After years of thinking about it, I finally launched a podcast! Sat down with:

• James Clear
• Alexandra Botez
• Wait But Why
• Everyday Astronaut
• Shaan Puri
• Mark Manson
• Liv Boeree
• Sam Parr

BrainsPodcast.com

Podcasting AMA for 30min! I'm not an expert 😂
Podcast Episode: The Life of Internet Creators

We talk to Alexandra Botez (@alexandravbotez) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP).

We discuss being charismatic, dealing with crazy fans, and the allure of Tony Robbins.

brainspodcast.com/episode/intern…
Podcast Episode: The Allure of Storytelling

We talk to Tim Urban of Wait But Why and Jason Silva.

We discuss how to become an effective writer, speaker, and politician—through storytelling.

brainspodcast.com/episode/storyt…
Podcast Episode: Why Podcasting is Awesome

We talk to Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Jason Calacanis (@Jason).

We discuss why you should start a podcast, how to be a great host, and the benefits of audio.

brainspodcast.com/episode/podcas…
Podcast Episode: Should You Write a Book?

We talk to James Clear (@jamesclear) and Mark Manson (@IAmMarkManson).

We discuss how to write a bestseller and the advantages of books over blogs.

brainspodcast.com/episode/writin…
Podcast Episode: The Life of Internet Creators #2

We talk to Sam Parr (@theSamParr) and Aella (@Aella_Girl).

We discuss how to build an audience and make money from it.

brainspodcast.com/episode/intern…
Coming soon: Doomsday!

Have aliens visited us? How might the world end? 😂

Releasing this chat with Liv Boeree and Tim Dodd in 3 weeks.

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17 Jul
This is my 5 year story about becoming a far better storyteller.

Goal: Tell a story as well as Neil deGrasse Tyson.

It started with me podcasting to share stories with friends. Every time I spoke, however, I sounded lifeless like a stressed-out amateur.

Why?
I tracked down great storytellers to learn from them.

Unexpectedly, even the best could only articulate *some* of the ingredients that make them great.

There was something intangible underneath their explanations that they couldn’t address when pressed.
That sounded like a treasure hunt to me:

Collect the hidden ingredients needed to tell a remarkable story charismatically.

I would finally become a storyteller.
Read 74 tweets
15 Jun
I've helped 750+ startup founders.

I always try to ask:

"How did you come up with your idea?"

Here are their answers:
First, they most commonly say:

"Solve your own problems. Meaning, live on the edge of tech and see what issues you encounter. Then build a startup to solve it."

I agree, and I love that.

But it's not the whole answer you want.

Where do these problems actually come from?
I’ll start by defining what a good startup idea looks like to me.

It offers a meaningful benefit, such as:

• A big reduction of an intense/frequent frustration

• A big reduction in the cost of an expensive problem

• A big increase in how entertaining/emotional a thing is
Read 26 tweets
11 Jun
What’s the most beautiful piece of writing you’ve ever come across?

Bonus points if you can screenshot a paragraph and share it below. I’ll consider including it in my writing guide.

Props to anyone who takes the time ❤️
I'll start with some great ones from last time:

From @amamyyang Image
From @VCFryer Image
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8 Jun
Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, and Drake generate non-stop hits for years.

What are they doing differently?

Thread: How to generate way more ideas
I was watching a documentary on songwriter Ed Sheeran. In it, he described his songwriting process.

It struck me as identical to the process that author Neil Gaiman detailed in his Masterclass.
Here's the thing.

Ed Sheeran and Neil Gaiman are in the top 0.000001% of their fields. They're among very few people in the world who consistently generate blockbuster after blockbuster.
Read 17 tweets
7 May
If you suffer from procrastination when writing...

I eventually overcame it.

How to make writing easier:
To start, I write the worst draft possible as quickly as I can.

Because almost all the work happens during rewriting anyway.

The greatest friction is in putting ideas down in the first place.
It's your first major hurdle: get a bad draft #1 done so you can spend 95% of your time rewriting.

That means, in my bad first draft, I use placeholders any time I'm stuck:
Read 22 tweets
28 Apr
When you follow someone on Twitter:

You choose who influences your thoughts.

Here are people I'm testing out this month:
Category: CRITICAL THINKING

@jeremygiffon

• The first of three of the most brilliant people on Twitter who have a criminally low amount of followers
• This guy's mind 🤯🤯

@lcrothlisberger

• Just like Jeremy, low-key one of the smartest people on Twitter
• She has great takes on critical thinking and behavioral psychology

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