Discover your life’s passion & Life Lessons from the fittest 85-year-old you don't know of
Spend more time implementing wisdom, not collecting it.
Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu
Episode: Q&A on constructing your worldview
Are you waiting to discover your life’s passion? Don’t wait. Create your passions by exploring your curiosities and interests. Focus on things that come easy to you, then work hard on them.
Start by building your identity:
1) Study your mentors or people who inspire you deeply.
2) Follow and study people that empower you.
3) Try different things. Commit to doing the boring stuff. Figure out if you’re being lazy or you genuinely don’t care about this thing.
Become a great learner. Aim for the truth, not being right.
You don’t discover your ‘Why’. You build it by exploring the things you find interesting.
Struggling to choose which interests to pursue? Choose the one that directly moves you towards your goals and your dream life.
Happiness should not be left to chance. Happiness is biochemistry which can be hacked. Your brain can be trained and tricked to be happier.
Don’t lead with money. Care about people and help them. Lead with value.
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Tim Ferris Show Podcast
Episode#728: Legendary actor Scott Glenn - How to be super fit at 85, Lessons from Marlon Brando, How to pursue your passion
This is an episode you should listen to. Scott Glenn is the grandpa you want telling stories around a campfire.
Scott converted to the Jewish faith. His reason was that if his wife had a target on her back for being Jewish (due to anti-Semitism), then he wanted the same.
Life lessons - 1) If you love it, make it your life. 2) After being knocked down, always get back up. Get up Every time and go after what you want
Lao Tzu - The way of life. Be present in the moment. Dissolution of the Ego, the self. The mystical side of the faith is the practical side. The impractical side is the orthodoxy.
Orthodoxy claims that what is written in the religious text is the literal truth. Mysticism claims that it is poetry from God to teach humans how to live their lives.
Orthodoxy claims that if you follow certain rules, your soul will be fine. Mysticism is interested in the complete dissolution of the self - a true merger of the soul with the Divine.
To memorize something long, start at the end. This removes the anxiety about knowing the ending. Trailing an ending back to a beginning is much easier.
Don’t try to squeeze something out of a moment without waiting to see what the moment is presenting. Don’t always push your agenda. You will miss the magic.
Marlon Brando supported 2 villages in the Philippines from his pay that no one knew about.
Scott’s morning routine:
Wake up at 5:30 am. Vigorous ear massage and tapping (Chinese Medicine System)
Walk outside and hum. This activates the Vagas Nerve.
Take Vitamins and minerals and make the bed.
Russian special ops - Baby Fit Movements
At 85 years old, Scott can hold his breath for 1:40 minutes and firmly believes in breathwork and natural movements. He considers the diaphragm to be the most important muscle. He trains with Erwan Le Corre (MovNat)
To be a good student, be ready to fall on your ass in front of people.
Life lessons - 1) If you love it, make it your life. 2) After being knocked down, always get back up. Get up Every time and go after what you want.
This is one of my all-time favorite episodes on the Tim Ferris Podcast. Give it a listen. It’s worth it.
The Productivity Show: Asian Efficiency
Episode - Beyong the alarm clock ‘Rise Rituals’ & A guide to effective time audits
To become more productive, manage your time, energy, and attention.
Don’t create an elaborate 10-step morning routine. Instead. Think in categories. Categoric things that make you have a more productive day. Example: Category 1 - Movement & Exercise. Category 2 - Reading or Mindfulness
Instead of tracking every minute of your day, keep a rough log of how you spend your time. Write down blocks of time per task spent.
Review this log. You will find that you don’t spend your time on things you think you do.
Review your calendar at the end of the day to ensure you spent your time as allocated. Look for delegations or adjustments i.e. allocate more or less time for a specific task.
Create a list of things/projects you can ditch, push back on, or de-prioritize. Don’t ignore or push back on important categories such as health, exercise, and relationships.
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Huberman Lab Podcast
Episode: Asi Wind - What Magic and Mind Reading Reveal About The Brain
Smarter people are easier to fool by magic.
To a magician, empathy from the audience and a connection with them are more important than deception.
A great magician is constantly collecting data by presenting a series of words, phrases, and questions to routinely studied choices. No matter what choice the participant makes, that data provides the magician with possible outcomes with a high degree of certainty.
If you want to get good at something faster, study the subject intensely for a set amount of time, followed by gaps where there is no stimulation. Example: study hard for 30 minutes then go for a walk where you are not on your phone or listening to music etc. This will allow the brain to ingest and arrange all the information you just studied. Rinse and repeat.
