The Podcast Compendium

Reference Podcast: HBR IdeaCast with Alison Beard; Episode 716, 31-DecJanuary-2019 Introduction: Many times, you are looking for an endorsement of anything new you start-upon, since it helps you feel motivated to continue to do it. While this particular episode of HBR IdeaCast anyways attracted me, my idea of presenting it to you got cemented by one of the things which James (the guest) spoke of, which I found very much appealing and jiving with my own philosophy about it. Without much further ado I hereby present to you ‘James Clear: The Right Way to Form New Habits’, in a conversation mode with the podcast host Alison Beard.                       Summary: James Clear, entrepreneur and author, says that the way we go about trying to form new habits and break bad ones - at work or home - is all wrong. Many people, he says, focus on big goals without thinking about th...

Reference Podcast: ON PURPOSE with Jay Shetty; Episode 97, 13-January-2020 I am happy to present the Part 2 of my blog, wherein I reflect on the balance part of the conversation between Jay and Robin, in which Robin takes the listeners to further depths, as if he is speaking to the soul and invocating the natural human nature! It’s very interesting to observe that as Robin is moving to further depths of discussion, Jay is a bit hesitant because he’s unsure if with this discussion he can maintain the balance between the interest of his two types of audience, those who are looking for a short-term gain from the podcast and those who are looking at some long-term learning. At this juncture, Robin says something very powerful which touched my heart and I ended up making it my WhatsApp profile statement “Trust your Instinct because it’s always wiser than your Intellect.” He further suggests to Jay that ‘let’s go deep and let’s challenge & push your followers to the jagged e...