Episode
#274: Visakan Veerasamy – Online Fame, Greatness, & Inner Newsfeed
1:53:36
Published: Fri Nov 11 2022
Description
Visakan Veerasamy is a writer. He describes himself as a “friendly, ambitious nerd.” In this wide-ranging conversation, you’ll find out why. We discussed lessons from tweeting 212,000 times, how to make the world a more loving place, why you should consult your inner newsfeed, and how writing a book helped him evolve. (0:00) Lesson From COVID (5:43) Thoughts On Work (15:19) Coaching (20:03) Tweeting (26:37) Greatness (29:38) Online Fame (38:12) What Bothers Visa? (46:03) Consult Inner Newsfeed (49:00) Creativity (53:03) Ruts (58:31) Similarities of Humans (1:07:39) Loving World (1:19:27) Nuance (1:30:20) Trauma (1:47:18) Parenting (1:49:39) Challenge Visa’s Links Website: https://visakanv.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/visakanv My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda
Chapters
The speaker talks about his experience battling COVID-19 and how it compared to quitting smoking.
00:00 - 04:21 (04:20)
Summary
The speaker talks about his experience battling COVID-19 and how it compared to quitting smoking. He also emphasizes the importance of prioritizing rest and recovery to fully overcome the illness.
Episode#274: Visakan Veerasamy – Online Fame, Greatness, & Inner Newsfeed
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
The speaker discusses their personal experience with reaching business milestones and how it can feel unsatisfying after a certain point.
04:21 - 10:34 (06:12)
Summary
The speaker discusses their personal experience with reaching business milestones and how it can feel unsatisfying after a certain point. They also talk about pursuing creative interests while finding a balance between personal and financial goals.
Episode#274: Visakan Veerasamy – Online Fame, Greatness, & Inner Newsfeed
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
A group of individuals attend an informal fitness session led by a professional trainer who usually charges a large fee for his services.
10:34 - 18:19 (07:45)
Summary
A group of individuals attend an informal fitness session led by a professional trainer who usually charges a large fee for his services. The trainer's expertise allows the participants to relinquish control and focus on executing his instructions.
Episode#274: Visakan Veerasamy – Online Fame, Greatness, & Inner Newsfeed
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
The key to overcoming creative blocks is to understand the blockage and find ways to unblock yourself.
18:19 - 24:24 (06:04)
Summary
The key to overcoming creative blocks is to understand the blockage and find ways to unblock yourself. Writing in different mediums such as tweets brings limitations and hinder subtlety in the text.
Episode#274: Visakan Veerasamy – Online Fame, Greatness, & Inner Newsfeed
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
The desire to be the greatest of all time can lead to an unhealthy level of fixated importance on every action taken.
24:24 - 29:13 (04:49)
Summary
The desire to be the greatest of all time can lead to an unhealthy level of fixated importance on every action taken. While some may describe aspiring to legendary status as deranged, it is a prevalent ambition among aggressively ambitious young men.
Episode#274: Visakan Veerasamy – Online Fame, Greatness, & Inner Newsfeed
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
Being good at managing an online space is as difficult as juggling or surfing.
29:13 - 37:19 (08:05)
Summary
Being good at managing an online space is as difficult as juggling or surfing. It's a psychological extreme sport, where one has to manage expectations, respond to surprises and people who unexpectedly lash out.
Episode#274: Visakan Veerasamy – Online Fame, Greatness, & Inner Newsfeed
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
Writing and meditating are important practices to get to know ourselves as we project some image and have a story that can change.
37:19 - 46:02 (08:43)
Summary
Writing and meditating are important practices to get to know ourselves as we project some image and have a story that can change. Even listening to thoughts we have about the world from others cannot completely define who we are.
Episode#274: Visakan Veerasamy – Online Fame, Greatness, & Inner Newsfeed
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
A creative constraint such as having to produce a 3.25 second-long, uplifting piece of music can provide a funny challenge that leads to better results when compared with providing no constraints at all.
