Mandeep Rai, The Values Compass: What 101 Countries Teach Us About Purpose, Life, and Leadership, Ep 121

<p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 24pt;">Mandeep Rai, The Values Compass: What 101 Countries Teach Us About Purpose, Life, and Leadership, Ep 121</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mandeep Rai’s meeting with a Sikh person in the middle of Panama during her sabbatical across Latin America led her on a journey to not only start to understand that the tropical country was a cultural melting pot, but was also a pivotal moment on her journey to write a book titled “The Values Compass”, which talks about the power she discovered from understanding the values and cultures of different countries and how we can learn from them to lead a more fulfilled life.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She’s only an international best-selling author, but also an investor, mentor, and broadcast journalist for the BBC World Service. Mandeep started her career in investment banking at JP Morgan, and has worked for the United Nations, the European Commission, and several grassroots NGOs.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I sat down with Mandeep to talk about how a short trip to Latin America served as inspiration for her international best-selling book. We also discuss the impact of value-driven businesses and how startup founders and investors can see eye to eye in terms of the values that they look for in the other.</span></p> <h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">“My secret aim was to be a Cuban in Cuba”</span></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">During her sabbatical, Mandeep traveled all over Latin America, enrolled in Spanish classes, learned to dive, and found her place in the most unexpected corner of the world. As she immersed herself in the cultures, she was met with levels of diversity and a celebration of life she had never seen anywhere else before. As she made her way along the Southern continent, she was inspired to document the variety of attributes and values that she found in each country and city. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight