Jess and Jon give an update on the challenges they laid down for themselves last week. They then explore how they make major decisions about what matters in a place to live, where to work, and how they spend their free time.  They explain their thinking and motivation going into big moves between countries.  Then they discuss the value of putting yourself in difficult or challenging situations, the importance of intentionality and taking action rather than letting things happen to you, and the need to define your own success by focusing on possibility and abundance rather than limitations.  They close with how people overestimate the risks of mistakes and their thinking about the weight of your values in the face of questions about your income and financial stability.

NTL 005: How We Structure Our Lives - Cities, Jobs, And Friends

Jon Roberts and Jessica Schultz met while working in South Korea and have been sharing notes on self-improvement, skill development, entrepreneurship, and living abroad ever since. NTL discusses what they’ve learned and goes in depth on how and why we work, live and learn.

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This is the last episode of the NTL Podcast.  Because they’ve decided to move in different directions Jon and Jess decided to close out the show with a discussion on how and when to end projects, how to make sure you’re respecting those you work with, and specifically how they made the decision to move on.  They also share more about other projects they’re working on that will take up the time saved from NTL.

NTL 011: How To Kill A Project Like A Pro

Jess and Jon discuss the complicated business of building successful collaborations and how to manage control, trust, and the flow of information in situations where there is no boss or clear authority.  They also talk about a new collaboration of Jon’s (a new podcast on Subject Radio) and how to maintain a remote community or build a new community in person when you pick up and move.

NTL 010: Building Sustainable Collaborations and Fostering Communities

Jess and Jon touch on what they’ve been reading and learning about lately before talking about their writing processes including everything from the software they use to how they seperate editing from composition.  They follow this up with some unusual thoughts on setting deadlines, how you can use others to keep yourself accountable, and how regularizing things and focusing on habit formation can make all of this easier.

NTL 009: Breaking Down The Writing Process And Some Unusual Thoughts On Deadlines

Jon and Jess start by touching on proactively dealing with procrastination.  Then they discuss their years in review and explain their plans for the coming months.  They debate the ins and outs of developing complex creative skills and whether copying other peoples’ work should be a part of this process.  They then go into their reasons and inspiration for the NTL podcast in the context of the kinds of media they consume. They close by analyzing the progressive changes in the broader media landscape, how much more narrowly niched educational content is being made these days, and some warnings about the dangers of niching down too far.

NTL 008: Always Start Out Copying

Jon and Jess talk about the pressure to have new year’s resolutions, the busy circus that is December, and how they’re preparing for the coming year.  They go on to discuss how important the recent sexual abuse scandals are and why they feel compelled to address them.  They explain how the internet has pressaged and created the environment that allows for these scandals to be made public, discuss some parallels with the progress of the civil rights movement, and debate whether the shift in sentiment around the scandals is a momentary blip or a permanent change.  They also go into their personal views on the boundaries of relationships in work and the difficulty of deciding what is acceptable when you work independently or are networking in less formal settings.  They close by touching on the international impact of the scandals.

NTL 005: How We Structure Our Lives - Cities, Jobs, And Friends

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