Oct 10, 2024
“Ignoring what is obvious incurs a huge cost.
It requires you to go about your day numbing yourself to the reality of who you are and what you want—which is a waste of time for you and everyone around you.
By contrast, admitting what is obvious is freeing and motivating. But it’s terrifying to do it. Sometimes the...
Oct 3, 2024
My guest today is Dr. Gena Gorlin, a psychologist specializing in the unique needs of the ultra-ambitious.
Unlike many in her field. Gena doesn’t aim to simply lift the floor of her clients’ ambitions — she wants to raise the ceiling.
In this episode, she breaks down the “Builder Mindset” - a way of thinking...
Sep 26, 2024
“Most people don’t want to acknowledge the uncomfortable truth that distraction is always an unhealthy escape from reality.”
My latest guest, Nir Eyal, writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. Nir previously taught as a Lecturer in Marketing at the Stanford...
Sep 19, 2024
As the saying goes, only three things in life are certain: death, taxes & Alex Danco.
Armed with sizzling hot takes on the sad death of Twitter likes and a new secret weapon in the form of his catchphrase-turned-episode theme (“Without mystery, there is no margin”), Alex returns for his eighth episode.
Despite our...
Sep 12, 2024
Mike Maples, Jr., co-founding partner of the VC firm Floodgate, is the veteran seed investor behind some of the 21st-century’s great success stories, including Twitter, Twitch, and Applied Intuition.
His book, Pattern Breakers (co-authored with Peter Ziebelman), articulates a new model of foundership, one built on the...