Eric Jorgenson is the author of The Almanack Of Naval Ravikant (over 1 million copies sold) and The Anthology of Balaji (https://www.amazon.com/Anthology-Balaji-Technology-Building-Future/dp/1544542917).
0:00 Intro
1:28 Living In Shoes Of Naval & Balaji Srinivasan
2:41 How Does It Feel To Sell 1 Million Copies?
7:02 Did Balaji Scare Eric?
11:48 How Did Balaji’s Formative Stories Shape His Worldview?
14:12 Tech Optimism
20:01 How To Be More Optimistic?
24:23 What’s It Like As CEO Of Scribe?
28:02 How Do You Work Through Pain?
31:10 Even-Keeled Nature
34:31 Overconsuming Novelty, Underconsuming Purpose
39:51 What’s Eric’s Purpose?
45:20 What Did Eric Lack As A Child?
47:51 Oil, Steel, & Garages Started In Garages
49:21 When Did Eric Get Interested In Technology?
52:41 Why Do We Take Everything For Granted?
56:12 Longevity
1:00:03 Write Out Your Goals
1:00:51 Alignment Dashboard
1:04:21 What Outcome Am I Optimizing For?
1:06:02 Who’s The Happiest Person On Earth?
1:08:01 Is Balaji Happy?
1:09:41 Expansion + Learning
1:15:51 The End Is Just The Beginning
1:17:02 Challenge
Eric's Links
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EricJorgenson
The Anthology of Balaji: https://www.amazon.com/Anthology-Balaji-Technology-Building-Future/dp/1544542917
The Almanack of Naval: https://www.amazon.com/Almanack-Naval-Ravikant-Wealth-Happiness/dp/B08XN41TSS
My Links
🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda
🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda
🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda
📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda
❓ Course: https://www.artofinterviewing.com