Podcasts by Love Your Work
Love Your Work is the intellectual playground of David Kadavy, bestselling author of three books – including Mind Management, Not Time Management – and former design advisor to Timeful – a Google-acquired productivity app.
Love Your Work is where David shows you how to be productive when creativity matters, and make big breakthroughs happen in your career as a creator. Dig into the archives for insightful conversations with Dan Ariely, David Allen, Seth Godin, James Altucher, and many more.
"David is an underrated writer and thinker. In an age of instant publication, he puts time, effort and great thought into the content and work he shares with the world." —Jeff Goins, bestselling author of Real Artists Don’t Starve
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308. Why I Quit Podcasting from 2023-08-10T11:00
After nearly eight years of the Love Your Work podcast, I’m quitting. Here’s why, and What’s Next.
Podcasting is a bad business
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307. A.I. Can't Bake from 2023-07-27T11:00
You’ve probably heard that, in a blind taste test, even experts can’t tell between white and red wine. Even if this were true – and it’s not – it wouldn’t matter.
I was in Rome last month...
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306. Summary: The Triumph of Doubt by David Michaels from 2023-07-13T11:00
We trust the food we eat, the drinks we drink, and the air we breathe are safe. That in case they’re unsafe, someone is working to minimize our exposure, or at least tell us the risks. In Th...
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305. Hedgehogs and Foxes from 2023-06-29T11:00
According to philosopher Isaiah Berlin, people think in one of two different ways: They’re either hedgehogs, or foxes. If you think like a hedgehog, you’ll be more successful as a communicator. ...
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304. Too Many Ideas, Must Pick One from 2023-06-15T11:00
Many creators and aspiring creators struggle not because they don’t have enough ideas, but because they have too many. Their situations, in summary, are “Too many ideas, must pick one.” Embedded...
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303. Livestream/AMA: Publishing Outside Amazon, Focusing Curiosity, and Mind Management from 2023-06-01T11:00
Today I have a special episode for you. If you missed last month’s AMA/Livestream, I’m delivering it right to your ears. In ...
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302. The Four Sources of Shiny Object Syndrome from 2023-05-18T11:00
Shiny object syndrome can be evidence of a problem, or it can be a normal part of the creative process. If you can identify th...
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301. 1,500 Words on Writing a 5-Word Tweet from 2023-05-04T11:00
Writing a tweet is a microcosm of writing a book. If you think deeply and carefully about every word in a tweet, and what the tw...
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[Bonus Patreon Preview]: Coffee w/ Kadavy #4 from 2023-04-27T10:38
Here's a bonus preview of a new podcast I've brewed just for Patreon supporters. It's Coffee w/ Kadavy. In this episode, #4, I talk about: Listen
300. The Mechanics of Media from 2023-04-20T11:00
Every message is shaped by the mechanics of media. Whether it’s a tweet, a TikTok video, a news article, or a movie, the characteristics of the medium determine how it’s made, how it’s consumed,...
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[NOTE] Submit your questions for the upcoming AMA/Livestream! (kdv.co/ama) from 2023-04-13T22:25
299. Why Make Predictions? (and How) from 2023-04-06T11:00
Making, recording, and evaluating predictions is a simple way to improve your thinking and decision-making. But the way to properly make and record predictions isn’t obvious. In this article, I’...
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298. Kellogg's 6-Hour Day from 2023-03-23T11:00
In the midst of the Great Depression, cereal manufacturer Kellogg’s switched to a shorter, six-hour day. This continued a trend that seemed inevitable: people would work less and less. But econo...
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297. Desire Paths from 2023-03-09T12:00
Desire paths are trails left on the ground, by anything that frequently travels along a route. There are subcultures fascinated by desire paths as symbols of collective wisdom, disregard for aut...
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296. Beyond Vulnerability from 2023-02-23T12:00
The term, “vulnerability” has spread into realms where it’s not an accurate description of what’s going on. The case for being vulnerable often doesn’t make sense. In the creative realm – and po...
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295. Summary: The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli from 2023-02-09T12:00
The Prince is a political treatise, written by Niccolò Machiavelli, first distributed in 1513. It’s infamous for its apparent advice to political leaders to lie, murder, and manipulate....
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294. Sure Bets and Wildcards from 2023-01-26T12:00
Which would you rather have? Mild success, or wild success? Most of us would prefer wild success. But we pursue mild success. And you can’t have one when you’re going for the other.
The ... Listen
293. Carrots, Sticks, and Blinders from 2023-01-12T12:00
You can’t get through a project on momentum alone. But there are mechanisms you can use to tweak your motivation and make better use of what momentum you have. These motivation mechanisms aren’t...
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292. Summary: The Network: The Battle for the Airwaves and the Birth of the Communications Age, by Scott Woolley from 2022-11-17T12:00
The Network, by Scott Woolley, tells the history of wireless communications, and the stories of the characters that were a part of it. It’s the first book strictly about media history t...
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291. The Project Halfpipe from 2022-11-03T11:00
A creative project is like a halfpipe. The depth of the halfpipe from which you must ascend to finish a project is equal to the height of the optimism that prompted you to begin. But there’s a w...
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290. Leonardo Mind, Raphael World from 2022-10-20T11:00
The world expects us to be Raphaels, but some of us are Leonardos. Don’t hold your Leonardo mind to Raphael standards, because this Raphael world would be nothing without Leonardo minds.
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289. Livestream/AMA: Book Marketing, Motivation, Language Learning, Picking a Project, and Selling Foreign Rights from 2022-10-06T11:00
Today I have a special episode for you. If you missed last month’s AMA/Livestream, I’m delivering it right to your ears. In this AMA, I...
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288. Summary: Old Masters and Young Geniuses, by David W. Galenson from 2022-09-22T11:00
The book, Old Masters and Young Geniuses shows there are two types of creators: experimental, and conceptual. Experi...
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287. David Perell: Being a Hedgehog When You're a Fox, Living With the Twitter Algorithm, Learning from Tyler Cowen, and Building Mass for Leverage from 2022-09-08T11:00
Do you want to build an audience online, but have such a wide variety of interests, you don’t know what to focus on? I think you’ll like this interview with David P...
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[NOTE] Ask Me Anything Livestream (kdv.co/ama) from 2022-08-25T22:17:12
Submit your questions and mark your calendars for my upcoming AMA/Livestream.
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286. Nobody Knows Anything from 2022-08-25T11:00
In 1977, Richard Bachman published his first novel. In an unusual move for a first-time author, Bachman made his publisher promise to release his books with hardly any marketing.
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285. Crumb Time from 2022-08-11T11:00
“Crumb time” is the little pieces of time that get lost throughout the day. Instead of giving away your crumb time to unproductive distractions, build systems that complete big projects with sma...
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284. Curiosity Management from 2022-07-28T11:00
Do you ever feel like you don’t have the time and energy to learn about everything you want to know? Is it hard to stay focused on reading one book, when there’s ten others you want to read? You...
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283. Fifteen Years as a Creator. (I'll Never Make It.) from 2022-07-14T11:00
Five years ago, I wrote about how - after ten years as a self-employed independent creator - I hoped to "make it." I now realize, I never will.
Five years ago, I sat at my keyboard to hav...
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282. How I Put My Book on a Times Square Billboard (What Did It Cost,&Did It Work?) from 2022-06-30T11:00
I recently advertised my book on a billboard in Times Square. It was cheaper than you think, and was up for less time than you might expect. But it’s still paying dividends.
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281. E.R.A.S.E. F.E.A.R. and Finish Your Creative Projects from 2022-06-16T11:00
In fifteen years as a self-employed creator, I’ve learned how to finish what matters. I follow a nine-step process that makes an ...
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280. Surround and Conquer (Your Biggest Dreams) from 2022-06-02T11:00
When Facebook was first expanding, they used a timeless military strategy to win their most-crucial first users. You can use this strategy to attack your toughest projects, by leveraging hidden ...
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279. Summary: Industrial Society and Its Future (The Unabomber Manifesto) from 2022-05-19T11:00
Industrial Society and Its Future, is otherwise known as “The Unabomber Manifesto,” written by Ted Kaczynski. Kaczyn...
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278. Summary: The Elements of Eloquence: Secrets of the Perfect Turn of Phrase from 2022-05-05T11:00
There are some invisible structures in language, and using them can be the difference between your message being forgotten or living through the ages. These are Listen
277. Summary: Trust Me, I'm Lying – by Ryan Holiday from 2022-04-21T11:30
In Trust Me, I’m Lying, Ryan Holiday re...
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276. How Matthew Walker Ruined My Sleep (&How I Fixed It) from 2022-04-07T11:00
In 2018, Matthew Walker was on a media blitz, promoting his book, Why We Sleep. I was one of the many people who pic...
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275. Finish What Matters (Forget the Rest) from 2022-03-24T11:00
One thing I hear from a lot from readers of The Heart to Start, is that many people have no problem starting new projects....
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274. Summary: Balaji Srinivasan – Centralized China vs Decentralized World – The Tim Ferriss Show #547 from 2022-03-10T12:00
What will the future look like? In his most recent November appearance on the Tim Ferriss Show, entrepreneur and investor Balaji Srinivasan presents a cohesive explanation of the ...
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273. Write on a Typewriter from 2022-02-24T12:00
It seems even the most devout techno-utopiasts carry around a Moleskine notebook. They appreciate the way writing longhand on paper alters their thought processes. Yet the same people think writ...
