A Chat With Sagar Makwana an entrepreneur, author and Tedx Speaker
You. Hello everyone, this is Mira Gopalakrishnan and once again I am back with a new guest on my swell cast. This time I have with me Mr. Saga Makwana who is an entrepreneur by profession and a speaker and coach by passion. He is also an author and he loves to ensure people find themselves than follow a pattern set by someone else. So let me extend a warm welcome to Mr. Saga Makwana in this well cast and let the listeners know his journey as an author
Sagar Makwana
@oceanofsynergy · 1:10
And that's when I worked with my editor. She really helped me a lot to come out with a lot of concepts that I was trying to work on. And we both worked together on my book. Of course, the writing was mine. She was working on the editing part of it. And 2021, December is when we finished working on the book. But the bigger challenge was not writing the book, actually, it was getting it published
You have mentioned that your motto is life is tough and it's meant to be. Could you please elaborate on that motto and also give some tips to our listeners for managing this tough life
Sagar Makwana
@oceanofsynergy · 2:08
You can't expect everything to be smooth sailing. And you say that I did this, but this did not happen. If everything happened according to the way we wished, then I don't think people would be worried about how life is right? And this is the biggest dilemma that everyone is facing today where they are wondering as to why they're doing what they're doing and if they're even worth something in this life
Our problems were like normal problems. Like you have academic issues, as you said, like alliances are not happening, marriage isn't happening, child is not studying well, admission of the kid, all those things which most people would be used to. But COVID changed everything. If we analyze the last three years, the main issue I feel is that people feel nothing is in their control
Sagar Makwana
@oceanofsynergy · 3:31
Thank you. Thank you, Miramam, for that very interesting question. And you're right that an author might be able to do more justice than a reader. And for me, the book Be You Now is all about you finding yourself and understand that finding yourself isn't the most easiest thing to do in the world. I do completely agree with that. And no offense, but I was kind of tired of all these motivational books talking about everything that you need to do to get your life right
Hello, Sagar makwana, sir. This is Kadambari Gupta here. And first of all, many congratulations for your book. And I have also been a psychology student in my plus two, so I totally agree with what you said, that, you know, things are never smooth in anyone's life. We all have peaks and valleys and success, failure. You know, it's a part and parcel of each each one of our lives
So thank you once again for that beautiful answer. Now, coming to our fourth question. You are a multitalented personality. You are an entrepreneur, you are a coach, you are an author and you are even speaking in TEDx. You are a TEDx speaker also. So how do you juggle between all these pools? Can you give some time management tips to our list nurse? Because most people would want to do juggling of jobs and many stress out because of the same reason
Sagar Makwana
@oceanofsynergy · 3:19
But when you realize and you really want to do something, you'll be able to do it. It's just that we never want to push ourselves enough. And thank you for asking that question about time management, by the way. Because I sincerely believe that time management itself is a farce. It's a hoax. The people have told us, oh, you have to manage your time well. That's how you can do everything that you want to do in your life
Sagar Makwana
@oceanofsynergy · 1:14
And the problem is not the problems, by the way, okay? The problem is that we look at problems as unsolvable entities. Or a bhar kitani body problem, what a big problem I have in my life. But that's not it. The problem is you're not looking for solutions. And when you try to look for solutions instead of focusing on the problems, everything becomes that much, much more clearer
You. Wow. I just love this answer. Let me tell you. I just love this answer because nobody has told it so outright that if you want to do something, you will get it done. Time has nothing to do with it. So, my dear listeners, just put this in your head. It's all about whether you want to do something or whether you want to excuse yourself from doing something. It's not about time. Thank you
Sagar Makwana
@oceanofsynergy · 2:21
It. Now, once again, I'm going to give an answer that I believe not a lot of people will like. And I hope you don't hate me for this, but I'm still going to give this answer, right? So you asked me, what is that one success story that you want me to share? But I don't have any success stories today. I only have my efforts
It's just like you put a seed in the soil and one day, if you take care of the seed well it will definitely grow into a tree and give fruits. But don't put the seed expecting fruits. Put the seed with effort to create something beautiful. Thank you for being here Mr. Sagamaquaya. Really really enjoyed being with you. And I am sure our listeners would have also enjoyed your interview here today. So here, this is Mira signing off
Hello, sir, this is Sushma and it's really a great opportunity that the queries we have can be answered by you and they can be solved. So what my question is that there are a lot of coauthor nowadays everywhere who wants their work to be heard and to be seen and to be published, to be respected. And you also wrote your first book. Congratulations relations on that. I want to ask that what kept you going through the hard times, like when it was difficult?
