By Alex & Books
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My guest today is Tiago Forte author of "Building a Second Brain."
Tiago Forte is one of the world’s foremost experts on productivity and has taught thousands of people around the world how timeless principles and the latest technology can revolutionize their productivity, creativity, and personal effectiveness.
Get his book here: https://amzn.to/3ghadcn
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[00:00-01:24] - What is a Second Brain?
[01:25] - How Tiago become a productivity expert
[03:15] - How to start building your second brain
[06:30] - What is the BEST note-taking app
[10:00] - Note-taking vs. Note-giving
[13:00] - Strategies for highlighting books/notes
[15:15] - Consuming information vs Applying information
[18:45] - Tiago's famous PARA framework
[22:30] - Lifechanging stories from building a second brain
[27:30] - Lessons from James Clear
[31:20] - Tiago's book-writing process
[37:15] - Read, learn, and APPLY
[38:30] - Key takeaways from "Building A Second Brain"
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My guest today is Jay Papasan, the co-author of The ONE Thing.
Jay Papasan is an NYT bestselling writer and business executive.
In this episode, Jay shares advice on how to be more productive by identifying and focusing on your most important task, how to create better to-do lists, why you shouldn’t multitask, tips on work/life balance, and much more.
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Hey everyone, I published my first book this week!
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My guest today is Sahil Lavingia, author of The Minimalist Entrepreneur.
Sahil Lavingia is the founder of Gumroad and an angel investor. Before that, he was employee #2 at Pinterest.
In this episode, Sahil shares advice on building a successful business, why you want to be a creator before becoming an entrepreneur, lessons learned from Naval Ravikant, and much more.
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My guest today is MJ DeMarco, author of The Great Rat Race Escape.
MJ DeMarco is an entrepreneur, investor, and bestselling author of The Millionaire Fastlane.
In this episode, MJ shares advice on how to escape the rat race, the myth about compounding interest making you rich, how to find the right business opportunity, advice he would give to a 21-year old kid today, and much more.
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My guest today is John Gray, author of Beyond Mars and Venus.
Dr. John Gray is the author of the classic dating book Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. His books have sold tens of millions of copies and have been translated into approximately 45 languages in more than 100 countries.
In this episode, John shares how relationship dynamics have changed over the past 20 years, why men need Cave Time to get in touch with their masculine side, why women need Talk Therapy to get in touch with their feminine side, why little things make a big difference for women, and much more about maintaining a happy relationship.
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My guest today is Nate Dallas, author of You’re Too Good To Feel This Bad.
Nate’s book is like 10 self-improvement books wrapped into one. He covers over several health-related topics such as sleep, breathing, diet, exercise, mindset, meditation, and many more areas that play a vital role in achieving better health.
Listen to this podcast to learn how to sleep better, why you should be breathing through your nose, why you should be drinking more water, why you need to be aware of your self-talk, how owning less stuff can improve your health, and much more.
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My guest today is Christian Busch, author of The Serendipity Mindset. His book is all about the art and science of creating good luck.
That’s right, luck is a skill that can be learned and improved upon. In our conversation, Christian explains the difference between blind luck and smart luck (AKA serendipity), how bad luck today can become good luck tomorrow, 10 tips to increase your luck, and much more.
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Learn more about Howard’s speed reading program at berglearning.com/a/alexbooks.
My guest today is Howard Berg, the author of Super Reading Secrets. Howard holds the Guinness record for being the world’s fastest reader, reading at 80 pages per minute.
In our conversation, Howard shares advice on how to read faster, bad habits that are slowing down your reading speed, how to take notes while reading, how to remember more of what you’ve read, and much more.
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My guest today is John David Mann, the author of How To Write Good (Or At Least, Gooder). John has coauthored over 30 books including The Go-Giver, The Latte Factor, The Slight Edge, and many more bestselling books.
In our conversation, John shares the three ingredients for good writing, how reading more will improve your writing, the writing process John used to write several bestselling books, the differences between traditional publishing and self-publishing, and much more.
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The podcast currently has 31 episodes available.