Future Skills

In this expert episode, our guest is Sebastian Marshall, founder of Ultraworking. 

Sebastian is also an author. You may recall we talked about the Japanese concept of Ikigai in our last episode. Sebastian's first book was called Ikigai. 

Here’s what we cover: 

-The different online tools and systems that Sebastian uses -- and also that me and Mikael use. And perhaps more important, the thinking that goes behind it.  

-You'll learn what a "Keystone" is--and how you can use it to stay on top of your work 

-Sebastian talks about the 3 metrics for improving your productivity (to get more important work done each day) 

And finally: Why you don't want to have 2 tools competing for the same purpose 

There’s lot of ideas for improving your work in this episode. Hope you like it and use it!  

GET SEBASTIAN’S FREE TEMPLATES (WORK CYCLES & LIGHT SPREAD SHEETS) 

Work Cycles + Light Spread Sheets: https://www.ultraworking.com/future 

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THE 2 ESSAYS SEBASTIAN RECOMMENDED TO LUDVIG: 

George Orwell: Politics and the English Language (for writers) 

Peter Norvig of Google: Warning Signs in Experimental Design and Interpretation (accurate thinking) 

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Look up the Japanese concept Ikigai. 

We talk about how the word ”Passion” has lost its meaning from being overused and why Ikigai is a much better concept—and something that the Western World is missing. We also rant about herd mentality, the Law of Attraction, and “putting out positive intentions on the Blockchain”. 

Ikigai can be thought of as the combination of (1) what you love, (2) what the world needs, (3) what you can be paid for and (4) what you are good at.  

Then there are intersections between these too: 

• Love + need = Mission 
• Need + pay = Vocation 
• Pay + good at =Profession 

• Good at + love = Passion 

The key takeaway from this episode is to learn the concept, reflect on it, and replace it for “passion”. 

It’s easier if you look at the picture. 

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Watch Albert’s TEDx talk about controlling your thoughts: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29Vj0-TVHiQ

Welcome to another expert episode! Today our guest is Jay Campbell.  

Jay Campbell is a Champion Men’s Physique Competitor and the bestselling author of ("The Testosterone Optimization Bible”). 

In this episode: We’ll go over some of the myths and truths about testosterone, estrogen, and other hormones, according to what the latest science has to say about it.  

We start out talking about how a kick to the groin changed Jay’s life when he was just 29, leaving him with deficient testosterone levels. And how he recovered from that and kept playing basketball at a high level while also retaining a successful modelling career (recently appearing on the cover of Iron Man Magazine).  

Then we get into the nitty gritty stuff; the practical details and benchmarks for health and hormonal levels. And what diagnostic tests might make sense to do, to find out if this is a problem. 

Among other things we find out: 

-3 of the most important testosterone-related metrics to keep track of, as a healthy man. 

-Who should do their bloodwork. And how often. 

-And, if your numbers are bad, what is the one thing… the most important preventive measure you can take? 

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Contact Jay / get a free copy of his book: 

[email protected] 

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-Youtube Channel

-Email Newsletter. 

Hebrew University Study: 

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sperm-count-dropping-in-western-world/ 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-study-sounds-alarm-as-sperm-count-halved-in-western-men/ 

https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/25/health/sperm-counts-declining-study/index.html 

Actual Study 

https://academic.oup.com/DocumentLibrary/humupd/PR/dmx022_final.pdf

Hi friend – in this episode we talk about how to monitor your blood pressure. It’s not difficult at all once you know how to do it. Then you can do it once in a while to get a sense of whether chronic stress is building up in your body.

This is another example of Boundary Testing. Meaning: it won’t give you an indicator of just how good your health is, but it *will* tell you when to be worried.

FYI: Those stats are: Diastolic pressure +120 | Systolic pressure +100 | Heart rate +100 beats per minute.

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Which are the most important preventive health tests? What are their benefits? How often should you do them? What do they cost? These are questions answered in today’s episode of Future Skills.

Why should you do preventive health tests? Because they will often let you know if something is SERIOUSLY OFF, then you can (hopefully) fix it before your health declines.

This is sometimes known as "Boundary Testing"

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Today we talk to Annie Duke.

Annie is best known for her career as a professional poker player, where she has won a World Series of Poker bracelet, the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions, and the NBC National Poker Heads-Up Championship. She has more than 16 money finishes and has won more than $4 million in tournament poker.

