*LIVE* episode 41 with Henry and Dylan.

Read today's BOOK CLUB BOOK:
The Coddling Of The American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt

Dishin' out Smart Nonsense about:

• HOW YOU are being coddled
• The THREE great untruths
• Prepare your child for the road, not the road for the child

Links

• The Coddling Of The American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
• Friend Chats: Active vs Passive Investing—what’s better? | Smart Nonsense Pod #20
• Book Club: Excellent Sheep Pt. 1 | Smart Nonsense Pod #34
• Book Club: Excellent Sheet Pt. 2 | Smart Nonsense Pod #35
• The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
• Excellent Sheep by William Deresiewicz
• Range by David Epstein
• The Better Angels Of Our Nature by Steven Pinker
• The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
• How To Become Batman | Invisibilia | NPR
• 25 Things I Wish I Knew As A Freshman In College | Henry Belcaster 
• New Zealand's School Without Rules | SBS Dateline
• CNN
• Fox News

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Episode 40 with Dylan—Today he's talking with Jennie Dyer, a hometown friend who is currently getting her doctorate in occupational therapy from Duquesne University.

Dishin' out Smart Nonsense about:

• JENNIE DYER: Going in-depth with an occupational therapist
• The main reason most people FAIL in building healthy habits
• Discover how to SUCCEED when motivations wane

Links

• Connect with Jennie:
  • Website | Instagram 
• Friend Chats: How to Build Habits You Crave | Smart Nonsense Pod #26
• Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg
• The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
• Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini
• Duquesne University
• Quinnipiac University
• The Office | IMDb
• Carl Rogers
• LinkedIn

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Episode 39 with Henry and Dylan.

Read today's BOOK CLUB BOOK:
Anything You Want by Derek Sivers

Dishin' out Smart Nonsense about:

• Anything You Want: A counterintuitive book for designing your dream business
• How to QUANTIFY the value of an idea
• The importance of REJECTING formalities

Links

• Step-by-Step Guide to Hiring Virtual Assistants | Smart Nonsense Pod #32
• Anything You Want by Derek Sivers
• The Third Door by Alex Banayan
• Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh
• Derek Sivers on Developing Confidence, Finding Happiness, and Saying "No" to Millions | The Tim Ferriss Show
• Tim Ferriss Interviews Noah Kagan of AppSumo.com | CreativeLive
• The 6 LIFE LESSONS For Every 25-30 Year Old | Gary Vee & Lewis Howes 
• Hiring Lessons from Elon Musk | Recruiterbox
• Kevin Kelly
• CD Baby
• Andreessen Horowitz
• Warby Parker
• Silicon Valley
• Ford
• Tesla
• Xfinity

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Episode 38 with Henry and Dylan.

Dishin' out Smart Nonsense about:

• 3 pet peeves that drive us CRAZY
• Screw gifts—buy these instead
• A MINDSET that’s essential for growth

Links

• Book Club: Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss Pt. 1 | Smart Nonsense Pod #22
• Book Club: Never Split the Difference Pt. 2 | Smart Nonsense Pod #23
• Friend Chats: Should you vault out of finance? | Smart Nonsense Pod #31
• Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio
• Paddle Your Own Canoe by Nick Offerman
• The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz
• The Adventures of Johnny Bunko by Daniel H. Pink
• Never Split the Difference by Christopher Voss and Tahl Raz
• SomeGoodNews | John Krasinski
• The Most Feared and Well-Liked Journalist in Silicon Valley – Kara Swisher | The Tim Ferriss Show
• Tribe of Mentors | The Tim Ferriss Show
• The Daily | The New York Times
• Newsletters | The New York Times
• Scott Adams
• Joe Biden
• Ray Dalio
• Tesla
• Bridgewater Associates

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Episode 37 with Henry and Dylan—Today they're talking with Avthar Sewrathan, a Princeton CS grad who founded Afari, and is now currently working as a developer advocate.

Dishin' out Smart Nonsense about:

• Avthar Sewrathan: Inside the MIND of a developer advocate
• Learn how PROBLEMS build companies
• Dylan’s INSANE automation system you need to uncover

Links

• Book Club: I Will Teach You to Be Rich Pt. 1 | Smart Nonsense Pod #15
• Pod Club: Interview with Kevin Kelly—Co-Founder of Wired & Most Interesting Man In The World?—on Tim Ferriss Show | Smart Nonsense Pod #25
• Why you DON’T need career plans | Smart Nonsense Pod #28
• Step-by-Step Guide to Hiring Virtual Assistants | Smart Nonsense Pod #32
• 3 Lessons from Working for a YouTuber | Smart Nonsense Pod #33
• Avthar Sewrathan | Twitter | YouTube
• Avthar’s Articles:
  • Starter Kit: Your Reflected Best Self (RBS) | Avthar
  • Princeton Talk: Self-Awareness and Finding Your Fit | Avthar
  • The Resume is Dead. And Content Killed it | Avthar 
  • What the heck is a Developer Advocate? | Avthar
  • Founder Mentality | Avthar
• The Tim Ferriss Show: Interview of Kevin Kelly, Co-Founder of WIRED, Polymath, Most Interesting Man In The World? | The Tim Ferriss Show
• Matt Mullenweg on Polyphasic Sleep, Tequila, and Building Billion-Dollar Companies | The Tim Ferriss Show
• How to Get Rich: Every Episode | Naval
• Gary Vaynerchuk | Podcast
• Joe Rogan - How To Workout Smarter | Firas Zahabi | YouTube
• How to ACTUALLY Stick to Your Goals and Routines | Noah Kagan
• Andrew Schulz | YouTube
• Liam Thompson | YouTube
• The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss
• Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh
• I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi

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Episode 36 with Henry and Dylan.

