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March 31Be ARTICULATE and Speak SMARTLY: Communicate Like A Pro
My new book Own Or Be Owned is out now! I wrote Own or Be Owned to answer one question: How do you make more money, less miserably? I broke it into the 12 Profit Levers… The 12 levers I've seen determine whether you print cash or hate your life. Check it out:
→ https://contrarianthinking.biz/oobo_bigdeal

What do you say when your mind goes blank in a high stakes moment? Why do some people choke under pressure, while others sound sharp instantly? How do you organize your thoughts fast enough to respond with clarity and confidence?
This episode answers all of that, and gets into so much more, including:
Why your brain flips into survival mode and how to stay in control when it does

How to use simple frameworks like PACE to respond clearly without rambling

What actually makes someone sound confident on the spot and why pausing beats filler words every time

How to structure your answers so you sound sharp, not scattered

How to build a mental library of stories, frameworks, and opinions so you’re never caught off guard
If you’ve ever thought of the perfect response 40 minutes too late, this is the fix. Structure creates speed. And once you have it, you stop freezing and start owning the room.

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(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:01:13) Why Your Brain Betrays You: The Science of Freezing Under Pressure
(00:03:53) The Warren Buffett Framework: How Mental Models Replace Fear
(00:05:41) Fast Thinking Is a Myth: The PACE Method Explained
(00:09:08) Build Your Mental Assets: The Lattice Work Technique
(00:13:40) The Power of the Pause: Why Silence Signals Confidence
(00:14:59) Kill the Ramble: The Three Point Rule and Constraints
(00:15:41) The Jeff Bezos Brief: Control the Frame Without Speaking
(00:18:49) Real-Time Thinking Hacks: Five Tactical Techniques
(00:22:57) Train Like a Pro: Compression Drills and Your Story Bank

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28 min
March 26 You Need To Be Bored. Here's Why. | Dr. Arthur Brooks
My new book Own Or Be Owned is out now! I wrote Own or Be Owned to answer one question: How do you make more money, less miserably? I broke it into the 12 Profit Levers… The 12 levers I've seen determine whether you print cash or hate your life. Check it out:
→ https://contrarianthinking.biz/oobo_bigdeal

You did everything right. The degree, the job, the money. So why does it still feel empty?

Dr. Arthur Brooks is a Harvard professor, bestselling author, and the happiness scientist billionaires call when their success stops working.

In this episode, he breaks down the science of why high achievers feel trapped in a simulation of love, progress, and purpose — while feeling nothing real.

You'll learn:
- Why boredom is critical for meaning, and why eliminating it makes life emptier
- The 3 meaning questions AI can never answer for you
- Why resisting pain creates more suffering than the pain itself
- Why algorithms have hijacked your brain, and how to take it back
- The difference between resume virtues and eulogy virtues — and why most people optimize for the wrong one
- 6 rebellious ways to break out of the simulation for good

If you have everything but feel nothing, this episode will show you exactly why — and how to fix it.

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(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:01:12) The Matrix You're Living In: Why Your Brain Has Been Captured
(00:01:52) The Depression Epidemic: What Happens When You Never Find Meaning
(00:03:44) Left Brain vs Right Brain: Where Meaning Actually Lives
(00:05:44) The Three Unanswerable Questions That Unlock Your Life's Meaning
(00:07:30) From Uncertainty to Adventure: The Risk Framework High Performers Need
(00:12:12) The Death Meditation: How Facing Failure Sets You Free
(00:16:39) Why Americans Meditate Wrong: The Dalai Lama's Critique
(00:22:07) The Biggest Lie: Suffering Is Bad
(00:28:23) Marriage as Startup: Deep Friendship and the Two Keys to the Divine
(00:33:37) Where to Find Love: The Dating Strategy Nobody Talks About
(00:36:39) The Doom Loop: How You've Been Productized and Monetized
(00:47:04) The Boredom Paradox: Why Your Grandpa Was Happier Than You
(00:54:14) Resume Virtues vs Eulogy Virtues: The Ultimate vs Intermediate Goals
(01:01:37) Who This Book Is For: You Have Everything and Feel Nothing

