Take a Pause with Varun Duggirala

We’ve all been in brainstorming sessions where there are two kinds of people. One who is just sprouting ideas constantly and the other who is just absorbing everything that is being discussed.  There is a notion that the quiet ones don’t have much to contribute, but in today’s video Varun explains why that might not be the case. There is a reason why taking a few extra minutes to say something may be a smarter move. Keep listening to find out. You can Order Varun’s book “Everything is out of syllabus: An instruction manual for life & work “ at https://amzn.to/335QKow   Follow Varun across social media platforms @VarunDuggi https://www.instagram.com/varunduggi/  https://www.youtube.com/c/VarunDuggi https://twitter.com/varunduggi   And for a weekly download of mind musings and recommendations subscribe to his newsletter “Unschooled with Varun Duggirlala” at https://varunduggi.substack.com About the show “Take a pause with Varun Duggirala” ( previously “The  Varun Duggi show”) is a thrice a week podcast that’s meant to enable its listeners to take a pause amidst the chaos of their daily lives to learn tools, embrace ideas and soak in concepts that will help them find motivation, build the right mindset and perform at their best. Varun also occasionally taps into the minds of truly interesting people to give listeners a learn from and use in their work, life and everything in-between. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/take-a-pause-varun-duggi/message

Have you been told to move on, look at the positives, be happy when you’re at a low phase in your life? What if experiencing that particular emotion is what will help you evolve as an individual? In part two of Varun’s conversation with Prakhar, they delve a little deeper into a topic they both enjoy – psychology. They tackle topics like their learnings from literature, their experiences with new cultures, and the follies of self-diagnosing their emotional state on Google. Prakhar also talks about the power of music to invoke emotional memories. Prakhar is a social commentator and a cultural critic. He’s been a popular public figure in the public speaking and personal development domain for over 5 years. He hosts the PG Radio podcast and Prakhar ke Pravachan YouTube Channel – both have seen tremendous success. He co-founded Colloquia, a prominent Debate and Discourse club at Columbia University. In less than a year, Prakhar rose to become one of India's most popular public speakers. He has given 8+ keynotes at some of India's top institutions, including IITs and a TEDx talk. Time Stamps (00:00 - 01:12) - Intro (01:12 - 13:05) - Psychology vs Self Help (13:06 - 14:42) - No FAP (14:43 - 16:40) - Ego (16:41 - 17:34) - The Experiment in Porcupine Tree - Voyager 34 (17:35 - 21:04) - Slow Growth (21:05 - 29:32) - Tackling Trauma (29:33 - 36:35) - The importance of meditation & isolation (36:36 - 38:05) - How Prakhar takes a pause (38:06 - 39:12) - Outro You can Order Varun’s book “Everything is out of syllabus: An instruction manual for life & work “ at https://amzn.to/335QKow   Follow Varun across social media platforms @VarunDuggi https://www.instagram.com/varunduggi/  https://www.youtube.com/c/VarunDuggi https://twitter.com/varunduggi   And for a weekly download of mind musings and recommendations subscribe to his newsletter “Unschooled with Varun Duggirlala” at https://varunduggi.substack.com About the show “Take a pause with Varun Duggirala” ( previously “The   Varun Duggi show”) is a thrice a week podcast that’s meant to enable its listeners to take a pause amidst the chaos of their daily lives to learn tools, embrace ideas and soak in concepts that will help them find motivation, build the right mindset and perform at their best. Varun also occasionally taps into the minds of truly interesting people to give listeners a learn from and use in their work, life, and everything in-between. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/take-a-pause-varun-duggi/message

It is common human tendency to think of the end result before beginning a project. It is our self-preservation that propels us to consider the possibility of failure, building a false sense of security that we will somehow manage to avoid it.  But why do you want to avoid failure?  In this episode of Take aPause, Varun talks about the importance of failure and a technique using which you can turn your failures into something resembling success. All you need is  ‘The Feedback Loop.’ You can Order Varun’s book “Everything is out of syllabus: An instruction manual for life & work “ at https://amzn.to/335QKow   Follow Varun across social media platforms @VarunDuggi https://www.instagram.com/varunduggi/  https://www.youtube.com/c/VarunDuggi https://twitter.com/varunduggi   And for a weekly download of mind musings and recommendations subscribe to his newsletter “Unschooled with Varun Duggirlala” at https://varunduggi.substack.com About the show “Take a pause with Varun Duggirala” ( previously “The  Varun Duggi show”) is a thrice a week podcast that’s meant to enable its listeners to take a pause amidst the chaos of their daily lives to learn tools, embrace ideas and soak in concepts that will help them find motivation, build the right mindset and perform at their best. Varun also occasionally taps into the minds of truly interesting people to give listeners a learn from and use in their work, life and everything in-between. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/take-a-pause-varun-duggi/message