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272. Ode to the Unfinished from 2022-02-10T12:00
There’s a reason the expression, “unfinished business” has such provocative power. Unfinished projects stack up like skeletons in our cluttered mental closets. We know if we crack open that door...
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271. How to Be Somebody from 2022-01-27T12:00
There’s something I want to talk about, but frankly, I’m a little embarrassed to do so. However, I write with my former self in mind, and my former self would want to know about this. So here I ...
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270. My Cooking System from 2022-01-13T12:00
Systems save energy. Especially if the system helps you with something you do every day. This is why I have a system for cooking. When you’re hungry, you make bad decisions, such as grabbing the...
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269. Farm What You Forage from 2021-11-25T12:00
Many people think our hunter-gatherer ancestors lived short and miserable lives. In fact, that’s what most anthropologists thought. Until the 1960s, when they looked more closely at how foragers...
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268. The Void from 2021-11-11T12:00
There’s a story I think of every time I’m in the throes of a difficult project. It’s from the movie, Catch Me if You Can, about the infamous con artist, Frank Abignale, Jr. Frank’s Fath...
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267. The Finisher's Paradox from 2021-10-28T11:00
When Michelangelo was painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling, he designed and built his own scaffolding. But, it only covered half of the ceiling. So he painted the first half of the ceiling, then ...
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266. The Foundation Effect from 2021-10-14T11:00
On October 10th, 1901 – 120 years ago, almost to the day – the grandstand was full at the horse track in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. But not to see horses. There was a parade of more than 100 of th...
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265. Shipping is a Skill from 2021-09-30T11:00
Leonardo da Vinci is easily the most-accomplished procrastinator who ever lived. He finished hardly any projects at all. He was great at many things, but he wasn’t great at shipping. The world w...
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264. Creative Waste from 2021-09-16T11:00
When Vincent van Gogh began his career as an artist, he had already failed at everything else. He even got fired from his own family’s business in the process.
Not seeing any alternative,...
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263. The Iceberg Principle from 2021-09-02T11:00
1920s, London. Radclyffe Hall was pacing around her study. She wore close-cropped hair, a tweed skirt, and a man’s silk smoking jacket and tie. Her partner, Uma Troubridge, sat in a nearby chair...
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262. Aim Left from 2021-08-19T11:00
It’s 1997, and Tiger Woods is in a sudden death playoff, against Tom Lehman.
Lehman shoots first, on a par three, and hits his ball into the water.
Now Tiger’s up, and this is Tige...
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261. Shiny Object Syndrome from 2021-08-05T11:00
Shiny Object Syndrome is an affliction that causes you to be attracted to “shiny objects.” Shiny objects can be whatever is new and trendy in your field. But oftentimes, the shiny objects are si...
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260. How I Produce My Weekly Newsletter from 2021-07-22T11:00
If you want to grow an audience online, it’s great to have a consistent newsletter. It keeps you in touch with your subscribers, and it gives you a place to test out small ideas you can later gr...
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Only $1.99 today: Mind Management, Not Time Management (kdv.co/mind) from 2021-07-19T16:56:19
TL;DR: Mind Management, Not Time Management is only $1.99 toda...
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259. My Nighttime Routine from 2021-07-08T11:00
You hear a lot about morning routines, but nighttime routines are every bit as important. Your parents probably had a bedti...
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258. 8 Harsh Truths About Dating (from a former professional dater) from 2021-06-24T11:00
I once was a professional dater. I was good at getting dates. I was terrible at finding a partner – which I really wanted. I went on so many dates, I made $150,000 on an online-dating-advice blo...
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257. The Image by Daniel J. Boorstin Book Summary from 2021-06-10T11:00
Does image-based media make us think less about our principles and ideals, and more about pursuing mere appearances? Daniel J. Boorstin thought so. In his book, Listen
256. Use the Barbell Strategy for Success in Creativity (&Life) from 2021-05-27T11:00
The business of creative work is the business of riding randomness. If you want to write a bestselling book or launch a revolutionary company, you’re going to need luck. You’re navigating Listen
255. My Low-EMF Computing Setup from 2021-05-13T11:00
I recently got a message from a reader, who said, “I don’t know if it’s meditation or you reaching a new level professionally, but I feel like your writing is on FIRE!” I do feel my writing has ...
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254. Why I Lost $4,000 on my BookBub Featured Deal (&Why I'd Do it Again) from 2021-04-29T11:00
After fourteen rejections, as I outlined on episode 247, I finally landed a BookBub Featured Deal. Once I tallied up m...
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253. Creative Success in Extremistan (Not Mediocristan) from 2021-04-15T11:00
If you want to succeed in anything creative – whether that’s writing, art, or entrepreneurship – you’re navigating unfamiliar territory. Everyone else is living in Mediocristan, but you’re livin...
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NOTE: Join the "True Fan" Patreon level (for a limited time, at patreon.com/kadavy) from 2021-04-13T00:33:49
Just a quick note here to tell you loyal listeners about a new opportunity over on Patreon.
As I’ve said in my Patreon pleas at the end of th...
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252. Amusing Ourselves to Death Book Summary from 2021-04-01T11:00
Can the way we consume information make us unable to tell truth from lies? Neil Postman thought so. In his book, ...
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NOTE: Listen to Mind Management, Not Time Management free (at kdv.co/mindaudible) from 2021-03-19T22:56:28
I just got word that the Mind Management, Not Time Management audiobook is now live on Audible.com. And you can listen to it free.
If you are not already an Audible member, you can listen...
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251. Survivorship Bias's Fatal Flaw from 2021-03-18T11:00
There’s an important bias to avoid: Survivorship bias. Unfortunately, people who might otherwise do something with their lives hide behind survivorship bias. Just as important as knowing when su...
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250. My Zettelkasten: An Author’s Digital Slip-Box Method Example (Using Plain-Text Software) from 2021-03-04T12:00
As a nonfiction author, retaining what I read is my job. Through the process of writing three books, I’ve experimented with different ways of reading, remembering wh...
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249. How to Take Smart Notes Book Summary from 2021-02-18T12:00
If you’re a fan of using Getting Things Done to stay on top of all the, well, things you need to get done – you’...
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NOTE: New (free) email course. Build your writing habit at kdv.co/100 from 2021-02-16T23:12:25
Hey, just a quick note to let you know I’m launching a new (free) email course. It’s 100-Word Writing Habit, and you can sign up at Listen
248. Understanding Media (by Marshall McLuhan) Book Summary from 2021-02-04T12:00
You’ve heard the expression, “The medium is the message.” But what does that really mean? “The medium is the message” is a term coined by Marshall McLuhan in his book, Listen
247. How to Land a BookBub Featured Deal from 2021-01-21T12:00
What is BookBub, and what is a BookBub Featured Deal?
BookBub is a gigantic email list that sends discounted or even free books to people. BookBub cura...
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246. What I Learned from Naval Ravikant's Meditation Challenge of 60 Hours in 60 Days from 2021-01-07T12:00
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246. What I Learned from Naval Ravikant's Meditation Challenge of 60 Hours in 60 Days from 2021-01-07T12:00
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245. The Avocado Challenge: Tell The Future from 2020-11-26T12:00
It’s hard to predict the future, but you can be better at predicting the future.
All you need is a few delicious avocados.
244. The Black Swan Book Summary (Nassim Nicholas Taleb) from 2020-11-12T12:00
If you want to write a book, don’t ask, “How much money does the average book make?” In this context, “average” is meani...
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243. Buy Mind Management, Not Time Management at kdv.co/mind from 2020-10-29T11:00
Today is the day! My new book, Mind Management, Not Time Management is now available everywhere!
Writing this book has been a long journey. Over the past ten years, I slowly disc...
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242. Getting Thing Done Book Summary from 2020-10-15T11:00
When I first heard of Getting Things Done, I was skeptical. How could it possibly live up to the fanaticism of its cult following? But once I saw the power of the “next action,” of “som...
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241. Raised Floors from 2020-10-01T11:00
In the game of golf, there’s an expression: “Drive for show, putt for dough.” What it means is: If you want to win tournaments, practice putting.
It makes sense. In a standard ev...
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240. Welcome to the Creative Age from 2020-09-17T11:00
Each November, writers around the world make a commitment. They commit to writing a novel within a month. It’s called NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writer’s Month.
Since 2013, software devel...
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239. Week of Want from 2020-09-03T11:00
Subject: “IMMEDIATE Action Reqeusted [sic]”
They misspelled “requested,” which had the unintended effect of highlighting that this email was urgent.
There were some documents attac...
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238. Shun the Unearned from 2020-08-20T11:00
In New York City, sometime around the beginning of the twentieth century, a young art student sat for a portrait.
The artist who painted this portrait won a prestigious award for that por...
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237. Complexity Creep&The Birthday Problem from 2020-08-06T11:00
Here’s a brain teaser for you: Imagine we’ve got a room full of people. We’re trying to figure if any two people in the room have the same birthday.
For us to reach a fifty-percent probab...
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236. Time Worship from 2020-07-23T11:00
When I was working with Timeful -- the productivity app co-founded by ...
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235. Clock Time Event Time from 2020-07-09T11:00
Before I moved to Colombia, I lived several “mini lives” in Medellín. I came and li...
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234. How to Have a Thought from 2020-06-25T11:00
Maya Angelou was right, “People will forget what you said...but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Because I don’t remember what this woman said to me, but I do remember ho...
