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Timestamps

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:01:53) What Are the Best Eye Exercises, Supplements, Food, Protection Practices for the Eye?

(00:33:55) Huberman Lab Premium

In the full AMA episode, we discuss:

Why We Yawn and Don't Yawn During Sleep

How to Stay Motivated and Overcome Lethargy in Learning

Title Card Photo Credit: Mike Blabac

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Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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Key Takeaways

• Check Out the Deep Questions Podcast Episode Page & Show Notes

Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.org

Are smartphones bad for kids? Cal walks through the data on this question, including how researchers came to be worried, their findings, critiques of their findings, and where we are today. He then gives recommendations for how to think about technology when it comes to your kids.

Below are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps). Get your questions answered by Cal! Here’s the link: bit.ly/3U3sTvo

Video from today’s episode:  youtube.com/calnewportmedia

Today’s Deep Question: Are smartphones bad for kids? [3:10]

- Is the deep life dull? [49:35]

- How do I stop doom-scrolling when I’m tired? [53:49]

- Are smartphones bad for older people? [57:35]

- How does Cal decide to adopt new technology or software? [1:02:06]

- How do I stay deep while traveling at conferences? [1:06:33]

The Books Cal read in March 2023 [1:12:38]

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Episode 445: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk with Martin Shkreli (@marty_catboy), aka "the most hated man in America", about how he got started in pharma, his logic behind raising the price of Daraprim, why he spent time in prison, and what business he's starting now.

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* Hampton

* Ideation Bootcamp

* Copy That

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* Power Writing Course

* Daily Newsletter

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Links:

*Dr. Gupta AI

*@martinshkreli15 (Instagram)

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Show Notes:

(00:30) - Intro to Martin Shkreli

(02:10) - When Martin worked with Jim Cramer

(23:00) - How he turned $2M into $1B in pharma

(35:40) - Why did you jack up the price of the drugs?

(54:20) - What do you do with your money?

(01:00:33) - The Fun Strikes Back Movement

(01:08:30) - Introducing Martin's New Company: Dr. Gupta AI

(01:33:50) - Who are your heroes?

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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.

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Additional episodes you might enjoy:

• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits

• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future

• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto

* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett

• ​​​​#218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates

• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More

• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More

Episode 448: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talks with David Senra (@FoundersPodcast), Founder of Founder's podcast, about his love of podcasting, how to become a killer in business, and life lessons from successful entrepreneurs.

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

* Hampton

* Ideation Bootcamp

* Copy That

Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

* Power Writing Course

* Daily Newsletter

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Links:

*Founders podcast

*James Dyson's autobiography

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Show Notes:

(02:25) - What did you do before Founders?

(03:55) - How big is the podcast?

(10:40) - How many books do you read?

(18:50) - The difference between pretty good and killers

(21:00) - Can you make yourself a killer?

(28:20) - Finding good industries to get into

(46:20) - Lessons from meeting Sam Zell and Charlie Munger

(59:20) - What is next for you?

(01:17:25) - Chuck Yeager

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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.

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Additional episodes you might enjoy:

• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits

• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future

• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto

* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett

• ​​​​#218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates

• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More

• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More

What I learned from reading Against the Odd: An Autobiography by James Dyson for the 4th time.

In this episode, I explore the science of mental visualization and its application for learning motor and cognitive skills. I discuss neuroplasticity-based skill development and the roles of focus, sleep, movement restriction, and agitation. I then present five key principles of mental visualization to enhance learning speed, accuracy, and consistency. I also provide examples of specific protocols, including repetitions, rest periods, and session frequency, and how to adapt these methods for injuries or breaks from traditional training. Throughout, I reference the scientific studies supporting these concepts. This episode should allow anyone to learn or teach more effectively through the use of mental visualization and training.

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Timestamps

(00:00:00) Mental Training & Visualization

(00:04:46) Sponsors: LMNT, Maui Nui, Eight Sleep

(00:08:04) Developmental vs. Adult Neuroplasticity

(00:11:42) Learning New Skills: Focus & Sleep

(00:14:49) Long-Term Potentiation (LTP), Long-Term Depression (LTD) & New Skills

(00:23:42) Principle #1: Very Brief, Simple, Repeated Visualization

(00:29:36) Sponsor: AG1 (Athletic Greens)

(00:30:51) Principle #2: Mental Training Cannot Replace Real Training

(00:37:36) Principle #3: Combining Real & Mental Training

(00:43:17) Principle #4: Assigning Real-World Labels to Visualizations

(00:50:37) Principle #5: Mental Imagery Equivalence to Real-World Perception

(00:55:28) Tools: Effective Mental Training: Epochs, Repetitions, Sets & Frequency

(01:03:43) Sponsor: InsideTracker

(01:05:00) Adding Mental Training; Injury, Travel or Layoffs

(01:11:09) Timing of Mental Training & Sleep

(01:15:17) Role of Gender & Age on Mental Training

(01:17:10) First-Person vs. Third-Person Visualization; Eyes Open vs. Closed

(01:23:53) Physical Skills, Motor Cortex & Cerebellum

(01:31:15) “Go” & “No-Go” Pathways

(01:34:19) Stop-Signal Task, Withholding Action

(01:44:19) Aphantasia, Synesthesia; Social Cognition

(01:52:58) Mental Training Practice & Benefits

(01:57:36) Zero-Cost Support, YouTube Feedback, Spotify & Apple Reviews, Sponsors, Momentous, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter

Title Card Photo Credit: Mike Blabac

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Episode 446: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talks with Ramit Sethi (@ramit) about his new Netflix show, "How To Get Rich" and the "I Will Teach You To Get Rich" podcast, learning to spend money on what you love, how to stand out, and what books he's reading.

