#404: David Perell – Surrender To Your True Nature

David Perell is an entrepreneur and writer. He is the creator of Write Of Passage, an online school to help people transform their lives through writing. He has taught students from Google, Facebook, Harvard, MIT, Stripe, and Goldman Sachs.

In this interview we spoke about the difficulties of running a company, David's journey to faith, his season of no, how to find a partner, building deep friendships, advice to creators, and the importance of surrendering to your true nature.

0:00 What’s The Central Question Of David’s Life?

2:32 Doing Life’s Work?

7:49 The Moment Tyler Cowan Invested In David Perell

9:33 Investing In The Cultural Tutor

13:54 Difficulties Of Running A Company

15:49 Online David Vs. In-Person David

21:31 The Importance Of Friendship

25:01 Finding God

36:04 Where To Start With Bible

43:10 David’s Phone Screen

45:38 Mantras + Season Of No

49:37 Three Lines, Three Words Each

52:27 David’s High School Physics Teacher

59:18 How David Thinks About Education

1:01:21 Finding A Partner

1:05:01 Building Deep Friendships

1:09:43 Yes/No List

1:12:00 Red Dress Traps

1:14:02 Advice For Creators

1:17:43 How To Be More Distinctive

1:20:31 Surrender To Your Nature

1:22:03 Challenge

1:23:40 How I Write Origin

Why Beauty Matters: https://vimeo.com/549715999

Previous Episodes With David Episode 070: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCS3Qyh7LKs Episode 230: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0RnTd8HOK8 Episode 305: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VBZm6GoBDQ

David’s Links

Twitter: https://twitter.com/david_perell

Write Of Passage: https://writeofpassage.school

How I Write: https://writeofpassage.school/how-i-write

My Links

🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda

🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda

🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda

📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda