Lt. General Vipan Gupta, Indian Army, Author, Podcaster
- Gupta has served in the Indian Army and retired as a three-star general.
Podcast
Overview
A soldier’s first and most duty is to serve their country without any personal gain in mind. Most people enlist in the military to serve and defend their country. They act for their country even if they are aware that they will encounter many difficulties.
In today’s episode of The Brand Called You, Lt. General Vipan Gupta talks about the various aspects of the army and lives of soldiers. He also touches upon his experience as a leader, author, life coach & motivational speaker.
[00:39] – About Lt. General Vipan Gupta
- Gupta has served in the Indian Army and retired as a three-star general.
- He’s an author of two books, titled Human to Human: The Source of Joy in Relationships, and The Games Mind Plays.
- He’s also a podcaster of a podcast titled, Whispering Vibes, Human to Human.
03:20- What would you say have been some of your own learnings in this journey?
- I never stopped learning right from the day when I started my journey, even till today.
- And the most important part is that I shifted that knowledge into wisdom by practicing it.
- Because once you have acquired some skills and knowledge and all that, unless you translate that into practical things on the ground, it is of no use.
- The second thing is to always believe in making things very simple.
- Keeping things simple, because all secrets of life, they open in simplicity.
- And at the same time, one has to work really, really hard. One also has to work smart.
04:43- What would you say has been your leadership style?
- My leadership style was flexible in nature.
- One end of the line, you have the hierarchical leadership. And on the other side, you have the egalitarian leadership.
- You have to change your leadership style as per the situation.
- Flexibility is the key, because the moment you’re flexible, you’re open to all kinds of opportunities and to do well.
- And that’s what I followed, never stuck to one style, kept it open, kept it flexible.
08:58- How have you seen technology change the army over the last few decades?
- I started my journey exactly about four decades ago.
- And that is the time when we were in the third generation of warfare.
- And thereafter we started improving, started involvement. Many things happened, many things we did right.
- And, technology is always a driver for evolution.
- We got into maneuver warfare by getting the high mobility vehicle, these surveillance devices and the night vision capabilities improved tremendously.
- We also graduated to code generation, which is information warfare that happened in the 90s.
- And information warfare now got supported by the media, social media, and the internet technology.
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Profile
- Gupta has served in the Indian Army and retired as a three-star general.
- He’s an author of two books, titled Human to Human: The Source of Joy in Relationships, and The Games Mind Plays.
- He’s also a podcaster of a podcast titled, Whispering Vibes, Human to Human.
