Take a pause with Varun Duggirala

The founding story of Beats by Dre is a great example of how true opportunities often lie in the gaps within the space we already occupy rather than in far off spaces we could aspire to move towards. I dig into this in today’s week starter episode of the Varun duggi show Follow me across social media platforms @VarunDuggi Write in at hellos@varunduggi.com 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 focussed on Work, life and everything in between... Monday’s will be about insights for work, Friday’s are all about Life (and there is stuff coming soon on Wednesday’s as well for the things in between)--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/take-a-pause-varun-duggi/message

Our minds consume a ton of information through the day. And every once in a while this constant inflow of content needs a detox. To help it optimise it for a refreshed and rejuvenated reboot. More on this in today’s week-ender 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 focussed on Work, life and everything in between... Monday’s will be about insights for work, Friday’s are all about Life (and there is stuff coming soon on Wednesday’s as well for the things in between)--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/take-a-pause-varun-duggi/message

We’re often told to make our passion into our career and through that find purpose in life. That might be a streamlining that might do more harm than good. The answer might be to look at life in a multi-hyphenate form. And that’s what I dig into in todays week starter episode of The Varun Duggi Show. Follow me across social media platforms @VarunDuggi Write in at hellos@varunduggi.com 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 focussed on Work, life and everything in between... Monday’s will be about insights for work, Friday’s are all about Life (and there is stuff coming soon on Wednesday’s as well for the things in between)--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/take-a-pause-varun-duggi/message

One of the key ways to learn for me in recent times has been reading books. But the journey of productively reading doesn’t end with just reading. It’s the process of building a structure around how you read and how you distill what you learn to drive the most amount of value for your mind. I run through my structure for productively reading in this episode. To watch the video version of this episode go to https://openinapp.co/youtube/61e57Follow 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 focussed on Work, life and everything in between... Monday’s will be about insights for work, Friday’s are all about Life (and there is stuff coming soon on Wednesday’s as well for the things in between)--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/take-a-pause-varun-duggi/message

The need to network is an ever present focus on anyones professional life. But, rather than focussing on how large your network is.. it might better to focus on its structure. And also it may depend on what suits your personality and your goals. More on this in todays episode. Follow me across social media platforms @VarunDuggi Write in at hellos@varunduggi.com 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 focussed on Work, life and everything in between... Monday’s will be about insights for work, Friday’s are all about Life (and there is stuff coming soon on Wednesday’s as well for the things in between)--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/take-a-pause-varun-duggi/message

The CEO & Co-Founder of Under25 Anto Philip went on a prolonged personal break from social media in 2020. As the brain behind one of India’s most prominent youth culture platforms, Anto has seen the sheer exhaustion that comes with the constant demands of social media, especially as a content creator. In this episode, Anto and I talk about what keeps us going as creators and how focusing on content that serves a purpose over just the numbers drives so much more value 00.00 Intro06:00 Going offline to regain focus in what's important 10:28 Experimenting with content and breaking the norm18:17 Once you've mastered the habit game, then what?26:26 Learning to just have fun as a content creator34:35 "Boredom" can be super constructive too37:51 What Anto like as a kid (and where did his interest in content come from)44:42 Being a multi-hyphenate and drawing from culture, community and story 53:18 Balance between high quality and high volume56:02 How the audience shapes the content 59:20 Public vs private persona? 1:01:32 Outlook on the future. Where's the zombie apocalypse?!!1:03:26 Celebrating chaos and confusion that comes with experimentation1:05:15 Being a creator is not easy!1:08:53 Outro Follow me across social media platforms @VarunDuggiWrite in at hellos@varunduggi.comAnd to be a part of my exclusive first draft idea base subscribe to my newsletterhttps://varunduggi.substack.comAbout the Varun Duggi ShowThe Varun Duggi show is focussed on Work, life and everything in between... Monday’s will be about insights for work, Friday’s are all about Life (and there is stuff coming soon on Wednesday’s as well for the things in between)--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/take-a-pause-varun-duggi/message

Adam Mosseri the head of Instagram recently announced that they’re no longer a photo sharing app and while that got all the headlines what he said beyond that in terms of their focus areas as a platform signals in many ways the future of all social media. More on todays episode.Follow me across social media platforms @VarunDuggiWrite in at hellos@varunduggi.comAnd to be a part of my exclusive first draft idea base subscribe to my newsletterhttps://varunduggi.substack.comAbout the Varun Duggi ShowThe Varun Duggi show is focussed on Work, life and everything in between... Monday’s will be about insights for work, Friday’s are all about Life (and there is stuff coming soon on Wednesday’s as well for the things in between)--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/take-a-pause-varun-duggi/message

We all feel that sudden sense of feeling like an imposter, like someone will call us out for being a fraud.. and it drives us to take less risks and in turn majorly reduce our own self confidence. I have a system of dealing with my own sense of imposter syndrome and I share the same on today’s episode.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 focussed on Work, life and everything in between... Monday’s will be about insights for work, Friday’s are all about Life (and there is stuff coming soon on Wednesday’s as well for the things in between)--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/take-a-pause-varun-duggi/message

We all function differently and try to juggle multiple Pieces while we do. But how can we set a system or framework for how we structure our work-life. I dig into this in today’s episode. 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 focussed on Work, life and everything in between... Monday’s will be about insights for work, Friday’s are all about Life (and there is stuff coming soon on Wednesday’s as well for the things in between)--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/take-a-pause-varun-duggi/message

Attaining a state of flow is one of those things that has gone from being something athletes focused on building to everyone now trying to attain it. To be able to fully concentrate without feeling the effort of it is something we all strive to achieve. Steven Kotler has devised 5 ways we can attain it and I run through those in today’s episode. 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 focussed on Work, life and everything in between... Monday’s will be about insights for work, Friday’s are all about Life (and there is stuff coming soon on Wednesday’s as well for the things in between)--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/take-a-pause-varun-duggi/message