Ep 22 – Find Your Purpose; Master Your Ambitions, with guest Shivani Gupta

Would you like to find your purpose? Here’s how!

My guest today is Shivani Gupta who moved from India to Australia age 11 – her father wanted her to have the same opportunities that her brothers had. She is an executive mentor and has a life ambition (or purpose) to see all girls educated around the world. She has a particular focus on helping young girls in rural India gain education, citing the clear benefits:

“In rural families  a better educated girl sees her worth go up and there are so many ripple effects of that,” Shivani says. “They leave school about 5 years later, they experience less domestic violence and early marriage and fewer die at childbirth.” Shivani’s is a serious purpose which is already making a huge impact.

In this episode, Shivani is sharing:

• How to start defining your own purpose in a few simple steps
• Her own purpose in seeing all girls educated worldwide
• How to define your life and career ambitions and prioritise them to avoid burnout
• And a whole lot more…

A fitting topic to start of the new year with a bang!

“Women are trying to be great at everything – to master so many things – but then they run so thin. It’s important to prioritise tasks and deciding what you want to master. I’m certainly ambitious and I’m not going to apologise for it either.” (Shivani Gupta, guest on ‘Her Ambitious Career’ Podcast)

Links:

• Get access to Shivani’s Tips for Mentoring and a chapter from her book
• ‘The 7 Habits of Female Execs Who Get Promoted’ – get promoted faster with Rebecca’s free guide!
• Visit Rebecca www.illuminategrowth.com.au
• Tune into this ep as well: 5 Reasons You’re Lacking Direction & What To Do About It
• And also this one: What is Procrastination Costing You & Your Career?
• See all podcast eps

About Shivani:

Shivani Gupta is a global keynote speaker, author, podcast host and executive mentor. She started her career as an engineer, following the footsteps of her gather and grandfather. As the first woman to be able to work in her family, she sees working as a privilege. She was the youngest and only female in her division and within 7 years had been promoted to a position of leadership. She now mentors in her business Ask Shivani and has an ambition to see 10 million girls educated worldwide.

About Rebecca:

Hi, I’m Rebecca Allen and I’m an Executive Coach and Personal Brand expert for corporate women, aspiring to senior levels of leadership. I absolutely LOVE coaching and seeing my fabulous clients exceed their own expectations. I’ve worked for 11 years now as a coach and have helped women at companies including Woolworths, ANZ, J.P. Morgan, PwC, Coca-Cola Amatil, Ministry of Defence and Coles. I live for those phone calls from clients, jumping up and down, telling me they’ve got that promotion, negotiated a seismic pay rise or have moved into a role completely aligned with their mission, values and strengths. I’m a working mum of two wonderful children, adore travel and trying my hand at anything creative. I’d love to connect with you!