Husband, father, and overall life enthusiast. Amateur meditator with an insatiable curiosity about a lot of stuff. Immortality is one of my life goals!

My reasons for starting this blog. 

For several years, clients and friends had been suggesting that I start a blog to share some of the information I had been teaching in my coaching and consulting practice. And my usual response to their comments was that “I’m too busy to write a blog” or something along those lines. The truth was that I was scared. Scared that no one would read it and even worse, that they would read it and not like it, essentially the impostor syndrome.

In late 2015, I had two conversations in the space of a week, where again it was suggested that I start a blog, so the signals were getting stronger and my will to not write was getting weaker. Then I read two books back to back that pushed me to take the plunge. A book called ‘Show Your Work‘ by Austin Kleon and ‘What to do when it’s your turn’ by Seth Godin.

So in January of 2016 I committed to writing a blog, however I didn’t have an audience to write to, so I created one. As the father of – at the time – 3 young (3,5,7) daughters that I totally adore, I thought about what messages and life lessons I could leave for them. Some sort of reference material for them about my thoughts on life that they could perhaps turn to later in life. And with that I made my commitment to write to them 3 times a week.

Now, I don’t know when you’ll be reading this and how far along the blog I’ll be, but at least you now know when and why I started.

Official grown-up bio

Raj Daniels is the President of the US-India Chamber of Commerce in Dallas, Texas. As an executive advisor, strategist, and consultant, he brings decades of experience helping businesses grow and succeed across the Dallas-Fort Worth region and beyond. Raj specializes in leadership development, business growth, and building long-term strategic relationships that empower executives and entrepreneurs to achieve lasting success.

He is deeply committed to community service and civic engagement. Raj serves on the Library Board for the City of Carrollton, the Steering Council for Hunger Mitao, and the Board of Directors for the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth—where he supports efforts to expand global awareness and dialogue in the region.

Raj is also the author of For You, From Me, host of the Bigger Than Us podcast, and a prolific blogger, having authored over a thousand posts focused on personal development, leadership, and purpose-driven work.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of North Texas and an MBA in Global Leadership from the University of Texas at Dallas.

Media/Speaking Appearances

Host of the Bigger Than Us podcast – (as of 2024) over 70k downloads and listeners in over 30 countries – and numerous times in the top ten list in the Earth Sciences iTunes category.

Voice America podcast – What does it take to have an entrepreneurial mindset and how to overcome some of the mental roadblocks challenges an entrepreneur faces

Breaking Borders podcast – How to use networking to build communities and businesses

Mature Preneurial – Raj Daniels – OpenTime

Jumble Think – Raj Daniels on Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome

Tour De Profit Hour – CEO of OpenTime App with Raj Daniels

Mindset, Self-Awareness, Goal Setting – Raj Daniels – Author of For You, From me

How to Be Purposeful: “Eat Slow” and Be Mindful  

Raj Daniels – How to Improv your Life

Set Your Environment For Success With Raj Daniels – 129

Speaking

National Contract Managers Association Dallas Chapter

The May 15th 2018 NCMA North Texas dinner meeting was great! The chapter had the privilege of hosting Mr. Raj Daniels, author of “For You, From Me”. Raj spoke on developing an “Entrepreneurial Mindset in the Corporate Environment”. The event was held at the Embassy Suites Park Central in Dallas. It was an informative and interactive discussion. Everyone who attended found the evening great and well worth their time and effort to attend.

A story I love

A group of scientists placed five monkeys in a cage, and in the middle, a ladder with bananas on top. Every time a monkey went up the ladder, the scientists soaked the rest of the monkeys with cold water. After a while, every time a monkey would start up the ladder, the others would pull it down and beat it up.

After a time, no monkey would dare try climbing the ladder, no matter how great the temptation. The scientists then decided to replace one of the monkeys. The first thing this new monkey did was start to climb the ladder. Immediately, the others pulled him down and beat him up. After several beatings, the new monkey learned never to go up the ladder, even though there was no evident reason not to, aside from the beatings.

The second monkey was substituted and the same occurred. The first monkey participated in the beating of the second monkey. A third monkey was changed and the same was repeated. The fourth monkey was changed, resulting in the same, before the fifth was finally replaced as well. What was left was a group of five monkeys that – without ever having received a cold shower – continued to beat up any monkey who attempted to climb the ladder. If it was possible to ask the monkeys why they beat up on all those who attempted to climb the ladder, their most likely answer would be “I don’t know. It’s just how things are done around here.”

Does that sound at all familiar?

* Este experimento en realidad nunca ocurrió pero hace que usted piensa

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