Zero to One - by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters 'Notes on Startups, or, How to Build the Future' - The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. - The next Larry Page or Sergey Brin won't make a search engine. - The next Mark Zuckerberg won't create a social network. If you are copying these guys, you aren't learning from them. Of course, it's easier to copy a model than to make something new. Doing what we already know how to do takes the world from 1 to N, imp...
Aug 03, 2019•34 min•Ep 218•Transcript available on Metacast Homo Deus - by Yuval Noah Harari 'A brief history of tomorrow' For thousands of years the top of our list of concerns were famine, plague and war. While this haven't been completely solved, we're pretty close and they have been transformed from incomprehensible and uncontrollable forces of nature into manageable challenges. Having secured unprecedented levels of prosperity, health and harmony, and given our past record and current values, YNH predicts that humanity's next targets ar...
Jul 27, 2019•45 min•Ep 217•Transcript available on Metacast Antifragile - by Nassim Taleb 'Things that gain from disorder' Wind extinguishes a candle but energises fire. Likewise with randomness/uncertainty/chaos, you want to be able to use them, not to hide from them. You want to be the fire and wish for the wind. Most people think the opposite of fragile is robust, resilient or solid. But the resilient and robust are items that neither break nor improve. The opposite of fragility should be negative fragility - there is not yet a word for it, so ...
Jul 20, 2019•39 min•Ep 216•Transcript available on Metacast Quiet - by Susan Cain 'The power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking' The world today seems to value confident, outgoing, bubbly personalities who are comfortable in all social settings and aren't afraid to speak up. But Cain reveals that those with the loudest voice don't necessarily have the best ideas. This book is both a call to organisations to foster the power of introverts, as well as an appeal to introverts to best step outside of their comfort zones and play the role...
Jul 14, 2019•26 min•Ep 215•Transcript available on Metacast Oh, The Places You'll Go! - by Dr Seuss (Theodor Geisel) This may look like a kids book (and it is) but we've dug out some serious life lessons that link up with a whole bunch of other ideas we've read in other 'real' books. This one is a must-read, it'll take you less than 10 minutes. We pulled out our top 5 lessons, and we'd love to hear yours too - email us any time at podcast@whatyouwilllearn.com to tell us what you thought. Check out website with our ratings for ev...
Jul 07, 2019•31 min•Ep 214•Transcript available on Metacast Freakonomics - by Stephen J Dubner & Steven Levitt 'The hidden side of everything' Economics ultimately boils down to the study of incentives. Incentives are all around us, whether natural or manufactured (like by a parent, teacher, boss, politician or economist). In this episode, we talk about 4 major areas of economics, using a few stories and studies from the book to flesh out the concepts: - Moral incentives VS Economic incentives - Information Asymmetry - ...
Jun 30, 2019•38 min•Ep 213•Transcript available on Metacast Thanks for listening to Season 3 of What You Will Learn! In this episode, well recap our favourite lessons from our favourite books of Season 3. Well be back in July for regular 'juggernaut month'. If you want to hear some WYWL in the break, we've curated our best content into a top 10 episodes, both interviews or book reviews. If you want the list, head to: www.whatyouwilllearn.com/best Or get a book from our Top 50: www.whatyouwilllearn.com/top50 AJ's Top 10: 10. Originals -...
Jun 03, 2019•1 hr•Ep 212•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, were answering your questions! Listeners sent in the questions theyve always wanted to ask us. We spoke about our process, a book WE might want to write, our learning journeys, knowing when to quit your side hustle, and being consistent with our reading and podcasting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 28, 2019•45 min•Ep 211•Transcript available on Metacast Keep Going - by Austin Kleon '10 ways to stay creative in good times and bad' Austin Kleon wrote Steal Like An Artist (about injecting more creativity into your work), then Show Your Work (about sharing that creativity with the world and getting discovered), now Keep Going (about continuing to be creative, even when it feels like it's a never ending battle). In this book, we learn about how to wake up every day and be creative, how to stay buoyant and move on to the next project regardles...
May 19, 2019•29 min•Ep 210•Transcript available on Metacast Since starting the show almost exactly 3 years, we've done 199 episodes. Today is Number 200! In June 2016, we literally hit 'record' on the laptop, talked crap for 20 minutes, then published it. As more and more people started listening, we gradually increased the time and effort we invested into the show. In this episode, we recap some short snippets from 20 of our favourite guest interviews that we've conducted with international best-selling authors over the years (in chronological order): 1...
