On the debut episode of Say Again?! Amrita Tripathi reconnects with her former colleague, iconic journalist and Managing Editor, CNBC-TV18 Shereen Bhan to talk about her 25 year career in journalism, why she doesn’t take accolades and awards all that seriously, and what kindness has to do with leadership.They share some heartfelt memories in a no holds-barred conversation.
In this episode, we explore:
🔸 Navigating a successful journalism career
🔸 The rise of startups in India
🔸 The importance of empathy and human connection
🔸Social media and authenticity
Do check out a transcript of our conversation below!
In Conversation...
AT: You have so many awards and accolades, of course, you’re Managing Editor, CNBC TV 18. I was looking at some of the titles you picked up along the year, Best Business Anchor, you've been FICCI Woman of the Year, you've been the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leade…Do you ever get this feeling like, Hey, cool, I can chill for a bit? I have a feeling not!
SB: You know, I mean, I don't take any of this stuff seriously, not to say that it doesn't matter, or it is not appreciated, or it's not valued. But I don't. I'm a little detached from all of this. Because I think if there is one lesson that I've learned, to my own experience, as well as watching people around me is that if you start to get very closely involved with tags and labels, and awards and recognition and fame and the glory, you can, you know, end up being in a situation where you trap yourself into this kind of bubble, where suddenly, if something turns or if something gives away, you could end up seeing a sort of House of Cards kind of collapse happen.
So, I've always tried to distance myself, from labels from the awards, etc. You know, I value them as a recognition of the work that I do, but I don't link that to my identity, I don't link that to my self worth. And I certainly don't believe in the fact that I'm the best anchor or I'm, you know, so on and so forth. Because I just think that that ends up putting into a situation where you stop listening to other people where you stop seeing what is happening around you, and you start living inside yourself. So in a way, living inside yourself is good. But sometimes, you know, too much of that can also can also be… not a particularly great thing to happen.
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For those of you want to check out the whole transcript, the link is below.
(Transcribed by otter.ai, lightly edited, but there may still be typos, be warned!)