#007 - The Accidental Professor

In this episode, we are chatting with Professor Loredana Padurean. She is a professor at D'Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University and a lecturer at MIT Sloan. In addition, she is a former Senior Associate Dean at Asia School of Business in collaboration with MIT Sloan. Professor Loredana is an author, entrepreneur, Ted speaker and so much more. 

We discuss how it all started and how Professor Padurean fell in love with, teaching and research by doing. In addition, Professor Padurean will share with us some of the books that had made a great impact on her life. 

The interesting thing for the episode :

The entire episode is dedicated to the interview. 

The main content of the week

• Professor Loredana tells us what it was like to grow up in a country during communism. Instead of an expensive phone or other accessories, books were considered valuable and a source of envy. She recollects how books became a source of wonder, imagination and information; especially books published outside the country. 
• Professor Loredana goes on to talk about what a difficult choice it was to do a PhD and how important action learning played, throughout her academic career. 
• The power of taking an unconventional path is an important idea discussed during the podcast where Professor Loredana advises young people about how important it is to acknowledge strengths and weaknesses. 
• Furthermore, Professor Loredana talks about how important it is in life not only to know the destination but to acknowledge the journey and effort required to get there. 

Books discussed in this episode

• Professor Loredana talks about a smell of a new book. In addition, she mentions rare experiences related to books which most of us have never experienced
• The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck - Read more
• Mythos (Greek mythology) - Read more
• The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward - Read more

Books authored by Professor Loredana

• The Job Is Easy, The People Are Not: 10 Smart Skills to Become Better People (4.43/5 rating) - Read more
• Nail it, scale it, sail it (coming soon) - Read more

More about Professor Loredana

• Website - Click here
• Linkedin - Click here to learn more
• Instagram - Click here