The road to being a medical professional is difficult. Period. So what happens when you realize 10+ years of school is just not for you? This is part one of the story of Jonathan, who pivoted from aiming for medical school towards mastering in Genetic Counseling at Stanford, John Hopkins, UofT, etc... Along the way, Eric and Jonathan talk about his high school experiences, looking for social and other types of wealth, finding what we love to do, and memories from elementary school. 

This is Nobody Yet, a place where we consider the holistic picture and push for an end goal in life among many others: to be happy. 

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My guest is Jack- currently a PhD in Mechanical Engineering at MIT. We talk about how he started pursuing research out of spite, falling deeply interested in research, getting into the door at prestigious universities, and the random shenanigans in research.

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I talk about being sick and some of the reminders to have around resetting expectations, framing pursuits, and enjoying my time during this period.

Recorded on Dec 22 @ 4:29pm

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My first guest for this rendition of Nobody Yet: Joon! He's someone I met in university via mutuals and I follow him on instagram where he has been posting his yoga journey of handstands and insane flexibility like touching the bottom of his feet to the top of his head.

We talk about his progression in yoga as a source of mindfulness, perspectives on happiness, living completely in the moment, and his unique definition of an ideal life.

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Everyone optimizes for different things at different points in life.

I overview what I'm optimizing for at this specific point in time in which I'm 25 and have recently moved to New York for a new job.

Recorded on Dec 3 2024 @ 11:09pm

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I explore several properties of work as I'm starting a new job in New York City. Generally defining work as the progress towards some goal, I cover work's input-output relationship, input/output areas of focus, exponential properties, and helpful frames for continual pursuit.

Recorded on Nov 22 2024 @ 10:23pm

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I reflect on 3 lessons in the past two years living in Chicago and 3 things I look forward to learning more about now I'm in New York.

Recorded on Nov 14 2024 @ 10:08pm

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This is the last episode for a while in the Nobody Yet series. On this episode Eric + Gab talk Nobody Yet, what they learned, the perspectives that were made, and the stories that were told.  

This is Nobody Yet. A story that was actively written for the past 5 months.... and one that will continue to passively written for years to come. Remember - we are Nobody Yet.

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