Everyday 101

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Plain-spoken career strategy for early professionals.

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Everyday 101 is a direct, career-focused show built around workplace tactics, education choices, and practical business literacy. Karan connects personal experience with reports, frameworks, and job-market observations, especially through an Indian career lens.

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About Everyday 101

Everyday 101 is a career guidance show about building professional awareness one practical topic at a time. Karan presents himself as a career coach, and the episodes carry the feel of direct advice from someone thinking aloud through real choices. The show is not limited to resumes or interviews. It ranges from remote promotions to education decisions, from HR careers to finance paths, from PESTLE analysis to digital transformation jobs. The pacing is informal and insistent. A point is often repeated, then widened with an example from school, college, work, or the Indian employment market. That repetition gives the show a classroom quality, especially for listeners who want concepts explained in plain language rather than compressed into business jargon. Career visibility is a recurring concern. In the work-from-home episode, the focus is on making managers aware of output through regular communication and carefully timed updates. Personal agency is another central theme. The validation episode argues that feedback can be useful, but approval should not become the basis for major life decisions. Skills are treated as a portfolio. The T-shaped skillset episode encourages breadth across fields such as coding, marketing, finance, selling, and people management while still developing a stronger vertical area. Education is handled with a similar mix of pragmatism and caution. Episodes on employable courses, HR, and finance discuss degrees, master’s programs, certifications, company reputation, and the reality that different backgrounds can still lead into business careers. Karan also brings business-school tools into everyday career thinking. PESTLE analysis becomes a way to understand industries, countries, regulations, economics, technology, and career opportunity. Digital transformation episodes point listeners toward consulting, data engineering, process automation, and related roles created by changing business systems. The show’s strength is its accessible, example-heavy style. It does not sound like detached market analysis. It sounds like career coaching built from lived experience, online research, and a desire to make professional decisions feel less mysterious. Everyday 101 best serves students, graduates, and early professionals who want a broad map of career options and the confidence to ask better questions before choosing a path.

Made for: Everyday 101 is for students, recent graduates, and early-career professionals weighing degrees, jobs, skills, and career direction. It especially fits listeners interested in Indian education and employment contexts.

What sets it apart: The show connects career coaching with personal examples, job-market reports, and basic business frameworks. Its value is the mix of tactical workplace advice and broad career mapping in a conversational, accessible style.

In their own words

Everyday 101 is about creating personal and professional self-awareness, incubating innovation, and awakening the entrepreneurial fire inside you.My name is "Karan Phougat" and I am an entrepreneur working on my first venture, Credistic. And I love to share my experiences, learnings, and processes along the way, to help you become a Knowledge-driven, skilled individual with a curious mind.So, let's focus on bringing a positive change into this world and your journey starts right here.Make sure you are following this podcast for the latest updates.

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Karan turns your career indecision into a syllabus, from finance credentials to HR specialisms.

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  • a candid map of which qualifications actually matter for finance roles
  • career options matched to your strengths, including consulting, data engineering, and automation
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  1. 1

    Get Promoted While Working From Home

    Sep 5, 2024·10m
  2. 2

    Stop Looking For Validation

    Feb 26, 2021·11m
  3. 3

    T-Shaped Skillset

    Feb 25, 2021·12m
  4. 4

    Do This To Increase Your Probability Of Getting Hired

    Hidden gem

    Everyday 101 examines India's most employable courses through the 2021 India Skills Report and percentages including 46.82% for BTEC graduates.

    Feb 24, 2021·13m
  5. 5

    Employment For New India

    Feb 23, 2021·18m
  6. 6

    Having An Unusual Career Trajectory

    Feb 22, 2021·15m
  7. 7

    Create And Sell

    Feb 20, 2021·15m
  8. 8

    Learning From Your Mistakes Simplified

    Feb 19, 2021·11m
  9. 9

    How To Actually Chill Out?

    Feb 18, 2021·8m
  10. 10

    Good Debt vs Bad Debt

    Feb 17, 2021·19m
  11. 11

    Write Better Emails

    Feb 16, 2021·7m
  12. 12

    Benefits Of Writing

    Feb 15, 2021·9m
  13. 13

    Careers In Human Resources Management

    Everyday 101's Careers In Human Resources Management frames HR as a people-focused career, with Karan saying it centers on how people react, behave, and work.

    Feb 13, 2021·23m·2 clips
  14. 14

    Personal Competitive Advantage

    Feb 12, 2021·19m
  15. 15

    How To Get Started As A Freelancer?

