There's an island in Japan called Okinawa where the number of people who live for over 100 years is more than anywhere else in the world. Particularly, a rural town on the island called Ogimi- has people with the highest life expectancy in the world. In fact, this village has earned the nickname the Village of Longevity. Hector Garcia is an author of one of the most popular international bestsellers, Ikigai- The Japanese secret to a long and happy life. On this book, Hector has distilled what he...
Apr 07, 2020•40 min•Ep. 83
Deepak Kanakaraju who goes by Digital Deepak is a passionate digital marketer who has been in this industry since 2008. He is also an Author, Speaker and Trainer. When it comes to digital marketing in India, Deepak is probably one of the most sought-after experts. His blog was ranked as one of the top 10 digital marketing blogs in India by Search Engine journal in 2015. He got started online with his first startup BikeAdvice which was an online motorcycle publication as he is a passionate biker ...
Apr 01, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 82
Sidra lost her life today to the burn injuries in a fire that broke out in her apartment. The world lost a very special human being. My thoughts and prayers are with Sidra's family. May God provide them with the strength to deal with this unimaginable time of grief. I am rebroadcasting the episode with Sidra to share her wisdom with the world. -- Original Description: Sidra Jafri is an international keynote speaker who travels extensively to share her insights on awakening principles, highly suc...
Mar 20, 2020•53 min•Ep. 81
Mohit Satyanand is one of such people whom I recently met and fell in love with the deep wisdom he has about life, love and passion. He is so articulate and speaks beautifully that you won't get tired hearing him. You might have known Mohit as Founder and Chairman of Teamwork Arts- A company that organizes festivals across the world including the most popular one- Jaipur Literature Festival. He established India’s first successful snack food brand, Crax. The company that produces the most popula...
Mar 17, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 80
Raghava KK was named by CNN as one of the 10 most remarkable people of 2010. He is a multidisciplinary artist and storyteller whose work is shown in galleries and museums around the world. He quit his formal education at the age of 18 to start his career as a newspaper cartoonist. Today, he is considered as one of India's most successful young artists. Raghava often collaborates with other artists, including American musician and singer Paul Simon, a FIFA Award-winning perfumer, Yann Vasnier and...
Mar 09, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 79
Deepak Ramola is one of the young people whom I admire a lot. He is the founder of an organization called FUEL which is an acronym of Forward the Understanding of Every life lesson. Through his organisation, he documents life lessons of people from all walks of life and passes them onto others in the most inspiring ways. From painting world's first village of life lessons to penning the song 'Atrangi Yaari' sung by Amitabh Bachchan and Farhan Akhtar, Deepak has worked with people across the worl...
Mar 02, 2020•50 min•Ep. 78
"Do not be interesting, be interested." Siddharth Anantharam is a master at curating meaningful conversations that help people connect deeply with themselves, and with each other. Asking powerful questions is his superpower and he uses it as often as possible to help people discover theirs. As the Founder of Life Circles, Siddharth hosts transformational spaces that combine meaningful conversations, games and unforgettable experiences to help communities find clarity and seek new perspectives. ...
Feb 24, 2020•48 min•Ep. 77
On October 2006, Sam Cawthorn fell asleep behind the wheel of his car and met a major car accident. He had 206 km/hr head-on collision to a semi-truck trailer. He was pronounced dead at the scene and had to be resuscitated. This accident cost him his right arm, left him in coma and doctors said he will never be able to walk again in his life. Want to start your own podcast? I can help you launch your very own podcast right from coming out with an idea to publishing episode number one. Join my SI...
Dec 16, 2019•35 min•Ep. 76
Satyarup is the youngest person in the world to climb 7 highest peaks and all 7 volcanic summits of all 7 continents of the world and he holds Guinness World record for the same. He has Skied in South pole and is soon heading for the North pole. He is the first Indian to climb Mt Sidley, the highest volcano of Antarctica, Mt Giluwe, the highest volcano of Papua New Guinea and the list goes on. Satyarup speaks at different events and conferences sharing the stories of overcoming fears and pushing...
Dec 02, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 75
Amandeep Thind is one of the lead trainers for Tony Robin's preview events. He travels across the continents to speak and inspire people. He is also a founder of a company called Emerging Brilliance where he helps people discover brilliance within themselves. He is the creator of a powerful training model called Mind Empowering technology (MET- as he calls it). Want to start your own podcast? I can help you launch your very own podcast right from coming out with an idea to publishing episode num...