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

* Hampton

* Ideation Bootcamp

* Copy That

Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

* Power Writing Course

* Daily Newsletter

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Links:

*"How To Get Rich" - Netflix

*I Will Teach You To Be Rich

*Delegate and Done

*The Luxury Strategy

*Kapferer On Luxury

*Unreasonable Hospitality

*Customers for Life

*Power of the Past

*The Color of Law

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Show Notes:

(01:15) - Ramit's Netflix Show

(06:40) - How Ramit got good with money

(13:25) - Making money vs managing money vs spending money

(35:15) - What do you love spending money on?

(42:35) - How much do you spend on your life?

(47:30) - What is it like to shoot a Netflix show?

(55:40) - How to stand out?

(01:05:30) - Would you ever sell?

(01:19:25) - What are you reading recently?

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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.

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Additional episodes you might enjoy:

• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits

• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future

• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto

* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett

• ​​​​#218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates

• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More

• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More

When most people think of psychopaths, they think of uniformly monstrous characters who lack empathy and conscience.

But my guest says that those characteristics are just one part of the spectrum of traits that make up psychopathy, and while always having these traits turned up high is indeed bad, when employed to certain degrees in certain circumstances, they can actually be utilized for adaptive, positive ends.

Kevin Dutton is a researcher of experimental psychology at Oxford and the author of The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success. Today on the show, Kevin first defines what makes psychopaths, psychopaths, and how they differ from sociopaths. He describes how psychopathic traits can be particularly useful in some professions and which professions attract the most psychopaths. In the second half of our conversation, Kevin lays out his argument for why he thinks the Apostle Paul was a psychopath and how that’s actually what made him such an effective evangelist. At the end of our conversation, Kevin offers a test that assesses psychopathy; stay tuned to find out if I’m a psychopath and take the test yourself to see if you are.

Infinite Loops

Key Takeaways

• Check out Infinite Loops Podcast Episode Page & Show Notes

Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.org

Alex Danco returns for his seventh (yes, SEVENTH) appearance on Infinite Loops to discuss, as usual, pretty much everything other than the topics we had prepared in advance.

This week, we discuss: The two types of lawyers, what Alex learned from reading Don Quixote, Elon the Reply Guy, the psychology of Seinfeld, the best Wall Street Movies, and much more.

Important Links:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Alex_Danco
• Website: https://alexdanco.com/
• Newsletter: https://danco.substack.com/

Show Notes:

• The two kinds of lawyers
• Medicine, placebo, Don Quixote & theatre
• Heroes, villains & main characters
• Elon the Reply Guy
• Safe words, scams & narrative collapse
• Self-deception is multiplayer
• The psychology of Seinfeld
• To what extent are great innovations already baked into the systems?
• Margin Call: The two schools of thought
• The best Wall Street movies
• MUCH more!

Books Mentioned:

• The Theory And Practice Of Gamesmanship Or The Art Of Winning Games Without Actually Cheating; by Stephen Potter
• Don Quixote; by Miguel de Cervantes
• The Fifth Science; by Exurb1a
• The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It; by Will Storr
• The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History; by Howard K. Bloom
• Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships; by Eric Berne
• Mendel's Dwarf; by Simon Mawer
• The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine; by Michael Lewis
• The Bonfire of the Vanities; by Tom Wolfe
• The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron; by Peter Elkind & Bethany McLean

Knowledge Project

Key Takeaways 

• Be the same person at work as you are at home 
• Earned success is the key to happiness
• Understand that reality hits you at every moment and that there are costs to not embracing it
• Understand what it is you are actually betting on when you make an investment 
• Write about the topics that you actually care about; do not write about what you think someone else will think is interesting 
• “It’s easier to hold your principles 100 percent of the time than it is to hold them 98 percent of the time.” – Dr. Clayton Christensen
• Leaders often spend more time worrying about the 95% of people delivering 10% of the value compared to worrying about the 5% of people that deliver 90% of the value
• Your role as a leader might be to find a handful of people that will change the trajectory of a company 
• “The main thing is keeping the main thing the main thing.” – Jim Barksdale
• Good decision-makers do not confuse activity with insight 
• You can bounce back from any mistake other than a mistake of integrity 
• “I think all you can really do as a leader of a company is have people believe that the decisions you’re making are always in the best interest of the company.” – Ravi Gupta 

Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.org



One of the main jobs Ravi Gupta has as a partner at venture capital giant Sequoia Capital is to help founders see the difference between fantasy and reality. On this episode of The Knowledge Project, Gupta dives deep into a wide range of topics that will help you better understand the realities of success, decision making, why it’s crucial to practice doing things you don’t want to do, the best advice he ever received, and the value of quality over quantity.   Gupta has served as a partner at Sequoia Capital since 2019. Prior to joining the world of venture capital he served as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for Instacart, and he also spent a decade working in private equity with KKR & Co. 

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