Take a pause with Varun Duggirala
Varun Duggirala
Conversations about life and everything around it
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Dec 19, 2021 • 8min
The “Eye opening” value of elimination & focus in our lives ( and why it’s also changing this show)
We often find clarity and perspective in places we least expect. And a line from a sitcom on focus and elimination made me reflect and change stuff about this show. More on today’s episode of “The Varun Duggi Show” You can Order my book “Everything is out of syllabus: An instruction manual for life & work “ at https://amzn.to/335QKow Follow me across social media platforms @VarunDuggi nd to be a part of my exclusive first draft idea base subscribe to my newsletter https://varunduggi.substack.com About the Varun Duggi Show The Varun Duggi show is focussed on stuff I’m learning that could help you in your Work, life and everything in between. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/take-a-pause-varun-duggi/message
Dec 12, 2021 • 5min
How you can overcome your fears!
We run away from all the things we’re afraid of. However, evading them only makes them increase and tougher to evade. But, the trick to facing your fears might lie in a simple method and I dig into it in today’s episode of “The Varun Duggi Show”. You can Order my book “Everything is out of syllabus: An instruction manual for life & work“ at https://amzn.to/335QKow Follow me across social media platforms @VarunDuggi And to be a part of my exclusive first draft idea base subscribe to my newsletter https://varunduggi.substack.com About the Varun Duggi Show The Varun Duggi show is a twice a week audio blog focussed on stuff I’m learning around Work, life and everything in between...( with occasional conversations with interesting people on their process, life , motivations and inspirations) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/take-a-pause-varun-duggi/message
Dec 8, 2021 • 5min
The “powerful” method to find confidence without letting your ego win
We often veer between over confidence and holding ourselves back. But there is a middle path that I learnt from a “Muhammad ali” quote and I dig into it in today’s episode of “The Varun Duggi Show” You can Order my book “Everything is out of syllabus: An instruction manual for life & work“ at https://amzn.to/335QKow Follow me across social media platforms @VarunDuggi And to be a part of my exclusive first draft idea base subscribe to my newsletter https://varunduggi.substack.com About the Varun Duggi Show The Varun Duggi show is a twice a week audio blog focussed on stuff I’m learning around Work, life and everything in between...( with occasional conversations with interesting people on their process, life , motivations and inspirations) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/take-a-pause-varun-duggi/message
Dec 5, 2021 • 5min
How Zen moments can make you more productive and focussed
When we struggle from a lack of energy, focus and productivity the answer isn’t to push ourselves. The answer might actually lie in moments of zen and I dig into it in today’s episode of “The Varun Duggi Show”. 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
Dec 2, 2021 • 4min
The “secret” formula for success that lies between short term and long term thinking
The choice between short term action and long term thinking isn’t actually a choice and I dig into it in today’s episode of “The Varun Duggi Show”Follow me across social media platforms @VarunDuggi And to be a part of my exclusive first draft idea base subscribe to my newsletter https://varunduggi.substack.comAbout the Varun Duggi ShowThe Varun Duggi show is a twice a week audio blog focussed on stuff I’m learning around Work, life and everything in between...( with occasional conversations with interesting people on their process, life , motivations and inspirations) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/take-a-pause-varun-duggi/message
Nov 28, 2021 • 5min
The “surprising” reason why your lack of confidence can help you succeed 💡🧠
A lot of us lack confidence even when we actually possess all the knowledge to do the task at hand. But, this very combination could be the secret of your success and I dig into it in today’s episode of “The Varun Duggi Show”Follow me across social media platforms @VarunDuggi And to be a part of my exclusive first draft idea base subscribe to my newsletter https://varunduggi.substack.comAbout the Varun Duggi ShowThe Varun Duggi show is a twice a week audio blog focussed on stuff I’m learning around Work, life and everything in between...( with occasional conversations with interesting people on their process, life , motivations and inspirations) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/take-a-pause-varun-duggi/message
Nov 24, 2021 • 8min
The 4 step process to create anything ( I followed it to write my book) 🚀🧠
I recently submitted the final draft of my book and on reflection I realised I had followed a four stage process that David Epstein wrote about in his book “Range” and I dig into it in today’s episode of “The Varun Duggi Show”. You can Order my book “Everything is out of syllabus: An instruction manual for life & work“ at https://amzn.to/335QKow Follow me across social media platforms @VarunDuggi And to be a part of my exclusive first draft idea base subscribe to my newsletter https://varunduggi.substack.com About the Varun Duggi Show The Varun Duggi show is a twice a week audio blog focussed on stuff I’m learning around Work, life and everything in between...( with occasional conversations with interesting people on their process, life , motivations and inspirations) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/take-a-pause-varun-duggi/message
Nov 21, 2021 • 5min
The “hidden” value of repeating what we say 🗣🧠
We try finding newer things to say and avoid repetition because we worry that we’ll sound stale. But there is great value in repetition and I dig into it in today’s episode of “The Varun Duggi Show” You can Order my book “Everything is out of syllabus: An instruction manual for life & work “ at https://amzn.to/335QKow Follow me across social media platforms @VarunDuggi And to be a part of my exclusive first draft idea base subscribe to my newsletter https://varunduggi.substack.com About the Varun Duggi Show The Varun Duggi show is a twice a week audio blog focussed on stuff I’m learning around Work, life and everything in between...( with occasional conversations with interesting people on their process, life , motivations and inspirations) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/take-a-pause-varun-duggi/message
Nov 18, 2021 • 5min
Why the most interesting part of learning isn’t what you think it is ?💡🧠
When we often set out to learn something we tell ourselves to keep our total focus on the path to learn the thing. But, there might be something essential that we’re missing by sticking to the path and I dig into it in today’s episode of “The Varun Duggi Show” You can Order my book “Everything is out of syllabus: An instruction manual for life & work “ at https://amzn.to/335QKow Follow me across social media platforms @VarunDuggi And to be a part of my exclusive first draft idea base subscribe to my newsletter https://varunduggi.substack.com About the Varun Duggi Show The Varun Duggi show is a twice a week audio blog focussed on stuff I’m learning around Work, life and everything in between...( with occasional conversations with interesting people on their process, life , motivations and inspirations) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/take-a-pause-varun-duggi/message
Nov 14, 2021 • 7min
The Power of building a “Feedback loop “for yourself 🚀🔁
One of the core systems and tools that the internet enables for all of us is a “feedback loop” and I dig into it in today’s episode of “The Varun Duggi Show”Follow me across social media platforms @VarunDuggi And to be a part of my exclusive first draft idea base subscribe to my newsletter https://varunduggi.substack.comAbout the Varun Duggi ShowThe Varun Duggi show is a twice a week audio blog focussed on stuff I’m learning around Work, life and everything in between...( with monthly conversations with interesting people on their process, life , motivations and inspirations) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/take-a-pause-varun-duggi/message