Nov 11, 2019•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 74
Sidra Jafri is an international keynote speaker who travels extensively to share her insights on awakening principles, highly successful energy healer and founder of School of Awakening- (a global online school and consciousness hub). Sidra runs her retreat called Soul Spa around the world to help people shift the issues holding them back and transforming lives of many in areas such as wealth, relationships and overall well being of their physical, mental, emotional and spiritual self. On this e...
Nov 04, 2019•52 min•Ep. 73
"You are the average of five people you spend the most time with." You must have heard this quote from Jim Rohn for over a zillion times. But this one piece of advice can transform your life for good. When I worked as a Research Scientist, I was surrounded by people who'd always complain and were not happy with their life. As a result of this environment, I lost passion and eventually became frustrated with what I was doing. That was the moment when I realized I need to change my circle. I start...
Sep 23, 2019•15 min•Ep. 72
Nir Eyal is a best-selling author of the book Hooked- where he talks about, how companies can build habit-forming products, to keep us hooked on our screens. With his new book, Indistractable he shares how we can unhook ourselves from the technology and focus on things that matter the most for us. He has been writing blogs and articles for over 10 years now and he has been featured by Forbes, CNBC, TechCrunch to name a few. He is also an entrepreneur and investor in companies like Eventbrite, Re...
Sep 16, 2019•57 min•Ep. 71
”It takes vision to run a business not eyesight.” That's something today's guest strongly believes in. Huzefa Merchant is 95% blind because of a genetic disorder of the eye called retinitis pigmentosa. He only has 5% of the eyesight of a normal person but that doesn't stop him from running a design-centric business. Not only that, Huzefa leads the design team of his company, where his role is to get fresh design ideas and work with the team to get those designs created. Want to start your own po...
Sep 09, 2019•54 min•Ep. 70
Rahul Narvekar is Founder and CEO of The India Network, Director and CEO of Sun and Sands Advisors, Japan, Former Co-founder of NDTV Indian Roots, Former co-founder of fashionandyou.com. Rahul comes from very humble beginnings, growing up in the slums of Mumbai he has been through a lot in his life. On our conversation, we chat about his early days, entrepreneurial ventures and a lot more.
Aug 27, 2019•56 min•Ep. 69
Anand has started his enterprise of Branded Handicrafts when he entered the second year of MBA. Established chain of retail showrooms on Designer Pooja wear and articles and now he is successful Facilitative Trainer, who has trained more than 150 companies, have conducted more than 800 workshops and have touched the lives of more than 40,000 people. He was awarded as the Business tycoon of the year by Indian Education Society and Youth Icon by Lions clubs Intl (across 210 countries). Want to sta...
Aug 12, 2019•50 min•Ep. 68
Surendran Jayasekar is founder and CEO of Success Gyan, which is among the largest organizers of Conferences and workshops in India. Through his company, Surendran brings world-renowned speakers and trainers such as Brian Tracy, Robert Kiyosaki, Les Brown and the likes. Suren's vision is to provide world-class education around personal growth at an affordable price to Indians. Today, his company organizes 150 seminars and events in a year across 6 different countries. He has also co-authored a b...
Jul 08, 2019•46 min•Ep. 67
Jordan Gross is an Author of the Best selling book Getting COMFY: Your Morning Guide to Daily Happiness where he shares strategies to kick-start your morning to win your day. He is also a leadership coach and speaker. Jordan quit his corporate job to live his what he calls a cloud nine life and help others do the same. On our conversation, Jordan breaks down his COMFY method so that you can implement it on your life to start your morning on high energy and positive mental note. We also talk abou...
Jul 02, 2019•58 min•Ep. 66
Rajiv Talreja has been an entrepreneur and business coach for over a decade. He has impacted over 500,000 people through his coaching and training programs across the world. He travels extensively to share his insights and systems on building and scaling your business. He teaches a program called Business P.A.C.E program where he shares how one grow their business without them. He has authored an internationally best-selling book called Lead or Bleed. He was selected as one of the Top 10 Future ...
Jun 24, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 65
Meik is a New York Times Best-selling Author who has penned down several books and reports on the subject of happiness. He travels across the globe to speak at different conferences and events to share his findings on happiness. He is a TEDx Speaker and he has been featured in The Huffington Post, The Guardian, Business Insider among others. On this episode, we explore different factors that make us happy, how Nordic countries are happier as compared to the other parts of the world, what can you...
