Visakan Veerasamy is a prolific thinker, writer & creator. As well as being the author of the books ‘Introspect’ and ‘Friendly Ambitious Nerd’, he is known for weaving huge, interconnected Twitter threads and for his mission to build “the greatest social graph of friendly, ambitious nerds that the world has ever seen.” Important Links:

Show Notes:

The origins of Friendly Ambitious Nerd
“The most heroic thing you can do is not hate yourself”
Confronting the minotaur
Introspection & Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
Overriding human OS
Humor is the cure
How to demonstrate the power of humor
Dealing with judgment & criticism
Responding to requests for help
Enforcing a no-assholes rule
"Focus your time and energy on what you want to see more of”
“School is bullshit”
Question defaults & screw around
MUCH more!

Books Mentioned:

Friendly Ambitious Nerd; by Visakan Veerasamy
Introspect; by Visakan Veerasamy
The Science of Storytelling; by Will Storr
The Status Game: On Social Position and How We Use It; by Will Storr
The Hero with a Thousand Faces; by Joseph Campbell
Shantaram; by Gregory David Roberts
The Art of War; by Sun Tzu
The Tao Te Ching; by Laozi
The Lord of the Rings; by J. R. R. Tolkien

AUSGABE DREIUNDNEUNZIG - Ingmar Stadelmann