Meet Dr Ketan Kulkarni- A Multiple International Award-Winning Physician, Author & Entrepreneur

I, Dr Ketan Kulkarni, am a physician, a clinician researcher (>125 published papers), a scientist, a passionate entrepreneur, an ardent advocate of financial literacy and independence, an avid learner, a traveler, a photographer, an artist (and art enthusiast and antique collector) and a music buff. I am also interested in entrepreneurship, business, leadership and investments while balancing sustainability and social responsibility. My core values for leadership are excellence, creativity and the addition of meaning that would lead to a deep sense of satisfaction, joy and fulfillment.

How would you describe yourself as a leader?

My leadership ethos is the ability to share my vision with clarity, develop a deep sense of common purpose, engage, and motivate others to strive to achieve the goals that assist in realizing the vision, and create value that permanently and positively adds to humanity and the world at large. My core values for leadership are excellence, creativity, and addition of meaning that would lead to a deep sense of satisfaction, joy, and fulfillment. Thus, my work is focussed on adding value globally!

What is your business name and how do you help your clients?

I am the SavvyPhysician on a mission to transform lives of a million professionals in the next 5 years though creating evidence-based content, coaching and other media. I have always studied and explored art, mathematics, sciences (especially theoretical physics), astrophysics, ancient and modern Eastern and Western wisdom and philosophy, psychology, mysticism, and medicine, in a comprehensive attempt to understand what living a truly successful and fulfilling life really means.

However during my extensive leadership and coaching training and practice, I did not encounter could not find a comprehensive resource that addressed these concerns in a simple, digestible format using evidence based resources.

I wanted to conceive a philosophy of life that makes sense to an inquisitive mind, that can be applied to life, and that can catapult anyone toward their dream life and journey. Thus I and Dr Francis Yoo, after 2 years of work and research, wrote our first book in a sincere attempt to present our deliberations, analysis, experience and investigations into a variety of these fields and to describe them in a comprehensive and unified manner (link: https://www.amazon.com/Legendary-Quest-Professionals-Excellence-Fulfillment-ebook/dp/B09VBGPVSG). We have developed success, leadership and finance blueprint workshops and more extensive transformational coaching based on the legendary quest to really pivot one’s life. With me you will learn about what we often get wrong, in our personal and professional lives. Then, through the book’s models, concepts, investigations, and exercises, you will understand how to authentically achieve inner excellence, how to catapult yourself toward outer excellence in terms of success, leadership, and finance, and ultimately how to become the CEO of your life.

What kind of audience do you target your business towards?

Reply: I experienced burnout in 2017-2018. I have seen and experienced that while the words success and fulfilment are used extremely frequently, current data suggests an extremely high levels of personal and professional burnout, stress, exhaustion, mental illness epidemic. Burnout is seen in professional at all levels, and in all fields. A lot of work and life satisfaction data doesn’t suggest people experience authentic fulfilment, happiness, and success regardless of what they achieve, and how hard or smart they work!! Success and fulfilment often appear to be fleeting and temporary!!

It is unfortunate majority of human beings experience a persistent state of background discontent, busyness, anxiety, overwhelm, stress, heightened alertness, or some form of distress most of the time (see The Legenday Quest). They do not seem to be able to separate themselves from this visceral discontent, no matter what happens. Happiness and joy seem to be fleeting and limited to brief moments such as holidays, certain life events, and sporadic circumstances. The result is that individuals believe these states are normal and expected! And that life is but a struggle.

Our work and business are targeted towards professionals looking for more in their lives to experience their best vision and version and weave a rich lived experience. What are your current goals for your business?

I am on a mission to transform 1 million professionals in the next 5 years. I want to add infinite value to their lives through my work and build credibility and authenticity. What would you like to achieve for yourself and your business in the future?

Reply: I want to live and reach my best vision and version in the upcoming years. In addition to several entrepreneurial pursuits, I’m excited to be writing my second and third book. The second book applies the concepts of the Legendary Quest and describes a transformative journey of an eagle, and the reader gets to accompany the character. We are working on getting extensive feedback on our manuscript currently. Similarly, the third book is in the works and is a science fiction highlighting concepts of The Legendary Quest. Similarly, through our courses, workshops and coaching, I envision widely reaching the global professionals. I also envision continuing to sharpen my skillset by continuous learning.

Who inspires you to be the best that you can be?

My family and close friends inspire me to be the best of who I can be. They are my mirror and sounding board. I am thankful to know about the great people who have or are walking the planet, including Albert Einstein, Leonardo DaVinci, Nelson Mandela, Dalai Lama, Steve Jobs, Rembrandt van Rijn, Vincent van Gogh, Marie Curie, and many, many other world-class scientists, leaders, reformers, musicians, artists, writers, entertainers, celebrities, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders who have been, and remain, deeply inspiring.

What is your work inspired by?

In addition to my influencers, my core values of abundance, joy, excellence creativity and meaning inspire my work.

Tell us about your greatest career achievement so far.

Evidence is clear that lasting success is not about 1 achievement or moment. It is a rich kaleidoscope of a combination of factors including happiness, achievement, contribution, legacy and significantly impacting those you interact with (directly or indirectly). Thus, I find deep satisfaction in simultaneously achieving high level of success in all areas of my life. If you could change one thing about your industry, what would it be and why?

I would love to bring transparency and accountability to my industry. Tell us about a pivotal moment in your life that brought you to where you are today.

Reply: In the darkest moments one often finds the light within! When I found myself burnt out, I was able to do deep within and seek solutions, to truly understand who I was, what I wanted and what I wanted to do. While it took many years to find some of the answers (and I continue to work in the area), it was in the abyss that I was able to find the seed of opportunity!