Bobby DSouza: Top Motivational Speaker and Author

Hi Bobby Dsouza,

You are a renowned Keynote speaker, Motivational speaker , Author and Leadership speaker.

It's an honour to you have you on my "Leslie Show" again, I have few burning questions for you.

Leslie1-How would you describe yourself in 3 words

Bobby: Passionate, creative,inspirer to many

Leslie 2- Where are you from , which 3 cities/countries you love to travel to and why

Bobby: I am from Mumbai -the city that never sleeps ,Exotic locations filled with nature and colorful culture excites me ,I would love to

travel to Paris,Turkey,America 

Leslie 3-How would you describe your Life-journey so far

Bobby: My life journey has been adventurous , with the high & lows resembling the high terrain & valleys in the himalayas , it’s been filled with messes, failures, rises & life lessons

which today is an inspiration to many ,My life journey is now in a book called

#Fallentorise,

Leslie 4- what's the first thing you would do once the Lockdown is lifted

Bobby: The first thing I aspire to do is to experience the breath of fresh air in the heart of nature & actually meet friends & loved ones over a cup of spiced tea & momos!

Leslie5-What's the first thing you do when you wake up

Bobby: For me sanitizing my mind early in the morning is such a critical thing , that has

helped me to stay sane in an insane situation we are together facing currently, I take

out the first few minutes of the day to be grateful for all that I have, I scribble my

thoughts & creative words on my favorite diary & spend some time reading a great

book!

Leslie 6-You are a success story , what's a normal day schedule like in your life...(the

way it was before lockdown and currently during lockdown)

Bobby: My schedule before the lock down & currently during lockdown has definitely changed but not that much ,before lockdown i would be consistently travelling & my days with

my team would be spent in conference rooms, seminar halls, hotel rooms where we

would be privileged to connecting personally with small groups & large groups of

people , inspiring them & having delightful conversations over delicious cuisines &

wonderful hospitality! Today that has been transformed to virtual keynote speeches &

masterclasses -offcourse online with tasty home cooked food & tea in the rain , we 

spend a lot of time shooting videos, writing articles, blogs , making music & much more

! so life’s busy and that’s good !

Leslie 7-What are your fav childhood memories

Bobby: As a 5 year old my favorite memories went something like this, As i was placed in a

boarding, this meant meeting my beautiful mother & sisters would occur just once a

month for 15 minutes or so , the moment my family arrived to the eagerly waiting eyes

, their mere sight at the large gate of the boarding filled me with unexplainable joy &

my dance erupted with my classmates laughing around , those 15 minutes with my

loved ones , the hugs , the kisses , the conversation made me joyful for an entire week !

Leslie 8-What comes to your mind when I say the word "Family"

Bobby: To me family would mean ‘warmth’ , unguarded conversations , love & support in the midst of the toughest times

Leslie 9-What's the best compliment you have ever received

Bobby: Apart from ‘you have a charming smile’ , a top speaker from the US mentioned this to

me on a zoom call , but the best compliment I have received is ‘you changed my life!

‘Your message changed me as a person’, now that made me realize that I am living my

life call

Leslie10-What's the most memorable day of your life

Bobby: I am blessed to live my life on my own terms and I do have so many moments that are

memorable , but when I am performing live musically or through my motivational

speeches which literally breaks someone’s hopelessness to hope is my memorable

moment , that has happened in Lucknow, that has happened in Delhi and that

happens in so many places where we have eager people waiting to learn!

Now apart from this s,pending time with my loved ones , my mom, my nephew and

niece -Sham & Ruhi & offocurse my favorites -Walter & Genie (our cute dogs)

Leslie11-What's your fav quote

Bobby: You haven not come this far to just come this far

Leslie 12-What's your fav food/drink

Bobby: Anytime that would be chicken Biryani -home cooked & Mexican Sizzlers ,Red wine

is enjoyable with the feast too

Leslie13-Who or what inspires you to keep progressing and succeeding in life

Bobby: A lot of people have inspired me to keep progressing, firstly it’s my mom who single

handedly took care of us in the concrete jungle of Mumbai when my dad disappeared

one fine day , she never gave up and inspired me to ‘keep moving forward no matter

what’, apart from this Nick Vujicic a fantastic speaker who without hands or legs

inspires millions, Les Brown an adopted child who inspires millions, Tony Robbins

who recently did a zoom event with 27000 people live ! phew ! Hritik Roshan for his

acting skills ,humility & commitment !

Leslie14-How do you handle moments of defeat, failure, rejection.

Bobby: I have mentioned a lot about this in my book #fallentorise, During my moments of

failure & rejection , the easiest thing is to ‘feel sorry for oneself’, for a lot part of my life

‘I did that’ , felt bad about it , but one day I came to realization that ‘pitying yourself is

a weak state of mind & leads to only ‘hurts & pains’, this has led me to picking up a

journal , when I am feeling down , I write down my unfiltered emotions and go about

changing my emotional state to an inspiring state, this is also done by listening to

something inspirational or a breathtaking music helps too ,

The most important thing is that it’s ok to feel bad when we go through failure but

once you acknowledge your feeling , accept it and choose to move forward, progress

begins . This helps me to move forward no matter what the situation is !

Leslie15-What makes you the happiest

Bobby: When we receive a call for a major keynote speech , that is a joyful moment, also i feel happy when I am spending time creating music

Leslie16-Your fav top 5 books

Bobby: Lot of my personal favorite books are in the genre of my line of business

1.Awaken the Giant -Tony Robbins

2. The 5 am Club

3. Man search for meaning -Victor Frankl

4. The 8th habit -Steven Covey

5. 21 irrefutable laws of leadership-John Maxwell

Leslie17-Your Fav top 5 movies/series/tvshows

Bobby: Oh that made me smile, I am not that choosy but some movies have fascinated me:

Cast away /Forest Gump /The Terminal - interestingly all have Tom Hanks as the

lead actor

Web series include -Lost /Virgin River / The last dance -Michael Jordan & a few

more

Leslie18-When's your bday, what's a normal Birthday like every year

Bobby: 26th Jan , yes you heard it right, its on the republic day of India, when I was small ,I

wasn't very happy that it was on the 26 of Jan , because my birthday wouldn't be

celebrated in school , public holiday you see ! of course now its changed , lol , my

birthday is normally spend in a fun way with people who I have in someway made a

difference, of course also it with my family with a small little celebrations, gifts &

some dance & loads of laughter

Leslie19-Where do you see yourself in 5 years

Bobby: In the next 5 years I see myself travelling the world , experiencing new culture

,languages, writing another book , living a new adventure , inspiring thousands more,

inspired 28000 people already face to face & 2 lakh people online till date, living a fun

life I guess !

Leslie20-What are your social media handles

Bobby: I am easily reachable on the following social media handles

instagram: https://www.bobbydsouza.com/

Linkedin

facebook page

Youtube

spotify

Website: https://www.bobbydsouza.com/