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Michael Karnjanaprakorn: founding Skillshare, repeat founder cycle, improving your writing, lifestyle design

Jun 25, 2024

Michael Karnjanaprakorn, founder of Skillshare, discusses treating yourself like a startup, lifestyle design, benefits of boredom for personal growth, improving writing skills, and creating life event templates to reduce divorce rates.

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Quick takeaways

Treating oneself as a startup to upgrade personal systems for health and joy.

Embracing lifestyle design aligning time, energy, and money with career choices.

Improving writing skills through capturing ideas and editing for clarity.

Deep dives

Defining Personal Growth and Self-care

Treating oneself like a startup to upgrade personal operating systems is emphasized, focusing on improving health, pursuing joy, and resolving personal struggles. Taking a sabbatical allowed exploration of health, family time, and hobbies, leading to a shift towards content creation.

Intro

2min

Exploring New Ideas and Lifestyle During a Sabbatical

2min

Founder Post-Exit Cycle and Personal Growth

20min

Prioritizing Life Profitability and Lifestyle Design in Companies

8min

Authentic Writing and Developing Writing Skills

7min

Exploring Writing on Relationships and Technology

2min

Creating Life Event Templates and Reducing Divorce Rates

3min

Michael Karnjanaprakorn is the founder and former CEO of Skillshare and Otis (acquired by Public). Before starting companies, he was an early employee at Behance (acquired by Adobe) and Hot Potato (acquired by Facebook). Now, he's exploring new ideas, creating content, and enjoying his sabbatical.

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In this episode we talk about

* Treating yourself like a startup and upgrading your own operating system* Lifestyle design, aligning how one spends their time, energy, and money with their career choices.* How boredom can be beneficial for self-reflection and personal growth.* Becoming a better writer.* and much more

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Michael Karnjanaprakorn: founding Skillshare, repeat founder cycle, improving your writing, lifestyle design

Episode guests

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

Defining Personal Growth and Self-care

Navigating Post-Startup Transition

Adapting Company Design Principles

Optimizing Writing Process and Creativity

Applying Lifestyle Design in Personal Relationships

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