Do you find yourself often swallowing your opinion? Do you not feel confident enough to share your thoughts with the world? Maybe the main obstacle blocking you from unlocking your self-confidence is you. In this captivating episode of Take aPause, Varun talks to Prakhar Gupta on a lot of different topics. This episode covered so many wonderful topics that it had to be a two-part series.  Prakhar is a social commentator and a cultural critic. He’s been a popular public figure in the public speaking and personal development domain for over 5 years. He hosts the PG Radio podcast and Prakhar ke Pravachan YouTube Channel – both have seen tremendous success. He co-founded Colloquia, a prominent Debate and Discourse club at Columbia University. In less than a year, Prakhar rose to become one of India's most popular public speakers. He has given 8+ keynotes at some of the top institutions, including IITs, and a TEDx talk.  Time Stamps (00:00 - 01:57) - Intro (01:58 - 07:25) - Confidence (07:25 - 11:57) - Travel & Backpacking (11:58 - 18:09) - Experimental phase of life (18:10 - 23:36) - Breaking down complex topics (23:37 - 29:52) - Building relationships with friends from Prakhars book (29:53 - 35:25) - Being Nice (35:26 - 47:09) - Saying No (47:10 - 1:01:44) - Talking to parents (1:01:44 - 1:06:23) - Psychology Books discussed in the episode Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It - Chriss Voss & Tahl Raz Outliers - Malcolm Gladwell Verbal Behavior - B. F. Skinner You can Order Varun’s book “Everything is out of syllabus: An instruction manual for life & work “ at https://amzn.to/335QKow   Follow Varun across social media platforms @VarunDuggi https://www.instagram.com/varunduggi/  https://www.youtube.com/c/VarunDuggi https://twitter.com/varunduggi   And for a weekly download of mind musings and recommendations subscribe to his newsletter “Unschooled with Varun Duggirlala” at https://varunduggi.substack.com About the show “Take a pause with Varun Duggirala” ( previously “The   Varun Duggi show”) is a thrice a week podcast that’s meant  to enable its listeners to take a pause amidst the chaos of their daily   lives to learn tools, embrace ideas and soak in concepts that will  help them find motivation, build the right mindset and perform at  their best. Varun also occasionally taps into the minds of  truly interesting people to give listeners a learn from and use in their  work, life and everything in-between. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/take-a-pause-varun-duggi/message

You’ve often heard the terms, ‘I’ll sleep when I die’, ‘I work 24/7’ or ‘Fake it till you make it’. Collectively these are all part of the hustle culture, and while hustling isn’t a bad thing, forfeiting your personal life and happiness is maybe not the way to go about it. In today’s episode of Take aPause, Varun talks about what he thinks is the ideal way to go about hustling and not give into the hype surrounding the ‘hustle culture’ You can Order Varun’s book “Everything is out of syllabus: An instruction manual for life & work “ at https://amzn.to/335QKow   Follow Varun across social media platforms @VarunDuggi https://www.instagram.com/varunduggi/  https://www.youtube.com/c/VarunDuggi https://twitter.com/varunduggi   And for a weekly download of mind musings and recommendations subscribe to his newsletter “Unschooled with Varun Duggirlala” at https://varunduggi.substack.com About the show “Take a pause with Varun Duggirala” ( previously “The  Varun Duggi show”) is a thrice a week podcast that’s meant to enable its listeners to take a pause amidst the chaos of their daily  lives to learn tools, embrace ideas and soak in concepts that will help them find motivation, build the right mindset and perform at their best. Varun also occasionally taps into the minds of truly interesting people to give listeners a learn from and use in their work, life and everything in-between. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/take-a-pause-varun-duggi/message

