The Calm & Free Podcast with Pooja Mottl

#100 - Three Minute Thursday: Purpose and Pausing

Welcome to our weekly segment, "Three Minute Thursday" where host Pooja Mottl highlights a piece of wisdom she has come across from her own readings, or shares an inspirational anecdote or insight that can help you lead a more calm and rooted life. -- "The purpose of life is a life of purpose” concludes author Robbin Sharma (Monk Who Sold His Ferrari). But what is your purpose? If you don’t know, you’re no alone. Most people fly through life existing but never living, going through the motions, doing what they think they’re supposed to be doing but never really taking the time to figure out if that aligns with what truly energizes and fulfills them. If you want to know one thing about your purpose, its about being selfless. Living and doing things that go beyond your individual gain. But to get to the heart of your unique purpose, you’ll have to put in the effort. You’ll have to take time out life to find it. And one thing that helps is silence. Often, when we get rid of the noise, the conversations, the technology, and all the stimulations of the material world, our mind calms down just enough for it to reveal to us what it is that we’re here on this planet for. What is it that our talents and capabilities are meant to work on? What is it that energizes us, uplifts us and fills us with joy? Often times, we can’t get these answers if we keep ourselves on the treadmill of life and reaching for distractions. What we need to do is find quiet. Make that time for quiet and it will help you find your purpose. Put it in your calendar if you need to. Turn off your phone – shut down your computer – sit alone with your thoughts. Calm your mind and give it the space it needs to reveal to you what it is that you’re here to selflessly do. -- If you want to read more of my essays on living calm and free, please sign up to my newsletter by following me on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/poojamottl/] or signing up to at our new website at calmandfreepodcast.com [https://www.calmandfreepodcast.com/]. Please share this episode with someone you love. -- Website: https://www.calmandfreepodcast.com/ [https://www.calmandfreepodcast.com/] For more from Host Pooja Mottl:www.PoojaMottl.com [https://www.poojamottl.com/] Podcast Producer: www.Go-ToProductions.com [https://www.go-toproductions.com/] Twitter: @PoojaMottl [https://twitter.com/poojamottl] Instagram: @TheCalmandFreePodcast [https://www.instagram.com/thecalmandfreepodcast/] and @PoojaMottl [https://www.instagram.com/poojamottl/] LinkedIn: @PoojaMottl [https://www.linkedin.com/in/poojamottl/] Special Thanks : Kris Kosach of the TPR Podcast [https://www.sites.google.com/view/textproserocknroll/home] for lending her VO for our Podcast Intro. Jessica Panian [https://www.jessicapanian.com/] for her help with our graphic design. Sufi Kaur for managing and designing our social graphics.