May 17, 2019•2 hr 43 min•Ep 209•Transcript available on Metacast The Barefoot Investor - by Scott Pape 'The only money guide you'll ever need' A bushfire raged through Scott Pape's town and took everything form his family - their home, their farm, their sheep, and everything they owned. Their life's possessions now amounted to a charred pile of rubble. And just as everything seemed to be falling apart, Scott looked in the mirror and said 'I've got this'. This book is all about helping you with your personal finances so that you too can look in the mirr...
May 12, 2019•48 min•Ep 208•Transcript available on Metacast This Is Marketing - by Seth Godin 'You can't be seen until you learn to see' Seth Godin is a marketing guru, and this book represents the culmination of decades upon decades of marketing lessons and advice. You won't find any scripts or templates, and you won't find anything scammy or short-term. This book is all about empathy, understanding and being a human (not typical advice you hear in most marketing books, but vital words of wisdom to consider before starting your next project). &nb...
May 05, 2019•31 min•Ep 207•Transcript available on Metacast This extra episode is the recording from a presentation we recently did for The Entrepreneurs Club in Melbourne. In our presentation we discussed the content we wished we knew 4 years ago when we first started trying side hustles. We explore some of the best book concepts we've learned in the context of 'The Dip'. Finding Your Dip (drawing from The Black Swan , Lean Start-up , The Click Moment ) Pursuing Your Dip (drawing on So Good They Can't Ignore You ) In The Dip (drawing on The War of Art a...
May 02, 2019•49 min•Ep 206•Transcript available on Metacast The Most Important thing - by Howard Marks 'Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor' Howard Marks is the Founder of Oaktree Capital Management, who hold US$122 billion in assets under management. This book is a compilation of all his investment philosophies, which can be applied to help you make better decisions when investing money, time or energy. There isn't any step-by-step instructions, just advice on ways to thinking to avoid the many pitfalls that most investors fall in. In this...
Apr 28, 2019•41 min•Ep 205•Transcript available on Metacast Factfulness - by Hans, Ola and Ana Rosling 'Ten reasons we're wrong about the world - and why things are better than you think' When we think about the world - poverty, violence, war, man made disasters, climate change and corruption - it seems that things are bad and feel like they're getting worse. Factfulness shows us this isn't the actually the case - we're the victim of many cognitive biases that cloud our judgement and that lead to an overdramatic worldview. This book shines a light...
Apr 20, 2019•32 min•Ep 204•Transcript available on Metacast Atomic Habits - by James Clear 'An easy and proven way to build good habits and break bad ones' Our outcomes in life aren't dictated by the big one-off things we do, but rather the small things we consistently do every day. The habits may seem insignificant on a day-to-day level, but when you look back in 10 or 20 years, you'll very clearly see the impacts of your positive or negative habits. The author breaks up behaviour into four moments and what we need to do at each point in order to...
Apr 13, 2019•30 min•Ep 203•Transcript available on Metacast History lets us see the patterns and make better decisions in the present moment. As we've progressed our human nature hasn't changed, but we've found new ways of achieving old means. This book gives us history's lessons through the lens of different filters. In this episode we cover: - Biology and history - Character and history - Morals and history - Economics and history - Socialism and history - Growth and Decay of Civilisations Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...
Apr 06, 2019•32 min•Ep 202•Transcript available on Metacast Cal Newport is the author of some phenomenal books that work together to form a great trilogy: So Good They Can't Ignore You highlights how skills are far more important than passion and emphasises the importance of developing 'career capital' in order to get a job that you allows you to enjoy what you do and make an impact Deep Work shows us that the best way to develop that career capital is to block out chunks of uninterrupted time to focus and work hard on important projects and skills Digit...
Apr 03, 2019•45 min•Ep 201•Transcript available on Metacast Digital Minimalism - by Cal Newport 'Choosing a focused life in a noisy world' When Facebook started it was interesting, but didn't seem like something which we would spend a large amount of time. A college senior who set up an account in 2004 to look up class mates probably didn't predict that the average modern user would spend around 2 hours a day on social media and related messaging service. Similarly, an early adopter who picked up an iPhone in 2007 for its music features ...
Mar 30, 2019•28 min•Ep 200•Transcript available on Metacast Life 3.0 - by Max Tegmark 'Being human in the age of Artificial Intelligence' Life has gradually grown more complex and interesting into 3 different tiers since the start of the Universe. Life 1.0: Simple and biological. Can't design it's own software, and can't design it's own hardware - both are determined by DNA and change via evolution Life 2.0: Cultural. Can survive and replicate. Can design its software like new skills - language, sports and professions. This flexibility h...
