Gautam is the founder of LifePlugin and his job is to build offline communities. Also Keynote Speaker, he gave TED talks that had million of views.
Passionate about personal transformation and helping you find your tribe, he will reveal in this podcast the secrets of how to do it!
In this podcast, Gautam, shares with us his vision on communities, mindfulness, education and passion. He tells the story of his success and how he got to creating LifePlugin after an enriching experience working for Mind Valley. Gautam also expresses how he turned the tragedy of covid 19 into a beautiful shift in his business. This podcast is perfect if you want to know more about building and joining offline communities!
Gautam's website: https://gautamkhetrapal.com/about/
The website of LifePlugin: https://lifeplugin.com
Discover my website here: https://butzi-speaker.com
Here is the time reference:
Introduction
00:00 Intro
00:27 Who is Gautam?
00:47 Introduction video
Communities and tribes
01:22 How to build an offline community?
05:50 Context on Mind Valley
08:56 Mind Valley: an offline home for Gautam
10:32 How to create a strong cult that goes way beyond its founder?
13:06 “What you need to do is build a strong DNA.”
15:07 “There’s a rite of passage for you to join a community.”
16:00 Tribes – Cults – Communities
17:58 “To me friendship is almost spiritual.”
19:09 “We are living in the age of loneliness.”
20:55 Obsession with online reputation
21:42 “We are global citizens but we don’t belong anywhere.”
22:04 “We find ourselves as social animals living in this anti-social society.”
24:06 Friendship in the context of growth
Mindfulness and wellbeing
26:03 The Loss Connections by Johann Hari
31:36 “What is simple to spot is not necessarily easy to change.”
32:31 LifePlugin: The difference between personal growth and personal knowledge
33:32 “Today, we live in a culture of quick fixes.”
35:31 Chasing success
35:42 “Your level of success will seldom exceed your level of personal development.” Jim Rohn
37:35 Addictions and unhealthy behaviours: the need for beliefs
Education
38:55 Education and personal transformation
40:32 Gautam’s vision on today’s education
41:47 “The purpose of education needs to be to teach us how to live a successful, meaningful life in the world that we live in.”
Parenting
42:52 Gautam on parenting
44:26 “If we want our kids to grow up in a healthy society, we need to build a healthy society for us, so they get to look at it and model it.”
Teaching
48:48 Gautam on teachers and (traditional) teaching
52:23 Teaching: A more desirable profession?
53:32 The social aspect: Social and emotional intelligence
Covid 19
54:25 On remote education and covid 19
56:35 Gautam’s experience of covid 19
58:40 Impact of covid 19 on Gautam’s business
Adaptation
1:02:48 Creating a 21 days live journey: shifting togetherness
1:05:08 The tribal connection
Coaching
1:06:47 Teaching a system
1:07:14 “We teach best what we need to learn the most.”
1:08:13 Authenticity: Being the coach we need
1:09:54 Life Plugin’s philosophy: “If it isn’t fun, you’re not doing it right.”
Passion
1:11:49 Passion and business
1:12:23 Follow your passion: A dangerous advice?
1:13:22 “Passion follows pursuit.”
1:14:59 So Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport
1:17:15 Having a learning mindset
1:19:25 A drive: Being lucky
1:20:26 A message to young people: Commit to a craft for a long term
1:24:02 Being mindful
Conclusion
1:25:50 Conclusion
1:26:12 lifeplugin.com
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