What do you need to be a successful YouTuber today? Is simply having an internet connection and decent editing skills enough? Or do you need to have a unique value proposition? In this episode of Take aPause, Varun talks to Dev Raiyani, digital creator and artist on what it takes to find success online. Dev Raiyani is a digital creator & artist who has over 300k+ subscribers on YouTube and a verified Instagram account. He enjoys creating content and edits all his videos himself. He started his YouTube channel at 13 and has only grown since then. Time Stamps  (00:00 - 01:18) Introduction (01:18 - 02:09) How Varun & Dev met (02:09 - 04:09) Do people have more interesting conversations online? (04:09 - 06:20) Why Dev started making content? (06:20 - 08:24) Struggling with validation online (08:25 - 10:54) Dev on being a people pleaser (10:55 - 12:34) Growing up with the internet (12:35 - 14:10) Dev on being an introvert (14:11 - 15:10) Dev’s content (15:11 - 17:15) Dev’s life goals (17:16 - 23:45) Music & Trying different stuff (23:46 - 28:06) Overthinking & Anxiety (28:07 - 29:51) Dealing with the negative emotions (29:52 - 31:28) Imagining the worst case scenario (31:29 - 34:10) Making friends on the internet (34:11 - 36:47) In person vs online friends (36:48 - 39:00) By product of being famous (39:01 - 39:46) Meeting girls online (39:47 - 42:49) Being famous for the wrong reasons (42:50 - 45:35) Dev on the problem with branded content (45:36 - 47:33) Dev’s motivation to create (47:34 - 49:23) Dev’s story of his first song (49:24 - 51:25) Making things perfect (51:26 - 53:25) How Dev takes a pause (53:26 - 55:36) Outro Books discussed in the episode  Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking - Susan Cain Beginners - Tom Vanderbilt Get out of my head - Meredith Arthur  You can Order Varun’s book “Everything is out of syllabus: An instruction manual for life & work “ at https://amzn.to/335QKow   Follow Varun across social media platforms @VarunDuggi https://www.instagram.com/varunduggi/  https://www.youtube.com/c/VarunDuggi https://twitter.com/varunduggi   And for a weekly download of mind musings and recommendations subscribe to his newsletter “Unschooled with Varun Duggirlala” at https://varunduggi.substack.com About the show “Take a pause with Varun Duggirala” ( previously “The  Varun Duggi show”) is a thrice a week podcast that’s meant to enable its listeners to take a pause amidst the chaos of their daily  lives to learn tools, embrace ideas and soak in concepts that will help them find motivation, build the right mindset and perform at their best. Varun also occasionally taps into the minds of truly interesting people to give listeners a learn from and use in their work, life and everything in-between. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/take-a-pause-varun-duggi/message

“Sales”, the term, is often followed by a shadow of negative emotions.  Sales are an integral part of winning both businesses and people. So how do you make sure that each sale leaves everyone involved happier? In today’s episode of Take aPause, Varun talks about how to conduct sales positively! You can Order Varun’s book “Everything is out of syllabus: An instruction manual for life & work “ at https://amzn.to/335QKow   Follow Varun across social media platforms @VarunDuggi https://www.instagram.com/varunduggi/  https://www.youtube.com/c/VarunDuggi https://twitter.com/varunduggi   And for a weekly download of mind musings and recommendations subscribe to his newsletter “Unschooled with Varun Duggirlala” at https://varunduggi.substack.com About the show “Take a pause with Varun Duggirala” ( previously “The  Varun Duggi show”) is a thrice a week podcast that’s meant to enable its listeners to take a pause amidst the chaos of their daily  lives to learn tools, embrace ideas and soak in concepts that will help them find motivation, build the right mindset and perform at their best. Varun also occasionally taps into the minds of truly interesting people to give listeners a learn from and use in their work, life and everything in-between. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/take-a-pause-varun-duggi/message