Mar 23, 2019•28 min•Ep 199•Transcript available on Metacast The 4-Hour Work Week - by Tim Ferriss "Escape the 9-5, live anywhere and join the New Rich" The 4 Hour Work Week is about original thinking and living on your own terms. Most people growing up are presented with the options: A) getting a job and working your ass off until you retire, or B) working your ass off building a business, working 80 hours a week This book presents Option C -Lifestyle Design. Ferriss suggests that both of the typical options involve deferring happiness and ...
Mar 16, 2019•46 min•Ep 198•Transcript available on Metacast Dr John Demartini, is an American researcher, best selling author, international educator, public speaker in human behaviour. He lives on a boat, travelling the world delivering his signature seminars. We caught him when he was in Melbourne and spoke face-to-face before attending his event later that night. In this interview we chat about living to your potential, building wealth by determining your values (and, like always, we tried to slip in a few 'devils advocate' questions about personal de...
Mar 13, 2019•39 min•Ep 197•Transcript available on Metacast The Four Agreements - by Don Miguel Ruiz 'A Toltec Wisdom Book' As we've grown up, we've subconsciously made a bunch of agreements with ourselves. This agreements guide our behaviour - they act as an internal compass by which we decide what we do and don't do. But we never CHOSE these agreements. This book presents us with four agreements that we should make with ourselves in order to live a good life. Replacing our old agreements with these new four won't be easy, but it may be an import...
Mar 09, 2019•25 min•Ep 196•Transcript available on Metacast Gretchen Rubin is the author of some great books, like 'The Happiness Project', 'Happier At Home', 'Better Than Before' and 'The Four Tendencies'. Today she launches her brand new book: 'Outer Order, Inner Calm: Declutter and Organise to Make More Room for Happiness'. We spoke about happiness, habits, the benefits of having a dog, and how to best organise your physical space to remove the clutter and the mess to allow you to be happier and more productive. Find Gretchen, her books, podcast...
Mar 06, 2019•39 min•Ep 195•Transcript available on Metacast The Four Tendencies - by Gretchen Rubin 'The indispensable personality profiles that reveal how to make your life better (and other people's lives better, too)' In analysing who people act or don't act, Gretchen Rubin found that it boiled down to one very important question: How do you respond to expectations? She found that depending on whether you tended to resist or meet both outer or inner expectations, you could be categorised as either an Upholder, Questioner, Obliger or Rebel. Afte...
Mar 02, 2019•26 min•Ep 194•Transcript available on Metacast Presence - by Amy Cuddy 'Bringing your best self to your biggest challenges' We want to perform our best in a job interview, but if we're constantly thinking 'I'm in a job interview', then we won't be our best selves. Having presence is about being present - having the comfort, confidence and self-assured enthusiasm to stop the constant inner monologue and feel powerful and self-assured. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 23, 2019•21 min•Ep 193•Transcript available on Metacast Robert Greene is the author of some juggernaut books: The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War, The 50th Law, Mastery, and The Laws of Human Nature. Robert's work delves into the parts of ourselves we don't want to look at - envy, our dark side and our secret lust for power. He identifies the things below the surface that are driving us forward. We asked Robert about the role of intuition, taking advantage of the zeitgeist and using humility as a tactic. He is the aut...
Feb 19, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Ep 192•Transcript available on Metacast The Laws of Human Nature - by Robert Greene. This is a phenomenal book, all about what we do and why we do it. It should be read to firstly identify what is driving your own behaviour, secondly to allow you to start to make some positive changes to your behaviour, then thirdly to begin to recognise what other people are doing and why they might be doing it. In this episode, we're covering four of the laws: - Chapter 6: Elevate Your Perspective (The Law of Shortsightedne...
Feb 16, 2019•48 min•Ep 191•Transcript available on Metacast The 5 Love Language - by Gary Chapman 'The secret to love that lasts' With Valentines Day coming up, we thought we'd delve into the subject of love so you can heighten the experience with your date or your partner. Psychologists have concluded that the need to feel loved is a primary human emotional need - without it you will be emotionally and socially challenged. However, we all experience the feeling of love differently and we all have certain things that make us feel loved. Gary Chapm...
Feb 09, 2019•20 min•Ep 190•Transcript available on Metacast Email us at any time - podcast@whatyouwilllearn.com After a great conversation with Dr Karl 12 months ago, we again had the pleasure of joining him to discuss his newest book (his 44th book!) 'Vital Science'. We got a master class on the shift towards renewable energy, coal, energy storage solutions, climate change, and space. We hope you enjoy Dr Karl as much as we do! Listen to our first episode with Dr Karl here: https://whatyouwilllearn.com/episode/authorinterview/doctorkarl/ Download our 'T...
Feb 06, 2019•57 min•Ep 189•Transcript available on Metacast 
