Podcast Notes Playlist: Latest Episodes

The guys at Podcast Notes take notes on the best podcasts on the planet as a business and I thought it would be interesting to interview them about all the things they have learned. Check it out for a good synthesis of the best knowledge being produced at the moment.

Really enjoyed sitting down with Yoni, the founder of podcast notes and getting his wisdom about the world of podcasting and how he started it. So interesting!

Reid Hoffman is a cofounder of LinkedIn, investor at Greylock Partners, host of the podcast Masters of Scale, and coauthor of Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies and The Start-Up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career.

Reid Hoffman is a cofounder of LinkedIn, investor at Greylock Partners, host of the podcast Masters of Scale, and coauthor of Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies.

Podcast Notes Key Takeaways

• When you combine things you’re not supposed to combine, people get interested
• Don’t read to finish books. Read to satisfy your intellectual curiosity.
• EVERYBODY on Earth can be wealthy
• Everybody wants to be wealthy, everybody wants to be happy, and everybody wants to be fit
  • Here’s the good news – all 3 of those things can be taught
• Happiness is a choice
• Pick your one overwhelming desire – it’s okay to suffer over that one
  • But let go of every other desire so you can be calm, peaceful, and relaxed
• If you want to operate at peak performance, you need a calm mind
• We live in an age of infinite leverage, and because of that, the impacts of good decision-making are much higher than they used to be
• Forty hour workweeks are a relic of the Industrial Age. Knowledge  workers function like athletes – train and sprint, then rest and reassess.
• The information revolution, by making it easier to communicate, connect, and cooperate, is allowing us to go back to working for ourselves
• We need a culture of continuous adult education
• Society will always create new jobs, but it’s impossible to predict what those jobs will be
  • “I do believe that automation, over a long enough period of time, will replace every non-creative job”
• There are MANY problems with Universal Basic Income
• You won’t see General AI anytime soon
• Naval practices the “art of doing nothing” meditation, here’s how you do it:
  • “Sit down, close your eyes, get in a comfortable position, and whatever happens, happens. If you think, you think. If you don’t think, you don’t think. Don’t put any effort into it.”
• Protect your time like it’s all you have
  • You’ll have to ruthlessly decline meetings if you want to do anything of importance in this world
• Find the thing that feels looks like work to others, but feels like play to you, and then go all in on it

Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.org



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Naval Ravikant is an entrepreneur and angel investor, a co-author of Venture Hacks, and a co-maintainer of AngelList.

Erik is joined on this episode by Michael Mayer (@micjm), co-founder of Bottomless.

They talk about:

* Pseudonymous accounts on Twitter.

* Whether Twitter should be more ephemeral.

* The dynamics of Twitter and why people seek entertainment instead of facts.

* How to curate your Twitter feed.

* Why Michael says it’s the responsibility of high-profile people to be on Twitter and speak their mind freely.

* Whether college is valuable.

* Capitalism as a moral framework.

* Starting a company with a significant other

And much more.

Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform.

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Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global, is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg and is produced by Brett Bolkowy.

Podcast Notes Key Takeaways

• The future of warfare is fighting robots and drones
• “Lead a family and your kids the same way you’d lead an organization or a team. If you bark orders at your team, your team doesn’t like you, they don’t respect you, and they’re not going to carry out those orders with any sort of commitment.”
• Jocko has quite the insane sleep routine:
  • On a typical night, he goes to bed at 11 PM and wakes up at 4:30 AM
  • (He rarely consumes caffeine during the day)
  • Jocko appears to be one of those very rare humans that just needs less sleep
• On fasting:
  • Jocko does a 24-hour fast 1-2x a week and a 72-hour fast once per quarter
  • Peter does a 5-7 day fast once per quarter
  • During a prolonged fast, you start to experience the benefits of autophagy around day 3 (when damaged cells start dying off)
• Be smart enough to distinguish between quitting on a plan vs. quitting on a goal

Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.org



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In the second installment of this 2 part series, Jocko shares his sleep routine and attitude towards sleep, we talk about his meals (and occasional indulgences), his experience with fasting, and touch briefly on his workout routine. Jocko explains his approach to leading a family, instilling values in his kids, and working with others who may not share your same principles. We also find out what prompted Jocko to make discipline the underpinning principle of his life, when it might make sense to quit, and the philosophical topics such as free will, mindset, and whether or not you can change someone. We also discuss 9/11 and the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the future of warfare, and perhaps more importantly, how Jocko’s experience in combat has shaped and impacted his life to this day.

