You can learn life lessons by actually living life -- or you can take a short cut and learn them from those who have done the living for you. Prakash Iyer joins Amit Varma in episode 240 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss his journey rising to the top of the corporate world, and then sharing the lessons he learnt.  Also check out: 1. Prakash Iyer on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Amazon and his own website. 2. How Come No One Told Me That? -- Prakash Iyer. 3. Some talks on YouTube by Prakash Iyer: 1, 2, 3, 4.  4. Luck is All Around -- Amit Varma. 5. The Answer is 42 -- Amit Varma. 6. The Numbers Game -- Amit Varma. 7. Poker at Lake Wobegon -- Amit Varma. 8. Range Rover -- The Archives of Amit Varma's poker column for Economic Times. 9. Air India Express ousts 'Sir' from cockpit, brings in 'Captain.' 10. Defending the Indefensible -- Episode 55 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Yazad Jal). 11. Where Are the Jobs? -- Episode 87 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Yazad Jal). 12. Metrics of Empowerment -- Episode 88 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Devika Kher, Nidhi Gupta and Hamsini Hariharan). 13. The #MeToo Movement -- Episode 90 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Supriya Nair and Nikita Saxena). 14. Men Must Step Up Now -- Amit Varma. 15. Ranveer Brar's YouTube channel. 16. Brian Tracy on Amazon, YouTube and his own website. 17. Roshan Abbas and the Creator Economy -- Episode 239 of The Seen and the Unseen. 18. How I Gained 1 MILLION Subscribers — Ali Abdaal. 19. My Top 10 Tips for Aspiring YouTubers — Ali Abdaal. 20. Art & Fear -- David Bayles and Ted Orland. 21. Georges Simenon on Amazon. 22. Malcolm Gladwell on Amazon. 23. Dan Ariely on Amazon. 24. Fraudulent data raise questions about superstar honesty researcher. 25. Behram Contractor (aka Busybee) on Amazon.  Please subscribe to The India Uncut Newsletter. It’s free!  And check out Amit’s online course, The Art of Clear Writing.

You can learn life lessons by actually living life -- or you can take a short cut and learn them from those who have done the living for you. Prakash Iyer joins Amit Varma in episode 240 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss his journey rising to the top of the corporate world, and then sharing the lessons he learnt. Also check out: 1. Prakash Iyer on <a href="https://twitter.com/prakashiyer" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/prakashiyer&source=gmail&ust=1630379101781000&usg=AFQjCNFP0DtNclPaSiZYCuxtxmKKKfY3JQ">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/prakash_iyer02/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/prakash_iyer02/?hl%3Den&source=gmail&ust=1630379101781000&usg=AFQjCNHRUMsv3-xyr63htfCqEQ_dueQ8cQ">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ChaiWithPi" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/c/ChaiWithPi&source=gmail&ust=1630379101781000&usg=AFQjCNF7xDUQRxfX8gmHzz87nZhoE1My5w">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Prakash-Iyer/e/B004SWGIGG/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/Prakash-Iyer/e/B004SWGIGG/ref%3Ddp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1&source=gmail&ust=1630379101781000&usg=AFQjCNFX0-UXetBae_QLUoBEm7PyIN1pew">Amazon</a> and <a href="http://prakashiyer.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://prakashiyer.com/&source=gmail&ust=1630379101781000&usg=AFQjCNHrR6qRSwLScmq5aZ3Hee7EoXuRIA">his own website</a>. 2. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/How-Come-One-Told-That-ebook/dp/B09BMWSHXQ/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=prakash+iyer&qid=1630289249&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/How-Come-One-Told-That-ebook/dp/B09BMWSHXQ/ref%3Dsr_1_1?keywords%3Dprakash%2Biyer%26qid%3D1630289249%26sr%3D8-1&source=gmail&ust=1630379101781000&usg=AFQjCNHw6v5cnJHGVsBq1gIQ72a8CgdABA">How Come No One Told Me That?</a> -- Prakash Iyer. 3. Some talks on YouTube by Prakash Iyer: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_Tz0QHmKo4" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DV_Tz0QHmKo4&source=gmail&ust=1630379101781000&usg=AFQjCNHk-dLS4AA9CSuDm-A8nGHewBUAUw">1</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCdiFLzXlnI" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DQCdiFLzXlnI&source=gmail&ust=1630379101781000&usg=AFQjCNGUS62HiHAaxwXcD1DIqJTUYft-Rw">2</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNZ2tlgz2M4" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DlNZ2tlgz2M4&source=gmail&ust=1630379101781000&usg=AFQjCNE0-ho1sVwSMI6z5bof26QpoXonHg">3</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cujNmndAPvw" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DcujNmndAPvw&source=gmail&ust=1630379101781000&usg=AFQjCNG1-nf30PaRA2CeMKOIiqdDYKMIRQ">4</a>. 