#99- Luke Burgis on Mimetic Desire

People unconsciously imitate the desires of others—and therefore they value jobs, spouses, brands, viewpoints, and even themselves according to what others around them desire. In his latest book Wanting [https://www.amazon.com/Wanting-Power-Mimetic-Desire-Everyday/dp/1250262488], my next guest, author, educator and former Silicon Valley entrepreneur, Luke Burgis [https://lukeburgis.com/] spotlights a theoretical framework to answer why we want what we want and provides antidotes to chasing what leaves you unfulfilled. Luke uses mimetic theory to explore how our technology, relationships, politics, economics, education, and other ecosystems affect what we want and how to change our own desires so that they bring lasting and enduring satisfaction, meaningfulness and love. After living in Italy for 3 years studying classical philosophy and theology, Luke confesses that “He couldn’t continue to start businesses and chase dreams without understanding the truth about the human condition—and myself.” With keen emotional intelligence, sagacity and courage, Luke brilliantly attempts to explain why our modern world leaves so many feeling restless, unmoored and in a perpetual chase for happiness. I’m so very glad he's shared his ideas with the world in Wanting and this next conversation will leave you contemplating and inspired for days if not years. -- About Luke: Luke Burgishas co-created and led four companies in wellness, consumer products, and technology. He’s currently Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Director of Programs at the Ciocca Center for Principled Entrepreneurship where he also teaches business at The Catholic University of America. Luke has helped form and serves on the board of several new K-12 education initiatives and writes and speaks regularly about the education of desire. He studied business at NYU Stern and philosophy and theology at a pontifical university in Rome. He’s Managing Partner of Fourth Wall Ventures, an incubator that he started to build, train, and invest in people and companies that contribute to a healthy human ecology. He lives in Washington, DC with his wife, Claire, and her crazy New Orleans cat Clotille. Follow  Luke: His Latest Book on Amazon: Wanting [https://www.amazon.com/Wanting-Power-Mimetic-Desire-Everyday/dp/1250262488] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukeburgis/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukeburgis/] Twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburgis [https://twitter.com/lukeburgis] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukeburgis/?hl=en [https://www.instagram.com/lukeburgis/?hl=en] Web: https://lukeburgis.com/ [https://lukeburgis.com/] -- More on this Podcast: https://www.calmandfreepodcast.com/ [https://www.calmandfreepodcast.com/] For more from Host Pooja Mottl:https://www.poojamottl.com/ [https://www.poojamottl.com/] Podcast Producer: https://www.go-toproductions.com/ [https://www.go-toproductions.com/] Twitter @PoojaMottl: https://twitter.com/poojamottl Instagram: @TheCalmandFreePodcast https://www.instagram.com/thecalmandfreepodcast/ [https://www.instagram.com/thecalmandfreepodcast/] and @PoojaMottl https://www.instagram.com/poojamottl/ [https://www.instagram.com/poojamottl/] LinkedIn: @PoojaMottlhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/poojamottl/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/poojamottl/] -- Special Thanks : Kris Kosach of the TPR Podcast [https://www.sites.google.com/view/textproserocknroll/home] for lending her VO for our Podcast Intro: https://www.sites.google.com/view/textproserocknroll/home [https://www.sites.google.com/view/textproserocknroll/home] Jessica Panian https://www.jessicapanian.com/ for her help with our graphic design: https://www.jessicapanian.com/ [https://www.jessicapanian.com/]

#98 - Khurshed Batliwala on Sleep, Meditation and a Juicy Life

Khurshed Batliwala, fondly known by the nickname “Bawa” is a renowned speaker, meditation expert and author of the new book Sleep Your Way to Success. After speaking with him, I found him to be is a beautifully wise, jovial, charismatic and witty teacher, not surprisingly beloved by so many. He has decades of experience teaching with the Art of Living [https://www.artofliving.org/us-en], and organization founded by spiritual leader Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankharji [https://www.srisriravishankar.org/], a volunteer-based, humanitarian and educational non-governmental organization with centers in more than 156 countries around the world. This was a beautiful and fun conversation I am so grateful to have had and to share with you now. You will hear him talk about the profound connection between spirituality and science and how the scientists in ancient India were also saints. He says spirituality answers the question" "Who are you?". "Whereas science answers the question what is this?" He also provides a beautiful response to the question of why he meditates 90 minutes every day – listen through to the end to hear it. If you’ve been enjoying these episodes please text or email todays episode to someone you love and tell them to subscribe so we can continue to share these life lessons on finding calm and redefining success to enable freedom with many more people. -- Follow  Bawa: His Latest Book on Amazon: Sleep Your Way to Success [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/939123478X/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2] YouTube Channel: BnD TV [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGHjx7-g9CpUohp0epnqHEg] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/khurshedbatliwala [https://www.facebook.com/khurshedbatliwala] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/khurshedbatliwala/?hl=en [https://www.instagram.com/khurshedbatliwala/?hl=en] -- More on this Podcast: https://www.calmandfreepodcast.com/ [https://www.calmandfreepodcast.com/] For more from Host Pooja Mottl:https://www.poojamottl.com/ [https://www.poojamottl.com/] Podcast Producer: https://www.go-toproductions.com/ [https://www.go-toproductions.com/] Twitter @PoojaMottl: https://twitter.com/poojamottl Instagram: @TheCalmandFreePodcast https://www.instagram.com/thecalmandfreepodcast/ [https://www.instagram.com/thecalmandfreepodcast/] and @PoojaMottl https://www.instagram.com/poojamottl/ [https://www.instagram.com/poojamottl/] LinkedIn: @PoojaMottlhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/poojamottl/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/poojamottl/] -- Special Thanks : Kris Kosach of the TPR Podcast [https://www.sites.google.com/view/textproserocknroll/home] for lending her VO for our Podcast Intro: https://www.sites.google.com/view/textproserocknroll/home [https://www.sites.google.com/view/textproserocknroll/home] Jessica Panian https://www.jessicapanian.com/ for her help with our graphic design: https://www.jessicapanian.com/ [https://www.jessicapanian.com/]