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Relationship Advice Podcast
Episode 450: Fixing Common Relationship Issues with Kelli Miller
Two types of Love: 1) Beginning Love - Initial relationship stage driven by hormones 2. True Intimacy - More about safety, security
Do this if you're not having frequent sex with your partner anymore - Focus on sensation and connection with your partner, not an orgasm.
Don’t wait for intimacy to appear magically. Do more things that create intimacy. For example, Go for a hike with a waterfall at the end, go for a drive-thru movie night, etc. Be present during the activity.
If you fear that you are falling out of love with your partner, write a love letter to her/him. This will remind you why you fell in love with this person initially.
Create clear rules with your partner about not being on social media or phone. Example: no phones during dinner.
Thirst trapping: How do you handle your partner posting sexy selfies on social media? Ask him/her if they still need validation or attention from others. Do they not feel secure in your relationship or feel like you give them enough attention?
Use more ‘I’ sentences when communicating with your partner, especially during an argument. Example: I feel upset.
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Stuff you should know: Who is the man in the hole?
Amazon jungle still has many indigenous tribes who have no contact with the developed world. After he declined any help from the developed world, the Brazilian government provided over 3000 acres of land for this one man so he could live out his life in natural ways.
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Deep Questions with Cal Newport
Ep.292: Can A.I. empty my inbox?
AI tools such as ChatGPT are largely based on language models with limitations. A language model can’t look ahead and measure the impact of what you're about to do.
Currently, ChatGPT is good at summarising text but not so good at thoughtfully responding. It’s reasonably good but lacks the human touch.
AI needs multiple models, including language models, forecasting, planning engines, and probability models (symbolic reasoning) combined with psychological and interpersonal skills before you can hand over your inbox to AI. Much like this project from Meta
If you are scared of becoming obsolete as a software programmer because of AI, fear not. Software code and its application in daily life will increase due to AI. The demand for complex systems will grow. Focus on learning complex AI tools and codes to ensure you have the relevant skill set.
Don’t use ChatGPT for professional writing. Instead, use it for brainstorming ideas. Writing is thinking so don’t outsource it to AI.
For productivity, location and environment matter.
In a job, look for autonomy. Autonomy is a nutrient for motivation.
Plan in decades - 20s, 30s, 40s etc. What you want out of your 20s (i.e. adventure, experience) will be vastly different than your 40s (i.e. security, stability).
Create a vision with your partner that you both feel committed to.
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The Greg McKeown Podcast
Episode: The Art of Subtraction with Leidy Klotz Part 2
Solve by simplification first esp. technology. Think about removing existing technology before adding new ones.
Implement subtraction by writing down areas that take a lot of your time. List things you can say no to or remove to make this activity more efficient, or more fun.
Create a ’Say NO to’ list. Example: offer to party with friends over working on a side hustle. Every time you say no to this offer, write it down. You will be empowered by this.
What do you have to say NO to for you to say Yes to this? Ask this before you make decisions.
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My First Million
Episode: It’s the most taboo business model we have ever seen
If you cannot afford to freeze your eggs, look up this company
Co-fertility is a rising trend. This is where a guy donates the sperm to a female who is ovulating. The sperm is then injected into the ovulating female (sometimes using DIY kits). The success rate is decent.
It will be cool to see a collective regret scale on life decisions. Example: Of 100k surveyed, 5% regretted having children.
Parenting advice is a very profitable niche. Here is the business model: 1) Become a thought leader by providing good, relatable advice. 2) Create a community of followers on social media or blog 3) Create membership ~$200-$300/year. 4) Host paid live events and then sell a premium course for ~$1000. Miss Excel and V-shred use a similar model.
Quitting has a function. It’s harder to quit the slow burn of mediocrity. A thing that’s not taking all your attention but some. Some results are creating a lure for you to keep going. Something where you know your time will be better invested elsewhere. So, quit already.
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Beyond the To-Do List
Episode: Jeff Sieh on the rapidly
Descript - Text-based Ai editor
Ai artwork - Midjourney (can create images including text) or Dalle3.
Edit Ai generated images with Adobe - If your AI-generated image has 9 fingers, import it into Photoshop. Highlight the specific area you want to edit and Adobe will provide multiple options for you to replace it with. You can remove people from pictures also.
Text to video - Write a script and Ai will create a video
Ai can de-age movie actors - Harrison Ford in the latest StarWars movie was de-aged using Ai
Businesses that can use AI to create faster, more efficient workflows to serve their customers will win.
If you want to win with Ai, learn how to prompt it. Use tools like this to copy better prompts.
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