Unleash your Inner Champion - Deepak Acharya - Part 1

This episode of Leadcast features Deepak Acharya, Group General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer of  Aditya Birla Group, discussing the concept of "corporate athletes." Inspired by a training institute for world-class athletes, the idea focuses on sustained peak performance in business leadership. Acharya explains that this concept, while popularized in the West, aligns with Eastern philosophies like those in Inner Engineering. He outlines four interconnected dimensions of energy crucial for corporate athletes: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. He emphasizes managing energy over time, highlighting the importance of focusing energies effectively for engagement. Acharya details how these energies can be grown through a process of oscillation, similar to natural rhythms like breathing or waves. He stresses the importance of strategically disengaging from work to allow for growth and idea generation, using his own experience as a lawyer finding solutions during walks as an example. Finally, he underscores the role of stress in expanding capacity, urging listeners to push beyond their comfort zones without breaking, and the necessity of developing supportive habits and rituals. The episode concludes with a promise of further discussion in the next installment.