Books mentioned: "Psychology of Money" by Morgan Housel "Jony Ive" by Leander Kahney "Stolen Focus" by Johann Hari 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...
Talking about " NITRO: The Incredible Rise and Inevitable Collapse of Ted Turner's WCW " by Guy Evans "The Nineties" by Chuck Klosterman "The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy, and Human Nature" by Robert Greene Super Bowl nWo-esque Paul Mitchell ad 1995 Super Bowl halftime with Indiana Jones 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...
Books mentioned: "Now You See It and Other Essays on Design" by Michael Bierut "Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals" by Oliver Burkeman "How the Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhone" by Brian McCullough "How to Read a Book" by Mortimer J. Adler 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...
Book notes for Breathe by Rickson Gracie The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg The Extended Mind by Annie Murphy Paul Winning by Tim S. Grover The Gap and the Gain by Benjamin Hardy and Dan Sullivan Dune by Frank Herbert 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...
These are six mental models to apply for better productivity. 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
Back with some lessons from NYC Food Spots. Based on these three posts from the blog that I wrote in August. Creator lessons from NYC food: Very Fresh Noodles Creator lessons from NYC food: Katz’s Creator lessons from NYC food: Xi’an Famous Foods 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...
Breaking down the principles of generalism from Pat Flynn's "How to be Better at Almost Everything" 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
These are some book notes about leisure 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
Just finished reading "Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder" 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
3 mental tools: - Loops: Open for curiosity, Close for focus - Friction: Add for bad habits, Remove for good habits - Level Changes: Up/Down for learning and teaching, Left/Right for creativity 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
Talking about: "Year Book" by Seth Rogen "A Very Punchable Face" by Colin Jost 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...
Book notes for "Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life" by Luke Burgis 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
Trying something new: book stacks. Quotes from 3-5 books centered around a single topic. For this one: creativity. I also talk about the 3x3 practice I've been doing Books in this episode Creativity by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace Creative Confidence by Tom Kelley & David Kelley Principles by Ray Dalio Other links 3x3: https://twitter.com/activerecall/status/1397693640382640129/photo/1 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with ...
Talking about "Effortless" by Greg McKeown 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
Talking about a few books I read in May Effortless by Greg Mckeown The Art and Business of Online Writing: How to Beat the Game of Capturing and Keeping Attention by Nicolas Cole Soundtracks by Jon Acuff The Infinite Machine by Camila Russo Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa 21 Lessons: What I've Learned from Falling Down the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole by Gigi How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be by Katy Milkman This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss t...
Book notes for "Soundtracks" by Jon Acuff 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
A quick Mortal Kombat review and some lessons for creating things online. 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
Talking about some new additions to the desk setup as I try to make more videos about drawing and stuff. Related it to some book notes from "Atomic Habits" by James Clear "Show Your Work" by Austin Kleon "Work Clean" by Dan Charnas And at the end I mentioned Captain Sinbad's channel 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 through some recently finished and in-progress books. Just writing out a list of different books I’ve been reading with some thoughts. Recently finished Bitcoin Billionaires by Ben Mezrich — I got more interested in crypto/blockchain through NBA Top Shot and the NFT boom. I had some Bitcoin already, but NFT popularity made me realize how little I know about how it all works. This ended up only having high level explanations of Bitcoin. But the whole story of the Winklevoss twins’ second ac...
Talking through some ideas for future threads aka pulling loose connections between MMA and making things online. 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
Just watched the dunk contest and some lessons for content creators came to mind. 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
Book notes about "How to Get Rich" by Felix Dennis 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
Okay we hit RECORD again finally. Kicking off 2021. We talk about some of our goals Fitness goals Creation goals Personal goal We'll be making videos in 2021 and sharing our progress as we go. 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
Just turning the mic on and recording to start to kick the rust off this whole podcasting set up. Let's goooo — talking about moving to SF, the MacBook Air M1, and the Oculus Quest. 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 played a good amount of Magic: The Gathering in our lives so we talked about some life lessons from playing it. Books mentioned: High Output Management by Andy Grove A Fighter's Heart by Sam Sheridan The Power of Moments by the Heath Bros. Podcasts mentioned Tim Ferriss & Derek Sivers (2015) 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...
[02:09] "We Don't Need Roads" note [06:51] "Apprenticeship Patterns" note [10:46] "Every Tool's a Hammer" note 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
Books we talked about (some Active Recall CLASSICZ) "The Obstacle is the Way" by Ryan Holiday "Stillness is the Key" by Ryan Holiday "Grit" by Angela Duckworth 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 I'm talking about " Hackers and Painters " by Paul Graham. "Do Things that Don't Scale" - Paul Graham's essay. " When you only have a small number of users, you can sometimes get away with doing by hand things that you plan to automate later. " "Revenge of the Nerds" - Paul Graham essay. That Tim Ferriss & Derek Sivers thing about The Magic of Thinking Big: "And, it’s also one of those books, sorry, but I’m getting defensive. But, it’s one of those books that I read in around 2000,...
Corrections: Messed up Ethan Suplee's name (I said 'Sharplee'). Sorry about that. Check out his episode with Kevin Smith . This week I'm talking about BJ Fogg's " Tiny Habits ". If you've ever heard the advice of "if you want to build a habit of flossing your teeth, make the habit flossing one tooth", then you've been influenced by some of BJ Fogg's work. I go over some of the concepts covered in the book and take a look at my habit of checking my phone first thing in the morning (instead of my ...
[ 0:49 ] An internet recommendation rabbit hole ending with Michael Jackson and Prince and starting from JJ Redick and Bill Simmons (Learn about the Staples Center replica court that a very rich person has in Bel Air) [ 6:47 ] How do you deal with overplanning? [ 9:04 ] How many episodes will it take to hit your stride? ("Traffic Secrets" by Russel Brunson) [ 11:34 ] How do you figure out what your ideal environment is? ("Making of a Manager" by Julie Zhuo) [ 15:04 ] What's the magic of 120 hour...