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233. Device Divorce from 2020-06-11T11:00
When it came time for me to choose a college, I had no idea what I was doing. For reasons I still can’t explain, I chose to go to The University of Nebraska at Kearney. At least until I recogniz...
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232. I Thought I Had Time Management All Figured Out, Then I Tried to Write a Book from 2020-05-28T11:00
I used to be a time management enthusiast. I say “used to be,” because time management eventually stopped working for me.
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231. Start Finishing: Charlie Gilkey from 2020-05-21T11:00
Sometimes people tell me, “Hey David, The Heart to Start is a great book, but now that I’ve figured out how to start, how do I finish?!”
If you...
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230. Grippy&Slippy from 2020-05-14T11:00
One day, I was in a coworking space, here in Colombia, writing in my Moleskine notebook. One of the other co-workers came up to me and asked me a question.
He said, in Spanish, and with a...
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229. FOMO: Get the Good&Miss Out on the Bad – Patrick McGinnis from 2020-05-07T11:00
Offer expires soon. You don’t want to miss it! It’s the investment of a lifetime! It’s going to be the party of the century!
Can you feel the anxiety piling up? You know what it is – it’s...
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228. 11 Simple Ways to Be 100x More Effective Than Most People from 2020-04-30T11:00
To get exceptional results, you need to do exceptional things.
Most things that are normal are normal only because very few people can resist them.
Just because it’s normal, doesn’...
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227. Ari Meisel: More Productivity, Less Doing from 2020-04-23T11:00
Ari Meisel (@arimeisel) created a productivity system out of necessity. He was suffering from a chronic and life-threatening illness that was so seve...
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226. The End of Time Management from 2020-04-16T11:00
As the nineteenth century was turning to the twentieth century, Frederick Taylor grabbed a stopwatch. He stood next to a worker, and instructed that worker on exactly how to pick up a chunk of i...
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225. Andrew Mason: When Your Plan B is a Billion-Dollar Idea from 2020-04-09T11:00
Andrew Mason (@andrewmason) started a little website called The Point. An investor friend of his gave him a million dollars in seed money.
T...
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NOTE: Read my next book, now! Introducing “Mind Management, Not Time Management” from 2020-04-07T11:30
224. Sloppy Operating Procedure from 2020-04-02T11:00
Many businesses have “SOP’s” It sounds very official as an acronym, and what it stands for sounds even more official: Standard Operating Procedure. It’s a document which outlines a process withi...
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223. How to Support the Grieving: Megan Devine from 2020-03-26T11:00
Megan Devine (@refugeingrief) is the author of It’s OK That You’re Not OK, and runs the Listen
222. Stop Listening To My Podcast from 2020-03-19T11:00
What are you doing?! Didn’t you read the title of this episode?
I’m begging you: Stop listening to my podcast.
You’re still here? Okay, I’ll see what I can do to persuade you to st...
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221. How to Predict the Future: Dylan Evans from 2020-03-12T11:00
Dylan Evans (@evansd66) had an intense experience with uncertainty. He was fifty percent certain that civiliza...
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220. I Moved to the Third World for a Better Life from 2020-03-05T12:00
In the 1600s, Penelope Kent boarded a ship from Holland to the New World with her new husband. Their ship wrecked off the coast, but still, Penelope and her husband made it to shore.
Ther...
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219. How to Be a Better Person, By NOT Being "Nice". Dr. Aziz Gazipura from 2020-02-27T12:00
Dr. Aziz Gazipura is author of a great book, Not Nice: Stop People Pleasing, Staying Silent, & Feeling Guil...
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218. Respect The Four Stages of Creativity from 2020-02-20T12:00
When I was writing my first book, Design for Hackers, I developed a ritual. I would lay all of my research materials on the floor. Graphic De...
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217. How to Leave New York: Demir&Carey Bentley of Lifehack Bootcamp from 2020-02-13T12:00
Demir and Carey Bentley are co-founders of Lifehack Bootcamp, where they help professionals ma...
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216. Design for Your Dumber Self from 2020-02-06T12:00
As I kicked and punched at the man, I glanced at the knife in his right hand. And I felt it dig into my side.
It all started as I crossed paths with the man. He reached in his pocket, and...
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215. Neil Pasricha: Resilience Through Creativity from 2020-01-30T12:00
Things were not going well for Neil Pasricha (@NeilPasricha). He came home from work one day, and his wife t...
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214. Why I Killed a $150,000 Passive Income Stream from 2020-01-23T12:00
There’s an expression, to burn your boats. It originated with a military strategy. Hernán Cortés famously “burned the boats,” after arriving in the New World to conquer the Aztec empire. (He act...
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213. Nick Kokonas: Getting Past Good from 2020-01-16T12:00
How’s it going? Really, how are things going for you? If things are going pretty good, you might want to tear everything down, and start all over again.
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212. Graduation Day from 2020-01-09T12:00
Four years ago, almost to the day, I moved to Colombia. Four years ago, I decided to become a writer.
Four years is how long it takes to get a college degree. Today, I’m graduating.
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211. Best of: Build Good Habits in 2020: Stanford Behavioral Scientist BJ Fogg from 2020-01-02T12:00
This is the time of year when we make resolutions. Very few of us will actually keep them.
The reason we can’t keep resolutions is that resolutions don’t work. We would be better at reach...
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210. Best of: Master the Art of Staying in from 2019-12-26T12:00
Socializing is good. But socializing as a default – out of some Fear of Missing Out – is not good.
David's voice double fills in for him once again – and it's getting better.
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209. Best of: A Tale of Two Bootstrappers from 2019-12-19T12:00
Twelve years ago, David met Rob Hunter (@vegashacker) on Craigslist. They had both left their jobs at the same time. They were both determined to make it.<...
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208. Best of: See you next year. Here's why. from 2019-12-12T12:00
Here’s an essay from a few years ago. It helps explain why David likes to step back from his work during the final weeks of the year. Puny humans.
Also, for the first time ever, hear Davi...
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207. Best of: In Memory of Sean Stephenson from 2019-12-05T12:00
I decided last December that I would be taking this December off. I like to give myself some space toward the end of the year so I can recharge, and come into the New Year with a fresh perspecti...
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206. Yes, Your Cell Phone Can Make You Sick from 2019-11-28T12:00
In the 1840’s Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis noticed a pattern. He noticed that too many new mothers were dying of a fever. And it didn’t seem like a coincidence to him that many of these women who were d...
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205. Mark Manson: Finding Hope When Everything is F*cked from 2019-11-21T12:00
On July 4th of this year, I was finally hitting my stride. After a year of visa troubles, I had secured a three-year visa. I was finally back in the writing rhythm I had been in before my visa t...
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204. Don't Sleep in Your Kitchen. Don't Meditate With Your Phone. from 2019-11-14T12:00
You are what you surround yourself with. When your environment changes, your mind changes with it. We recently talked about how your environment can put you in a creative mental state, when we t...
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203. Dan Ariely: Gamble With Your Time. Make Amazing Decisions. from 2019-11-07T12:00
Dan Ariely (@danariely) has more opportunities than he knows what to do with. As a James B. Duke professor of Psy...
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202. My Income Report (Patreon Preview) from 2019-10-31T11:00
Over the past four years, I’ve been trying to “make it” as a creator. Yes, I was on my own for another eight years before that, but this past four years has been when I really doubled down on cr...
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201. Change Your Space, Change Your Mind: Architect Donald M. Rattner from 2019-10-24T11:00
Donald M. Rattner (@donaldrattner) is an architect, and author of My C...
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200. SPECIAL 200th EPISODE! How to “Make It” from 2019-10-17T11:00
If you had asked me when I first started Love Your Work why I was doing it, I don’t think I could have given you a straight answer. I simply felt compelled to create a podcast. Sometime...
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199. Ultralearning: Scott H. Young from 2019-10-10T11:00
Scott H. Young (@scotthyoung) is best known for learning the entire MIT Computer Science curriculum, on hi...
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198. Don't "Invest" in a House: Invest in Yourself from 2019-10-03T11:00
If you’re going to get an edge, you have to be aware that the prevailing wisdom is almost always wrong. You have to know when to go against that wisdom.
One place I’m glad that I...
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197. Annie Duke: Good Decisions. Good Outcomes. from 2019-09-26T11:00
When something bad happens, it’s tempting to think that you made a bad decision. But the quality of your decision making doesn’t always align with the quality of your outcomes.
Sometimes ...
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196. Live an Antifragile Life from 2019-09-19T11:00
We hate to lose. But if we don’t take risks in life, we never win. The more we protect ourselves from loss, the more we stagnate.
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195. Nir Eyal: Be Indistractable from 2019-09-12T11:00
What if your smartphone didn’t distract you? What if your focus couldn’t be shaken by social media, by the latest news story, or even by your coworkers?
What if you could be indistractabl...
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194. Front Burner Creativity, Back Burner Creativity from 2019-09-05T11:00
To make it as a creative, you need to make the most of very limited resources. Your most valuable resource as a creative is your creative energy. You only have so much creative energy, but if yo...
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193. Fire Me, I Beg You – Robbie Abed from 2019-08-29T11:00
Robbie Abed (@robbieab) is author of Fire Me I Beg You: Quit Your Miserable Job (Without Risking it All). Robbie is also one of the early influencer...
