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Here are the Skills You Need to Succeed in Your 20s and Beyond - Nat Eliason (#17)
Nat Eliason is the author of "Crypto Confidential: Winning and Losing Millions in the New Frontier of Finance," online writer with a newsletter of 45,000+ subscribers, and currently working on his next sci-fi novel.
In this conversation, we talk about how the education system is scuffed, what it took to write Nat's book, "Crypto Confidential," underrated advice to win in your 20s, and much more.
Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
1:02 Why Nat Eliason started "Nat Chat" in 2016
4:00 Why the education system today is broken
9:07 What to do if you're feeling "stuck" in college
11:27 The best way to spend your college years
13:50 Why writing a book is so hard these days
18:36 How writing fiction differs from writing nonfiction
21:20 Creating a world through writing
22:16 The tremendous power of tracking your word count
24:39 The #1 way to get better at anything
27:01 Secrets to editing your writing more effectively
30:59 Why "Crypto Confidential" is such a good read
34:30 Why Nat decided to go all in on writing
36:02 A dangerous trap to avoid in your 20s
40:13 The best way to meet other interesting people
42:19 Known costs, unknowable benefits
46:26 Why it's so important to take on hard things
49:16 Why you must be the best at what you do
51:05 How to find the thing you're meant to do
51:53 Watch out for this trap when trying new things
53:45 Advice to an ambitious 20 y/o wanting to do great things
55:49 Where to find Nat
Follow Nat:
X: https://twitter.com/nateliason
Writing: https://blog.nateliason.com/
Follow Jeston:
Website: https://www.jestonlu.com
X: https://twitter.com/jestonlu
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jestonlu
Writing: https://jestonlu.substack.com/
The Jeston Lu Podcast: Hosting deep conversations with creatives & founders pursuing unconventional paths. This podcast is part of Musinary Media, under the greater Musinary ecosystem ("music" + "visionary"). Musinary's mission is to bring creatives & founders in a musical, nature-like setting around the world.
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By Jeston LuNat Eliason is the author of "Crypto Confidential: Winning and Losing Millions in the New Frontier of Finance," online writer with a newsletter of 45,000+ subscribers, and currently working on his next sci-fi novel.
In this conversation, we talk about how the education system is scuffed, what it took to write Nat's book, "Crypto Confidential," underrated advice to win in your 20s, and much more.
Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
1:02 Why Nat Eliason started "Nat Chat" in 2016
4:00 Why the education system today is broken
9:07 What to do if you're feeling "stuck" in college
11:27 The best way to spend your college years
13:50 Why writing a book is so hard these days
18:36 How writing fiction differs from writing nonfiction
21:20 Creating a world through writing
22:16 The tremendous power of tracking your word count
24:39 The #1 way to get better at anything
27:01 Secrets to editing your writing more effectively
30:59 Why "Crypto Confidential" is such a good read
34:30 Why Nat decided to go all in on writing
36:02 A dangerous trap to avoid in your 20s
40:13 The best way to meet other interesting people
42:19 Known costs, unknowable benefits
46:26 Why it's so important to take on hard things
49:16 Why you must be the best at what you do
51:05 How to find the thing you're meant to do
51:53 Watch out for this trap when trying new things
53:45 Advice to an ambitious 20 y/o wanting to do great things
55:49 Where to find Nat
Follow Nat:
X: https://twitter.com/nateliason
Writing: https://blog.nateliason.com/
Follow Jeston:
Website: https://www.jestonlu.com
X: https://twitter.com/jestonlu
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jestonlu
Writing: https://jestonlu.substack.com/
The Jeston Lu Podcast: Hosting deep conversations with creatives & founders pursuing unconventional paths. This podcast is part of Musinary Media, under the greater Musinary ecosystem ("music" + "visionary"). Musinary's mission is to bring creatives & founders in a musical, nature-like setting around the world.