Aug 18, 2022
David Perell is prolific writer
and online educator, who runs a writing school called “Write of
Passage”. David also hosts the “The North Star Podcast” featuring
interviews with writers, athletes, and entrepreneurs.
Important Links:
- Website: https://perell.com/
- Writing School: https://writeofpassage.school/
- Friday Finds Links: https://perell.com/friday-finds-links/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/david_perell
Show
Notes:
- Origins of “Write of
Passage”
- Writing leads to
thinking
- David’s ever expanding
portfolio
- Live the life that you
teach
- Applying lessons from Disneyland
to a writing course
- Four Seasons of writing
education
- Ana’s success with David’s
course
- Writing as a career
transition
- Average course cohort
age
- Building a personal
monopoly
- Advice for an aspiring
creator
- Dive into the work of the people
you admire
- Managing fear of creating in
public
- The network age
- Building a product for
high-schoolers
- Finding your tribe on the
internet
- Going against the trend with
long-form essays
- Checklists and
prescriptions
- The cover band strategy for
investing
- Building an internet native
education system
- Schools stifling
creativity
- The Never-Ending
Now
Books
Mentioned:
- Zero to One; by Peter
Thiel
- One Summer: America, 1927; by
Bill Bryson
- The Status Game; by Will
Storr
- Invest Like the Best; by Jim
O'Shaughnessy