurities. It emphasizes the need to focus on the positive and control one's thoughts in order to overcome fear and self-doubt. The speaker shares her own journey of persevering through doubts and embracing failure as feedback, ultimately achieving her goals and creating a successful business.
Today’s guest is Payal Kadakia. She’s the Founder of ClassPass, the leading fitness and wellness membership. She’s also the Founder and Artistic Director of The Sa Dance Company, founded in 2009 with the mission to increase awareness of Indian Dance in the mainstream and serve as a platform for expressing the Indian-American identity through movement. She’s written a new book called LifePass: Drop Your Limits, Rise to Your Potential - A Groundbreaking Approach to Goal Setting.
In this episode we discuss what gets in the way of people chasing big dreams, why you shouldn’t have a “Plan B” in life, the conversations everyone should have about money, the ultimate method for setting goals and so much more!
