The Importance of Optimism in Life

David Elikwu speaks with David Kadavy an Author, Podcaster and President of Kadavy, Inc.

Author of Mind Management not Time Management, The Heart to Start and, Design for Hackers.

Host of Love Your Work podcast, where he interviewed Seth Godin, Steve Case, & many more creative entrepreneurs.

We talked a lot about productivity, we talked about writing, we talked about content creation about how David is able to consistently come up with new ideas. We barely even got to touch on was the fact that he designed an app with behavioral psychologist, Dan Ariely0 which was eventually acquired by Google.

📜 Full transcript:

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👤 Connect with David Kadavy:

Twitter: @kadavy

Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/kadavy

Website: https://kadavy.net/

Course: https://designforhackers.com/

Book: Mind Management, not Time Management, The Heart to Start, Design for Hackers

🗣 Mentioned in the show:

Design for Hackers | https://designforhackers.com/

Doug Bowman | https://twitter.com/stop

Jason Santa Maria | https://twitter.com/jasonsantamaria

Merlin Mann | https://twitter.com/hotdogsladies

43 Folders | https://www.43folders.com/

Chris Webb | https://www.chriswebbspeaks.com/

Claude Monet | https://www.britannica.com/biography/Claude-Monet

Tim Ferriss | https://tim.blog/

Nassim Nicholas Taleb | https://twitter.com/nntaleb?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author

David Perell | https://perell.com/

Mark Manson | https://markmanson.net/

Tim Urban | https://waitbutwhy.com/

Wait But Why | https://waitbutwhy.com/

Thomas Paine | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Paine

In Defense of Papyrus | https://designforhackers.com/blog/papyrus-font/

kdp.amazon.com | http://kdp.amazon.com/

The Iliad / The Odyssey | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1375.The_Iliad_The_Odyssey

David Galenson | https://www.davidgalenson.com/

Picasso | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso

Leonardo da Vinci | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci

Mason Currey | https://www.masoncurrey.com/

Daily Rituals: How Artists Work | https://www.masoncurrey.com/daily-rituals

Walt Disney | https://www.disney.com/

Jeff Bezos | https://hoo.be/jeffbezos

Elon Musk | https://twitter.com/elonmusk

Marie Curie | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie

Kirsten Oliphant | https://kirstenoliphant.com/about-me/

Encyclopedia Brown | https://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Brown-Complete-Books-books/dp/B01M9FSC4Y

Zettelkasten | https://zettelkasten.de/posts/overview/

👨🏾‍💻 About David Elikwu:

David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.

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