Dishin' out Smart Nonsense about:

• CHINA: A journey to the other side of the world
• Two sides of China you MUST explore
• Avoid crowds with this Great Wall hack

Links

• Pod Club: Interview with Kevin Kelly—Co-Founder of Wired & Most Interesting Man In The World?—on Tim Ferriss Show | Smart Nonsense Pod #25
• Summer Palace
• Tiananmen Square
• Juliulin Roast Duck Shop
• Trump Tower Hotel | Dylan Jardon | Instagram
• My Friends In China | China Travel Vlog (2019) | Henry Belcaster
• Inside China's Ghost Cities | 60 Minutes Australia
• China's Real Estate Bubble | 60 Minutes
• A Surveillance Net Blankets China’s Cities, Giving Police Vast Powers | Paul Mozur and Aaron Krolik | The New York Times
• Duolingo
• Airbnb
• Amtrak
• Snapchat

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Episode 35 with Henry and Dylan.

Read today's BOOK CLUB BOOK:
Excellent Sheep by William Deresiewicz

Dishin' out Smart Nonsense about:

• Excellent Sheep: The linear path does NOT exist
• Find out why we MUST dissociate researchers from teachers
• Why you SHOULDN’T get a STEM degree

Links

• Book Club: Excellent Sheep Pt. 1 | Smart Nonsense Pod #34
• Friend Chats: Active vs Passive Investing—what’s better? | Smart Nonsense Pod #20
• Friend Chats: Consultant or Scuba Diver? Pt. 1 | Smart Nonsense Pod #29
• Friend Chats: The Cost of NOT Chasing Your Dreams Pt. 2 | Smart Nonsense Pod #30
• Friend Chats: Should you vault out of finance? | Smart Nonsense Pod #31
• Excellent Sheep by William Deresiewicz
• A Solution for Bad Teaching | Adam Grant | The New York Times
• First Principles: Elon Musk on the Power of Thinking for Yourself | James Clear
• First Principles: The Building Blocks of True Knowledge | Farnam Street
• Breaking Up with Your Parents | Cora Frazier | The New Yorker
• MIT Challenge | Scott H. Young
• Matt Mullenweg on Polyphasic Sleep, Tequila, and Building Billion-Dollar Companies (#61) | The Tim Ferriss Show
• Mark Rober | YouTube
• Wait But Why
• WordPress
• Habitat for Humanity
• Silicon Valley
• Albert Einstein
• Stephen Hawking
• Steve Jobs
• Jordan Belfort
• Jonathan Haidt

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Episode 34 with Henry and Dylan.

Read today's BOOK CLUB BOOK:
Excellent Sheep by William Deresiewicz

Dishin' out Smart Nonsense about:

• Excellent Sheep: The herd mentality
• Discover the arc of COLLEGE history
• Conflating research with teaching

Links

• Excellent Sheep by William Deresiewicz
• Pod Club: Gary Vee on Aubrey Marcus Podcast Pt. 1 | Smart Nonsense Pod #9
• Pod Club: Gary Vee on Aubrey Marcus Podcast Pt. 2 | Smart Nonsense Pod #10
• The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
• How to Get Rich | Naval
• The Gettysburg Address | NPR
• Pre-enrollment Material, 1935-1936 | John F. Kennedy - Presidential Library And Museum
• Steve Jobs
• Bob Dylan
• William Deresiewicz
• Naval Ravikant
• Woodstock
• Call of Duty
• Sputnik 1

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Episode 33 with Henry and Dylan.

Read tomorrow's BOOK CLUB BOOK:
Excellent Sheep by William Deresiewicz

Dishin' out Smart Nonsense about:

• The common MISCONCEPTIONS we have about dating companies
• Dylan’s THREE killer startup mentalities 
• How you SHOULD design your company—the Gary Vee and Tim Ferriss way

Links

• Book Club: Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss Pt. 1 | Smart Nonsense Pod #22
• Book Club: Never Split the Difference Pt. 2 | Smart Nonsense Pod #23
• Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
• Ready, Fire, Aim by Michael Masterson
• The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber
• Crushing It! by Gary Vaynerchuk
• Excellent Sheep by William Deresiewicz
• Pick a Business Model With Leverage | Naval
• Tim Ferriss, Tribe Of Mentors, Advice For Entrepreneurs & International Students | GaryVee TV
• Bold Introvert | YouTube
• Zencastr
• Slack
• Zoom
• Monday.com
• Facetime

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Episode 32 with Henry and Dylan.

Read tomorrow's BOOK CLUB BOOK:
Excellent Sheep by William Deresiewicz

Dishin' out Smart Nonsense about:

• Virtual Assistants: The freedom and help you never knew you NEEDED
• Dylan’s email system: A GOLD mine that helps you systematize hiring
• The SACRIFICE you need to make to have the best team

Links

• OnlineJobs | ph
• Fiverr
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
• The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss
• 3 Things You Need to Be a Disruptor in Any Business | GaryVee TV
• The Most Feared and Well-Liked Journalist in Silicon Valley – Kara Swisher | The Tim Ferriss Show
• Set an Aspirational Hourly Rate | Naval
• Upwork
• eBay
• Zoom
• IGTV | Instagram Blog
• Craigslist
• WhatsApp

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