To maximize your success in life and leadership, you need to let your true self shine through in everything you do. That’s what Dr. Hitendra Wadhwa, who teaches Columbia Business School’s “wildly overenrolled course” Personal Leadership & Success, has discovered from his 15 years of research on scientific principles of success.

We often struggle to balance the world’s demands with our own dreams. Some of us pursue Outer Success, wanting to be liked and loved, supported and promoted. But in our quest for worldly glory, we may ignore the subtle stirrings of our heart, waking up one day to realize just how far we have drifted from our personal ideals. Others among us seek Inner Success, wanting the freedom to pursue our own calling. But in our quest to be true to ourselves, we may end up hurting, disappointing or antagonizing others, straining relationships and being sidelined. 

It seems that our drives for Outer and Inner Success are destined to clash. But perhaps that is only because we’ve been searching for success in the wrong places. This talk shows how we can pursue success from the place where our greatest potential is held, our Inner Core, by activating our Five Core Energies: Purpose, Wisdom, Growth, Love and Self-Realization. Empowered by your Five Core Energies, you will discover how to create outer impact from a place of inner mastery. 

You will walk away from this talk with new learning on:

1. How to activate your best self 
2. Why we fail to understand our own true nature – and how to correct it
3. Your five Core Energies
4. How to live and lead from your Inner Core
5. How ordinary people do extraordinary things

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