4. <a href="https://indiauncut.com/luck-is-all-around/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://indiauncut.com/luck-is-all-around/&source=gmail&ust=1630379101781000&usg=AFQjCNF_UIxEU5H46B2naTTito0k5qOWLA">Luck is All Around</a> -- Amit Varma. 5. <a href="https://indiauncut.com/the-answer-is-42/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://indiauncut.com/the-answer-is-42/&source=gmail&ust=1630379101781000&usg=AFQjCNFAKZkxaOA1RLYEdmTcsqdjduoXOw">The Answer is 42</a> -- Amit Varma. 6. <a href="https://indiauncut.com/the-numbers-game/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://indiauncut.com/the-numbers-game/&source=gmail&ust=1630379101782000&usg=AFQjCNFb1ttBoHgvw3tjPkO64yTrrRyr9Q">The Numbers Game</a> -- Amit Varma. 7. <a href="https://indiauncut.com/poker-at-lake-wobegon/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://indiauncut.com/poker-at-lake-wobegon/&source=gmail&ust=1630379101782000&usg=AFQjCNH7WMjOmYQTIKNHaxOyZ_I8uds5VA">Poker at Lake Wobegon</a> -- Amit Varma. 8. <a href="https://indiauncut.com/category/poker/range-rover/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://indiauncut.com/category/poker/range-rover/&source=gmail&ust=1630379101782000&usg=AFQjCNEAIgYgMgfKKkw-wq5aGdrd6QehFg">Range Rover</a> -- The Archives of Amit Varma's poker column for Economic Times. 9. <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/air-india-express-ousts-sir-from-cockpit-brings-in-captain/articleshow/85527035.cms" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/air-india-express-ousts-sir-from-cockpit-brings-in-captain/articleshow/85527035.cms&source=gmail&ust=1630379101782000&usg=AFQjCNGmJI5DV6J1P98pBKml59E6HCuAVg">Air India Express ousts 'Sir' from cockpit, brings in 'Captain.'</a> 10. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2018/2/12/episode-55-defending-the-indefensible/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2018/2/12/episode-55-defending-the-indefensible/&source=gmail&ust=1630379101782000&usg=AFQjCNG_5Jt5wDnvTb43XGHVbehKJg5B-w">Defending the Indefensible</a> -- Episode 55 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Yazad Jal). 11. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2018/9/24/episode-87-where-are-the-jobs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2018/9/24/episode-87-where-are-the-jobs/&source=gmail&ust=1630379101782000&usg=AFQjCNH-hY-gA8RLQJANatERqGYR7_SVGQ">Where Are the Jobs?</a> -- Episode 87 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Yazad Jal). 12. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2018/10/1/episode-88-metrics-of-empowerment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2018/10/1/episode-88-metrics-of-empowerment/&source=gmail&ust=1630379101782000&usg=AFQjCNHrUiwpvlgtjqoKso3gEyiIy9D-Ig">Metrics of Empowerment</a> -- Episode 88 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Devika Kher, Nidhi Gupta and Hamsini Hariharan). 13. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2018/10/15/episode-90-the-metoo-movement/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2018/10/15/episode-90-the-metoo-movement/&source=gmail&ust=1630379101782000&usg=AFQjCNH8EMp0FPfxPP_aVaTAhTLKxRDh_w">The #MeToo Movement</a> -- Episode 90 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Supriya Nair and Nikita Saxena). 14. <a href="https://indiauncut.com/men-must-step-up-now/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://indiauncut.com/men-must-step-up-now/&source=gmail&ust=1630379101782000&usg=AFQjCNEe8-ediJsu8KRHHbcMk1qeFRuhuA">Men Must Step Up Now</a> -- Amit Varma. 15. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ChefRanveer/videos" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/c/ChefRanveer/videos&source=gmail&ust=1630379101782000&usg=AFQjCNGHB-SXWvLzaBP2hJpSIXYHaP01iw">Ranveer Brar's YouTube channel</a>. 16. Brian Tracy on <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Brian-Tracy/e/B001H6OMRI?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_4&qid=1630291976&sr=8-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/Brian-Tracy/e/B001H6OMRI?ref%3Dsr_ntt_srch_lnk_4%26qid%3D1630291976%26sr%3D8-4&source=gmail&ust=1630379101782000&usg=AFQjCNG1qqC6OR8uOJEhSmiiE-gmvkmGlA">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/BrianTracyOfficialPage/videos" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/c/BrianTracyOfficialPage/videos&source=gmail&ust=1630379101782000&usg=AFQjCNHI1PHScZPMdU6nI-Kgflqxbcz4Bg">YouTube</a> and <a href="https://www.briantracy.