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192. Choose Problems Worth Having from 2019-08-22T11:00
Have you ever wondered to yourself: How the the hell did I end up in this situation?
I asked myself this question once. I was changing my clothes in the bathroom of a filthy Fuck My Life ...
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191. Easy Money. Hard Time. Ryan Evans. from 2019-08-15T11:00
Ryan Evans (@ryanevans) wanted to make easy money. Growing up on a pig farm, Ryan was used to making little money for lots of hard work.
But Ryan would soon l...
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190. The Variable Money Value of Time from 2019-08-08T11:00
You may have heard that you should assign yourself an “aspirational hourly rate.” That you should tell yourself you’re worth, say, $300 an hour; and if you can spend $300 to save yourself an hou...
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189. 80,000 Hours to Change the World – Rob Wiblin from 2019-08-01T11:00
Rob Wiblin (@robertwiblin) is the Director of Research at an organization called 80,000 Hours, and host of the 80,0...
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188. End the Time Management World. Start the Mind Management World. from 2019-07-25T11:00
We’re so accustomed to operating in a time management world, we can’t imagine it being any different. We all have our calendars full, and even then we can’t seem to manage it all.
Believe...
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187. One Small Step, The Kaizen Way: Dr. Robert Maurer from 2019-07-18T11:00
Dr. Robert Maurer (@Dr_RobertMaurer) is author of One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way. H...
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186. Shut Down the Consumer Mind. Fire Up the Creator Mind. from 2019-07-11T11:00
Breaking through resistance to be creative is a battle with your own mind. We learned last week from Dr. Robert Lustig about ho...
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185. Less Pleasure, More Happiness: Dr. Robert Lustig from 2019-07-04T11:00
Dr. Robert Lustig (@RobertLustigMD) is Professor emeritus of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), ...
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184. Strategic Curiosity from 2019-06-27T11:00
Curiosity is powerful fuel. If you want to make it as a creative, you need to follow things you’re curious about. It’s your best shot at being able to put in the work necessary to succeed.
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183. Cal Newport: More Good Tech. Less Bad Tech. Digital Minimalism. from 2019-06-20T11:00
We’re living in a time of exciting technological innovation. But just because technology can do something for us, doesn’t mean that it should.
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182. Stop Loving Your City from 2019-06-13T11:00
If you want to be a master of your craft, you need to be able to see your skills and accomplishments objectively. You need to always be on the lookout for ways you might fool yourself – for ways...
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181. Feed Your Good Wolf. Eric Zimmer of The One You Feed Podcast on Fighting Heroin Addiction with Creativity. from 2019-06-06T11:00
Eric Zimmer (@etzimmer) was living in a van. He had Hepatitis C and weighed 100 pounds. Then he got arrested and lost his job. He was facing up to forty years in jail time. He had a $300-a-day a...
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180. Forget Introvert/Extrovert. Are you "Perceiving" or "Judging?" from 2019-05-30T11:00
I often have listeners write to me, lamenting that they have “too many interests,” or that they “lack focus.” They’ve been taught to feel ashamed of their curiosity.
It’s interesting, the...
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179. Appeal to the 99%: Srdja Popovic, Revolutionary&Author of Blueprint for Revolution from 2019-05-23T11:00
Srdja Popovic (@SrdjaPopovic) is a revolutionary. He played a big part in overthrowing Serbian president Slobodan Milošević. He now coaches activists around the world in non-violent resistance t...
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178. Do One Thing Every Day That An Algorithm Didn't Choose For You from 2019-05-16T11:00
We live in a world rich with information, and algorithms help us find the things that fit us. Algorithms help us decide what books to buy, what music to listen to, and even who to date.
B...
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177. Seth Godin: Who Is It for? from 2019-05-09T11:00
How do you market something when you don’t know what it is, or who it’s for? If you’re anything like me, you feel driven to create, but it’s only through the process of creation that your vision...
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NOTE: Sign up for the Summer of Starting from 2019-05-08T18:56:36
I'm launching a new email series. Summer of Starting will help you get out of your own way, stop procrastinating, and start creating.
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176. Minimum Creative Dose from 2019-05-02T11:00
Big creative projects are daunting. It’s easy to burn out, and procrastinate. The problem is, creative problems don’t get solved in one go.
In medicine, there’s a concept of the “minimum ...
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175. Vincent Van Gogh’s Triumph Over Adversity – Steven Naifeh, Co-Author of Van Gogh: The Life from 2019-04-25T11:00
Vincent Van Gogh was a loser and a failure. He failed as an art dealer, and as a preacher. He even got fired and banned from his own family’s business.
On top of it, Van Gogh had terrible...
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174. Introducing Love Mondays ("Things take time") from 2019-04-18T11:00
Do you want to love Mondays? If you already love Mondays, do you want to keep loving Mondays? I’m launching a new newsletter that will help you do just ...
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173. Austin Kleon: Keep Going from 2019-04-11T11:00
Austin Kleon (@austinkleon) woke up one day and realized two things: The world seemed to be filled with more and more anger and distraction every day, and ...
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172. Change Your Identity, Change Your Actions from 2019-04-04T11:00
If you do particular actions on a regular basis, you’ll change your identity. For example, if you make it a habit to write every day, you’ll eventually see yourself as a writer.
But it ca...
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171. David Allen’s Accidental Legacy from 2019-03-28T11:00
David Allen (@gtdguy) has built a legacy. He’s created a system that helps millions of people get more of what they want out of life. Getting Things Done, the b...
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170. No, I'm Not Building a Legacy from 2019-03-21T11:00
Lots of people want to build a “legacy.” They want to be remembered when they’re gone.
It’s a natural product of our fear of death. But Listen
169. Andrew Warner of Mixergy Does it for Love from 2019-03-14T10:33:19
To me, Andrew Warner’s (@andrewwarner) Mixergy podcast created the entire category of entrepreneur interview podcasts – a category this podcast here falls with...
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168. Use Task Transitions to Optimize Your Creative Flow from 2019-03-07T12:00
To optimize your creative output, you need a creative productivity system. If you can identify the building blocks of your daily work, you can construct a system that works for you.
One o...
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167. Vanessa Van Edwards: The Science of People from 2019-02-28T12:00
Vanessa Van Edwards (@vvanedwards) is a recovering awkward person who teaches people how to be more successful with people.
Vanessa was a great student, but, she says, she was terrible wi...
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166. Build Foolproof Triggers Into Your Productivity System from 2019-02-21T12:00
To follow a productivity system, you need to be able to trust that system. You need to trust that if you put something into the system, it will get taken care of at the right time and place. But...
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165. Creative Optimization Through Neuroscience: Dr. David Rock from 2019-02-14T12:00
Dr. David Rock (@davidrock101) is the author of Your Brain at Work, is also the founder of the NeuroLeadership Institute. They use a science-based appr...
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164. My Creative Productivity System from 2019-02-07T12:00
Creative productivity is about mind management, not time management. You have to get into the right mental state to be creative. And you need to have your brain stocked with the knowledge it tak...
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163. Click Here to Be Creative: Mark McGuinness of the 21st Century Creative Podcast from 2019-01-31T12:00
Mark McGuinness (@markmcguinness) is a creative coach, a poet, and a former psychotherapist and hypnotherapist. Steven Pressfield, author of The War of Art, calls Mark an "overeducated ...
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162. Productivity Cycles from 2019-01-24T12:00
When you're trying to make it as a creative entrepreneur, you need to make the most out of everything you have. You need maximum output with minimal investment of time and energy.
The mor...
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161. Paul Jarvis: Manage Your Creative Energy in a Company of One from 2019-01-17T12:00
What if success isn't about scaling up as big as possible? What if success is actually about the freedom to call your own shots?
Paul Jarvis (@pjrvs) was as...
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160. The 12-Minute Workout to Be Fit AND Healthy in 2019. "Body by Science." from 2019-01-10T12:00
To start off the New Year you can see that we're covering topics for how to improve oneself – stuff like staying focused or even staying secure in your digital life.
This week, I'd like t...
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159. Secure Your Digital Life in 2019: Chris Wilken of Let's Fix Security from 2019-01-03T12:00
Chris Wilken (@whereswilken) is founder and CEO of Let's Fix Security. He takes a behavioral approach to thinking about security, trying to make g...
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158. One Resolution for Your Phone from 2018-12-27T12:00
Smart phones are powerful. But with great power comes great potential to get off track. Smart phones are like a superpower. If you had x-ray vision, you wouldn't want to use it all of the time.<...
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157. Be Hyperfocused in 2019: Chris Bailey, Author of The Productivity Project&Hyperfocus from 2018-12-20T12:00
Chris Bailey (@Chris_Bailey) had a crazy thought: What if, after graduating from college, instead of getting a job – what if instead he spent a yea...
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156. It Takes Three Years to Accomplish Anything Meaningful from 2018-12-13T12:00
December 15th is the three year anniversary of Love Your Work. I've often found that it takes three years to really accomp...
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155. Tyler Cowen: Be Dynamic from 2018-12-06T12:00
When your life gets too comfortable, you stop taking risks. Loss aversion takes hold and you become complacent. You stop innovating. You stop being dynamic. By the time you realize you've become...
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154. Eight Stoic Mantras for Creators from 2018-11-29T12:00
We're wired to seek pleasure, and avoid pain. But to make it as a creator, you need to push yourself outside of your comfort zone. Many things that feel good about creating can hold you back, wh...
