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#025 - Ben Wilson on Greatness, Addiction to the Craft, Horatio Nelson, & Podcasting
Ben Wilson is the creator and host of How to Take Over The World, a podcast which analyzes the lives of some of the greatest people to ever live. He’s also the founder of PodRamp and the producer of the My First Million Podcast with Shaan Puri and Sam Parr.
Ben and I talk about greatness, the art of podcasting, lessons from the people he’s covered, being addicted to your craft, power, living life like a work of art, and more.
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(00:40) Why podcasting?
(02:28) Why not YouTube?
(04:08) Being “Tim Ferriss for dead people”
(05:52) Getting people to notice
(07:17) What’s the goal of HTTOTW?
(09:16) Focus & speed
(14:55) Getting to the point of contact quickly
(17:51) Addiction
(23:39) Research
(25:12) Anti-characteristics we should avoid
(29:38) What creates great people?
(34:26) Power is freedom
(39:05) Finding your groove, raising people's ambitions
(43:32) Ambition vs. being well-balanced
(49:52) Living life as art & Horatio Nelson's death
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Ben’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/benwilsontweets
HTTOTW Twitter: https://twitter.com/HTTOTW
HTTOTW Podcast: https://www.takeoverpod.com
Spencer’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/SP1NS1R
Spencer’s Blog: https://spencerkier.substack.com
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Ben Wilson is the creator and host of How to Take Over The World, a podcast which analyzes the lives of some of the greatest people to ever live. He’s also the founder of PodRamp and the producer of the My First Million Podcast with Shaan Puri and Sam Parr.
Ben and I talk about greatness, the art of podcasting, lessons from the people he’s covered, being addicted to your craft, power, living life like a work of art, and more.
—
(00:40) Why podcasting?
(02:28) Why not YouTube?
(04:08) Being “Tim Ferriss for dead people”
(05:52) Getting people to notice
(07:17) What’s the goal of HTTOTW?
(09:16) Focus & speed
(14:55) Getting to the point of contact quickly
(17:51) Addiction
(23:39) Research
(25:12) Anti-characteristics we should avoid
(29:38) What creates great people?
(34:26) Power is freedom
(39:05) Finding your groove, raising people's ambitions
(43:32) Ambition vs. being well-balanced
(49:52) Living life as art & Horatio Nelson's death
—
Ben’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/benwilsontweets
HTTOTW Twitter: https://twitter.com/HTTOTW
HTTOTW Podcast: https://www.takeoverpod.com
Spencer’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/SP1NS1R
Spencer’s Blog: https://spencerkier.substack.com
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