    Feb 11, 2021·19m
  16. 16

    Careers In Finance

    Everyday 101's Karan frames finance as a demanding field with amazing salary packages and says the episode covers careers, skills, and qualifications from an Indian perspective.

    Feb 10, 2021·31m·2 clips
  17. 17

    How To Oversee Work?

    Feb 9, 2021·8m
  18. 18

    Career In Event Management

    Feb 8, 2021·12m
  19. 19

    Portfolio Working

    Feb 6, 2021·12m
  20. 20

    PESTLE Analysis For Noobs

    Karan, a career coach on Everyday 101, explains PESTLE analysis as a six-factor framework for evaluating businesses, marketing decisions, and careers.

    Feb 5, 2021·20m·1 clip
  21. 21

    Extreme Unexpectedness At Work

    Feb 4, 2021·15m
  22. 22

    Try Your Luck With Creative Content Creation

    Feb 3, 2021·11m
  23. 23

    5 Indicators Of A Bad Job Offer

    Feb 2, 2021·16m
  24. 24

    Visualization - An Underrated Skill

    Feb 1, 2021·18m
  25. 25

    4 Characteristics For Corporate Success

    Jan 31, 2021·13m
  26. 26

    5 Careers Fueled By Digital Transformation

    Karan, host of Everyday 101 and a career coach, says digital transformation is creating five careers: consulting, data engineering, process automation, UX design, and digital marketing.

    Jan 30, 2021·23m·2 clips
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    When To Take A Student Loan?

    Jan 29, 2021·19m
  28. 28

    Should You Become A Project Manager?

    Jan 28, 2021·19m
  29. 29

    Taylor's Principles Of Scientific Management

    The host explains Frederick Taylor's principles of scientific management and their relevance to modern management education.

    Jan 23, 2021·23m
  30. 30

    Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

    This episode explains Maslow's hierarchy of needs, a psychological theory of human motivation, and its relevance to career growth.

    Jan 22, 2021·27m
  31. 31

    Henri Fayol's Principles of Management

    A career coach explains Henry Fayol's 14 principles of management and their relevance to entrepreneurs and professionals.

    Jan 21, 2021·30m
  32. 32

    Why Some People Demean Successful Youngsters?

    Jan 20, 2021·9m
  33. 33

    One Simple Hack To Accomplish Your Goals

    Jan 19, 2021·9m
  34. 34

    How To Pass The Job Interview Aptitude Tests?

    Jan 18, 2021·19m
  35. 35

    Why most MBA Graduates Aren't Getting Jobs?

    Karan discusses why only 35% of MBA graduates get jobs immediately after graduation and offers advice for improving employability.

    Jan 16, 2021·22m
  36. 36

    5 Must-Have Non-Technical Skills For Technical Jobs

    Jan 15, 2021·16m
  37. 37

    Should You Start A Traditional Business in 2021?

    The host discusses the subtle differences between startups and traditional businesses, using examples like Google and Facebook, and questions whether starting a traditional business in 2021 is worthwhile.

    Jan 14, 2021·24m
  38. 38

    What To Do If You Don't Know The Answer To An Interview Question?

    Jan 13, 2021·14m
  39. 39

    How To Build Leverage To Be Wealthy?

    Karan on Everyday 101 argues that leverage, not raw effort, is what separates wealth from ordinary salaries.

    Jan 12, 2021·28m·1 clip
  40. 40

    How To Solve Problems Like A Consultant?

    Jan 11, 2021·20m
  41. 41

    Good Job vs Bad Job

    Jan 10, 2021·20m
  42. 42

    Top 5 Modern Research Careers

    The host discusses five research-based careers for curious individuals, emphasizing problem-solving and data skills.

    Jan 9, 2021·26m
  43. 43

    Getting A Job Guide For Fresh Graduates

    Jan 8, 2021·20m
  44. 44

    How To Be Polite?

    Jan 7, 2021·13m
  45. 45

    5 Important Skills Required For Effective Problem-Solving

    Jan 6, 2021·16m
  46. 46

    Eye Contact - An Important Non-Verbal Communication Skill

    Jan 5, 2021·19m
  47. 47

    Career Counseling vs Career Coaching

    Jan 4, 2021·16m
  48. 48

    Top 5 Technical Skills For The Next Decade

    Jan 2, 2021·9m
  49. 49

    10 Things To Do in 2021 That Can Make You Awesome

    The host discusses 10 skills to adopt in 2021 for personal transformation, starting with reading a book.

    Jan 1, 2021·20m
  50. 50

    How to Make an Effective Presentation?

    Dec 31, 2020·20m