Editor’s Note: This is a continuation of our core conversation on “Great Connections Lead to Great Ideas.” Yesterday, Shama Kabani shared 3 Types of Conversations to Seek Out. Today, Ishita Gupta shares how environment is more powerful than will.
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In the video below, Ishita discusses:
- Why great connections foster great ideas, and vice versa
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Environment is more powerful than will
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The power of surrounding yourself with inspiring people
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More about Ishita: Ishita Gupta is the founder and publisher of fear.less, a free online magazine that empowers people through unique stories of overcoming fear. From entrepreneurs, business leaders, artists and scientists to survivors of extreme experiences, fear.less aims to demonstrate the hidden potential we have to confront our fears and come out victorious.
In her previous life, Ishita studied medicine, produced documentary film and photo projects, and taught English to international students. She is also a graduate of Seth Godin’s Alternative MBA program.
I love the environment more powerful than will comment. And I love the way you explain this: We admire people whose qualities we see in ourselves – people helping others, organizing amazing things. We HAVE the qualities we admire in others, only undeveloped and yet-to-be-nurtured. And we enable those qualities to come out in us by actively seeking out and connecting with those people, watching, and learning. It becomes very real! Aside: I totally didn’t realize you had a background in photography, that’s so delightful (and probably explains why fear.less is so beautifully put together).
Ishita,
When I read that you actually started fear.less, and saw you video, I said to myself here’s an inspirational person! I also enjoyed your story about being a part of Seth’s course, and seeing so many new things you didn’t know even existed. I greatly appreciate all the efforts you, and the people you surround yourself with, have put into bringing messages of value to people who are searching. Please keep it up, because there are lots of us out there tuning our antennas in hopes of finding a wonderful “still small voice”, like yours, to guide and be a model of achievement to follow.