Lakshmi Parthasarathy
Quarantining In Colombia
Published Date: 7/2/20
Resources and Show Notes:
1) Connect with Lakshmi on LinkedIn
Episode Notes (by minute):
-2:00 - Why Lakshmi decided to leave New York City for Colombia before COVID-19 escalated
-4:00 - How Lakshmi has always enjoyed traveling, the adventure of it, and meeting new people
-8:00 - How FreeWill, where Lakshmi works, has been building the company culture during quarantine with team lunches. They recently announced that employees can work remotely indefinitely.
-10:30 - Why Lakshmi likes to write after traveling
-13:00 - How quarantine has helped Lakshmi integrate more of her interests into hobbies during it
-15:00 - How hobbies and interests can be a form of self-care
-16:00 - How to network and potentially get a job at Google, where Lakshmi used to work
-17:30 - The difference between Lakshmi’s work at FreeWill and Google
-20:00 - Why adventure is important to her personally
-22:00 - How now can also be a good time to re-prioritize and re-design your life
(Note: these are quick notes and takeaways by David Nebinski. Please see the episode for more accurate information)