Ep. 202: Nami Prakash: Master Your Mind and Lead From the Inside Out

On this episode of The Corvus Effect®, I sat down with Nami Prakash, a leadership strategist, executive coach, and founder of the Mind Quotient (MQ) and MQ Press. With two decades supporting senior leaders, Nami helps them build presence, self-trust, and the clarity to make principled decisions from the inside out. Nami makes the case that IQ and EQ aren't enough. The missing piece for leaders who look successful on the outside but feel out of alignment inside is the Mind Quotient, mastering your own mind through self-awareness and self-management. She shares her turn from merely surviving to genuinely thriving, the moment she realized her thoughts and traumas were "driving the car," and why "fake it till you make it" eventually stops working. Along the way, we get into the two baristas who stayed calm in the chaos, why you want to be the thermostat and not the thermometer, the research that only about 10% of us are truly self-aware, and her book Healing With Courage. Her message for anyone on the fence is that your courage has to be louder than your fear. About Nami: Nami Prakash is a leadership strategist, executive coach and speaker with more than 20 years of experience helping senior leaders strengthen presence, build self-trust and make principled decisions. She is the founder of the Mind Quotient (MQ) framework and MQ Press, and the author of Healing With Courage. Take the MQ Check-In at https://mqcheckin.com Chapters: 0:00 Coming up 0:17 Intro 0:38 Nami's Backstory 7:21 Your Mind Is the Most Powerful Tool 9:35 Why IQ + EQ Aren't Enough 18:10 When "Fake It Till You Make It" Stops Working 22:35 Two Baristas Dancing in the Chaos 25:02 MQ Is Contagious 26:17 Be the Thermostat 27:22 Healing With Courage 28:34 Only 10% Are Actually Self-Aware 36:46 Take the MQ Check-In 37:53 Courage Louder Than Fear 41:34 Outro The Corvus Effect® is what happens when a service business stops depending on its founder. If the business runs on you, you're the bottleneck, you can't take a real vacation, and it couldn't be sold without you. This channel is about changing that. ▶ Work with Corvus: https://calendly.com/corvus-solutions/30-minute-chat ▶ Take the Vacation Test: https://corvussolutions.co/vacation-test.html ▶ Website: https://corvussolutions.co ▶ Contact: contact@corvussolutions.co Hosted by Scott Raven, Business Operations Architect at Corvus Solutions. #TheCorvusEffect #FounderLed #OwnerDependency