The Truth About Schools Which Every Parent Should Know

In Episode 12 of Building Bharat, we have Dr. Srikumar Rao with us. Srikumar Rao is an Indian-American executive coach, author, TED speaker, and former professor best known for teaching “Creativity and Personal Mastery” (CPM), a course that blended business leadership with psychology, spirituality, emotional resilience, and personal fulfillment. We begin the conversation with a personal anecdote shared by him on how a small girl was inspired by his teachings, the impact of his teachings in our host Siddharth's life and how we can fix a child's mindset. He also stressed on how schools can change mental ecosystem of a young child leading to his overall growth, the role of teachers and value of spiritual wisdom. An eminent TEDx Speaker, he also shares an important lesson from his course and addresses the issue of toxic mental models that children develop in their growth phase. Watch the video till the end to understand how schools, parents and teachers could foster a harmonious environment for developing a child's inner as well as outer growth. If you found the video valuable then drop a like and subscribe to the channel, hit the bell icon for more such videos and share it with your friends. #india #indian #socialmedia #school #schoollife #schools 00:00 - Siddharth x Dr. Srikumar Rao Begins 02:14 - Introduction 04:48 - Personal Anecdote 05:55 - About Project Udaan 06:30 - Biggest Failure of Education 08:13 - How to Fix a Child's Thinking? 11:30 - Are We Learning How to be Unhappy? 14:15 - How Can a School Change the Mental Ecosystem? 19:28 - Impact of Changing Schools 21:15 - School Learnings & Memories 25:32 - Role of Teachers 29:02 - Impact of Paul Brunton's Books 31:25 - Spirituality & its Application in Life 33:55 - What Motivated Him For Professional Transitions? 37:40 - One Lesson From His Famous Course 40:44 - The Abundance vs Scarcity Mindset 45:18 - Toxic Mental Models of Today's Children 48:45 - How to Not Cause Harm to Children Growing Up? 50:40 - Role of Politics in Running Schools 53:30 - Importance of Ancient Indian Wisdom 55:45 - One Change He Would Make As an Education Minister 57:11 - Conclusion