She’s also a mother of 4 children and the author of the new popular book: Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts

͟Here are some of the things you’ll learn from Annie:

• Why betting is the ultimate transferable skill
• How she first got into poker – abandoning a promising academic career in cognitive psychology
• The Evolution of poker (as a business and from a player’s perspective)
• How to spot the bluffers on the table
• And how poker, finance, and other fields are ALL about remaining Adaptable, as the dynamics change up (as they did with televised poker) We talk about this from around 15-30 minutes. This is the best part, I think.
• Why becoming a Teacher makes you better at thinking – and how practicing observation can make you more conscious in other areas of life

Even if you don’t play poker, this episode is really about the Learning Process, about MASTERY, and about becoming a better thinker and decision-maker. And that’s an awesome ability, regardless of what you do.

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Today we talk to Casey Gauss.

Casey is the founder of Viral Launch. Viral Launch is an online business that helps Amazon Sellers sell more stuff on Amazon.

He dropped out of college when he was 21. At the time, his family was going through a really tough time and were living on his little brother’s pizza-delivery paychecks. So he spent all his time Coding and (after failing a few times) built an Online business.

When I met Casey he wore hats every day.

One day, we sat next to each other in the bus. It was then that Casey said he was considering taking a year off, to learn engineering and science on his own. And I said: "Why not?"

Fast forward 3 years – and 45 employees.

Here are a few things you'll learn:

• How they've been able to grow the company so fast.
• The 3 things Casey wish he'd known earlier in life
• The software and systems Casey uses to manage Viral Launch
• Why he insists on a strong culture, in a physical office, even though Viral Launch is a 100% online company
• What Business schools should teach -- or emphasize more

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In this expert episode, we have serial entrepreneur Ola Ahlvarsson [Personal site | Wikipedia] back on the show to tell us how to run successful innovation labs - and to explain his framework of the 5 entrepreneurial types, and how you build a team around your talents.

Ola says that 7/10 innovation labs done in-house fail, and that those that do succeed are: Separate, Shared, Seen, Slim, Strategic, and have a Structure.

The 5 entrepreneurial types are: the Virtuoso, The all-or-nothing entrepreneur, the better-safe-than-sorry-entrepreneur, the serial entrepreneur, and the "Mr Sleeves Down" entrepreneur.

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In this episode of Future Skills we talk about what Biological Prime Time is, why it's so important, how you can identify your peak productivity or peak creativity time of day, and how to make the most of it through smart tweaks of your daily habits

• Try to figure out when your BPT is. For many people, it will be about 1 hour after waking up. There are different times, but this is most common.
• Use your BPT for the top tasks;#1 priority, like writing an essay or a book. That stuff is very hard to do outside of your BPT.
• Consider making your daily to-do lists based on BPT
• • Make the list before going to bed
  • Start the next day with “#1” for the top 1 thing to do during your BPT
  • Then you might put a bunch of minor tasks/errands after that.
• Once you discover your BPT, do not squander it playing video games, playing with your phone or browsing stories on Facebook. FOCUS!
• • Postpone errands/tasks during your BPT. Focus on the #1 priority -- that which forwards your capitals and bring you closer to your major goals and achievements in life

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Ola Ahlvarsson is a really really interesting guy (Personal site | Wikipedia). He's founded more than 20 businesses, worked with many of the world's biggest brands that you know of (like McDonalds, Google, Microsoft, Merck, Procter & Gamble, Twitter, IBM.... etc)

He's also an avid martial artist, with a Black Belt in Karate, and he's become the European champion in Goju Ryu Karate, the Swedish champion in Kung Fu and in Taekwondo, and the world champion in WAKO kickboxing.

Two notable businesses that Ola runs are "Star Stable", the world's largest online Horse game - with more than 6 million users, and "Epicenter", which is Sweden's biggest scale-up incubator.

Here are a few tidbits of what you’ll learn from the conversation with Ola:

• What Ola would do if he were the Benevolent Dictator of the world
• How to look at the world through multiple dimensions, or lenses, to see things from different perspectives
• How Ola got Swindled by his Miami employee and how a team of Indians made off with his money
• The difference between a scale-up and a startup (and why it’s easier to become a rap star than create a successful scale-up company in Sweden.)

And many, many more things.

Here are some books mentioned:

Only the Paranoid Survive, Mission Possible, The Nordic Secret, Homo Deus, Nazi Diaries, Robert Kegan’s The Evolving Self.

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