XLRI Hosted Leadership Talk With Akash Gautam

Jamshedpur: The 1st leadership talk of the year 2018 in the flagship XLS-XLRI Leadership series 2017-18 and the fifth in the current series was delivered by popular Motivational speaker, corporate trainer and blogger, Mr. Akash Gautam. The leadership Talk was organized by PGDM-GM batch of XLRI was held on 15th January, 2018 at XLRI Campus in Jamshedpur.

Mr. Akash exhorts people to be Happy, Energetic & Focused. His Events are Motivation minus the boring Gyaan; & are of the sarcasm and humor genre. He believes in the motto of ‘Life’ & ‘Living Life Better.

Addressing the students of XLRI in a power packed session Mr. Akash talked about the need for happiness in people’s life. He stressed upon the importance of maintaining a balanced personal life in order to achieve success in the corporate world. He kept the students engaged as he uncovered the mantras for a successful life – Career, fitness, relationships, hobbies and spirituality – and the need to diversify your investment of time and energy amongst these five areas. He talked about how meditation helped him improve his life and encouraged the students to leverage the power of meditation for better concentration in MBA and post MBA life.

A healthy mind and a healthy body increases concentration and motivates a person to put in 100% in whatever they do. He shared anecdotes from his personal life to stress upon the importance of staying happy and healthy. The best part of the event was the humorous way in which he engaged the audience and kept the essence of talk alive. He closed out the session by telling the audience that they need to identify the momentum that keeps them moving and learn to use that to their benefit.