Active Recall

By Francis

We're trying to learn more about videography, podcasting, and learning. We'll try to share the good stuff.

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The podcast currently has 152 episodes available.

Active Recall episodes:

August 30, 2018 59: Marketing
On this week's episode we talk about:

- Book: "The One-Page Marketing Plan" by Allan Dib

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36min
August 21, 2018 58: Imitation
(We've been recording but those might stay in the vault for a little bit longer. One of them was an in-person episode with Wally which needs a little more signposting and massaging.)

This week's episode has some things about "The Creative Curve" by Allen Gannett.

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41min
August 08, 201857: Myths
We discuss some of the myths in this great post:

Nat Eliason's "16 Popular Psychology Myths You Probably Still Believe"

I'd still like to believe that forcing myself to smile will make me happy.

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40min
July 26, 201856: Practice — Kick a tiny soccer ball around for 10,000 hours (or not?)
We've talked about practice before:

32: How to practice (according to games)

15: Talkin' about practice (with Jason!)

01: Autotelic Exotelic

It's one of our favorite topics but we should probably stop talking about it and start being about it.

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40min
July 13, 201855: (More) Sacrifice — Dream lockbox, levels of sacrifice
We congratulate DC on upgrading from 12 pounds to 24 pounds of UFC championship belt.

Then we express a bit of gratitude that the things we discuss about sacrifice are peanuts compared to what our parents had to give up leaving their homes for different worlds.

Books mentioned

"Four-Pack Revolution"

"What Should I Do with My Life"

"Barking Up the Wrong Tree"

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38min
July 10, 2018 54: Sacrifice — Socks vs. Friends

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38min
July 03, 2018 53: Questions pt. II — Do you want to make cookies every day?

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32min
June 24, 201852: Questions
Theme of the week: Questions

Questions are powerful and we discuss questions we use that have been helpful in life.

Spoiler: "What would this look like if it were easy?" makes the cut.

Things we mention:

"Wait, What?" by James E. Ryan (shorter version in a video)

Moe Shalizi on Short Story Long

"Tribe of Mentors" by Tim Ferriss (book)

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36min
June 17, 2018 51: Grit Revisited
Going back to one of our favorite books. We're talking about Grit. Some topics: ( • ) The treadmill, Will Smith, and why you should get back on the next day ( • ) Passion + Perseverance ( • ) Flow vs. Deliberate Practice (spoiler: it depends)

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32min
June 09, 201850: Minimalism — Why do I have these SNES cartridges?
Bullets

How's your week?

Find your flow

Sketchbook revival

Draw a Box

Omega red drawing

Drawing every day in technical drawing

Morning trying to run — barbell — kettlebell

Headspace Nike

Omega Red

Jim Lee Twitch Streams

Wally

Producer

Wally's six pack

Minimalism

Bruce Lee

Digital files: Used to be good, but pretty terrible now — started working to improve this

Creative Quest: MP3 library

Wally: Kind of organized as a kid

Video folders - 2016, 2017, 2018

Organized to find videos

Essentialism

Minimalism

The Power of Saying No

Sushi with coworker

Matt D'Avella: The Minimalist Filmmaker

Throwing clothes away

Minimalist podcast

Essentialism

Not design aesthetic

3 core truths: I choose to, Only a few things matter, I can do anything but not everything

I can do anything but not everything

Warren Buffett description

One kick 10,000 times

Hardest part: letting go

Not good with the drone

Three essentials

New perspective to say no

Protecting the essentials

Protecting the assets: YOU

Sleep discussion

Aim for 8 hours

You know 8 is good for you, but you still end up doing 6

Trying to have the play time

If you have 3 kids and working two jobs

5-6 hours on good days

Play is not really there

Stress is more prominent than with creativity

5 minute journal

I have a notebook

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59min

FAQs about Active Recall:

How many episodes does Active Recall have?

The podcast currently has 152 episodes available.