Are You Really Compounding Actions?

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Micheal McCarney: I was very concerned about tik talk, social media and how people are spending the majority o th entertainment time now. It is so hard to sit down for forty three minutes and get work, let alone forty three years. The incentives are just not there. That's depressing. And all i can say is, you fight this battle. One of the things i tell them is, always create a weak plan for you, in wheat, at least one day of your week is towards a long term goal. What do you want to make your life about over ten, 20, 30 years? And if you don't, you're robbing yourself of greater art

Ted Gioia is a leading music historian and author of 11 books including “The History of Jazz” and “Music: A Subversive History”. He combines his cultural expertise with an extensive business background as a strategy consultant and Stanford MBA.

He also writes an incredibly insightful Substack: https://tedgioia.substack.com/

You can find him on Twitter: @TedGioia

Timestamps:

(00:00:00) - Intro + Ted’s Background
(00:03:16) - Why Culture Is Looking Backwards
(00:09:08) - Financialization Of Entertainment
(00:11:52) - Music And The Lindy Effect
(00:16:12) - How To Foster A Counterculture
(00:20:01) - Why Music Innovation Comes From Outsiders
(00:25:58) - How Music Changes Your Body Chemistry
(00:34:47) - The Downside Of The “Four Chords” Pop Music Formula
(00:40:32) - How To Do Compounding Work
(00:45:55) - How To Pursue A Creative Career
(00:49:40) - Ted’s Thoughts On Rene Girard
(00:55:22) - Rene Girard And Rock Music
(01:02:35) - Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley

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