#97 - Gary Russell on the Value of the Heart & the Mind in High Performance

Gary Russell is the CEO of Winning Profile [Gary Russell is the CEO of winning profile, a company that helps identify talent and how to maximize performance by focusing on the heart and the mind rather than the just the external optics. He’s worked with world class athletes, the NFL and Team Great Britain prior to the 2021 olympics. Everyone can see and recognize exceptional performance says Gary, But we have trouble selecting and, most importantly, reproducing it. ], a company that helps identify talent and how to maximize performance by focusing on the heart and the mind rather than the just the external optics. He’s worked with world class athletes, the NFL and Team Great Britain prior to the 2021 Olympics. "Everyone can see and recognize exceptional performance" says Gary, "but we have trouble selecting and, most importantly, reproducing it." If you’ve been enjoying these episodes please text or email todays episode to someone you love and tell them to subscribe so we can continue to share these life lessons on finding calm and redefining success to enable freedom with many more people. -- Follow  Gary: https://www.winningprofile.com/ [https://www.winningprofile.com/] https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-russell-698b6915/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-russell-698b6915/] -- More on this Podcast: https://www.calmandfreepodcast.com/ [https://www.calmandfreepodcast.com/] For more from Host Pooja Mottl:https://www.poojamottl.com/ [https://www.poojamottl.com/] Podcast Producer: https://www.go-toproductions.com/ [https://www.go-toproductions.com/] Twitter @PoojaMottl: https://twitter.com/poojamottl Instagram: @TheCalmandFreePodcast https://www.instagram.com/thecalmandfreepodcast/ [https://www.instagram.com/thecalmandfreepodcast/] and @PoojaMottl https://www.instagram.com/poojamottl/ [https://www.instagram.com/poojamottl/] LinkedIn: @PoojaMottlhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/poojamottl/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/poojamottl/] -- Special Thanks : Kris Kosach of the TPR Podcast [https://www.sites.google.com/view/textproserocknroll/home] for lending her VO for our Podcast Intro: https://www.sites.google.com/view/textproserocknroll/home [https://www.sites.google.com/view/textproserocknroll/home] Jessica Panian https://www.jessicapanian.com/ for her help with our graphic design: https://www.jessicapanian.com/ [https://www.jessicapanian.com/]

#96 - Tech Executive and Mayor Regina Wallace-Jones on Letting Go and Taking Charge of How You Define Success

Regina Wallace Jones is the former Mayor of East Palo Alto and currently serves on the board of SF based AI company Sama [https://www.sama.com/] and prior to this she spent many years in leadership positions at blue chip tech companies like Facebook and Ebay, and most recently Mindbody. Over the course of her nontraditional, prodigious career, Regina has made it her priority to bridge the heart and the intellect by having one foot in public service and the other in cutting edge silicon valley. It is this powerful blend of empathy and intellect that make Regina’s stories and insights so relevant, necessary and instructive for us in today’s fast-changing, world. If you’ve been enjoying these episodes please text or email todays episode to someone you love and tell them to subscribe so we can continue to share these life lessons on finding calm and redefining success to enable freedom with many more people. -- Follow  Regina: www.reginawallacejones.com [https://reginawallacejones.com/] -- More on this Podcast: https://www.calmandfreepodcast.com/ [https://www.calmandfreepodcast.com/] For more from Host Pooja Mottl:https://www.poojamottl.com/ [https://www.poojamottl.com/] Podcast Producer: https://www.go-toproductions.com/ [https://www.go-toproductions.com/] Twitter @PoojaMottl: https://twitter.com/poojamottl Instagram: @TheCalmandFreePodcast https://www.instagram.com/thecalmandfreepodcast/ [https://www.instagram.com/thecalmandfreepodcast/] and @PoojaMottl https://www.instagram.com/poojamottl/ [https://www.instagram.com/poojamottl/] LinkedIn: @PoojaMottlhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/poojamottl/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/poojamottl/] -- Special Thanks : Kris Kosach of the TPR Podcast [https://www.sites.google.com/view/textproserocknroll/home] for lending her VO for our Podcast Intro: https://www.sites.google.com/view/textproserocknroll/home [https://www.sites.google.com/view/textproserocknroll/home] Jessica Panian https://www.jessicapanian.com/ for her help with our graphic design: https://www.jessicapanian.com/ [https://www.jessicapanian.com/]