Transcendence with Jack Moses

Connor Widmaier is an online writer, Twitter growth coach, and master of sales and persuasion.

He currently lives in Germany, knows 3 languages, and is a full-time internet entrepreneur.

In this episode, expect to learn:

• How standup comedy helped Connor overcome social anxiety


• How finding Naval changed his life


• The beauty of learning new languages


• How dating, persuasion, and sales are all strikingly similar


• Why Connor is pivoting from ghostwriting to coaching


• How to create an irresistible coaching offer


• and much, much more…

Connor's links:

https://twitter.com/CopyWriteConnor

https://www.youtube.com/connorwidmaier

My links:

https://linktr.ee/jackmoses0

Timestamps

0:00 Intro

00:51 English teacher to Internet entrepreneur

3:12 Finding Naval

7:23 Germany

10:38 Learning languages

24:10 Starting a newsletter

29:14 Persuasion and Dating

34:15 Optimism around personal branding

37:39 Pivoting from ghostwriting to coaching

50:31 A > B

54:08 Standup comedy

58:30 Shedding old identities

1:05:26 “Thought mistake”

1:06:33 Daily routine

1:10:13 Living without a car

1:12:33 Next moves for us

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jackmoses.substack.com

Leon Perkins is an online fitness coach from the UK who specializes in helping busy guys get jacked training only 3 hours a week.

In this episode, expect to learn about why starting an online business is the only way to create the life of your dreams, how to naturally increase your testosterone, why the creator economy is the future, and how to navigate dating in the modern world.

Leon's links:

https://leonlifedesign.ck.page/fa71e359f9

https://twitter.com/LeonLifeDesign

My links:

https://linktr.ee/jackmoses0

Timestamps

0:00 Intro

0:28 Instagram fitness influencers

3:29 Background in fitness

5:51 Getting into fitness Twitter

12:00 Online business is the only way to get your dream life

18:20 Moving to South America

22:34 Becoming a sovereign individual

25:28 Training philosophies and dieting

32:35 Supplementation

34:45 Testosterone

42:14 Nailing the fundamentals

45:27 Talking to girls in coffee shops

52:38 How to approach the date

55:21 Dating apps

59:19 Letting people down easy

1:01:49 Meeting through the Internet

1:05:47 Optimism and the creator economy

1:13:04 Next year

1:14:09 Staying in school?

1:19:02 Patience

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jackmoses.substack.com

Tyler Remez is a marketer, writer, and Twitter ghostwriter. He's grown his following to over 7000 followers in just a few months on Twitter, and shares tips on marketing, writing, and online business.

In this conversation, we talked about a wide variety of topics like the transition from being a frat bro to an entrepreneur, carrying over habits from sports to business, and the power of investing in coaching.

Tyler's links:

https://twitter.com/TyRemez

https://marketmischief.beehiiv.com/subscribe

https://growgru.carrd.co/

My links:

https://linktr.ee/jackmoses0

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:56 Why the leap to entrepreneurship?

3:09 Video games

5:17 Investing in coaching

9:44 Hardest part of getting into entrepreneurship

11:04 Daily routine

15:14 Alcohol

19:00 Habits during covid

21:32 Getting recruited for football

24:05 Carrying over habits from football

26:34 Finding more ways to play

29:42 Flow state

33:35 Most impactful book

36:20 Ideal Sunday

39:05 What gets you out of bed

40:05 Kids?

40:35 Dating?

45:39 What is success?

48:29 Entrepreneurial tendencies as a kid

53:09 What’s next?

54:58 Reassessing risk

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jackmoses.substack.com

Peter Skoronski is an NFL draft prospect from Northwestern University. He is one of the top prospects in this year's upcoming draft and is a projected first-round pick, with many mock drafts slotting him in the top ten.

At Northwestern, Peter was named to the All-Big Ten Second Team during his freshman and sophomore years and was a first-team all-conference selection as well as offensive lineman of the year during his junior year. In high school, he was ranked a 5-star prospect by multiple recruiting services.

In this episode, we talked about Peter's feelings going into the draft, where his self-belief comes from, overcoming imposter syndrome, his grandfathers legacy, and much more.

