Harsh Swaminarayan

I help urban Indian millennials live mission-driven, fulfilled lives. Join our Community WhatsApp group here.

Full-time parent. I’m most active on LinkedIn.

Coached & Recruited 100+ people working at 321 Education Foundation for a Decade.

Come Alive

I believe the world needs people who’ve Come Alive; hence, I’m on a mission to model and empower people to Come Alive.

On this journey, whenever I have failed or faced a challenge (it happened a lot and continues to happen), I’ve fallen back on reflecting, meditating, reading, and asking for help.

In this process, I’ve learned and grown a lot with respect to my understanding of health, relationships, parenting, wealth, personal development, recruitment development and organizational development.

This mission has taken me on many a fascinating journey. I will share more about those sometime soon.

For now, I look forward to sharing my past and current learnings with all of you and helping you as much as I can in your journeys.

“Harsh is one of the most unbelievable learners I’ve ever seen in my life”

– Gaurav Singh

Results I’ve achieved:

For myself:

  • Daily Routines
    • 7.5 hrs Sleep
    • 70% Healthy Meals (Weekly)
    • 30 mins Exercise
    • 20 mins total Meditation Breaks
    • 10 mins Reading at a minimum
    • 2-4 hrs Work (Weekdays)
    • Standing workdesk
    • Cold showers
    • Remaining time supporting & with Family
    • Keeping my mind empty by capturing all my thoughts/tasks outside my mind
  • Career
    • Took an unconventional Teach For India Fellowship after Engineering to pursue my passion for revolutionizing the education system
    • Worked at 321 Education Foundation for a Decade, where I recruited & coached ~100 people
    • Transitioned out of my job & building an online business to provide more support & time to my wife & daughter, which I want to give them right now
  • Relationships
    • For most of the time, hearing from my wife that my actions have kept her love tank full!
  • Parenting
    • Year 1 with our daughter:
      • Ensuring we’re able to calm her crying ASAP the right way
      • Ensuring we’re able to get her and, hence, us to sleep well for most times
      • Doing age appropriate activities with her using Montessori principles as much as possible
    • Convinced my family for Montessori Education for my daughter starting from 14 months and continuing at least till she’s 12 years old
  • Life

For others:

  • 321 Education Foundation
    • Recruited & Coached ~100 people
      • Evaluated job candidates through designing and executing the recruitment process & doing 1-1 interviews for culture and role fit
      • Reduced time to process applicants (efficiency) and improved evaluation decisions (effectiveness) – reject or select better and faster
      • Evaluated and increased employee engagement, satisfaction and performance through surveys, analysis, 1-1 check ins and creating better culture & work systems
    • Ensured smooth downsizing of the team during the COVID-19 pandemic
    • Ensured smooth transition of our school to The Akanksha Foundation
  • Social Shapes Foundation
    • Helped create Powerful & Relevant Annual & Quarterly Goals & work systems via Workshops with the co-founders
  • Reap Benefits
    • Recruitment process optimization to enable them to have 4-5 strong candidates to roll out offers per opening within 1-2 months of the role opening rollout
  • CEO of a private finance organisation
    • Validating Confidence about Org Vision
  • Akanksha Narode
    • Helped secure a job after months of no result
    • Helped think about different criteria before choosing an offer
  • Many more individuals about career decisions

Top books that have helped me achieve these results:

