Neil Strauss (IG: @neil_strauss) is a seven-time New York Times best-selling author.

Neil was a music critic, cultural reporter, and columnist at The New York Times for a decade. He has also won awards for his cover stories for Rolling Stone.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Moving from West Hollywood to Malibu
• The community you're in shapes you in ways beyond what you know
• Working out without goals
• Do the things you love... even if they're hard
• How working out with a community has impacted Neil's writing
• Follow your interests and don't worry too much about the money
• The greatest education of Neil's life
• Success typically doesn't come quickly
• The 3 types of stuck
• You're not going to figure out your passion intellectually
• Say "yes and" to life if you're starting out
• You get successful by saying yes to things and stay there by saying no to things
• Compartmentalizing your week
• People respond to you how you train them to respond to you
• Creating systems to protect yourself from your weaknesses
• If you're suffering to make it... you'll be suffering when you've made it
• 2 trains theory
• Romantic relationships are the true litmus test of a persons psychology

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Related links:

Neil Strauss - The Truth (book)

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Neil Strauss - The Game (book)

Kevin Hart & Neil Strauss - I Can't Make This Up (book)

All of Neil Strauss' books

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