BasTalk Directory
July 8, 2022
Confirmation Bias
A typical Startup Founders dilemma #23: having conviction vs being in denia l! Some founders are blessed with the gift of the gab & over time they begin to view their own BS as the real deal. This is compunded more in nascen…
July 4, 2022
Career Gaps in Resumes
Career gaps, career breaks, resume gaps, time-off. These more or less mean the same thing: you are not employed. So when the next opportunity comes your way, you get nervous about the best ways to share the gap-story! For so…
June 30, 2022
BasTalk past, present and future
I've often been asked why do a podcast, why now, why BasTalk? My answer has always straight and simple - I share because I care. I share content to make it easy for people to understand how to navigate through this complex …
June 28, 2022
What is the BasTalk podcast all about?
Here's a list of things this podcast does not do: give you life-changing gyan, save you money or make you grow rapidly! Nor is it a typical Tech-Talk , or a Management big-talk. So what is BasTalk? BasTalk literally means Si…
June 22, 2022
The jealous colleague
So when your peer at work got the promotion - how did you feel? When your friend got a new car how did you feel? When your colleague bought a new house, what did you think? Peer pressure? I guess you know the answer. Ever …
June 13, 2022
Who inspects the interviewer's mistakes?
There is a ton of content on how to answer tough interview questions, but very little on whether these questions were correct in the first place? There is a lot of content on poor quality of job seekers, but very little on p…
June 10, 2022
The Dogfight 3 : Reality
So you heard the candidates version, the recruiters version, now listen to the reality check. ---
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June 6, 2022
The Dogfight 2 : Recruiter
So now that you understood the point of view from a job seeker perspective, its time to dive into the recruiters point of view. ---
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June 1, 2022
The Dogfight 1 : Jobseeker
There are 3 sides to every job. The candidates ordeal. The recruiters pain. The truth. In this episode I dive into the job seeker's predicament and hope to brings clarity, simplicity and induce job seekers to think before th…
May 25, 2022
Unburn: Your Mental Burnout
Pressure and burnouts are real in modern corporate workplace. What do you do when you find yourself under the pump and not enough energy to keep going? Yet peer pressure and fear of failure add to the pressure to perform eve…
May 16, 2022
The Power of Optics at Work
The Power of optics at work ---
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May 11, 2022
Are you dealing with a God Complex at work?
When was the last time you felt spoken down by a senior? Telling you that your logic stood no chance over their logic? Or when was the last time you felt frustrated unable to get your point across to your boss? Today, yester…
May 2, 2022
Customer Objections Simplified
Most sales people fear customer objections. They dread hearing "we have no money" , "you are too expensive" , "we're all set" , "call back in 6 months" etc. And then all the energy goes out of the system. Mustering up enthus…
April 24, 2022
Failures are us
The first hundred things you hear when you fail are cliches. People make sure to console you in person, compounding the message in your head. You analyze, think and rethink what went wrong and then lose confidence, doubts cr…
April 20, 2022
Gyanbites #55: What is your boss thinking when you resign?
Gyanbites: a short talk on a hot topic. Its straight, its blunt and has no sugar coating. So if you like your coffee straight up strong, tune in and give it a listen. In this episode I talk about the big resignation drive, a…
