Is Your Grandpa a Role Model?

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I admire how he cares about history because history is a pointer to the there's been so many experiences of life. For those people like Morgan Housel who can really dive deep into history It shows you like this person is their scope of understanding is greater than the present moment Yeah, and so I don't have enough great things to say about my grandpa because he He's just an incredible man,. And I've played around with the idea that what if I just Interviewed my grandpa and like created a little book out of it? Like I really think that could be impactful and not just for myself to understand but for others as well.

David Perell is a writer and the creator of Write of Passage - an online writing school focused on building the next generation of internet citizens. In March 2020, I stumbled across David’s account and was blown away by his tweets. They were thoughtful and insightful. So when he suggested interviewing me at his brand new studio, I was honored.

In this conversation we spoke about some of my podcasting secrets, how I do my research, why I admire people like Joe Rogan, Tim Ferriss, Chris Williamson, and Taylor Rooks, the biggest area I believe I need to improve as a podcaster, and what I’m usually doing on Sunday at noon. Some of what we talked about I’ve never shared publicly, and it’s only because of David’s ability as an interviewer to get it out of me.

(0:00) Intro

(2:24) My Research Process

(5:03) Gary Vaynerchuk Calls My Mom

(7:05) Coming Back To Writing

(9:01) Moving To Austin

(11:30) Long Island

(13:03) Ambition

(14:01) What Makes For A Great Podcaster?

(17:30) Who Do I Admire?

(20:02) Aesthetics

(21:22) How Am I Misunderstood?

(22:11) Grandparents