Mike's Notes

We all have default choices for things (like how you take your coffee). Some of these defaults - we'll also call them scripts - can be like levers, where only a small amount of effort has dramatic results.

The most damaging are the negative mental scripts we have.

In this episode the characters are Barbara Corcoran, Felicia Day, and Gary Vaynerchuk. We'll look at a story from each and how they rewrote their mental scripts.

Good things take time. This podcast uses stories from Gary Vaynerchuk, Steven Pressfield, and Felicia Day to encourage people who haven't made a destination yet.

Good things are also fractal, that is, no matter what level you're at there are rewards and obstacles. Our characters all face challenges now that they are "successful" just like they did "before they were successful." Now, the challenges are different.

Our three characters: Austin Kleon, Mark Webster, Maria Popova.

Sometimes we think that the things we don't have access to are the things that we need. "If only I had more time/money/freedom/connections."

Maybe that's not what we need. Maybe it's exactly what we don't need.

Our three characters to explain the finish line fallacy; Warren Buffett, Tadas Viskanta, and Josh Williams.

Also, what I think about when I run on the treadmill, and why it's harder each year I get older.

One way to have optionality (episodes #001, #002) is to have low overhead. In this episode we look at how commedians, failed startups, and Sophia Amoruso approached this idea and why.

Survivorship bias explained with World War 2 airplanes, basketball players from New York City, and mutual funds.

This episode is part of the https://medium.com/survivorship-bias project.

The gear you use doesn't matter. It's not about the best mic or software or camera. It's about doing the work. We'll use the examples of Casey Neistat, B.J. Novak, and Gina Trapani to see how.

What if instead of paying someone for an MBA you did it yourself? What if you took that money and invested it, or bought books, or built a car wash?

What would that look like?

Let's find out how 3 people did just that.

006 Danger in Safety by MIKE

With examples from Google, Stephen Gould's cancer diagnosis, and how many games the Cleveland Cavaliers might win.