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An upside of the pandemic was the demasking of the big lie: BUSY is Beautiful.
This session is for those that want a result, an outcome. Which is pretty much all of us. Platitudes such as ‘Money/success isn’t everything’ aside, we are always working towards an outcome: a fulfilling job, raising a family, starting a business, a non profit launch... The more ambitious and goal oriented we are, the more we start chasing action in order to chase results and outcomes. While chasing action can very well lead to results, it also leads to fatigue, burnout and mistakes. On the other hand mastering action helps us achieve remarkable results faster, without paying the typical price of ‘doing’. And the fastest way to mastering action is by leveraging the power of inaction as a choice.
During this session we’ll connect with Jinny Uppal (upcoming author of Power of Inaction) and hear how to use 'inactivity', the antithesis of 'busy-ness', to drive creative thinking and progress, including how to intentionally begin and end days and how to make decisions, both big and small.
How it works: We all join the call from wherever we are in the world, lace up our sneakers, walk out the door to listen to Jinny give a TED-esque talk. Then you and the other walkers will be divided into intimate breakout groups to discuss how this can play into your own life.
We like to think of ourselves as a new kind of go outside and play. We believe relationships are most important in our lives 🤝 and unlikely mashups create new perspectives and opportunities. #relationshipsarethetruecurrency. All are welcome, regardless of gender, job function or career level.
About Jinny:
Jinny Uppal is a technology and business strategist with a 20+ year career growing and transforming businesses across telecom, ecommerce and retail, working at Fortune 500 North American businesses. In her most recent role, she was Vice President of Strategy Portfolio Management at Bed Bath & Beyond, a North American Retailer.
She is currently an author, speaker, business consultant, investor and Board member. Her new book, with a working title of ‘Power of Inaction’, will be published in December 2021 by New Degree Press. In this book, Jinny explores the downside of our action bias. She draws from her own life experiences and that of over 30 successful leaders across the globe as well as established research to develop a new approach to achieving remarkable success by ‘doing’ less.
Jinny grew up in Mumbai and migrated to the United States for an MS Computer Science at Florida International University. She completed the Harvard Business School Program for Leadership Development in 2010. She is a 13 year practitioner of Vedic and Buddhist meditation and breathwork practices. Her other interests include hiking, horseback riding and chilling out 'doing' nothing.
Connect with Jinny: linkedin, Jinny's book newsletter