46:02 - 55:34 (09:31)
Summary
A creative constraint such as having to produce a 3.25 second-long, uplifting piece of music can provide a funny challenge that leads to better results when compared with providing no constraints at all. It can also lead to good ideas and unique phrases, as we tend to come up with good stuff when trying to explain something else.
Episode#274: Visakan Veerasamy – Online Fame, Greatness, & Inner Newsfeed
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
The impact of technology on our daily lives makes it difficult to imagine a time without it, leading to assumptions that technology has always been present.
55:34 - 1:00:30 (04:55)
Summary
The impact of technology on our daily lives makes it difficult to imagine a time without it, leading to assumptions that technology has always been present. This mindset is similar to our tendency to anthromorphize the divine in ancient religions and calls into question the way we perceive history.
Episode#274: Visakan Veerasamy – Online Fame, Greatness, & Inner Newsfeed
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
This podcast episode delves into the different ways in which humans develop and how language has evolved as a form of communication to show care and concern.
1:00:30 - 1:09:02 (08:32)
Summary
This podcast episode delves into the different ways in which humans develop and how language has evolved as a form of communication to show care and concern. It also touches on the complexity of emotions in animals and how certain people are deemed unworthy to talk about their problems.
Episode#274: Visakan Veerasamy – Online Fame, Greatness, & Inner Newsfeed
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
The desire to want or not want something is one of the most complex emotions and can lead to intellectualization and simulation of potential outcomes.
1:09:02 - 1:14:05 (05:03)
Summary
The desire to want or not want something is one of the most complex emotions and can lead to intellectualization and simulation of potential outcomes.
Episode#274: Visakan Veerasamy – Online Fame, Greatness, & Inner Newsfeed
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
In this podcast episode, the speaker delves into how people justify their behaviors based on their past experiences and emotional trauma.
1:14:06 - 1:24:35 (10:29)
Summary
In this podcast episode, the speaker delves into how people justify their behaviors based on their past experiences and emotional trauma. Personal stories are shared to emphasize the impact childhood experiences can have on one's perspective on relationships.
Episode#274: Visakan Veerasamy – Online Fame, Greatness, & Inner Newsfeed
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
The podcast discusses the importance of leaving one's comfort zone and kinship to find oneself, and how it is necessary to have a fresh understanding when re-engaging with people.
1:24:35 - 1:32:12 (07:36)
Summary
The podcast discusses the importance of leaving one's comfort zone and kinship to find oneself, and how it is necessary to have a fresh understanding when re-engaging with people.
Episode#274: Visakan Veerasamy – Online Fame, Greatness, & Inner Newsfeed
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
A discussion about how people deal with shame and self-criticism, and how to overcome it by coming to terms with one's actions and motives.
1:32:12 - 1:42:18 (10:06)
Summary
A discussion about how people deal with shame and self-criticism, and how to overcome it by coming to terms with one's actions and motives.
Episode#274: Visakan Veerasamy – Online Fame, Greatness, & Inner Newsfeed
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
The speaker acknowledges gender expectations placed on individuals and expresses the desire for a world where vulnerability is accepted while also recognizing the need to balance personal emotions with societal norms.
1:42:18 - 1:49:26 (07:08)
Summary
The speaker acknowledges gender expectations placed on individuals and expresses the desire for a world where vulnerability is accepted while also recognizing the need to balance personal emotions with societal norms.
Episode#274: Visakan Veerasamy – Online Fame, Greatness, & Inner Newsfeed
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
This episode advises the listeners to articulate a narrative of their life by writing it down, to learn more about themselves, discover their blind spots and be able to troubleshoot it.
1:49:26 - 1:53:32 (04:05)
Summary
This episode advises the listeners to articulate a narrative of their life by writing it down, to learn more about themselves, discover their blind spots and be able to troubleshoot it. It suggests taking an hour or so and writing down everything interesting about themselves, however they feel it needs to be said, and revisiting it later.