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Jay Shetty PodcastPriyanka Chopra Jonas ON: This ONE SECRET Will Make You SUCCESSFUL In Life! | Jay Shetty
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Welcome and Meeting Priyanka Chopra Jonas
Jay Shetty introduces Priyanka and her new memoir Unfinished, and the two joke about her new last name. The conversation begins with a light, warm tone.
- •Jay introduces Priyanka as an actor, singer and film producer with over 20 years in entertainment
- •The memoir Unfinished is being discussed
- •Priyanka jokes that people forget her new name after 35 years as Priyanka Chopra
- •Jay says she was one of the first names on his guest list when he launched the podcast
Advice Across Time: Her 17-Year-Old Self
Jay asks what advice she would give her 17-year-old self and what that self would tell her today. Priyanka says she would tell her younger self to chill, and her younger self would remind her to stay excited.
- •She was hard on herself and self-made, learning on the job
- •She would tell her younger self that time heals everything
- •Her younger self would tell her not to get caught up in her schedule
- •After years in a career, you have to remind yourself to feel inspired rather than treat it as a job
Writing the Memoir: Revisiting Childhood
Priyanka says her childhood was the most exciting part to write about, since she had never looked back during her career. She describes corroborating memories with family and friends, including the MoMA story.
- •Writing the memoir was healing and inspiring
- •Constant hustle in entertainment meant she never looked back
- •She called her mom, brother, cousins and friends to check her memories
- •Her cousins remembered the MoMA painting incident very differently from her
Pushing the Envelope and Where Confidence Comes From
Priyanka says rules can limit growth and that each generation should show the next what is possible. She credits her parents for her sense of self and says confidence can be kept in reserve until needed.
- •Generations have been defined by limits imposed by others' lack of imagination
- •Her parents did not shame her ideas and treated her as someone developing her own mind
- •Confidence is not something you always need to display
- •She admits to feeling insecure and terrified about the book coming out
Being Public, Privacy and Vulnerability in the Book
Priyanka explains that her public image is only a superficial part of her. She says she is now letting the walls down and shares the failures, struggles and rejections the book reveals.
- •Media and memes give a limited view of a person
- •She says she is not an elected official and owes no explanation for her choices
- •She feels she has reached a place where she is good with who she is
- •The book shows failures, rejections and sadnesses behind the brave front she has always worn
Women in Industry, Feminism and Choice
Priyanka says it is still hard for women to be taken seriously in male-dominated professions. She defines feminism as having the same freedom of choice men have, and credits her parents' upbringing for her advantages.
- •Women are only recently entering fields like business, politics, engineering and law in greater numbers
- •She hopes her generation will not pass the same fight to the next
- •Feminism means not letting others decide what, when and how she does things
- •Her parents told her she would have financial independence before anything else
Supportive Partnership in Busy Lives
Jay asks what to do when a partner doesn't support your dreams and what support looks like between two busy people. Priyanka says the wrong partner won't be interested in your dreams, and describes support as giving space and making the other person's day easier.
- •A partner should at least be interested in or encouraging of your dreams
- •Support means giving space, freedom and appreciation
- •Think about how to make your partner's day easier
- •The greatest form of love is showing it without being asked
The Meaning of Unfinished and Future Ambitions
Priyanka explains what she is still working on: building her US acting career, producing South Asian content, entrepreneurship, philanthropy and settling into a home.
- •She is only five years into working in America
- •She wants to produce more South Asian content in Hollywood
- •She is interested in founding a brand and investing in tech
- •She wants to set up her foundation and continue her work with UNICEF
- •She looks forward to watching the trees grow in her garden
South Asian Representation and Limited Career Dreams
Priyanka and Jay discuss how, growing up, they thought only medicine, engineering or law were possible careers. They discuss immigrant parents' survival instincts and how the internet and social media opened new entry points.
- •Both say they didn't know other careers existed
- •Priyanka says South Asians are one fifth of the world's population and it shouldn't be hard to get opportunities
- •Parents pushed the stable aspirations they knew best
- •Jay recalls a BBC training day that ended by suggesting he start a YouTube channel
- •The internet allows people to create their own communities
Purpose and Choosing Projects
Priyanka says her purpose is to evolve and pursue excellence in every choice. She explains how she picks projects that move her and push her growth, citing The White Tiger.
- •Her purpose is to find the next thing where she can push the envelope
- •She doesn't take her opportunities for granted
- •She chased The White Tiger because the story moved her
- •She chooses work that moves her and helps her grow
- •She doesn't like staying in the same place for long
Patience, Drive and Embracing Dichotomies
Prompted by a quote on patience from the book, Priyanka explains that she is impatient in her job but patient as a person. She says opposing traits can coexist and uses acting as an analogy.
- •Jay asks whether writing the book was like studying herself as a character; she says it felt like experiencing her journey again
- •She separates her professional and personal selves
- •Her professional self is impatient while her personal self is calm
- •She took too much onus of life on herself and it hurt her
- •Nobody is one thing, and we shouldn't put pressure on ourselves to choose
Fill in the Blank Round
Jay runs a fill-in-the-blank segment. Priyanka answers briefly about the hours, creativity, family, fulfillment, storytelling and her dogs.
- •The hardest part of her job is the hours
- •2020 gave her a new perspective on creativity and the luxury of time
- •Her power comes from her family
- •Working hard makes her feel fulfilled
- •Her dogs are her world
Fast Five and Closing
Priyanka answers rapid questions on advice and beliefs, then explains her law that no one goes hungry. Jay promotes the book and they thank each other.
- •She goes to nobody for opinions on her work
- •Her mom's best advice was to have courage of conviction
- •She says she is close to a monk inside despite appearing in a tizzy
- •Her one law would be that no one goes hungry
- •Jay makes Unfinished a pick for the On Purpose book club