  • Self-development
    • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen Covey
    • Atomic Habits – James Clear
    • The One Thing – Gary W. Keller and Jay Papasan
  • Org-development
    • First, Break All the Rules – Curt Coffman and Marcus Buckingham
    • Nine Lies About Work – Ashley Goodall and Marcus Buckingham
    • Work Rules! – Laszlo Bock
  • Relationships
    • The Five Love Languages – Gary Chapman
  • Parenting
    • Welcome to Fatherhood – David Arrell
    • The Happiest Baby Guide to Great Sleep – Harvey Karp
    • The Montessori Baby – Junnifa Uzodike and Simone Davies
Other books & resources that have helped me: (click to open)
  • Self-development
    • Be Proactive / Inspirational
      • Jonathan Livingston Seagull – Richard Bach
      • The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
      • The Secret – Rhonda Byrne
      • The Power – Rhonda Byrne
      • The Magic – Rhonda Byrne
      • The Fountainhead – Ayn Rand
      • Atlas Shrugged – Ayn Rand
      • Becoming Steve Jobs – Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli
      • The Elon Musk Blog Series: Wait But Why – Tim Urban
      • DO EPIC SHIT – Ankur Warikoo
      • Get Epic Shit Done – Ankur Warikoo
      • The Freedom Manifesto – Karan Bajaj
      • The 4-Hour Workweek – Tim Ferriss
    • Productivity
      • Goals! – Brian Tracy
      • The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working – Catherine McCarthy, Jean Gomes, and Tony Schwartz
      • Getting Things Done – David Allen
      • The Great Mental Models – Rhiannon Beaubien and Shane Parrish
      • Scrum – Jeff Sutherland
    • Health
      • Eat Move Sleep – Tom Rath
      • The Wellness Sense – Om Swami
    • Wealth
      • Smart Couples Finish Rich – David Bach
      • Choose FI – Brad Barrett, Chris Mamula, and Jonathan Mendonsa
      • The Almanack Of Naval Ravikant – Eric Jorgenson
      • Why Does the Stock Market Go Up? – Brian Feroldi
    • Society
      • The Story of Us – Tim Urban
    • Online Business
    • Business
      • Zero to One – Peter Thiel
  • Org-development
    • Difficult Conversations – Bruce Patton, Douglas Stone, and Sheila Heen
    • StrengthsFinder 2.0 – Tom Rath
    • Drive – Daniel H. Pink
    • The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace – Gary Chapman and Paul E. White
    • Recruiting – Ryan Breslow
  • Parenting
    • The Montessori Home – Ashley Yeh
    • The Montessori Toddler – Simone Davies
    • (Course) Neuroscience for parents: How to raise amazing kids – Gregory Caremans

Products:

Current Services:

“Harsh, your gift of helping people Come Alive is unparalleled”

