(We've been recording but those might stay in the vault for a little bit longer. One of them was an in-person episode with Wally which needs a little more signposting and massaging.) This week's episode has some things about "The Creative Curve" by Allen Gannett. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit activerecall.substack.com...
We discuss some of the myths in this great post: Nat Eliason's "16 Popular Psychology Myths You Probably Still Believe" I'd still like to believe that forcing myself to smile will make me happy. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit activerecall.substack.com...
We've talked about practice before: 32: How to practice (according to games) 15: Talkin' about practice (with Jason!) 01: Autotelic Exotelic It's one of our favorite topics but we should probably stop talking about it and start being about it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit activerecall.substack.com...
We congratulate DC on upgrading from 12 pounds to 24 pounds of UFC championship belt. Then we express a bit of gratitude that the things we discuss about sacrifice are peanuts compared to what our parents had to give up leaving their homes for different worlds. Books mentioned "Four-Pack Revolution" "What Should I Do with My Life" "Barking Up the Wrong Tree" This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit activerecall.subs...
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Theme of the week: Questions Questions are powerful and we discuss questions we use that have been helpful in life. Spoiler: "What would this look like if it were easy?" makes the cut. Things we mention: "Wait, What?" by James E. Ryan (shorter version in a video ) Moe Shalizi on Short Story Long "Tribe of Mentors" by Tim Ferriss ( book ) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit activerecall.substack.com...
Going back to one of our favorite books. We're talking about Grit. Some topics: ( • ) The treadmill, Will Smith, and why you should get back on the next day ( • ) Passion + Perseverance ( • ) Flow vs. Deliberate Practice (spoiler: it depends) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit activerecall.substack.com
Bullets How's your week? Find your flow Sketchbook revival Draw a Box Omega red drawing Drawing every day in technical drawing Morning trying to run — barbell — kettlebell Headspace Nike Omega Red Jim Lee Twitch Streams Wally Producer Wally's six pack Minimalism Bruce Lee Digital files: Used to be good, but pretty terrible now — started working to improve this Creative Quest: MP3 library Wally: Kind of organized as a kid Video folders - 2016, 2017, 2018 Organized to find videos Essentialism Mini...
Story about film photographer and digital photographer Mind travel Jeff Bezos Draw from your elbow This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit activerecall.substack.com
Chapters 00:11:50 - Learning from Eric Thomas on "The Ed Mylett Show" 00:18:10 - Learning from Ep. 100 of "Short Story Long" 00:37:40 - If you could give 2 seconds of advice... Links ED MYLETT SHOW: Eric Thomas - The Hip-Hop Preacher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjI2P5Bgd-A Short Story Long #100: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_4oKBnjuRM This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit activerecall.substack.com...
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Recapping our first 8 episodes in a speed round format (80 seconds each). Podcast recommendations: Short Story Long (w/ Tamara Dhia), Knowledge Project (w/ Barbara Oakley), and Industrial Strength (Joe DeFranco) ( 00:05:38 ) Speed rounds: First 8 episodes ( 00:20:24 ) Q: You can't break necks easy? ( 00:24:38 ) Cool thing #1 : Tamara Dhia (Short Story Long) ( 00:31:46 ) Cool thing #2: Barbara Oakley (Knowledge Project) ( 00:33:42 ) Cool thing #3: Triple H (Industrial Strength) This is a public e...
Links The Rock in The Rolling Stone Bill Simmons podcast: The Making of the Andre the Giant documentary Josh Waitzkin on the Tim Ferriss Show The Prodigy Returns The Four Burners Theory: The Downside of Work-Life Balance This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit activerecall.substack.com...
This week we’re talking about Daniel Pink’s latest book When: The Secrets of Perfect Timing . If you’ve ever watched one of those whiteboard timelapse videos, there’s a good chance it was inspired in some way by the whiteboard video of Pink’s talk about “Drive” . Are you a lark or an owl? (You’re probably a third bird.) Are you looking for ways to improve how you schedule things in your day? Are you looking for a good time to start something? (If not, you might be looking for a good time to end ...
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Talking about 5 of Game Informer's Top 300 games Book of the week: Four-Hour Work Week This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit activerecall.substack.com
What do you say to a demigod? What if you're stuck answering phones? Does money bring happiness? What (else) brings happiness? ( 00:01:43 ) Xerxes gets insulted and spits back at Leonidas ( 00:07:50 ) Jacoby - What if you're talented but they've got you answering phones? ( 00:18:30 ) Drama - Moe, money, and happiness ( 00:30:00 ) Book of the week: A Guide to the Good Life This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit act...
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I thought I uploaded this a couple weeks ago but I didn't. No more solo episodes! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit activerecall.substack.com
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Wally and Ces try to break into the gaming niche by rambling about games and shoe-horning them into lessons for LIFE. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit activerecall.substack.com
The ever-changing, ever-evolving format The theme this week is practice. We’re tweaking things again. We’re going to try to have one theme going through the entire podcast. I think we had a good thing going a couple episodes ago where we did (1) recommendations, (2) a book of the week, and (3) The Magic Window. Last week we tried to do that again and it came off a little too random. The book of the week used to tie things together pretty well but we just couldn’t read that many books. Now we’ll ...
[ 00:08:20 ] Podcast Recommendations [ 00:15:35 ] Wally tells a Musashi story (still podcast recommendations) [ 00:27:30 ] Book of the week: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living === Podcast recommendations Tim Ferriss podcast: Terry Crews Jocko Willink podcast: Tim Ferriss (Musashi) MFCEO: One Year From Today: Where Will You Be? Joe Rogan #962: Jocko Willink Book recommendation How to Stop Worrying and Start Living This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribe...
(00:03:20) Resolutions (Podcast recommendations) (00:19:10) Subtle Art of Not Giving a F- (Book Recommendations) (00:33:50) Arcade Games (The Magic Window) (00:47:38) Closing gratitude (Borrowed Segment) === We're back! New year, new you! Trying out this format, building on some of the things from late last year (podcast recommendations and the magic window) and the bulk of our first 20 episodes (book of the week). I'm really enjoying this format. Here are some things we talked about. Podcast re...