Pete's links:

https://www.instagram.com/peterskoronski/

https://twitter.com/pskoronski

https://www.nfl.com/prospects/peter-skoronski/3200534b-4f46-7199-f435-c28e7b2fe41f

My stuff:

https://linktr.ee/jackmoses0

Timestamps

00:00 Intro

00:32 Going into the draft

2:37 Juggling academics and football

4:33 Workout schedule for combine

8:01 Staying focused

13:03 Self-belief

19:15 Looking forward to winning

20:48 Facing grown men

22:15 Playing guard vs. tackle

26:25 Natural athleticism

27:30 Studying his grandfather

31:10 Who Pete studies now

33:50 Speed round

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jackmoses.substack.com

Calum Johnson left his 9-5 job as a strategy consultant to go all in on a crazy idea:

Starting a podcast.

"The Calum Johnson Show" is a podcast where Calum interviews others who are relentlessly pursuing their passions in the world and has featured some incredible guests such as Sahil Bloom, Jack Butcher, Zach Pogrob, Dakota Robertson, and many more.

In this episode, you can expect to learn about the art of podcasting, why podcasting is such an incredible medium, being polarizing, what leverage really is, and much more...

Calum's Links:

https://twitter.com/calum_johnson9

https://www.youtube.com/@calumjohnson9180

https://www.instagram.com/thecalumjohnsonshow/

https://open.spotify.com/show/0fAYBfTsNdUsqcqSMIfq6g

My Links:

https://linktr.ee/jackmoses0

https://twitter.com/jackmoses0

https://weekenddrift.beehiiv.com/

Timestamps

00:00 Intro

01:14 Why podcasting?

9:20 Everyone can find their “thing”

15:48 Podcasting as a medium

20:08 What is leverage?

25:35 Falling in love with podcasting

32:05 Telling people you’re a podcaster

33:30 Why don’t people do what they love

36:17 Action precedes confidence

47:49 Pre-podcast routine

57:28 Being present vs. asking questions

1:03:20 Podcasters to look up to

1:08:51 Being polarizing

1:13:44 How can you get in touch with your authentic self?

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jackmoses.substack.com

Danny Miranda is the host of the Danny Miranda Podcast, where he interviews what he calls the happiest, healthiest, and wisest people in the world. Some of his biggest guests include Gary V, Derek Sivers, Sahil Bloom, Chris Williamson, Sam Paar, Dickie Bush, and so many more. He has published over 334 episodes and is in the top 1% of all podcasts worldwide.

Danny also has a strong social media presence on Instagram and Twitter and actually calls himself a writer before a podcaster.

In this episode, Danny and I talked about how he got into entrepreneurship after some rough times in 2019, how he got into podcasting, what he learned by doing a 5-day solo retreat in a cabin, and how he deals with the thought that one day he will be famous.

This was my favorite episode yet. I had a ton of fun in this conversation, and I think you'll enjoy it as well.

Danny links:

https://linktr.ee/heydannymiranda

https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda

https://www.instagram.com/heydannymiranda/

My links:

https://linktr.ee/jackmoses0

Timestamps

0:00 Intro

00:39 Danny’s ideal day

3:37 Dark times in 2019

7:08 The gradual slide into entrepreneurship

9:18 Writer before podcaster

13:49 Being prepared and being present

17:05 5-day retreat in a cabin

23:58 5 years to reinvent yourself

26:45 Podcasting is the ultimate life hack

30:20 What podcasters do you look up to

35:24 Book?

39:15 Put in the reps

40:18 Being famous

42:30 Purpose

50:24 Next year

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jackmoses.substack.com

Taylin Simmonds is a writer on Twitter and a content marketing agency owner who scaled his agency to over $500k in annual revenue in under a year. Just in the past year Taylin quit his job as a college music teacher to pursue ghostwriting and growing his personal brand full-time and has grown his Twitter to over 28k followers.

In this conversation, Taylin and I talked about the struggles he had to go through to get to this point, how much life can change in a year, what it means to become a well-rounded man, and a lot more.