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1 hr 5 min
March 23Why Nobody Listens To You (And How to Fix It)
My new book Own Or Be Owned is out now! I wrote Own or Be Owned to answer one question: How do you make more money, less miserably? I broke it into the 12 Profit Levers… The 12 levers I've seen determine whether you print cash or hate your life. Check it out:
→ https://contrarianthinking.biz/oobo_bigdeal

You're mid-sentence and you watch it happen in real time. The other person's eyes go soft. They nod, but it's the nod of someone who stopped hearing you sentences ago. What happened? You weren't boring, or wrong… you just lost their attention.
It happens to smart people constantly. People who genuinely have something worth saying. And the reason isn't intelligence or charisma or confidence. It's the structure and psychology of the way you speak. It's learnable. But most people never study it because we weren't taught how to have conversations this way.
In this episode, you'll learn:
Why your brain processes language at 400 words per minute but you only speak 125

The information gap theory and how to engineer curiosity before you explain anything

The four forgetability traps that make people stop paying attention to you

Why pauses hit with 40% more impact than constant talking

How emotional encoding flags information as important to the brain

The peak-end effect and why people only remember two moments from any conversation

Why the best conversationalists talk less and listen more
Attention is biological. The brain is constantly processing information in the background. If you don't give it something to hold onto, a gap to close, a stake to care about, a concrete image to store, it will go somewhere else. This episode will permanently change how you show up in every conversation, meeting, pitch, and dinner table for the rest of your life.

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(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:00:59) The Attention Problem Is Physiological
(00:07:08) Driver 1: The Context Dump
(00:08:20) Driver 2: Symmetric Energy
(00:10:26) Driver 3: The Abstraction Ladder
(00:13:34) Driver 4: The False Finish
(00:14:48) The Mechanics of Memorability
(00:15:53) Mechanism 1: Emotional Encoding
(00:19:28) Mechanism 2: The Peak-End Effect
(00:21:31) Mechanism 3: The Self-Reference Effect
(00:24:42) The Listener's Trap
(00:27:15) Your Attention Toolkit Recap

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30 min
March 19 How To Stay Focused, Beat Distraction, and Get Things Done | Nir Eyal
My new book Own Or Be Owned is out now! I wrote Own or Be Owned to answer one question: How do you make more money, less miserably? I broke it into the 12 Profit Levers… The 12 levers I've seen determine whether you print cash or hate your life. Check it out:
→ https://contrarianthinking.biz/oobo_bigdeal

What if the things holding you back aren’t real? Your brain processes 11 million bits of information per second, but you only consciously attend to 50. That tiny keyhole of attention shapes your entire reality — and most people never realize they're looking through the wrong lens.
Nir Eyal has spent years researching how beliefs shape behavior, attention, and outcomes. He's the bestselling author of Hooked, Indistractable, and now Beyond Belief. In this conversation, he breaks down the neuroscience of perception, why your limiting beliefs are quietly destroying your potential, and how to rewire your brain to see opportunities others miss.
You'll learn:
How a man had surgery with zero anesthesia using only his mind
Why pain and suffering are separate — and how to disconnect them
The 10-minute rule that makes distraction powerless
Why willpower only depletes if you believe it does
How beliefs about aging at 30 predict whether you live 7.5 years longer
The turnaround technique that stops limiting beliefs cold
If you've ever felt stuck or convinced something won't work — this episode will change how you see yourself. Because the only thing standing between you and what you want is a belief you haven't questioned yet.
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00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:07 You Don't See Reality: The Optical Illusion That Proves It
00:03:40 The Rat Study: How Beliefs Unlock 240X More Persistence
00:05:40 Attention, Anticipation, and Agency: The Three Powers of Belief
00:07:11 Hypnosedation: Surgery Without Anesthesia Through Mind Power
00:09:04 The Carrot Is the Stick: Why All Motivation Is Pain Management
00:10:20 Relationship Perception Problems: The Turnaround Technique
00:15:37 Lucky People See More: Training Your Brain for Entrepreneurial Alertness
00:24:34 The 10 Minute Rule: Your Weapon Against Distraction
00:27:31 Internal Triggers: The Real Cause of 90% of Distractions
00:29:00 Gratitude, Failure, and Luck Surface Area: Daily Habits That Change Reality
00:19:59 Prayer Without Faith: The Science of Secular Mantras
00:42:36 Your Labels Become Your Limits: Why Identity Is Dangerous
00:43:09 Beliefs Become Biology: The 7.5 Year Longevity Advantage
00:49:47 The Placebo Suicide: Mr. A's Story and the Mind-Body Connection
00:57:08 Willpower Is Not a Depleting Resource: The Ego Depletion Myth
00:59:56 Hedonic Adaptation and the Gratitude Antidote
01:03:30 The Ulysses Pact: Pre-Commitment Devices for Intimacy and Focus
01:07:39 The Surgeon Riddle: How Priors Blind You to Possibilities
00:56:23 This Is What It Feels Like to Get Better: Your New Mantra
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1 hr 13 min
March 18If AI Takes Our Jobs… What’s Left for Humanity?
My new book Own Or Be Owned is out now! I wrote Own or Be Owned to answer one question: How do you make more money, less miserably? I broke it into the 12 Profit Levers… The 12 levers I've seen determine whether you print cash or hate your life. Check it out:
→ https://contrarianthinking.biz/oobo_bigdeal

