Bite-Sized Philosophy

This is the second episode from a 3-part conversation with Jesse Sigrist. If you missed yesterday's episode on using social media in healthy ways, make sure to go back and catch up with it (if you want to, no biggie either way).

In this episode, Jesse and I talk about managing our time and setting appointments with yourself to make sure you accomplish the things you need to accomplish. It radically shifted the way I'm thinking about my time (even in the few days since we talked about it) and is something that I hope you can learn from and think about.

As always, connect with me on Twitter or Instagram to tell me what you think and add to the conversation. I hope you're enjoying this series with Jesse!

Tune back in tomorrow to catch the 3rd episode from this conversation and then catch the full, uncut conversation this weekend!

This is the first of 3 episodes from a conversation with my good friend and brother Jesse Sigrist. The other 2 episodes will be coming later this week, with the full conversation being published uncut on Saturday for the weekend.

Today's big idea is this: What would happen if you deleted your social media accounts? As is clear from my being on Instagram and Twitter, I still have my accounts (and the apps on my phone).

If you don't enjoy social media right now (or are struggling with focus), I challenge you to delete your apps for 2 days before re-downloading them. Can you make it a full two days?

Make sure to tune in through the rest of the week to stay up to date on my talks with Jesse Sigrist and hear about time management and budgeting.

Welcome back to Bite-Sized Philosophy! It's been nearly a year since I published, but I'm settling back into a routine and have a few episodes queued up, planning to make this a consistent show once again.

This episode talks about my time away and coming back to publishing as well as my plans moving forward. As always, it's less than 10 minutes, so it's a short, easy listen! And that's the other thing I talk about, an Adam Grant quote mixed with my own thoughts on simplicity and brevity in my work.

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When things become a part of our identity, we lose our ability to view them objectively. Instead, we get defensive and protective of them. This happens with religion and politics and every topic.

It needs to stop.

Based on an essay by Paul Graham: Keep Your Identity Small

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This episode is about business and our control of it. To live by design, we need to be conscious of the decisions we're making. I unpack that in this episode.