65. Passion, Discipline, and Success with Thomas Frank

David Elikwu speaks with Thomas Frank, an author, YouTuber, and Notion expert.

Thomas is best known for his blog CollegeInfoGeek, his YouTube channel with 2.9 million subscribers, and his second channel called "Thomas Frank Explains," which is the largest Notion education channel globally, with 170,000 subscribers.

They talked about:

🤔 How to pick opportunities

🔑 The biggest keys to being successful

🎯 How to focus on the right things

🌟 How to deal with success

🚀 How to create leverage in your life and work

📹 Watch on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/8uPNa2Xl20g

📜 Full transcript:

https://www.theknowledge.io/thomasfrank-1/

👤 Connect with Thomas Frank:

Twitter: @TomFrankly | https://twitter.com/TomFrankly

Website: thomasjfrank.com

🗣 Mentioned in the show:

Gary V | https://garyvaynerchuk.com/podcast/

René Girard | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/René_Girard

Ryan Holiday | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Holiday

Nassim Taleb | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassim_Nicholas_Taleb

Khe Hy | https://www.theknowledge.io/khehy/

Seth Godin | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Godin

Crush It | https://amzn.to/3P8zbZ1

Steve Jobs | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs

Wanting | https://amzn.to/486ceyd

Luke Burgis | https://lukeburgis.com/about/

Peter Thiel | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel

Discipline is Destiny | https://amzn.to/3USSjeJ

Feynman technique | https://fs.blog/feynman-technique/

Zig Ziglar | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zig_Ziglar

Elon Musk | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk

Back to The Future | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088763/

Gifts from your past self | https://www.theknowledge.io/issue45/

The sunk cost effect | https://www.theknowledge.io/sunk-cost-fallacy/

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