Deepak Jayaraman's mission is to help people play to potential. He strives to do it through his advisory work as a coach and sounding board, as a podcaster and as an author. As an advisor, Deepak works with Leaders and Organizations with a growth mindset and helps them play to their full potential. Deepak has been curating the Play to Potential Podcast since Dec 2016.

In this episode, Subbu and Deepak discuss Deepak's unconventional career path, navigating the 'messy' midlife, the paradox of self-awareness, discovering our values and a whole lot more.

Key topics covered:

• Why Deepak chose an unconventional career path 
• Lessons from long distance running
• Getting to Work-life harmony
• What inspired Deepak to write his book - Play To Potential
• Type 1 v/s Type 2 personalities
• How to navigate the 'messy middle' of life
• Why it's OK to let go of the trapeze
• The paradox of self-awareness
• Cultivating internal and external self-awareness
• Three ways to discovering our values and principles
• The FLAVOUR Model of leadership
• "Where to play" is the most strategic question
• 6 inspiring stories of people living a FLAVOUR-ful life
• Crafting a FLAVOUR-ful work culture
• The word-ball game
• Midlife is the time for opportunities
• Being fluid about our identities