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153. Your Mess Is Your Message. Amber Rae on Choosing Wonder Over Worry. from 2018-11-22T12:00
Amber Rae (@heyamberrae] was on the wrong path. She was swept up in the hype of the Silicon Valley startup scene. She was working too many h...
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NOTE: Chicago Meetup CANCELLED from 2018-11-19T18:27:22
I regretfully have to cancel tonight's meetup in Chicago.
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152. Creative Hygiene from 2018-11-15T12:00
One thing I've discovered in talking to many of my guests is that your creative voice doesn't magically appear in your mind. You have to put in the work, and then your voice emerges from that wo...
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NOTE: An Update on My Colombian Visa from 2018-11-10T02:02:29
A long and detailed update about the status of my Colombian visa.
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151. Mind Mastery Through Neurofeedback. Ariel Garten of Muse. from 2018-11-08T12:00
Ariel Garten (@ariel_garten) envisions a world where we can control computers with our minds. She's on the cutting edge of computer and brain interfaces with her creation, the Listen
150. Stop Organizing by Project. Start Organizing by Mental State. from 2018-11-01T11:00
Productivity is about mind management, not time management. I've been thinking about how this applies to managing your tasks on a day-to-day basis.
I've come to realize that as long as yo...
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149. Reclaim Creativity: Srini Rao of The Unmistakable Creative on "Creating for An Audience of One" from 2018-10-25T11:00
Srini Rao (@unmistakableCEO) is host of the Unmistakable Creative podcast, and author of the new book, <...
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148. Prompt Talking: One Simple Trick for Irresistible Communication from 2018-10-18T11:00
There's something I've noticed that very successful communicators do. It's a very simple tactic, but it can go a long way in making everything you say or write more engaging, more memorable, and...
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147. Jason Fried: It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work from 2018-10-11T11:00
You hear it all of the time. Maybe you even say it yourself: It's "crazy" at work. There are unrealistic deadlines, demanding bosses, and wall-to-wall meetings.
146. "Black Swan" Marketing Growth from 2018-10-04T11:00
When you're marketing your business, it's easy to gravitate toward sure bets. Things you can do and be assured of a positive outcome. But these sure bets can cause you to miss out on asymmetric ...
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145. Tynan: The Asymmetry of the Insane from 2018-09-27T11:00
Sometimes an idea pops into your head, and you think to yourself, "nah, that's insane!" Then you move on with living your regular life.
We all have these ideas. Sometimes we don't even no...
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144. Walk Through Fire. from 2018-09-20T11:00
What does it really take to "make it" as a creative entrepreneur? I often have people asking me for ideas on strategies for how to ...
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143. Double Down or Shut Down? Nathan Barry of ConvertKit from 2018-09-13T11:00
Nathan Barry (@nathanbarry) knows better than anyone: Sometimes, you're working hard on something, and it's just not happening. How do you decide whether to double down, or shut down?
Thi...
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142. Aspiration Procrastination, Self-Discrepancy Theory,&How to Take Action on Your Dreams from 2018-09-06T11:00
It's no surprise that we procrastinate on things that we don't want to do. But why do we procrastinate on things we do want to do?: Our hopes, dreams, and aspirations.
I call it aspiratio...
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141. Stone Temple Pilots' Manager: Blockchain Will Reinvent the Music Industry. Steve Stewart of Vezt. from 2018-08-30T11:00
Steve Stewart was manager of the band Stone Temple Pilots. He guided them from being an unknown funk band to a multi-platinum powerhouse whose sound is synonymous with 90's grunge. With Steve by...
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140. Grow Your Passion. Don't "Find" it. from 2018-08-23T11:00
You've heard the advice to find your passion. You've probably also heard the advice that finding your passion is bad advice.
But if you shouldn't "find" your passion, what should you do? ...
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139. Brave: The Browser That Will Pay You. Jonathan Sampson of Brave. from 2018-08-16T11:00
Brave is a new browser that's reinventing the attention economy. Brave does block ads, but it's not just an ad blocker. It also blocks scripts that slow dow...
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138. Things Don't Go As Planned. That *Is* the Plan. from 2018-08-09T11:00
Sometimes things don't go as planned. Just ask me, as I'm on my temporary exile in Peru right now, since having my Colombian visa rejected.
If we can’t plan something in our morning, if w...
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137. Privacy. Why Does it Matter to Creative Entrepreneurs? BJ Mendelson from 2018-08-02T11:00
BJ Mendelson (@bjmendelson) is author of Privacy: And How to Get it Back. One of the key themes we've been exploring on Love Your Work over the past...
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136. Master The Art of Staying in from 2018-07-26T11:00
Socializing is good. But socializing as a default — out of some Fear Of Missing Out — is not good. If you can find the discipline to pursue your work, while others are just killing time, you wil...
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135. Adam Conover from "Adam Ruins Everything" on Creative Mindset in Comedy from 2018-07-19T11:00
Adam Conover (@adamconover) had good things going for him. He had just graduated from college, and his sketch comedy group was a hit. So many people wer...
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134. 24 Things I Learned Publishing 3 Books in Only 6 Months from 2018-07-12T11:00
After publishing my first book, it took me six years to publish my second book. After publishing my second book, it took me only six months to publish my fourth book. I published three books in ...
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133. Make Art That Sells: Phil Thompson of Cape Horn Illustration from 2018-07-05T11:00
Phil Thompson (@Cape_Horn_CHI) is the illustrator and business mind behind Cape Horn Illustration, which sells Chicago wall art. Tod...
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132. Stay in Bed&Have Your Best Ideas Ever from 2018-06-28T11:00
You heard me talk last week about morning routines, with the co-author of My Morning Routine, Benjamin Spall. I have a new morning routine I've been ...
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131. Build Your Morning Routine. Benjamin Spall, Author of "My Morning Routine" from 2018-06-21T11:00
Benjamin Spall is co-author of the new book, My Morning Routine: How Successful People Start Every Day Inspired. He and his co-author have interview...
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130. How to Prioritize? Listen to Your Body. from 2018-06-14T11:00
Clear prioritization inspires clear action. But how do you decide what's the most important todo item to tackle first? For me, I like to listen to my body.
It's the subject of this week's...
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129: Shane Snow: Turn Conflicts into Great Ideas from 2018-06-07T11:00
You've heard about the importance of working with people who come from different perspectives. But will that automatically lead to great work?
It's not so simple. Our guest today, Listen
NOTE: New Book: Make Money Writing on the STEEM Blockchain from 2018-06-05T11:00
I have a new book! STEEM is revolutionizing the way creators get paid. ...
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128. What Seneca Said About Facebook from 2018-05-31T11:00
If you've heard about stoic philosophy, you've heard about Seneca. Stoicism is in many ways about being indifferent to pleasure or pain. One thing that's pleasurable is getting free things. Free...
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127. Art Is Hard. Tim Kasher, Rock Star/Filmmaker of Cursive, The Good Life,&No Resolution from 2018-05-24T11:00
Tim Kasher's (@timkasher) work is deeply embedded in my creative DNA. When I was a young 20-something sitting in a cubicle in Omaha, Nebraska, Tim's work and his success was there to inspire me ...
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NOTE: I made it back to Colombia. How? What now? from 2018-05-23T22:07:31
I was forced to leave Colombia, but now I'm back. Thanks everyone for the help over the past week. I'll explain shortly what happened, and what my situation is now.
If you're interested i...
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126. Productivity is Limited. Creativity is Infinite. from 2018-05-17T11:00
Human productivity has its limits. You can only type so fast. You can only fill out a spreadsheet so fast. But creativity is infinite. It takes no time to have an idea, but not all ideas are cre...
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NOTE: I Got Kicked Out of Colombia! from 2018-05-14T19:58:34
A short note for you listeners. I got kicked out of Colombia. I hope to keep bringing you a high-quality show. Thank you so much for your support. If you want to help keep the show coming, pleas...
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125. "Education" Is a Waste?! Bryan Caplan, Author of "The Case Against Education" from 2018-05-10T11:00
Is the educational system a waste of time and money? Most people can agree that schools are inefficient, boring, and expensive. I personally love learning, but I always hated school.
Yet,...
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124. Why Did it Take So Long for "Time Management" to Be Invented? from 2018-05-03T11:00
As humanity progresses, we're always finding new resources to optimize. Time is one resource we optimize. But the idea of time management has become so ubiquitous, it's hard to imagine what it's...
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123. Do It For You. Drew Ackerman of the Sleep With Me Podcast from 2018-04-26T11:00
Drew Ackerman (@dearestscooter) has a podcast so boring, it will put you to sleep. That's why it's so successful.
Almost five years ago, decided to make a podcast. Drew suffered from inso...
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122. Writing a Book? 3 Things Nobody Told You from 2018-04-19T11:00
I've written a couple of books now, and the process is nothing at all like I expected it would be. I think misconceptions about how to write a book prevent many people from writing their books. ...
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121. Charlie Hoehn: Curing Anxiety Through Work/Life Integration from 2018-04-12T11:00
Charlie Hoehn (@charliehoehn) was on top of the world. He was working with popular authors like Tim Ferriss and Ramit Sethi, and he was helping launch books to the top of the New York Times best...
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120. Read "Free Range" Words from 2018-04-05T11:00
I've talked on the show many times about how creative work gets paid for. The "free" mentality forces the hand of creators, and it's often not healthy for the people who read their words. Readin...