If AI can write, code, and think cheaper than you — what's left? Your edge isn't intelligence anymore. It's taste, focus, and emotional depth.
You'll learn:
Why taste is your only moat in a world of infinite AI output

How emotion and vulnerability are what machines can't replicate

Why the 80/20 rule is now 99/1 — and where to focus

Why imperfection is the new differentiator

How the best founders used judgment, not effort, to win
The winners won't be the hardest workers. They'll be the ones who protect their attention and refuse to let a machine do their thinking.

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00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:40 The AI Takeover: Who Gets Replaced First
00:03:15 Humans Are Meaning-Making Machines: Your Real Competitive Advantage
00:05:26 Emotion Is Our Moat: What AI Cannot Take From Us
00:07:34 Taste Over Execution: The New Differentiator
00:08:54 Focus and Courage: The Psychological Bottleneck
00:10:00 The Ghost Writer Problem: Don't Outsource Your Brain
00:10:33 Authenticity in a Synthetic World: Why Imperfection Wins
00:14:58 The 99-1 Rule: Hard Work Is No Longer Enough
00:17:00 Build AI-First or Get Eaten: Your Action Plan
00:19:32 Keep Your Humanity: The Creative Advantage

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22 min
March 12 The Power of Delusional Self Belief | 2 Chainz
My new book Own Or Be Owned is out now! I wrote Own or Be Owned to answer one question: How do you make more money, less miserably? I broke it into the 12 Profit Levers… The 12 levers I've seen determine whether you print cash or hate your life. Check it out:
→ https://contrarianthinking.biz/oobo_bigdeal

What if the voice in your head could predict your success? 2 Chainz built a multi-decade music and business empire by trusting one thing: his intuition.
2 Chainz is a rapper, entrepreneur, and now author with 20+ years in the game — from collaborating with Ye, Nicki Minaj, and Lil Wayne, to running the Escobar restaurant brand, and now releasing his new book, The Voice in My Head is God. From turning Atlanta real estate into a 9-location restaurant franchise, to rebranding at 34 and winning a Grammy, to buying back his masters — he's proof that ideas and instinct compound harder than anything Wall Street offers.
In this conversation, you'll learn:
Why ideas are currency — and how to protect them before they get stolen
The "f*ck it" voice vs. the God voice — and how to tell the difference
How he negotiated his masters back and what real leverage looks like
How his viral marketing stunt — a pink trap house — became “Atlanta's Eiffel Tower”
Why confidence comes first, proof comes second
If you've ever ignored your gut or wondered how people build empires from nothing, this episode will rewire how you think about intuition and winning.
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00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:35 From Real Estate to Restaurants: Building the Escobar Empire
00:04:25 The Pablo Escobar Lawsuit: When Success Attracts Trouble
00:09:49 The Pink Trap House: Marketing Genius on a Budget
00:12:03 Ideas Are Currency: The Creative Advantage in Business
00:07:31 The Voice in My Head Is God: Trusting Your Intuition
00:15:49 Self-Motivation and the Apex Position: When Nobody Can Save You
00:19:57 The 15-Year Grind: Belief Before the Breakthrough
00:25:54 The Tour Bus Studio: Vertical Integration Before It Was Cool
00:31:03 Buying Back Your Masters: Leverage and Negotiation
00:48:33 The F*ck It Voice vs The God Voice: Distinguishing Your Inner Dialogue
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53 min
March 09 Scott Galloway: The ONLY Savings Strategy You Need
My new book Own Or Be Owned is out now! I wrote Own or Be Owned to answer one question: How do you make more money, less miserably? I broke it into the 12 Profit Levers… The 12 levers I've seen determine whether you print cash or hate your life. Check it out:
→ https://contrarianthinking.biz/oobo_bigdeal

