I didn't, I didn't really choose fitness. It was just, it seemed like, like, okay, so music trying to get into music is a hard, hard thing to do. Whereas fitness, it was like, I've got this camera,. I've got these thoughts. Let me just do that. Like you can make your biceps bigger. You can literally push more things away from you and pull things more to you. And I was like, obsessed with that as I think everyone should be in some way. But people wouldn't know because the way that I present myself online is just purely fitness based. And that's fine. I got to hit the people where they
Zack Telander is a creator.
In this conversation, we spoke about why social media can mess up your values, making better friends, Zack’s current internal battle, and much more.
(0:00) Intro
(1:33) Learning How To Edit
(7:33) Documenting Is Lazy
(10:51) Social Media Messes Up Your Values
(19:51) Creative Process For Music
(23:12) Balancing Your Life In An Algorithmic World
(30:21) Learnings From Journalist Father
(33:25) Work Ethic Regrets
(38:30) Social Media Is Optimizing For Wrong Things
(44:21) Zack’s Internal Battle
(54:45) As Long As You’re Around, You’ll Win
(58:01) Comfortability With Self & Friends
(1:03:33) Become Friends With Better People
(1:10:50) Meeting Your Heroes
(1:15:45) What Do Most People Misunderstand About Zack?
(1:18:00) Advice For Doing What You Know You Should