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119. No Ego: Cy Wakeman on Eliminating "Emotional Waste" from 2018-03-29T11:00
Cy Wakeman (@cywakeman) is the founder of Reality Based Leadership. She wrote a book called No Ego...
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118. Take Your Own Advice from 2018-03-22T11:00
Today's essay is about the power of taking your own advice. I've got an interview coming up next week with Cy Wakeman (@cywakeman). Cy is the...
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117. Maneesh Sethi: Upgrade Humanity. (Can blockchain&cryptocurrency end the eyeball economy?) from 2018-03-15T11:00
I'm very glad to have my friend Maneesh Sethi back on the show. You first heard Listen
116. Make Creative Work Finish Itself with Cascading Motivation from 2018-03-08T12:00
Big creative projects are daunting. It's hard to find the motivation to make them happen. I talk about a trick I use to make creative projects practically complete themselves. I call it cascadin...
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115. White House Innovation Advisor Turned Sane "Prepper," John Ramey from 2018-03-01T12:00
John Ramey (@jpramey) found success as an entrepreneur in Silicon Valley. He dropped out of college with only one semester left, moved to Silicon Valley...
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114. Eight Mantras for Getting Writing Done from 2018-02-22T12:00
Getting writing done is a battle with your mind. If you're a perfectionist, it can be a very tough battle.
But if you have phrases you can tell yourself, you can win that battle. I think ...
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113. 6-Figure Self-Publishing: Joanna Penn of The Creative Penn from 2018-02-15T12:00
Joanna Penn (@thecreativepenn) is one of the leaders in helping self-published, or I should say "indie" authors, find their way. She has been s...
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112. Never Stop Learning: The Skills of Self-Publishing from 2018-02-08T12:00
As regular listeners know, I recently self-published for the first time. I traditionally-published my first book, Design for Hackers, and I ha...
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111. Jordan Harbinger of The Jordan Harbinger Show (formerly The Art of Charm) from 2018-02-01T12:00
Jordan Harbinger (@jordanharbinger) started out as a lawyer, but made a big change. You heard about another lawyer who made a career change, Jo...
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110. Making Money on STEEM and Steemit: A Beginner's Guide to Earning Cryptocurrency on the Blockchain from 2018-01-25T12:00
Something that has been on the top of my mind the past few years is how creators can make an honest living from their work. You heard Listen
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109. Die Empty. Todd Henry of The Accidental Creative from 2018-01-18T12:00
Todd Henry (@toddhenry) has written a ton of books. My personal favorite is called Die Empty, and it's al...
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108. Start Your Masterpiece in 2018: Three Easy Ways from 2018-01-11T12:00
We're in only the second week of 2018. There's optimism in the air, and you have a fresh well of energy and motivation for making change in your life.
Have you thought about starting some...
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107. Build Good Habits: Stanford Behavioral Scientist BJ Fogg from 2018-01-04T12:00
BJ Fogg (@bjfogg) is a behavioral scientist at Stanford University. He specializes in "Behavior Design," which aims to influence people for the better thr...
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106. Sample Chapter: The Linear Work Distortion from 2017-12-28T12:00
Many of you have checked out my new book The Heart to Start. I got tired of hearing the advice "just get started," and I wanted to break it down for p...
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105. Are You an Old Master, or a Young Genius? David W. Galenson. from 2017-12-21T12:00
David W. Galenson is an economics professor at The University of Chicago. He's also a visiting professor at other schools, such as MIT. David is an unusual economist in that he studies the econo...
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104. Preview My New Book: The Heart to Start from 2017-12-14T12:00
Today, I'm very happy to announce that I have a new book out. Have you ever heard the advice "just get started?" Have you ever been left wondering "yeah, but how?"
This was me when I was ...
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103. Turn Rejection into Opportunity. Libryia Jones of Wanderist. from 2017-12-07T12:00
Libryia Jones (@wanderwomanic) has made it easier for people to have the experience of living in different places. Last year, she organized a tr...
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102. Use the Seven Mental States to Optimize Your Creative Output from 2017-11-30T12:00
The past several years, I've been really fascinated with optimizing creative output. It all started when I wrote my first book, Design for Hackers. I had been creative on command working as a pr...
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101. Pat Flynn: Teach While You Learn from 2017-11-23T12:00
One of the key things that I did early on in my career as an independent creator was set up passive revenue streams.
If it wasn't for this passive revenue, I never would have been able to...
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100. Find Your Calling. (SPECIAL 100th episode!! Featuring James Altucher, Dan Ariely, Jason Fried, Seth Godin,&more) from 2017-11-16T12:00
For this very special 100th episode of Love Your Work: How do you find your calling? I've been trying to get to the bottom of this over the past two years, and I think it boils down to ...
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99. Michelangelo's Creative Process. Ross King, author of The Pope's Ceiling from 2017-11-09T12:00
Ross King is author of the book The Pope's Ceiling. It tells the story ...
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98. Find Your Creative City from 2017-11-02T11:00
About two years ago, I was on a retreat in Mexico with some friends. We were each exploring what we wanted to do in our lives and careers. It took all week for me to admit it to myself: I wanted...
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97. A Tale of Two Bootstrappers. Rob Hunter of Focused Apps&David Kadavy from 2017-10-26T11:00
Rob Hunter (@vegashacker) and I met ten years ago in a cafe. Well, I met him on Craigslist, really, but then we met in person in a cafe. We had both...
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96. Mini-life case study: One couple, 6 months in Medellín from 2017-10-19T11:00
I've talked a little on this show – especially in the early days – about the idea of "mi...
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95. Be Productively Curious. Ian Leslie, author of "Curious: The Desire to Know, and Why Your Future Depends On It" from 2017-10-12T11:00
Ian Leslie (@mrianleslie) is author of Curious: The Desire to Know, and Why Your Future Depends On It<...
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94. In Ten Years, Will You be Glad? from 2017-10-05T11:00
I recently passed my tenth year as a self-employed independent creator. I don't recommend it.
I say that, and some people don't believe me. When I wrote this post that I'm sharing on toda...
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93. Art is Your Job. Creator of NBC's The Blacklist, Jon Bokenkamp, on screenwriting from 2017-09-28T11:00
Jon Bokenkamp (@jonbokenkamp) wanted to be a screenwriter. So, he decided it was his job. He sat at his desk from nine to five every day, writing ...
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92. Listen to "The Voice" from 2017-09-21T11:00
I'm working on a new book. It's called Getting Art Done, and it's going to help you boost your creative productivity and make your masterpiece.<...
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91. Emmy-award winning set designer for Bill Nye, Martha Stewart,&Snoop Dogg, James Pearse Connelly from 2017-09-14T11:00
James Pearse Connelly (@jpconnelly, Instagram: @jpconnelly) is an Emmy-Award-winning television ...
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90. Success Favors Those Who Ship from 2017-09-07T11:00
I've been working on a new book called Getting Art Done. Today, I'm going to share with you a chapter from the first draft of the book.
T...
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89. Lead minds, not hands. L. David Marquet, author of Turn The Ship Around from 2017-08-31T11:00
L. David Marquet (@ldavidmarquet) had spent a year preparing to captain a submarine in the U.S. Navy. But at the last minute, he was assigned to a...
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88. Design Internship advice to a Millennial from 2017-08-24T11:00
Love Your Work listener Gustav Dybeck is a design student from Sweden. He has an opportunity to do an internship for about 9 months, and he wants to make the most of it before he starts his care...
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87. Cab driver, neuroscientist, PBS Frontline producer, conceptual artist,&Minutiae app co-founder, Daniel J. Wilson from 2017-08-17T11:00
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86. Choose your weapon to boost creative output from 2017-08-10T11:00
It's easier than ever for creators to get their work noticed. But, it's harder than ever to actually get that work done.
Think about it this way: You're writing a novel. You use Twitter a...
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David Allen: Getting Things Done from 2017-08-03T11:00
Almost 15 years ago, Getting Things Done started taking the internet by storm. T...
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84. Yes, you can multitask creative work. from 2017-07-27T11:00
You've heard that multitasking is a myth. I'm here to tell you that the idea that multitasking is a myth, is somewhat of a myth in itself.
When it comes to creative work, you can actually...
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83. 12,500 hours of deliberate rest. Alex Soojung-Kim Pang. from 2017-07-20T11:00
By now you've heard that you need 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to become a master of your craft. The story you don't hear is that it also takes 12,500 hours of deliberate rest.
Whe...
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82. Stop thinking. Start doing. Three simple ways. from 2017-07-13T11:00
It's so easy to get caught up in ruminating over what we might do. I know I ruminated over starting this podcast for more than FOUR YEARS before I finally took action.
Fortunatel...
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81. Go with your Hunch. Bernadette Jiwa. from 2017-07-06T11:00
Bernadette Jiwa (@bernadettejiwa) thinks there's been an obsession with data in entrepreneurship over the past several years. When we're not sur...
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80. Why "Hustle?" from 2017-06-29T11:00
There are a lot of voices out there in entrepreneurship encouraging you to "Hustle." I really don't like this word, and I think it sends the wrong message about just what you should be aspiring ...
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79. Jeff Goins returns! Be a thriving artist (not a starving artist) from 2017-06-22T11:00
You've heard it before. The story of the starving artist. You may even believe it yourself. You may think that to keep your creative integrity, you have to give up on making money.
Jeff G...
