Episode 569 – Quest Stories: Be who you are
All resources mentioned in this interview can be found below:
- Welcome friends
- I am so excited to bring you my first Zoom interview today
- I started easy – I asked 2 good friends to join me
- We call ourselves Team AirBNB because we shared an AirBNB each time we all flew to the east coast last year for our speaking program
- And its interesting when I think back – the first time we met was in an AirBNB
- We connected online and agreed to share the place
- But we didn’t know one another
- And then it worked out so well that the following 3 times we also roomed together
- And let me tell you – we roomed
- Sometimes we couldn’t get a nice 3 bedroom place, so we shared even smaller places together
- But you may wonder – what was it that worked out so well?
- I have wondered many times myself
- We are all different people, with different interests and ideas about the world
- But I think you’ll get an idea on this interview why we jived well together
- what I made this connection work so well was openness
- We all were open to one another
- Openness is just the starting point – it bring along so much more
- When you’re open – open-minded, open-hearted, open-spirited
- Then you’re accepting of the differences of the other person
- You’re more willing to be vulnerable
- And you respect the other person for who he or she is
- And when I listen to this interview – this is a quality I see all 3 of us have
- We all had different routines, different needs, different opinions, and yet we made it work
- Each morning we walked together to our training, stopped for coffee along the way, and then dispersed
- And at the end of the day we came together again, after we all did what we wanted to do
- It was never forced –
- We respected each other,
- We were not afraid to talk about what we needed
- Which at the same time sets boundaries
- While still remaining flexible and willing to compromise
- It was a very unique way of meeting someone new and forming a friendship and I am grateful to have these 2 amazing people in my life
- Knowing we can room together, even in Bharats tiny apartment in NYC where we stayed one time, is certainly a way to know we get along
- And on this interview you will hear what makes these 2 people so special and why they are so open, respectful and unafraid to be vulnerable
- Our upbringing certainly shapes our life, but its also what we do with it
- And also I hope it shows you that you don’t need to look a long time to make great friends
- Sometimes it requires just a leap of faith – like we all took when we decided to share a roof for a few days
- And then simply be yourself,
- Open, and not afraid to show who you are,
- Mallory’s takeaway at the end still sits in my mind
- I wont spoil it for you
- But I will say this:
- When you love yourself,
- When you’re open and generous and kind and forgiving with yourself – then the people with those characteristics will also come into your life
- As always –
- Start with you
- This is the goal of this podcast and I hope that this is also what you will take-away – among other things – from this interview
- And I would be deeply grateful if you share this conversation with some of your friends
Much love
Connect with Bharat and Mallory
Bharat Nain
- facebook.com/bharatnain
- instagram.com/bharatnain
- twitter.com/bharatnain
- linkedin.com/in/bnain
Theo’s article:
Deepak Chopra 3-minute meditation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Bs0qUB3BHQ
Mallory Whitfield
Self-compassion class on Skillshare — link is good through May 31, 2020 to watch for free:
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