– Gaurav Singh
Past Services:
  • Come Alive – Feedback and Accountability for Your Weekly & Personal Goals Planning
    • What is Come Alive?
      • Come Alive is a journey to achieving your personal goals and living a clear, confident, courageous, mission-driven, happy, and peaceful life.
    • Why Weekly Planning?
      • Weekly Planning (about what you spend your time, energy, and attention on) is the key habit that exponentially accelerates this journey. But people struggle to do this well consistently.
    • How will I get Feedback and Accountability?
      • Option 1: Via WhatsApp:
        • Make a copy of this document (the current document that you are reading).
        • Block 1-2 hours in your calendar to complete all the components in the template.
        • Share it with me weekly so that you can update me on your priorities and get my feedback over WhatsApp or via comments.
        • We’ll also brainstorm over WhatsApp via voice notes and 1-1 calls as needed.
      • Option 2: Live:
        • Join our Zoom Meeting every Friday, 6 pm for 2 hours to:
          • Reflect and share updates, challenges, and learnings from your priorities for the past week.
          • Brainstorm ideas, get feedback, and plan your priorities for next week.
      • It’s like having a good reporting manager for your personal life :)
    • You can access either of the two options for a nominal access fee of ₹499/- per month.
      • FAQ: Why charge so little?
        • As much as possible, I want to keep this service accessible to as many people as possible.
    • Why should I take this service from Harsh Swaminarayan?
      • I’ve been obsessed with self-development and on this journey to Come Alive since 2008. You can read details about me, my work, and my personal accomplishments on my website: https://the-hs.in/.
      • I’ve coached & recruited ~100 people working at 321 Education Foundation for a Decade.
      • Here’s what my ex-manager and founder of 321 Education Foundation has to say about my work: “Harsh, your gift of helping people come alive is unparalleled” – Gaurav Singh (gauravsingh.one).
      • Here’s what people I’ve worked with in different capacities have to say about my work: Testimonials.
    • WhatsApp me on +91 (nine nine two zero four five nine six six one) to avail of this service or if you have any queries.
    • Service Stats:
      • No. of people subscribed to the service (as of 18 June 2024): 12
      • NPS: 71
      • Good use of time: 100% of participants have rated 4+ on a scale of 5
      • % of participants who’ve renewed for the second month: 100%
    • What the participants are saying:
      • “It was a much needed pause that helped me to zoom out and reflect. Peer review was an added support. What I like about it was 1. Safe space, 2. A space to clarify misconceptions around setting right priorities through peer and Harsh feedback, 3. Framing and presenting clarity on the questions to reflect. 4. Flexibility – felt very need based/differentiated support exist. 5. Peer review added perspectives and learning.”
      • “The workshop was a good time to sit and reflect on how I want to consciously plan my week. I like the fact that we had a concrete plan at the end of the call.”
      • “Loved the personalized and differentiated support I received. The INM helped me to learn the thinking process and apply that to come up with my calendar. Also liked that there was a space to get feedback during the session itself.”
      • “This really helped me with structuring my time and aligning with my goals. It will also help me stay accountable”
      • “Time dedicated only to planning is going well. Helped me a lot emotionally and mentally”
      • “Really helpful framework that drives people to be more productive. Helps more structured way to plan your week. Within two hours your overall week gets sorted. Harsh provides his view on the plan and offers insight/views on what could be better and how to common pitfalls to avoid“
      • “Can’t articulate all of it just yet but it is so helpful to prioritise our goals.”
      • “Having a space to chalk out your priorities and having someone hold you accountable for it is a rare service. Being able to have conversations with you helped me zoom out and think clearly. Helped me reflect on my actions and its consequences. Moving forward can now work on my time and energy management better”
  • Come Alive – Your Life OS – 10x Your Clarity, Confidence and Courage In A Month
  • Unleash the Power of Goals – Workshops
    • Walk out with relevant & powerful Annual & Quarterly goals that get you & your team jumping out of bed every morning!
    • We all understand & know how powerful goals are but struggle to put them into practice
    • Join me in the workshop to create relevant & powerful Goals which drive daily actions for yourself, your team or your organization
    • Testimonial from Social Shapes Foundation‘s co-founders, Prachi & Zeeshan:
      • “We appreciate the entire process and your patience with us. We felt good about your moderation, perspective and focus on the objective of the workshop”
  • Take better Career Decisions – Consulting Calls
    • Confused: What career move to make next in today’s era of overwhelming information & options?
    • Gain clarity & confidence in what move to make and how
    • Testimonial from Akanksha Narode:
      • “I had not prepared well before joining the call, but the questions that Harsh asked helped me put a direction to my thoughts. The conversation made me think about larger aspects of my life which I normally would not do on my own. Harsh helped me reflect on some core questions that can affect my approach towards my personal and professional life. While there are enough resources available on the internet in the same domain, I have often found myself to be overwhelmed by it. Harsh directed me to the right set of resources tailored to my needs which was a huge help. Our conversation was well structured and Harsh had clear actionable for me at the end of the call. I definitely had more clarity and confidence in my professional journey after talking to Harsh.”
  • Productivity Workshops for yourself, your teams or organisation
    • Feel more in control while achieving great results
  • Self Development – Consulting Calls
    • Take prioritized next actions with clarity & confidence in your self-development journey
    • Take better life decisions
  • Team Development – Consulting Calls
    • Build & Level-Up people, process & practices
  • Org (esp. People & Recruitment) Development – Consulting Calls
    • Build & Level-Up process & practices
    • Fill your open positions with rock-star candidates at lightning speed
  • Open Ended
    • Anything else you feel I can help you with / add value to

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