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78. Who wants to be a billionaire? (not me) from 2017-06-15T11:00
The world around us can program certain goals into our minds. If we aren't careful, we can end up with goals that have nothing to do with our happiness.
You might not even realize that yo...
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Seth Godin from 2017-06-08T11:00
I first discovered the work of Seth Godin about 13 years ago. Since then he's helped me think about how to make work that's remarkable – Listen
76. Don't write a New York Times best-seller from 2017-06-01T11:00
Some of you already know that I'm writing a new book. Getting Art Done will help you overcome Resistance and bring your wo...
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75. Chocolate. Danny Michlewicz, founder&chocolatier at Colombia's Tilín Cacao. from 2017-05-25T11:00
Not too long after moving to Colombia, Danny Michelwicz got obsessed with cacao, the raw material that's used to make chocolate.
Since then, he's been learning about the craft of sourcing...
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74. Don't join a podcast network for the wrong reasons from 2017-05-18T11:00
Sometimes, to make a breakthrough, you have to partner up with "the man." Sometimes it's worth it. But, don't jump at every chance you get. I recently had an opportunity to join a Listen
73. Sean Stephenson. Choose growth. from 2017-05-11T11:00
May 5th, 1979. It was a jovial atmosphere. A new person was coming into the world. But as soon as the child was born, the room went quiet.
The doctors predicted the baby wouldn't make it ...
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72. Quit your daily routine. Start your weekly routine. from 2017-05-04T11:00
Routines can reduce cognitive friction and boost your productivity. But do you really want to do the same thing every day?
You know I think productivity is all about mind management, not ...
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71. End the attention economy. STEEM's Ned Scott on Steemit, cryptocurrency-driven social media,&the blockchain from 2017-04-27T11:00
Ned Scott (@certainassets, Steemit: @ned is trying to reinvent the way content gets made. He wants you to ...
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70. 7 lessons from my neighbor, Warren Buffett (lifestyle design, self-investment, habits, principles,&building Berkshire Hathaway) from 2017-04-20T11:00
Warren Buffett (@WarrenBuffett) and I were neighbors. He lived in his famously modest house on Farnam. I lived in a $535-a-month 1-bedroom, in a basement with moldy carpet, several blocks down, ...
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69. Be creatively persistent. Bachata dancers Ataca y La Alemana (Jorge Burgos&Tanja Kensinger) on using YouTube fame to build a business in latin dance. from 2017-04-13T11:00
Jorge and Tanja wanted to travel the world, dance and party. It turns out, they were able to do that and make more money than they ever imagined they would.
Jorge and Tanja wanted to make...
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68. 10 unconventional ways to achieve full focus (sleep, mindfulness, minimalism,&travel) from 2017-04-06T11:00
I take focus seriously. The way I see it, being productive is not about time management. It's about mind management. If you're fully-focused on the task at hand, you can have way more creative o...
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67. Ryan Hoover of ProductHunt: Start with community (community-building, culture,&mentors) from 2017-03-30T11:00
Ryan Hoover (@rrhoover) loves software products. He wanted to share new software products with other people who love software products.
So, he started a little email list. There were a fe...
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66. Read more books by hijacking your habits (Facebook, reading,&self-improvement) from 2017-03-23T11:00
Learn how to hijack habits you don't want, and replace them with habits you do want.
I'll specifically be talking about how to replace a Facebook habit with a book-reading habit. That's w...
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65. Getting writing done. Joanna Wiebe of Copy Hackers&Airstory (building an audience from an information business into a SAAS) from 2017-03-16T11:00
One day, Joanna Wiebe (@copyhackers) was hanging out on a web forum, helping a few startup founders with their copy. The next thing she knew, she had an inbox filled with requests for her help.<...
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64. Write first. Coffee later. (optimizing creative productivity by protecting focus in the early morning) from 2017-03-09T12:00
How do you feel first thing in the morning? If you're human, you're probably at least a little bit groggy. You aren't thinking straight, you can't focus. You're a wasted morning just waiting to ...
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63. Peter Bragiel – Make your dreams reality (building a travel show on YouTube) from 2017-03-02T12:00
Peter Bragiel wanted his own travel show. So, he got a camera and started traveling.
At first, not much happened. Peter Bragiel just kept stowing the tapes away in a box.
But, even...
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62. My top rejections from 2017-02-23T12:00
Rejection hurts. Sometimes it hurts a little more than other times, but it still does hurt.
But, rejection is a part of life. If you never get rejected, you’re not really trying.
In...
61. Ignore Everybody. Hugh MacLeod of Gapingvoid (originality,&the courage to be different) from 2017-02-16T12:00
Hugh MacLeod (@hughcards) is a hero of mine, who helped me find my own path.
It was 2004, I was sitting in a gray cubicle in Nebraska. And I discovered a PDF on the Internet called "How t...
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60. Focus with practical minimialism from 2017-02-09T12:00
I talked about minimalism with some of my guests. I talked about it with Craig Benzine on episode 39, and with James Altucher on episode 53.
I'm not an extreme minimalist. I don't count t...
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59. The net appears. Vinnie Lauria of Golden Gate Ventures, Singapore (leaving a secure job, traveling Asia, overcoming emotional barriers, power networking) from 2017-02-02T12:30
Vinnie Lauria found his calling after backpacking around Asia.
He had just sold a company. He had just gotten married. He feared that if he spent a year traveling, he'd run out of money, ...
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58. How I quadrupled my creative productivity (writing, healthy habits&routines,&facing fears) from 2017-01-26T12:30
57. How Noah Kagan manages his mental energy (productivity, sleep, time management,&creativity) from 2017-01-19T12:30
Noah Kagan first appeared on Love Your Work back on episode 41. On that episode, we talked about why discomfort is your compass, and learned that Noah even makes his bed in hotel rooms....
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56. See you next year. Here's why. (New Year's resolutions,&the importance of sleep&rest) from 2016-12-14T12:00
Over the past year, pretty much every week, I've released a new episode of Love Your Work. This will be my last episode this year. I'll be taking a break for a few weeks.
We've come so fa...
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55. Make your bed, change THE WORLD!? (ft. James Altucher, Dan Ariely, Jason Fried, Ryan Holiday, Tucker Max, Noah Kagan&more) from 2016-12-06T12:00
There's this sort of productivity meme going around that you should make your bed.
But, isn't making your bed kind of a waste?
And isn't making your bed especially wasteful if you'...
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54. 8 Things I Wish I Had Known About Building Online Courses (having an impact,&self-motivation through product development) from 2016-12-01T12:00
One of the best ways to impact others, while making money, is through building online courses. And, if you're considering writing a book, developing an online course is a great way to validate y...
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James Altucher from 2016-11-22T10:00
52. My $40,000 DIY MBA (investing in your self-education) from 2016-11-17T13:00
Dan Ariely from 2016-11-10T13:00
50. Productivity isn't about Getting Things Done anymore (mindfulness for creative breakthroughs) from 2016-11-01T18:25:18
The current productivity wisdom is all about getting things done. Now, productivity is about making creative breakthroughs happen.
Getting Things Done brought us beyond todo lists and pri...
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49. Medium.com Writing, Book Positioning&Marketing Psychology – Nir Eyal&David Kadavy from 2016-10-27T12:00
Nir Eyal, author of Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products, has been on the show before. We had a little debate about digital distraction back in episode 21.
Nir and I have ...
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48. Make it easy to do what's good for you (digital detox&building healthy habits through design) from 2016-10-20T12:00
If you have certain behaviors that you want to encourage in your life, you can be intentional about making them happen. Here's a trick I devised to make it easy to do things that are good for me...
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47. Getting the most out of email: Jocelyn K. Glei (productivity&business networking through email) from 2016-10-13T12:00
Jocelyn K. Glei is author of Unsubscribe: How to Kill Email Anxiety, Avoid Distractions, and Get Real Work Done. You can buy the book at kadavy.net/email It's an awesome book that I rea...
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46. #YOLO, so point your face at a blank wall (building discipline for creative habits) from 2016-10-06T12:00
Back when I was writing my first book, I was shocked how hard it was. I was spending all day just trying to get into that flow state.
So, here's one way I've found to help make that flow ...
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Max Temkin from 2016-09-29T12:00
Cards Against Humanity's Max Temkin (@maxtemkin) is co-creator of Amazon's #1 selling card game – actually the #1 seller in all of the whole Toys & Games category. It's a game for horrible peopl...
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44. I Failed. (overcoming rejection&ego in book publishing) from 2016-09-22T12:00
This week, I share you a story of failure. I know everyone seems to be obsessed with failure lately, and I always thought it was strange. I didn't usually look at things as failures, but as less...
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Mark Manson from 2016-09-15T12:00
Mark Manson is known for writing personal development advice that doesn't suck. He writes at markmanson.net, which has more than 2 million readers a month. Mark writes about a variety of topics,...
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42. Yes, You Can Leave the North America Bubble (personal enrichment through the spread of the digital nomad lifestyle) from 2016-09-08T12:00
On Tim Ferriss's podcast, Malcolm Gladwell urged his 30-year-old self to “Leave North America…. Which is — despite the fact that it pretends to be the only place that matters — is not the only p...
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Noah Kagan from 2016-09-01T12:00
Noah Kagan is a close friend of mine who has been one of my secret weapons in my own battle as an entrepreneur. Years ago, when I first started out on my own, and I was wandering from cafe to ca...