In this BigDeal rerun, Scott Galloway breaks down how the American Dream's playbook — degree, home, wealth — is broken. Housing costs have tripled relative to income. Two-thirds of young men aren't going to college. One in three men under 30 doesn't have a girlfriend. And the wealthiest generation in history is systematically extracting wealth from the youngest through tax policy, artificial scarcity, and a rigged economic structure most people never see.

Scott Galloway has built and lost hundreds of millions. He's an NYU Stern professor, serial entrepreneur, and one of the most honest voices on what's actually happening in the economy and the future of young people. In this conversation, he breaks down the transfer of wealth from young to old, why loneliness and extremism are the biggest threats to society, and the formula for economic security that actually works.

You'll learn why Social Security is the largest wealth transfer in history, how the tax code ballooned from 400 to 4,000 pages, why housing went from four years of salary to twelve, how elite institutions use rejection as a business model, why we're producing too few economically viable men, Scott's SCAF framework for fighting depression, and the four-part formula for financial security — plus why low-cost index funds beat 99% of hedge funds. If you're young, ambitious, or trying to win in a system that feels rigged, this episode will change how you see the game.

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00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:32 The Elegant Transfer of Wealth: Young to Old
00:06:00 The College Admissions Scam: Artificial Scarcity
00:08:39 COVID's Intergenerational Theft: The $6 Trillion Giveaway
00:22:33 Your Economic Survival Guide: Focus, Stoicism, Time, and Diversification
00:47:30 The Rejection Superpower: Why Failure Is Your Edge
00:53:40 The Young Men Crisis: Loneliness, Dating, and Economic Viability
01:08:00 What Young Men Need: Guardrails, Plans, and Demonstration of Excellence
01:17:22 The LBO Boom and Corporate Concentration: Who Really Owns America
01:31:10 Elon Musk and the Tech Bro Problem: Post-America While Leveraging America

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1 hr 39 min
March 06 Why “Making It” Feels Impossible in the US Right Now
My new book Own Or Be Owned is out now! I wrote Own or Be Owned to answer one question: How do you make more money, less miserably? I broke it into the 12 Profit Levers… The 12 levers I've seen determine whether you print cash or hate your life. Check it out:
→ https://contrarianthinking.biz/oobo_bigdeal

