About Paper Napkin Wisdom

What if you could pick the brains of more than a thousand successful entrepreneurs? Or if you could grab a drink and dig deep into the passions of some of the world’s most influential leaders? Govindh Jayaraman has done just that, and he wants to share what he’s learned with you.

Govindh has relayed insights from some of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs by asking them to write down one juicy piece of wisdom on a paper napkin. These golden nuggets are actionable, thought-provoking and inspiring.

Most of all, they empower entrepreneurs to look within and connect to the intensely-driven CEO that’s always been there.

Paper Napkin Wisdom, a podcast-turned-coaching business, provides entrepreneurs with a veritable treasure-trove of life-changing information that helps listeners take small steps to reach long-term success.

After compiling thousands of napkins and conducting hundreds of interviews, Govindh recognized that the vast majority of successful people employed the same five steps. (To learn more about the five steps, check out Paper Napkin Wisdom: Your Five Step Plan for Life and Business Success!) The book, podcast and other helpful mediums give you the tools to make your own five-step plan, thereby helping you face your fears, do more with less and reach the goals you’re brave enough to set.

But instead of the “big action, big payoff” mindset, Govindh believes that taking small steps consistently over time produces true accomplishment. He knows it can’t be done alone, and that’s why he’s here to help.

 

Meet the Founder

Govindh Jayaraman built Paper Napkin Wisdom after being posed with a challenge: “Become for others what you need for yourself, and soon you’ll see a difference.”

Essentially, his friend was telling him you can’t lead others until you can lead yourself, and your reading, writing, thinking, and actions all need to be intentional. Since realizing this concept in 2012, Govindh sat down with thousands of brilliant thinkers and doers, some of the brightest minds and most successful business owners, leaders, and difference-makers, and turned those conversations into practical tidbits of wisdom to share.

A relentless gene was passed down to Govindh and is present in everything he does. While attending the University of Ottawa in late 1989, he formed The Entrepreneurs Club, an organization that would help aspiring business minds at the university who, up until that time, would become presidents and CEOs without knowing what was truly involved in those roles. The Entrepreneur’s Club is still one of the most influential student entrepreneur organizations in all of Canada.

That never-say-die attitude has helped Govindh become a thriving entrepreneur and lead a successful life. Both personally and professionally, he has come a long way since beginning his paper napkin journey. When Govindh started out on this path, he weighed close to 400 pounds and his business was in freefall. He has since lost 160 pounds, paid off more than $6 million in debt and rebuilt his company, which now has seen more than $100 million in sales. His portfolio of businesses includes SaaS-based healthcare software, renewable fuels, big data and a growing coaching and mentoring enterprise.

Govindh’s dedication to Paper Napkin Wisdom has allowed him to discover patterns of success that he shares in his international bestselling book, Paper Napkin Wisdom Your Five Step Plan to Life and Business Success. Paper Napkin Wisdom, the enterprise, has inspired some to refer to him as “a modern-day Napoleon Hill.”

An Ottawa, Ontario native, Govindh and his wife, Stacey, are happily raising their three children: Janesh, Shreya and Ajay. His goals always have been and to this day, remain lofty: help entrepreneurs, leaders and difference-makers pinpoint and execute on the small changes that will ultimately change their world.

And yet, at Paper Napkin Wisdom, we don’t have the formula for success. You do. But together you can learn how to design your own unique strategy to take your business and life to the next level.

Come along. It takes but one step to start the journey of a thousand napkins.

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