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00:10What was Ekta's early childhood like?
00:14What were some of the influences that most shaped your leadership beliefs and that you put into action today?
00:22My early childhood actually had very little to do with leadership.
00:28My early childhood was, again, I was like finding my way around life.
00:35I had a privileged background.
00:37My parents were well-to-do.
00:39My father was an actor.
00:40But I had my own set of insecurities I dealt with as a child, which I slowly overcame, came through time.
00:49But I think what I learned about leadership, I always have seen my mother have a voice.
00:55And I felt that that gave me the strength that today if I go out to the world, I don't feel that I'm supposed to keep quiet.
01:06Secondly, in my early journey, of course, I was very aggressive at work.
01:12And aggression and ambition in women is considered a bad thing.
01:17And because it's considered a bad thing, being a leader itself becomes a bit of a problem.
01:22You're supposed to, like, make everyone happy.
01:25Psychologically, you're told that that's how women should behave.
01:29They should see the happiness of everyone.
01:33I mean, democracy is great, but not at jobs where you need to, like, decide for everyone.
01:38And sometimes be the bad person at the job, you know.
01:41And that is the leadership you need to inculcate inside you, that you need to take a decision, which is good for everyone.
01:50At the same time, it is not to get everyone's, not to win a popularity vote with everyone.
01:56And I think my mom taught me how to do that, where your own self-worth doesn't come from validation from others.
02:08And that's where the true leader learns to stand up on its own, stand up on her own, and make her own decisions.
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