Jun 20, 2019•29 min•Ep. 64
I am personally very excited about this episode my friend. My guest for the day is Ron Malhotra. Now, Ron is an Award-Winning Wealth Planner, Influence & Success Expert. He is an Author of 4 books including #1 Amazon bestseller 8 Wealth Habits of Financially Successful People. He is an International Public Speaker, Speaks extensively on Success, Influence, Business & Money. He is the Founder of ‘The Successful Male Global’ where his mission is to help other men become successful in their...
May 06, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 63
Dr. Sabina Brennan is a research psychologist, neuroscientist and author of the No 1 bestselling book 100 Days to a Younger Brain: Maximize your memory, boost your brain health and defy dementia. At the age of 42, Sabina got fascinated with the brain and human psychology. She left her career as an actor to pursue research about brain. Since then she has been one of the top experts on Cognitive Psychology in Ireland. She has been featured by National Radio and Television on several occasions. She...
Apr 29, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 62
Do you wish you were a part of a group that is on a similar journey as yours. And the people of this group totally understand your mission and your problems and encourages you to push your boundaries and celebrate your success? That's your tribe. On this episode I am gonna talk about what exactly is a tribe, why should you be part of it and how you can contribute to your tribe. The reason I am doing this is because last weekend, I attended one of the most amazing events of my life called Lifeplu...
Apr 24, 2019•12 min•Ep. 61
Imagine being arrested wrongly and you have to spend two months in jail for someone else's mistake. Well that's exactly what happened with my guest Chetan Mahajan few years back. He was put behind the bars for the case against his employer. After this episode, Chetan was terrified and had nightmares but he didn't let that define his life. He wanted to make something good out of the darkest phase in his life. He went on to write a fairly popular Book called The Bad Boys of Bokaro Jail published b...
Apr 08, 2019•39 min•Ep. 60
Mukta Mahajani is an author and international speaker on Alternate Dispute Resolution methods with degrees in psychology, anthropology and law. She has been awarded with Star Youth Achiever Award by Global Youth Marketing Forum, Young Achiever Award by World HRD Congress among several other awards. Mukta has been writing on negotiation, dispute management and communication at the workplace for several years now. She has already published three books. Her latest book is The Code- Awaken the hidde...
Mar 18, 2019•59 min•Ep. 59
You can achieve any goals and dreams you might have, but you have to consistently take action towards them. To accomplish anything worth celebrating, you'll have to take determined steps day in and day out till you achieve it. No one understands this better than Sfurti Sahare. Sfurti had a dream back in 2014. She was somebody who came from very humble background. She completed her engineering degree and was working for a IT company. But Sfurti was quick to realize, she was not meant to sit in fr...
Feb 18, 2019•16 min•Ep. 58
Neeraj Shah have been an entrepreneur for more than 2 decades now. He is a mentor, speaker, writer and angel investor. He is former National Director for Business Network International, India. He started BNI in India in 2004 and grew it from scratch to 10,000 members across 21 cities across India. He is also the founder of Titan Masterminds, an online entrepreneurship development company. Some Questions I ask Neeraj: Have you always wanted to become an entrepreneur in your life? How can smaller ...
Feb 05, 2019•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 57
On this special episode of The Inspiring Talk podcast, we bring you the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon (ADHM) coverage. We let you live the experience of half marathon. We are sure you'd want to hit the streets after listening to this episode. Also you will get to know: How Procam International (the organization behind ADHM) makes sure that air pollution on its running track. What kind of preparation goes behind putting together events like this one? Several reasons on why people run. Maybe this epi...
Jan 07, 2019•26 min
Prakash is a Best-selling Author of Books like The Habit of winning and The secret of leadership. He is also a speaker who speaks extensively about leadership, teamwork and winning. He has already given multiple TEDx talks on those topics. I love the way he derive analogies from the simple things from our day to day life and share powerful lessons on his talks. Before becoming a full time author and speaker in 2014, Prakash was Managing Director of Kimberly-Clark Lever and in past has served in ...
Dec 31, 2018•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 56
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. On this episode, I share my story of quitting my job and breakdown it into five steps process. Tune in if you'd like to quit the job to pursue your passion, follow your dreams and live life you want. Visit http://theinspiringtalk.com for more inspiration
Nov 19, 2018•14 min