Taylin’s Twitter:

https://twitter.com/TaylinSimmonds

My links:

https://linktr.ee/jackmoses0

Timestamps

00:00 Intro

02:33 Getting into ghostwriting

08:45 Taking action and saying f**k it

11:47 Going through struggle

19:25 Detaching from social media

22:45 The future of ghostwriting

30:09 The next step after ghostwriting

34:03 Taylin’s community

37:00 Escaping the matrix

40:14 Sacrificing profits now for personal brand

44:55 Thinking about the future

49:32 Dakota Robertson interrupts

53:00 Becoming a well rounded man

58:01 The paradox of choice

1:02:03 Minimizing distractions while traveling

1:08:00 Challenging beliefs

1:16:11 Writing a book

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jackmoses.substack.com

Roobz is a writer on Twitter and a psychology student. She has grown a following of over 44,000 followers on Twitter through her writing about psychology and spirituality and also runs a mentorship coaching program for people looking to elevate their own lives.

In this episode, Roobz and I talked about the role of religion in the modern world, modern dating, controversial figures like Andrew Tate and Jordan Peterson, the role of God in relation to evolutionary psychology, and much more.

I really enjoyed this conversation and learned a ton, and I think you will as well.

Also, apologies for the lag two times in this video. Currently sharing wifi with a couple of roommates and the connection lagged a few times in the audio.

Roobz's Twitter:

https://linktr.ee/__roobz

My links

https://linktr.ee/jackmoses0

Timestamps

0:52 Leaving Ohio State

2:00 You can’t appreciate heaven unless you’ve seen hell

8:00 Stoicism and religion

10:47 Carl Jung and Jordan Peterson

20:45 What do we worship now?

25:52 Can we return to religion?

30:01 Andrew Tate

32:30 Polarity and ideology

34:02 God and evolutionary psychology

45:00 Dating apps and dating

47:30 Psychoanalyzing

49:45 Roobz’s future plans

56:44 Aging in experiences vs years

1:00:30 Pushing through discomfort & failure

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jackmoses.substack.com

Juan Gomez is a writer, video editor, and content creator on Twitter and Instagram.  

He burst onto the Twitter scene after being hired as Nicholas Cole and Dickie Bush’s video editor after sending a shot in the dark cold DM. Since then, he’s built his following on Twitter to over 1000 followers by writing about media leverage, self-improvement, and masculinity.

In this episode, Juan and I talked about writing on Twitter, the one-person business model, the story of how he became Dickie and Nicholas’s editor, masculinity and manhood, and a lot more. I had a ton of fun chatting with Juan, and I think you’ll really enjoy this conversation too.

Juan’s links:

 https://twitter.com/Juanico__

 https://www.instagram.com/juanico__g/

 https://vimeo.com/760855227  

My links: 

linktr.ee/jackmoses0  

Timestamps

0:47 Starting to write on Twitter 

7:00 The one-person business model 

15:27 Being Dickie Bush’s video editor  

20:00 Finding something that feels like “play” 

25:07 How AI can impact work 

27:41 Habit tracking and productivity  

35:24 Planning for the future  

39:48 Masculinity and manhood 

46:31 Becoming a well-rounded man 

50:01 Next 6-12 months

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jackmoses.substack.com

Fernando Cao Zheng is a writer and ghostwriter on Twitter. He is currently a management consultant in the UK, however, he is in the process of escaping his 9-5 by becoming a Twitter ghostwriter. 

In this episode, Fernando and I talked about why he's escaping the 9-5, how he's using Twitter and Twitter ghostwriting as his ticket to financial and geographic freedom, and what our dream lives look like in the future.

Fernando's links:

https://twitter.com/thefernandocz

digitalmastery.beehiiv.com

My links:

https://linktr.ee/jackmoses0

Timestamps

0:37 Glitch in the matrix

4:22 Getting into self improvement

14:00 Management consulting

19:04 Leaving the 9-5

24:00 Investing in yourself

25:17 Scarcity mindset

37:00 Anyone can “make it”

41:14 Thinking in the long term

42:30 Debate on giveaways

46:10 Ideal future

52:00 Dreaming BIG

59:15 Momentum

1:02:05 Healthy Competition

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jackmoses.substack.com