Last Thursday, I quit my job as a research scientist at a MNC to pursue my passion in Podcasting and inspiring lives. It was not a easy decision to make but you have to often times take tough decisions to grow.
Fredrik Haren is a Keynote Speaker who speaks at global conferences around the world. He has travelled 65 different countries to speak and share his message as a professional speaker. He has been to 24 countries as a global keynote speaker last year alone.
Journaling is one of the most common habits among the guests I have interviewed on The Inspiring Talk podcast.
After I was recommended to do this by many guests, I started journaling regularly since almost a year now and I can say this is one of the most powerful habits to start your day with.
Journaling lets me feel grateful and count my blessings, get clarity for my day and reconnect with my goals and dreams.
bring you a powerful story of Smiley Suri, bolywood actress, model and dancer from book of my friend Gemini Dhar. Smiley’s story is the one of courage, determination and self-belief.
Listen as she shares how was she able to recover and dance again after she was decided dead by doctors.
Vidya Vox shares her journey from being an immigrant kid in US going to psychology school to becoming YouTube sensation. She today amasses fan following of over 4.5 million subscribers with over 400 million views on her YouTube channel.
Vidya is one of the top YouTube influencers coming from Indian origin. She is a singer and songwriter who flawlessly marries the western songs with traditional Indian classical and Bollywood songs in the form of cover songs and mashups.
Dev Gadvi is a Passionpreneur who has built his businesses around his passion and helps people do the same through his programs. He is Author of the book 80% Mindset 20% Skills, Life Transformation in 9 days. This book has been well received by people across the globe where he talks about getting out of the middle class mindset and building a millionaire mindset.
Shalabh is co-founder and Director of iVolunteer which is a social enterprise that brings volunteers and organisations together to share Time, Skills and Passion to promote country’s social development. He is an alumnus of the prestigious Rural Management programme at IRMA. Shalabh has also Co-Founded JobsForGood which offers Recruitment and HR Advisory services so social enterprises are able to leverage human capital towards achieving their mission.
How long it has been since you had that big smile on your face?
When was the last time you laughed rolling down on the floor?
It’s easier to get caught at the moment and forget smaller things that matters. This week is all about celebrating those tiny things in your life. It’s about celebrating smaller things while you chase those bigger goals.
Dorothy is a singer and songwriter based in United states. She is inspiring people across the globe with her contemporary songs blended with hope and faith.
She has gone through a challenging time in her life when she lost her daughter soon after she gave birth to her. She captures a theme of hope in the midst of pain with her lyrics, pairing them with bright, catchy melodies and beautiful orchestrations.
Do you doubt on yourself and your potential?
Are you yet to realize the innate potential that each one of us have?
It feels so easy and natural to say yourself that you don’t have potential to shine. I understand this, I have been there.
I was getting goosebumps when Dr. Sukhi Muker was sharing with me about the immense potential that each one of us have within ourselves. He has experienced that on his own life.
From being a drug addict almost killing himself to becoming best-selling Author and Global speaker Dr. Sukhi has experienced a lot in his life.
Martin Luther king Jr. said, If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.
My friend life is not always about sunshine and rainbows. You might get knocked down or get hit on the face. You will be torn, betrayed and lost. People will leave you when needed you the most.
Buy hey, do you stop? Do you Quit?
No my Friend. You muster all the courage, bounce back and face it. You grow stronger and learn. But you will not Quit. Because,
Losing is Temporary but Quitting is permanent.
All you need to do my friend is Keep Moving Forward.
Melissa was raped twice as a teenager, lost her friend to suicide and dad to cancer. She got addicted to drug, became alcoholic and suffered from severe bulimia for almost a decade.
She has faced a lot of challenges in her own life. It seemed impossible for her to come out of all this. She was surrounded by wrong kind of people, dating a meth addict and going down the wrong path in life.
On this episode, Melissa shares her story of bouncing back and thriving. She is a certified Yoga teacher and reiki healer. She is also a host of Podcast called Mind Love where she discusses mindset shifts, energy frequencies and modern mindfulness through raw stories, personal experience and inspiring interviews.
I was a very average student while I was in school. Everyone said that. My parents always answered saying, Ya Bijay is just an average student, he neither fails nor Tops the class when somebody asked them about my study. My teachers also always said that, and I was categorized as an average student. That statement kept coming over and over again from them. When it kept coming repeatedly for some years, I, somehow at that point in time believed on what they said and accepted that label of an average student all my schooling. Bijay is an Average student.
Nidhi is a Nutritionist and Fitness expert based in South Delhi. She is director of Organization called Nidsun Wellness which helps people with non-invasive body shaping, diet plans and online fitness programs.
She’s a certified Fitness trainer with a specialization in training for special needs, she’s a Puma Athlete and trainer. She has been personal training many special needs clients one and one. In terms of fitness and exercise, she has been working out last 17 years and has learned Functional, weight training, Yoga and various dance styles. She’s the brand ambassador of Puma Do You in India along with Jacqueline Fernandez, Kalki Koechlin Liza Haydon, Sakshi Malik & others and was part of their Guinness World Record plank
You are making choices every single moment in your life. Whether it is to watch a movie or read a book, go on a party on weekend or build business. You are making those choices every moment.
Your life at moment is reflection of all the decisions or choices you have made in the past. One good choice can transform your life just the way it did for Abdul in the story I have shared in this episode.
Stop complaining and take responsibility because you were born to soar higher like an eagle not to quack and complain like the duck.
Make that life changing choice, plan and stick to it. You will astound yourself.
I am keen in deconstructing successful people and get deep into their habits. In this episode, I present you three most common habits of successful and inspiring personalities I have interviewed for this podcast.
These three habits are repeated in several episodes by different guests and I wanted to put them together and present you so that you can use them to succeed in your own life.
The Inspiring Talk podcast turned SIX months and it all started with a decision to inspire people. I have learned a lot along this journey and got opportunity to interact with amazing people who has reached milestones. This podcast now have 19 amazing interviews and boundless love and blessing of listeners. our community is growing every single day.
Sean Douglas was suicidal at one point of time due to heavy drinking habit and series of negative thoughts. He has grown in alcohol and abusive environment at his home. This had deep negative impact in his life and he himself became alcoholic. But this is not what he wanted for himself in his life. One fine day he said to himself, “I am so done with this. I need to change the way I am living my life.” He turned to timeless wisdom of great books and people who has shown him the way. He shares decisions we make in our life at the moment has impact in our future.
There is only one way to avoid criticism, Do nothing, say nothing and be nothing. -Aristotle
When I came across this story that I grew up listening to from my teacher in school, I couldn’t stop sharing it with you.
You might have heard this but still is so relevant even today.
Enjoy the show!
I have realized that there is a trait in every successful people that loser and quitters lack by interviewing successful and inspiring personalities every week.
They have winning mindset. They believe on their vision and dreams more than anyone else and keep pursuing unless they turn that into reality.
Another such quality is to stand up back tall more determined and more focused than ever after every fall.
Enjoy my take on winning mindset!