Do you constantly find yourself chasing deadlines? Does your to-do list overwhelm you?  In this episode of Take aPause, Varun shares his tips on how best to plan your day, take periodic breaks, and still have a productive day. You can Order Varun’s book “Everything is out of syllabus: An instruction manual for life & work “ at https://amzn.to/335QKow   Follow Varun across social media platforms @VarunDuggi https://www.instagram.com/varunduggi/  https://www.youtube.com/c/VarunDuggi https://twitter.com/varunduggi   And for a weekly download of mind musings and recommendations subscribe to his newsletter “Unschooled with Varun Duggirlala” at https://varunduggi.substack.com About the show “Take a pause with Varun Duggirala” ( previously “The  Varun Duggi show”) is a thrice a week podcast that’s meant to enable its listeners to take a pause amidst the chaos of their daily lives to learn tools, embrace ideas and soak in concepts that will help them find motivation, build the right mindset and perform at their best. Varun also occasionally taps into the minds of truly interesting people to give listeners a learn from and use in their work, life and everything in-between. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/take-a-pause-varun-duggi/message

Have you heard the saying “Aim for the stars, and you might get to the moon”? Well, it sets us up for an eventual disappointment. If we tweak the quote such that we set a bare minimum expectation of landing somewhere, wouldn’t we be happy if we did land on a star? Varun shares an interesting perspective on how to set expectations and goals keeping in mind a very important factor. Listen to this podcast to find the missing formula to your equation. You can Order Varun’s book “Everything is out of syllabus: An instruction manual for life & work “ at https://amzn.to/335QKow   Follow Varun across social media platforms @VarunDuggi https://www.instagram.com/varunduggi/  https://www.youtube.com/c/VarunDuggi https://twitter.com/varunduggi   And for a weekly download of mind musings and recommendations subscribe to his newsletter “Unschooled with Varun Duggirlala” at https://varunduggi.substack.com About the show “Take a pause with Varun Duggirala” ( previously “The  Varun Duggi show”) is a thrice a week podcast that’s meant to enable its listeners to take a pause amidst the chaos of their daily  lives to learn tools, embrace ideas and soak in concepts that will help them find motivation, build the right mindset and perform at their best. Varun also occasionally taps into the minds of truly interesting people to give listeners a learn from and use in their work, life and everything in-between. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/take-a-pause-varun-duggi/message

In this episode of Take aPause, Varun and Leeza discuss the hush-hush way sex is discussed in Indian society. Leeza presses upon the need to have open conversations about sex and intimacy. Leeza Mangaldas is a sex-positive creator utilising her social platforms to break stereotypes around sex. Through her YouTube channel and podcast, she aims to create more awareness of female pleasure. Her mission is to help build a world where all sexual experiences are consensual, safe, and pleasurable! Time Stamps (00:00 - 1:19) Introduction (1:20 - 3:55) Why is there an awkwardness around the topic of sex (3:56 - 6:48) How did Leeza’s journey start about sexuality (6:48 - 7:35) Lack of sexual health knowledge access in India (7:36 - 12:11) Problem with sexual information given to women (12:11 - 15:26) Varun’s school story about sex ed (15:27 - 21:37) Societal focus on marriage to talk about Sex (21:38 - 23:59) Normalising Sexual behaviour (24:00 - 26:45) Leeza Mangaldas content focus and thoughts about it (26:46 - 29:05) The problem of not having the knowledge (29:06 - 32:00) Misconceptions about sex (32:01 - 33:45) Communication without shame (33:46 - 37:54) Sexuality isn't always related to sex (37:55 - 43:56) Building trust when you fear shame (43:57 - 47:31) Finding mentors (47:32 - 49:38) Asking for it?! (49:40 - 51:14) Creating boundaries (51:15 - 54:21) Addressing the orgasm gap (54:22 - 57:33) Leeza on taking a pause You can Order Varun’s book “Everything is out of syllabus: An instruction manual for life & work “ at https://amzn.to/335QKow   Follow Varun across social media platforms @VarunDuggi https://www.instagram.com/varunduggi/  https://www.youtube.com/c/VarunDuggi https://twitter.com/varunduggi   And for a weekly download of mind musings and recommendations subscribe to his newsletter “Unschooled with Varun Duggirlala” at https://varunduggi.substack.com About the show “Take a pause with Varun Duggirala” ( previously “The  Varun Duggi show”) is a thrice a week podcast that’s meant to enable its listeners to take a pause amidst the chaos of their daily lives to learn tools, embrace ideas and soak in concepts that will help them find motivation, build the right mindset and perform at their best. Varun also occasionally taps into the minds of truly interesting people to give listeners a learn from and use in their work, life and everything in-between. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/take-a-pause-varun-duggi/message