"From my perspective, the goal is unobstructed self-expression." — Josh Waitzkin

Josh Waitzkin, author of The Art of Learning, is an eight-time US National Chess Champion, a two-time World Champion in Tai Chi Chuan Push Hands, and the first Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt under nine-time World Champion Marcelo Garcia.

For the past 12 years, Josh has been channeling his passion for the outer limits of the learning process toward training elite mental performers in business and finance, and to revolutionizing the education system through his nonprofit foundation, The Art of Learning Project. Josh is currently in the process of taking on his fourth and fifth disciplines, paddle surfing and foiling, and is an all-in father and husband.

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Matt MacInnis is a founder and investor in Silicon Valley, and he’s widely seen as one of the best personal angel investors out there — combining his experience as a founder (and knowing what made his investors actually helpful and others unhelpful) with the insight into what spaces and products are on the rise.

That’s his day job though. He is a profoundly deep thinker, an articulate leader, but most importantly, he’s honest. He’s seen all the ups and all the downs a founder can see, so you throw experience into that equation, and you’ve got a hell of a conversation.

Some of our favorite quotes from the episode:

"It is perfectly acceptable to go start a company with insane odds against you. If you understand the outcome will be beautiful, no matter what, thats the mindset you need to approach it with and it will be beautiful."

"I could not be where I am today without the hard experiences I had to go through, and it sucked… but they were necessary."

"That was the last time I put another person in the slot of alpha, on a pedestal, someone to emulate…" on his experience with Steve Jobs

"You look around and think that everyone else has it figured it out — and they don't…and I am the first to admit that I’m faking it too."

“I knew where I was strong and I knew where I wasn't, and I was fighting that instead of accepting it.”

“When I sit down across from an entrepreneur…and they really want me to invest, and its not one I can invest in…They’re not answering “should Matt be an investor” while they're trying to answer “can I get Matt to invest in this?” — and these are vastly different questions.”

“Don't win job offers. Go see if you test positive for that particular company or role and let “no” be as beautiful as yes because its the right thing. We are not as interested in truth as we are desire...”

Podcast Notes Key Takeaways

• We have to be open and willing to allow others to point out errors in our thinking
  • Why? – We want our beliefs to be as close to true as possible, so we have to be open to new evidence and better arguments
  • In addition - We have to be continually open to the possibility that we might be wrong about something
• Society needs to adopt a scientific attitude in pursuit of the truth in ALL domains
  • We can’t search rigorously for the truth in the realm of science/tech but refuse to do so in the realm of religion
• The half-life of negative emotions is incredibly short
  • If you’re not continually thinking about all the reasons you should be anxious (or angry, etc.), the emotion dissipates very quickly
• There’re an infinite amount of reading material out there – there’s no reason to suffer through a book you’re not enjoying
• A few quotes to ponder:
  • “When we’re really just connecting with life in a joyful, creative, and beautiful way… when you look out the window and it’s the most beautiful sunset ever and you are just looking at the sunset and you’re fully connected with its beauty, those are the kinds of moments where you lose this sense of self.”
  • “To a greater or lesser degree, we’re always at war. We’re always fighting something. We’re either noticing something that’s wrong, feeling uncomfortable in our body, reacting to something that somebody did, navigating a social encounter that seems awkward, or trying to figure out what to say… We’re just constantly being blown around. The moments where you really feel good…. entail the dropping of this sense of self.”
• A simple happiness hack:
  • Just think of all the bad things that could have happened to you (that haven’t)
  • If any one of them did happen to you, you would consider your prayers answered if you could just return to the current moment

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Sam defines what a good life is, and why we have to get our act together  [3:05]

Sam describes the relationship between philanthropy and psychological good  [5:12]

Sam challenges dogma and advocates open conversation and scientific investigation  [8:39]

Sam and Tom discuss skill acquisition, and how even well-being is a skill  [16:03]

Sam and Tom discuss emotional control  [22:34]

Sam explains that he has no life hacks to optimize learning  [26:46]

Sam describes meditation as jiu-jitsu for the mind  [29:56]

Sam explains why ego and never-ending thoughts cause suffering  [33:49]

Sam describes what a flourishing life would be  [40:11]

Sam talks about what to do if you are just completely lost  [45:27]

Sam shares the impact he would like to have on the world  [50:24]

 

QUOTES:

 

We have to be continually open to the possibility that we might be wrong, and in fact we are very likely to be wrong, a lot of the time. [11:59]

The half-life of negative emotions is incredibly short. [22:30]

I know there’s an infinite amount of stuff I want to read. I don’t go into the table of contents and look at the structure of the book, and go to the index and look at the topics. I just start on page one and start reading. When I get bored I stop. Do with that life-hack what you will.  [28:41]

 

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"Angel" podcast: Part 2. Dave Morin of Slow Ventures (250+ investments inc. Slack, Pinterest, Twitter), shares insights on favorite business models & products, backing founders with a tangible sense of inevitability, the rise of two internets, democratization of passion, & an optimistic future with the advancement of self-care tech

The goal is that we are all working for ourselves.

Podcast Notes Key Takeaways

• The only two interventions that really seem to offer longevity benefits are rapamycin supplementation and some degree of fasting
  • They both suppress mTOR (mechanistic target of rapamycin) and in turn increase autophagy
    • Autophagy is the process by which cells eat themselves – the dysfunctional cells (like cancer cells) tend to be “eaten” first
• It’s currently impossible to measure the level of autophagy taking place in the body 
• Fasting
  • Fasting is the single most potent tool in our toolbox of nutrition
  • Peter estimates that around day 3 of a prolonged water-only fast autophagy starts taking place
  • The fasting function:
    • F (x,y,z) (AKA fasting is a function of x, y, and z)
      • x = the amount you restrict calories (100% = full calorie restriction)
      • y = the duration of the fast
      • z = the frequency at which the fast is repeated
    • For example, Peter does a 7-day fast once per quarter = F (100%, 7 days, 90 days)
  • There are TONS of different fasting regimens
    • But because we can’t measure autophagy – “Anyone who says theirs is the best is either delusional or incapably of understand combinatorial mathematics”
  • During his prolonged fasts, Peter tries to lift as heavy as possible every day (to stimulate mTOR in the muscle – to prevent muscle loss)
• What does/doesn’t break a fast largely depends on the reason you’re fasting in the first place
  • If the purpose of your fast is caloric restriction and weight loss:
    • Coffee and even eating celery wouldn’t technically break it
  • If the purpose of your fast is gut rest:
    • Coffee breaks the fast
  • If the purpose of your fast is to increase autophagy:
    • We don’t know if something like coffee would break the fast (since we can’t measure autophagy)
• Oral NR (nicotinamide riboside) (it’s a NAD+ precursor) supplementation and intravenous NAD+ administration are probably useless
• “If there was one disease state that seems to benefit more from a ketogenic diet than any of the others it’s type 2 diabetes”

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