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40. 3 Productivity Lessons from Google Calendar (cognitive biases, habit-building,&daily routines) from 2016-08-25T12:00
39. Embrace Constraints: WheezyWaiter (Craig Benzine) on Minimalism&Creative Habit-Building from 2016-08-18T12:00
Craig Benzine hit rock bottom when he wasn't getting any tables at his job as a waiter, and he feared he wouldn't be able to pay his rent. So, he started making YouTube videos.
Okay, that...
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38. Build the Habit First from 2016-08-11T12:00
We all have habits that we'd like to build. But we usually aim a little too high. If you understand that the building of the habit is in itself something to achieve, then building good habits wi...
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37. Harness the Power of Your Productivity Cycles – David Kadavy from 2016-08-04T12:00
David Kadavy (that's me) being interviewed by Almog from the Unstagnate podcast. He did such a great job of researching, and teasing out the things I've been thinking about a lot lately that I j...
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36. Follow the "First-Hour" Rule from 2016-07-28T12:00
Do you have a big daunting project that you just can't seem to get started on? Try the "First-Hour" rule. This article originally appeared on Medium.
35. Using Paleo&Ketogenic Diet Principles to Fight Inflammation – Dr. Terry Wahls on ketosis, anti-inflammatory foods,&the microbiome from 2016-07-21T12:00
34. Productivity Hack: Do Nothing from 2016-07-14T12:00
This is an article that originally appeared on Medium. It was later picked up by The Atlantic's Quartz.
Give yourself permission to do nothing once in awhile. You may be surprised how pro...
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33. Double Down on Love – SimplyRecipes' Elise Bauer on creative habits, mindset management,&cooking from 2016-07-07T12:00
Elise Bauer's SimplyRecipes (@simplyrecipes) is where I go when I'm searching for a recipe. I always find something healthy and delicious, with clear instructions and beautiful photos, all poste...
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32. Stop A/B Testing from 2016-06-30T12:00
Ryan Holiday from 2016-06-23T12:00
30. Buy a $600 lamp. Read more books. (changing your mindset to build a reading habit) from 2016-06-16T12:00
The places you invest your money, and the objects you surround yourself with both have a huge influence on how you spend your time and energy, and buying this $600 lamp helped me read more books...
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Tucker Max from 2016-06-09T12:00
Tucker Max (@tuckermax) is best known as a self-proclaimed "asshole." He has written three NUMBER ONE New York Times best-sellers, including "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell." He is only the thir...
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28. Start where you are from 2016-06-02T12:00
27. Jeff Goins: Listen to Your Life – creative habit-building, deliberate practice,&finding your calling from 2016-05-26T12:00
26. 37 lessons from 37 years from 2016-05-19T12:00
I recently turned 37, and this is everything I've learned so far. I originally wrote this post on Listen
25. Steve Case: Persevere in "The Third Wave" – how entrepreneurs will transform entrenched industries from 2016-05-12T12:00
Steve Case is the former CEO of AOL – America Online. Many of you probably chuckle when you see someone with an email address that ends in AOL.com, but for me and many millions of others, AOL wa...
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24. Save Time&Mental Energy With Mind Management and Perpetual Productivity from 2016-05-05T12:00
The most popular question (and answer) from my Quora session was "What tips or hacks have saved you the most time and/or energy in your life?" This answer had more than 24,000 views, and was fea...
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23. Travel by Your Taste – Jodi Ettenberg of Legal Nomads on lifestyle design, personal discovery,&food from 2016-04-28T09:00
Jodi Ettenberg used to be a lawyer. She took a year off to travel 8 years ago, and never went back.
Her blog, Legal Nomads, won a Lowell Thomas Award for best travel blog and has been fea...
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22. The Behavioral Revolution (Not The Information Revolution) – using behavioral science&product design to build healthy habits through technology from 2016-04-21T12:00
The economics favor digital distraction, but we have everything we need to make humanity great. We have the behavioral science knowledge, and with increasingly ubiquitous technology touchpoints ...
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21. Nir Eyal – Is Silicon Valley Leading Us Into The Robot Apocalypse? Artificial Intelligence, digital distraction,&the dangers of habit-forming products from 2016-04-14T12:00
Nir Eyal is the author of Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products. So he is really manufacturing the drug. Fortunately, he's also concerned about the implications of digital distraction, so ...
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20. Kill Your Todo List – Sell Your Ideas to Google (overcoming decision fatigue for better creativity&productivity) from 2016-04-07T12:00
Sometimes, the things you feel like you should do create so much cognitive burden you can hardly get anything done. When I feel that way, I know it's time for me to have a "Week of Want...
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19. Relax! Andrew Johnson on building an app empire; overcoming anxiety, depression,&bad habits through hypnosis from 2016-03-30T17:45:41
Andrew's famous "Relax" app has been a key ritual for me for a couple of years now. Andrew has a whole empire of apps with guided recordings that help people not only relax, but Quit Smoking, re...
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18. 2-Minute Meditation (Guided) from 2016-03-26T20:45:11
17. Eight Life Hacks for Health Wealth and Happiness from 2016-03-24T12:00
A 10-year-old kadavy.net classic, this "mini-episode" (or is it just an "episode?") distills eight rules of living that make me feel like I really have an edge on the world.
The original ...
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16. Earn It from 2016-03-17T12:00
This is a mini-episode based upon a previous post here on kadavy.net. The original post is over here: http://kadavy.net/blog/posts/earnit/
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15. Sail Around The World (While Running a Business, With Three Kids) – Paul Bennett of Context Travel on overcoming fears, lifestyle design,&streamlining operations to follow your dreams from 2016-03-10T13:00
Paul Bennett (@contextpaul) ran his business while sailing around the world with his whole family. He's CEO and co-founder of Context Travel. Context Travel organizes high-quality tours around t...
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14. The Solopreneur Manifesto (redefine success, keep freedom in your lifestyle,&diversify your skillset) from 2016-03-03T13:00
I'm a pretty dedicated "solopreneur" – an entrepreneur who goes it on their own: no cofounders and no investors. This is a mini-episode in which I introduce the tenets that distill the power of ...
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13. Your Weakness is Your Superpower – Maneesh Sethi of Pavlok on breaking bad habits, making the most of ADHD,&hiring from 2016-02-25T13:00
Maneesh Sethi (@maneesh), is the founder of Pavlok. Pavlok is a wrist band that gives you an electric shock that helps you break bad habits. It's a crazy idea, so it's definitely gotten a lot of...
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12. Stop Reading Books Straight Through. Start Reading in "Layers." (a different kind of "speed-reading") from 2016-02-18T12:00
Have you ever been really excited about a book you were reading, only to realize – as you tried to describe it to someone – that you had NO IDEA what it was actually about? This happened to me a...
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11. Hack Hidden Value – Nick Gray of Museum Hack on creating memorable customer experiences, turning a hobby into a business,&keeping healthy habits from 2016-02-11T01:26:19
Nick Gray (@nickgraynews) is the founder of Museum Hack. Museum Hack makes super fun museum tours such as the "Un-Highlights Tour," the "Badass Bitches Tour," and the "Big Gay Met." You've heard...
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10. Stop Managing Your Time, Start Managing Your Mind (to maximize productivity, with optimal creativity) from 2016-02-04T00:03:24
Many people think their productivity struggle is one of managing their time. In reality, it's more a struggle of managing their mind. In this mini-episode, I introduce my framework for Mind Mana...
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9. Be Decisive. Laura Roeder of MeetEdgar on batching for productivty, 80/20 thinking,&quitting her job to go from freelance to SAAS from 2016-01-27T22:13:03
8. Create "Aha!" Moments – Neuroscientist Dr. John Kounios on the neuroscience of creative insights from 2016-01-20T05:09:34
7. Transform "Stuff" into "Things" (for creative ideas) from 2016-01-15T00:01:42
One of the keys to creating something original and remarkable is being able to see how all of the "stuff" in the world can be created into "things." This is a must-understand for any entrepreneu...
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6. Don't let your "baby" get slaughtered – Adrian Holovaty of Soundslice, Django, and Everyblock from 2016-01-06T22:48:34
Adrian Holovaty (@adrianholovaty) has learned the hard way that he wants to retain control of his business. After selling Everyblock, Adrian watched in horror as it was later shut down without w...
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5. Stop Traveling. Start Living "Mini Lives" (for self-improvement, self-discovery, adventure,&creative inspiration) from 2015-12-31T12:30
"Traveling" by its traditional definition is like licking a filet mignon. You get a taste, but you don't get the nourishment. This is why I stopped traveling, and started living "Mini Lives." Or...
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4. Find your superpowers: Saya Hillman of Mac&Cheese Productions on self-help, community,&personal development from 2015-12-28T19:37:20
After getting fired from her job, Saya Hillman (@sayahillman) made a list of things she wanted to get paid to do. 11 years later, she's made all of those things a reality. She gets paid to play ...
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3. Make Something Remarkable: Timehop's Jonathan Wegener on creativity, hiring, and explosive ideas from 2015-12-14T13:30
Jonathan Wegener (@jwegener) spent 3 months traveling to every subway station in the NYC area, meticulously documenting the fastest way to get out of each station. The app he made with the data ...
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2. Give Yourself Permission to Suck (for the confidence to break through creative blocks) from 2015-12-14T12:30
Are you holding yourself back from starting something because you're afraid you're not going to be good at it? You have to give yourself Permission to Suck. This is something that the best entre...
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