We discuss:

• Where was Jocko when the 9/11 attack occurred? What did he think? [5:45];
• How SEAL teams are structured, and which teams Jocko was on [10:45];
• War in Afghanistan: Unique challenges, how it differs from Iraq, and the lessons learned [13:00];
• Iraq War: Differing public opinions on war, Jocko’s experiences in Iraq, strategic mistake of ISIS, and the Saddam regime [19:15];
• The future of warfare: machine technology in war and medicine [27:30];
• Raising kids, instilling values, and leading a family [33:45];
• Sleep: Jocko’s habits, routine, and attitude towards sleep [40:15];
• When it makes sense to quit [53:30];
• What makes Jocko different, the existence of free will, and whether or not you can change people [1:01:45];
• How to work with people with a bad attitude and opposing mindset [1:07:45];
• Does Jocko ever indulge? Favorite foods and treats [1:11:00];
• Fasting and meal timing [1:16:30];
• Olivia (Peter’s daughter) interviews Jocko [1:21:45];
• What prompted Jocko to start prioritizing discipline in his life? [1:22:15];
• What does Jocko do in his workouts? [1:23:30];
• Where did the nickname, Jocko, come from? [1:24:20];
• Jocko’s favorite book, his best advice, and secret to getting up early [1:25:50];
• The impact that war had on Jocko [1:28:00]; and
• More.

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"There is no elevator to success; you have to take the stairs." — Julie Rice

Julie Rice (@julierice_) is an entrepreneur best known for co-founding the fitness phenomenon SoulCycle. Julie served as Co-CEO at SoulCycle from 2006 to 2015 before joining WeWork in November 2017.

Julie's life's work has been about building community, and these days she brings that focus to her new role at WeWork. At WeWork, Julie is approaching everything through the lens of community—she is focusing on WeWork's brand and the experience WeWork provides its members, and seeking new and innovative ways to grow and share the WeWork experience around the globe.

Julie lives in NYC with her husband Spencer and their two daughters, Phoebe and Parker. She is a board member of The Public Theater and Weight Watchers, as well as an advisor to the women's club The Wing.

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Important announcement from Tim below:

Hello, my lovelies!

From June – Dec, 2019, I’m removing ads and sponsors from the podcast for a six-month test. The podcast will continue to be 100% free for everyone. There will be no paywall, and no one has to pay for anything.

If interested, you can contribute a few dollars a month to support me doing more crazy experiments and initiatives, or to simply say “thank you” if any of my books, nearly 400 free podcasts, or 1,000+ free blog posts have had a positive impact on you or your loved ones.

Visit tim.blog/support to find out more and support.

Since the podcast has become the engine that fuels everything else, if this experiment doesn’t work out after six months, we’ll go back to sponsors. If it works, we’ll stay with fan-supported. Easy peasy.

So, why am I doing this? Two main reasons:

#1 – Sponsors and ads chew up a TON of time that I’d rather spend finding and doing cool things I can share with you. To be clear, I don’t think all advertising is evil. I turn away 90-plus percent of inquiries, personally test everything remaining, and then share the best. I feel good about that, BUT it consumes a lot of my time and energy. I would rather focus on finding, doing, and making cool things that I can share with you. That’s what I love, it’s what I’m good at, and it’s why many of you ended up reading my books or listening to the podcast in the first place.

#2 – Over the years, thousands of readers and fans have asked me, “How can I thank you?” Aside from the books, I’ve never sold any products, courses, or otherwise, nor do I plan to. Fan-supported subscriptions allow people to say “Thank you, and please do more.” If you want to help fuel more experiments, science, and exciting discoveries, you can easily sign up below and contribute to the cause. Think of it as a monthly gym membership for your mind and career. How much would you gladly pay for that?

Then, each time you hear a podcast episode (or see anything from me) that you consider life-changing and want to share with friends, you can smile, knowing that you helped to make it possible.

Please only contribute what you feel great about contributing. This is zero pressure, and I’m not mailing out any beer koozies or other crap you don’t want. I’ll just do and share more good stuff.

The lower tiers of support are roughly equal to four Starbucks cappuccinos per month, or one decent bottle of wine per month. The higher tiers of support are roughly equal to a gym membership, or a single dinner for two per month.

Visit tim.blog/support to find out more and support.

Celebrated Leadership Expert, Robin Sharma joins Moe Abdou to explore his path to personal mastery, heightened productivity, and sustained excellence.

Georgetown University science professor and author, Cal Newport, on the intersection of technology and culture.