Today, Greg is joined by Sahil Lavingia, the founder of Gumroad. Sahil told himself he's going to start being totally honest in 2023 and he doesn't hold back in this conversation.
 
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0:00 - Intro
4:22 - Where Sahil's brainpower is going in 2023
9:18 - Robots replacing humans (yes or no)
17:19 - The most valuable skillset
25:17 - The first step to becoming more technical
34:46 - How to get the life you really want
39:47 - How to beat inertia
44:14 - Clean up your information diet

Sahil Lavingia Gets Radically Honest

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