Is it still possible to ‘make it’ in America these days? Housing costs 12 years of salary instead of four. Credit card debt hit $1.28 trillion. Nearly half of Americans can't afford rent or a mortgage. And the old playbook — work hard, get a degree, climb the ladder — is quietly breaking down for millions of people who did everything right.
This episode is different. No guest. No script. Just me, raw and unfiltered, talking about what's actually happening in the economy, why making it feels impossible right now, and what it's going to take to win anyway. Because the truth is, you're not crazy. It IS harder. But that doesn't mean you're stuck.
You’ll learn:
• Why avocado toast was never the problem
• How $8 trillion spent on Middle East wars could’ve reshaped life for Americans struggling with rent and groceries
• Why 54-year-old Wharton MBAs are getting ghosted in final interviews and what that says about hiring today
• The three non-negotiables for making it: relentless focus, borderline delusional confidence, and refusing to quit
• Why boundaries aren’t about work-life balance, they’re about protecting the two hours that actually move the needle
• Why nobody is coming to pick you or save you and what to do instead
• The story of a member who unlocked $975K in new revenue by pulling one lever in a struggling business
• Why curiosity and better questions are becoming the real edge in the AI era
If you've felt overlooked, exhausted, or like the rules changed halfway through the game — this episode will remind you that winning is still possible. But only if you're willing to do what most people won't.
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00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:50 The Hard Truth: It's Not Just You
00:02:28 Where Your Tax Dollars Are Really Going
00:03:52 The Corporate Layoff Playbook: Why Nobody's Hiring
00:06:00 Nobody Is Coming to Save You
00:07:47 The Three Answers: Never Quit, Lock In, Kill Distractions
00:12:22 The Power of Questions Over Answers in the AI Era
00:12:59 Confident Execution: The Race Car Driver Mindset
00:16:07 The Sacrifice Question: Who Are You Really Working For?
00:17:26 Your Unlock Is Possible: The Path Forward
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20 min
March 04 The Most Important Career Advice You'll Ever Hear (In The AI Era) | Bill Gurley
My new book Own Or Be Owned is out now! I wrote Own or Be Owned to answer one question: How do you make more money, less miserably? I broke it into the 12 Profit Levers… The 12 levers I've seen determine whether you print cash or hate your life. Check it out:
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The rules of career success just changed. Hard skills matter less. Credentials matter less. And playing it safe? That might be the riskiest move of all. Bill Gurley has backed Uber, DoorDash, eBay, and Snap. He's spent 30 years watching who wins and who gets destroyed. In the AI era, that gap is about to become a canyon.
In this conversation, Bill breaks down the exact skill stack that makes you anti-fragile: why unbridled determination beats raw intelligence, why salesmanship is the most compounding founder skill nobody talks about, and why the conveyor belt from college to consulting is now the highest-risk career path in existence.
You'll learn the Jeff Bezos hiring filter for people who will build something come hell or high water, why AI is a jetpack for the self-directed and a threat to everyone else, how open-source Chinese AI models are a bigger disruption than most realize, and the regret minimization framework Bezos used to decide whether to start Amazon.

If you've ever wondered whether you're on the right path — or how to stand out when everyone has access to the same tools — this one will permanently change how you think about winning.

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February 27 Wealth Expert: Do THIS Every Time You Get Paid | Morgan Housel
My new book Own Or Be Owned is out now! I wrote Own or Be Owned to answer one question: How do you make more money, less miserably? I broke it into the 12 Profit Levers… The 12 levers I've seen determine whether you print cash or hate your life. Check it out:
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Is true wealthbuilding as simple as asking for a raise? Or is it just picking the right stock? Well… no. Morgan Housel argues the cornerstone of true wealthbuilding lies in understanding — and controlling — your behavior. After studying the psychology of money and writing The Psychology of Money, he’s seen why brilliant people go broke and ordinary people quietly build fortunes. Patience beats IQ. Independence beats status. And the real game is managing your own impulses.

In this conversation you’ll learn why a janitor died with millions while a Harvard MBA went bankrupt, why most high earners still live paycheck to paycheck, why diversification won’t make you the richest but will keep you from blowing up, why the biggest financial decisions are school, house, car, childcare, and insurance, and why reading history matters more than reading forecasts.

This isn’t about skipping lattes. It’s about mastering the behaviors that actually build wealth and avoiding the ones that quietly destroy it.

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00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:09 The Latte Story: Why Financial Advice Is Broken
00:03:00 Ronald Reed vs Richard Faskone: Behavior Beats Intelligence
00:10:18 The Passive Income Myth and What Really Moves the Needle
00:14:40 Nobody's Watching You: The Ferrari Paradox
00:20:01 The Biggest Lie About Money
00:25:17 The Desert Island Test: Utility vs Status
00:28:05 To Rent or Buy: The House Question
00:30:21 Robinhood vs Vanguard: Gamification and the Future
00:32:48 Rich People Habits: Obsession and Long-Term Thinking
00:34:50 The Great Depression Lesson and Why History Matters
00:49:52 Rapid Fire: Money Clichés Debunked

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