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.briantracy.com/&source=gmail&ust=1630379101782000&usg=AFQjCNGTzOWPjwMAvtbrB7M6WrS_01yKUA">his own website</a>. 17. <a href="https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2021/8/23/episode-239-roshan-abbas-and-the-creator-economy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2021/8/23/episode-239-roshan-abbas-and-the-creator-economy/&source=gmail&ust=1630379101782000&usg=AFQjCNFSBXZ2TKHEZfEUEIHkOosm8aNY6g">Roshan Abbas and the Creator Economy</a> -- Episode 239 of The Seen and the Unseen. 18. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNI-1Vy6WM4&t=145s" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DiNI-1Vy6WM4%26t%3D145s&source=gmail&ust=1630379101782000&usg=AFQjCNFKhCXSJDWtOCM6v-ll1mvMacFWoQ">How I Gained 1 MILLION Subscribers</a> — Ali Abdaal. 19. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpL4jfLZY3Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DGpL4jfLZY3Q&source=gmail&ust=1630379101782000&usg=AFQjCNGd2mFC3NMjKFXr4QFz6nkyrO9HOw">My Top 10 Tips for Aspiring YouTubers</a> — Ali Abdaal. 20. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Art-Fear-Observations-Rewards-Artmaking-ebook/dp/B0042JSQLU/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=art+and+fear&qid=1630292221&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/Art-Fear-Observations-Rewards-Artmaking-ebook/dp/B0042JSQLU/ref%3Dsr_1_1?keywords%3Dart%2Band%2Bfear%26qid%3D1630292221%26sr%3D8-1&source=gmail&ust=1630379101782000&usg=AFQjCNGHehCvNNz5k075chBXIIYD2iqo0g">Art & Fear</a> -- David Bayles and Ted Orland. 21. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Georges-Simenon/e/B001HCX6KQ?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1630292333&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/Georges-Simenon/e/B001HCX6KQ?ref%3Dsr_ntt_srch_lnk_1%26qid%3D1630292333%26sr%3D8-1&source=gmail&ust=1630379101782000&usg=AFQjCNGHK170z3ESmjeNhkwlaHOr8N0uWA">Georges Simenon on Amazon</a>. 22. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Malcolm-Gladwell/e/B000APOE98?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1630292387&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/Malcolm-Gladwell/e/B000APOE98?ref%3Dsr_ntt_srch_lnk_1%26qid%3D1630292387%26sr%3D8-1&source=gmail&ust=1630379101782000&usg=AFQjCNHgCWmSyT0Fr4Uq4-bdx3gmqFlZag">Malcolm Gladwell on Amazon</a>. 23. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Dan-Ariely/e/B001J93B34?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1630292418&sr=1-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/Dan-Ariely/e/B001J93B34?ref%3Dsr_ntt_srch_lnk_1%26qid%3D1630292418%26sr%3D1-1&source=gmail&ust=1630379101782000&usg=AFQjCNEPbtIN3JkWs8VO6JcEIaHAZgZcwQ">Dan Ariely on Amazon</a>. 24. <a href="https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/08/fraudulent-data-set-raise-questions-about-superstar-honesty-researcher" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/08/fraudulent-data-set-raise-questions-about-superstar-honesty-researcher&source=gmail&ust=1630379101782000&usg=AFQjCNF99sVsMyVjR1Lv0tSlnoiDwGdviQ">Fraudulent data raise questions about superstar honesty researcher</a>. 25. <a href="https://www.amazon.in/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3ABehram+Contractor&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.in/s?i%3Dstripbooks%26rh%3Dp_27%253ABehram%2BContractor%26ref%3Ddp_byline_sr_book_1&source=gmail&ust=1630379101782000&usg=AFQjCNF88OQGfhEukrG1PRscwc5wJcXFDw">Behram Contractor (aka Busybee) on Amazon</a>. Please subscribe to <a href="https://indiauncut.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://indiauncut.substack.com/&source=gmail&ust=1630379101782000&usg=AFQjCNHm31s1qhcH7MDy0SBpcp2NLgb3Ag">The India Uncut Newsletter</a>. It’s free! And check out Amit’s online course, <a href="https://indiauncut.com/clear-writing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://indiauncut.com/clear-writing/&source=gmail&ust=1630379101782000&usg=AFQjCNEMAj9bfpiCLAet1cpXG9pR6xVqbQ">The Art of Clear Writing</a>.

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You can learn life lessons by actually living life -- or you can take a short cut and learn them from those who have done the living for you. Prakash Iyer joins Amit Varma in episode 240 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss his journey rising to the...

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