Why 99.9% is better than 100%

An episode of the Take a pause with Varun Duggirala podcast, hosted by Varun Duggirala, titled "Why 99.9% is better than 100%" was published on April 18, 2022 and runs 3 minutes.

April 18, 2022 ·3m · Take a pause with Varun Duggirala

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Summary

Growing up, did your parents and teachers tell you to give it your all? Even as an adult, do you feel the pressure to perform at your 100% all the time? Maybe you don’t need to. Perhaps you could get a better outcome if you did a little less than 100%. In this episode Varun talks about why NBA star LeBron James believes in performing at 99%. Tune in to find out why he chooses to hold back that 1%. You can Order Varun’s book “Everything is out of syllabus: An instruction manual for life & work “ at https://amzn.to/335QKow   Follow Varun across social media platforms @VarunDuggi https://www.instagram.com/varunduggi/  https://www.youtube.com/c/VarunDuggi https://twitter.com/varunduggi   And for a weekly download of mind musings and recommendations subscribe to his newsletter “Unschooled with Varun Duggirlala” at https://varunduggi.substack.com About the show “Take a pause with Varun Duggirala” ( previously “The Varun Duggi       show”) is a thrice a week podcast that’s meant to enable its    listeners    to take a pause amidst the chaos of their daily lives to    learn tools,    embrace ideas and soak in concepts that will help them    find  motivation,   build the right mindset and perform at their  best.   Varun  also   occasionally taps into the minds of truly  interesting   people to  give   listeners a learn from and use in their  work, life  and everything in-between. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/take-a-pause-varun-duggi/message

Episode Description

Growing up, did your parents and teachers tell you to give it your all? Even as an adult, do you feel the pressure to perform at your 100% all the time?

Maybe you don’t need to. Perhaps you could get a better outcome if you did a little less than 100%.

In this episode Varun talks about why NBA star LeBron James believes in performing at 99%. Tune in to find out why he chooses to hold back that 1%.

You can Order Varun’s book “Everything is out of syllabus: An instruction manual for life & work “ at https://amzn.to/335QKow

Follow Varun across social media platforms @VarunDuggi

https://www.instagram.com/varunduggi/

https://www.youtube.com/c/VarunDuggi

https://twitter.com/varunduggi

And for a weekly download of mind musings and recommendations subscribe to his newsletter “Unschooled with Varun Duggirlala” at https://varunduggi.substack.com

About the show

“Take a pause with Varun Duggirala” ( previously “The Varun Duggi show”) is a thrice a week podcast that’s meant to enable its listeners to take a pause amidst the chaos of their daily lives to learn tools, embrace ideas and soak in concepts that will help them find motivation, build the right mindset and perform at their best. Varun also occasionally taps into the minds of truly interesting people to give listeners a learn from and use in their work, life and everything in-between.

--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/take-a-pause-varun-duggi/message