It’s been a BIG week at Podcast Notes. We’ve got a double header from Matthew McConaughey (Ferris + Rogan) and the True Detective does NOT disappoint. He’s written his own book (Greenlights) and shared the book that changed his life - The Greatest Salesmen in the World [links support local US bookstores via Bookshop.org]
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It’s always wonderful when our incredibly community of Members points us to a hidden gem. This week’s Premium Post explains What's going on with the world economy? How are markets changing? Which currencies are worth buying? All this and more in this podcast with the hedge fund manager Felix Zulauf.
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Wisdom
1/ Pale Blue Dot: “We have this huge problem as decision-makers because, the stuff we know is a speck of dust, and the stuff we don’t know is like the size of the whole freaking Universe” – Annie Duke
2/ It’s the Journey Not The Destination: High achievers attach dopamine to the effort process, not the result - Andrew Huberman
3/ Journal on the GOOD and Bad Days: Matthew McConaughey has kept a diary from 36 years, he wanted to have a record of what he was doing in good times and bad times so that went life knocked him down, he could change his actions to make the good times come back again
4/ Get to the Answer: Don’t just constantly question yourself, also seek answers to those questions. “Stay there till you answer it. Wait till you get an answer.” – Matthew McConaughey
5/ Weakest Links Apply to Bad Habits Too: In life, you go as far as your worst habit. Once you get rid of your worst habit, your life will take a huge leap forward. Get rid of toxic friends, quit drinking. – Ed Latimore
- Learning Phase 1: Neuroplasticity is triggered by focus and attention; the more frustrated you feel the more you’re actually triggering learning
- Learning Phase 2: Connections are built during deep relaxation, meditation, deep sleep
7/ Hollywood: “Hollywood is not a place to go find yourself. Hollywood’s a place where you can be anything you want.” – Matthew McConaughey
8/ Free the Comedians: “Once you can get people to laugh at something, they never take that thing as seriously ever again” – Paraphrased quote by Voltaire
Wealth
9/ ETH Phase 0 Has Begun: “phase 0 shifts to a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus mechanism. PoS drastically reduces energy waste and miner-centralization risks of Proof-of-Work (PoW) systems. Additionally, it strives to be increasingly open and democratic for both users and stakers – Vitalik Buterin
10/ Brand + Quality: If your brand is what gets people through the door, the product quality is what will keep them coming back. “You can only put lipstick on a pig for so long” – Swan Sit
11/ GPT-4? A far more practical text-based AI would be one that can analyze information and summarize it for the public – Liam Porr
Health
12/ Mouth Breathing Is Worse Than You Think: “Breathing is a foundation of health and if you’re not doing it right, you’re never really going to be healthy.” Ancient skulls have near-perfect teeth without braces or corrections needed – James Nestor
13/ Good vs. Bad Chiropractors: Bad chiropractor: Adjusts you on the table week after week which may give you good relief but isn’t identifying the root cause. Good Chiropractor: A movement specialist, will not adjust you but will have you walk, squat, and get into various positions to guide you to better movement patterns - Mind Pump
14/ No Regret Moves In Oncology: Cut out the tumor, Radiotherapy is often useful, Hodgkin’s Lymphoma is curable, Testicular cancer spread to the lungs is 95% curable, CML now has a normal life expectancy - Vinay Prasad, M.D., M.P.H.
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Joe Rogan Experience
The Tim Ferriss Show
Infinite Loops Podcast with Jim O’Shaughnessy
Capital University
Mind Pump
Philosophize This! with Stephen West
The Drive with Peter Attia
The James Altucher Show
The School of Greatness with Lewis Howe
On the Writer Side
Chase Jarvis Live
Bankless Podcast
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Where is the price of oil heading and how does war affect it? How can you take advantage of this? Check out this post with oil-trade Tracy Shuchart to learn more.
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1. Science can’t be faked: “My heroes are scientists because I think applied science is the engine that pulls humanity forward. It eventually becomes technology.” HOWEVER, “I think the nature of what science is is being corrupted and that started the day we let the so-called social sciences masquerade as sciences” – Naval Ravikant (Tweet This)
2. True Introspection is Not for the Uncommitted: “Proper meditation, proper examination should ruin the life that you’re currently living.” – Naval Ravikant (Tweet This)
3. Only Sell What You Believe In: Otherwise, you might have to rely too much on persuasion. Persuasion has a deceptive component, so it’s better to avoid it – Adam Townsend (Tweet This)
4. Learning Is Supposed to be Hard: It’s like going to the gym. Hard workouts are what stimulates growth. – Ali Abdaal (Tweet This)
5. This Election Matters Less Than You Think: On foreign policy they agree (China/Russia bad, middle east matters less, etc.), on domestic spending they both want to spend a TON (R- Infrastructure, D – Green New Deal). It’s basically down to if your PC/For Cancel Culture or not – Chamath Palihapitiya (Tweet This)
6. Wisdom is a Destination You Never Reach: “I think it’s important to see wisdom not as a thing you possess, but as an ideal you’re approaching” – Ryan Holiday (Tweet This)
7. Timing is Everything: “The hard part is, you have to have the right idea and the right need, at the right time.” This is the difference between WebVan failure and Instacart - Garry Tan (Tweet This)
8. Twitter Success: It’s like a personal diary, be meticulous with scheduling tweets, Collect the random thoughts that come to you throughout the day – strength, weakness, gift, curse – Dan Go (Tweet This)
9. We Live In the Upside Down: Normally, an organically strong economy correlates with a strong stock market. This is now reversed. Bad news is suddenly interpreted as positive information, because it may cause the Fed to lower interest rates and make equities more attractive – Jesse Livermore (Tweet This)
10. Learned Helplessness is Fatal: One study found that in nursing homes (where conformity and passivity is encouraged) – heath declined rapidly in residents with few choices and responsibilities – Kym Bennet (Tweet This)
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The Tim Ferriss Show
The Knowledge Project
Modern Wisdom Podcast
Infinite Loops
Invest Like the Best
Danny Miranda Podcast
You Are Not So Smart Podcast
The James Altucher Show
The Creative Life
The Doctors Farmacy:
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