Prajwal D P
@its_prajwaldp · 1:05
So being a TEDx speaker is not an easy task. Can you share your experience in TEDx Tkmce which help us to stay motivated from your journey and help the youth to overcome their problems? Thank you. Hoping for your replay
Sagar Makwana
@oceanofsynergy · 2:33
So the day you start writing for yourself is the day you will start enjoying it first, and is the day that you will realize that you don't care if you liked, heard or respected, or that a publisher would come to us and get our book out. Yes, I got my publisher, but trust me, I was ready to put myself out there in a self publishing platform as well
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@news._.swell · 0:31
Hi, Sagar. I heard your swell interviews talks. I really liked it. I had one doubt that the major hurdle that most authors face is the will to continue. That is to maintain the consistency in writing. As writing a book can take a lot longer time than one could have ever imagined. So, how to maintain consistency? Can you please give some tips on this? Thank you
Sagar Makwana
@oceanofsynergy · 1:53
Hi Prajwal. Thank you so much for your question. Yes, you're right. It's difficult to stay motivated sometimes. And as authors, we tend to lose our motivation. And I did too. It happened to me as well. So I'm not hiding the fact that, oh, I was successful at my first attempt. No, it took me some time. But here's the thing, right? If you want to stay motivated, then you need to motivate yourself
Sagar Makwana
@oceanofsynergy · 1:23
But yes, being consistent is all about knowing that someday your effort will add up to something. Knowing that if you take this one step today and then the next and then the next, someday you will be where you want to. And if you really, really want something and you really, really want that, trust me, nothing can stop you from being consistent. The only problem is that we keep thinking where will today take me?
Hello, sagar srijadeside. So as I heard that your new book has been published and you and your editor both really worked hard for publishing this book. So I would really want to ask one questions like how to find a trustworthy publication for your like for publishing your write up. Like how can we trust unknown publication and can give all our those painting works to them and so that they can publish it as a book?
Ramya Pachapur
@NotRamya_ · 0:38
Hello sir, this is Jamia and I hope you are doing good. So speaking about life I guess people live their lives by what they see as right and true and that's what they call reality. However they're right and true can also be of victims and also their reality could be turned out to be an illusion. And I guess everyone is living their lives by their own assumption. Wouldn't you agree?
Sagar Makwana
@oceanofsynergy · 2:13
So if you are able to find a publisher credible because they have done the right things or you know that they have published the right books and they have good visibility online, usually good publishers don't do these kind of things. The first thing is always finding out the credibility and understanding if they are the right people for you before handing over any work, not just your book, but any work to anyone
Sagar Makwana
@oceanofsynergy · 1:25
Hi, Ramya. Yes, you are absolutely right that a lot of people live under an illusion of reality because they believe everything they hear and say. And there are people who feed on this gullibility. And that's why, actually, in my first chapter, I exactly talk about that
Hello sir. This is Sommetra and orphic Perekos is my pen name. Thank you so much for this interview and we are really grateful for it. So my question is that I see that there are two kinds of writing. Firstly, when we write as a serve, when we know that whatever we are writing, nobody is going to read them. So it's a kind of maintaining a personal journal or a personal diary or something like that
Sagar Makwana
@oceanofsynergy · 2:18
Hello. Hi, Ramya. First of all, let me tell you, this is a beautiful pen name. I loved it. ofIC paracosm is very interesting. So kudos on that. And to answer your first question, I'll be very frank with you. I have never written journals or those kinds of things which I feel no one should read. I feel whatever I've written is open to anyone to read