The Danny Miranda Podcast

#327: Billy Oppenheimer – The Work Is The Win

Mar 10, 2023

01:23:56

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Billy Oppenheimer

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What Is That Feeling That You Get When You Highlight a Book?

01:20

In the Animal Kingdom There's Something Called Courtship Display

01:20

How Do We Tap Into Our Own Creativity More?

01:52

You Become a Magnet for Opportunities

02:24

Introduction

2min

How Did Uncle Bill Read Perennial Cellar by Ryan Holiday?

3min

What About Your Relationship With Uncle Bill?

3min

Why Did You Write by Ryan?

3min

How Did You Get Your First Job?

2min

Working With Ryan Is Like Starting Small

2min

How to Write a Book Using No Cards

2min

What's Your Filter for Writing a Book?

3min

Why Do You Think Your Newsletter Is Such a High Open Rate?

5min

10.

The Most Important Thing Is Taste

3min

11.

The Top 50 Spotify Charts for Music

2min

12.

Use Chat GPT to Help Your Own Writing

2min

13.

Build Trust With the Audience

2min

14.

How Do We Tap Into Our Own Creativity More?

2min

15.

How Do You Read Effectively?

3min

16.

Random Couplings That Have Led to Remarkable Results

4min

17.

Oprah Ryan's Podcast

2min

18.

Rick Rubin - What's the Coolest Coincidence?

3min

19.

What Are the Lessons You Take Away From That?

2min

20.

What Are Your Best Tactics for Growing on Twitter?

2min

21.

The Work Is the Way Yeah Yeah Yeah and I'm About the Work

2min

22.

Robert Green Quotes - Is There a Diving Line Between Success and Failure?

3min

23.

Podcasts - The Boring Part Quote Unquote

3min

24.

You Become a Magnet for Opportunities

2min

25.

I'm on the Right Path

3min

26.

What Advice Would You Have for Someone Who Hasn't Had That Experience?

3min

27.

The Process of Introjection

3min

28.

The Writing Process Is What I Love the Most

3min

29.

The Greatest Sign That Something You've Consumed Has Impacted You at a Deep Level

2min

30.

What Is Falcon Oath?

3min

31.

What Would You Like to Say to People Who Want to Stoke That War?

2min

32.

What's the Challenge?

2min

33.

The Six at Six Podcast

2min

Billy Oppenheimer is a writer. He is also the research assistant for Ryan Holiday.

In this conversation, we spoke about the future of AI and writing, playing the long game, why everything is a remix, what he learned driving Robert Greene from the airport, and why the work is the win.

(0:00) Intro

(3:02) Uncle Bill

(6:09) Ryan Holiday

(14:21) Research

(19:11) Writing Process

(22:41) Coffee Cup Theory of AI

(26:01) Improving Taste

(30:51) ChatGPT

(35:02) Creativity

(37:09) The Nerdy Dopamine Pathway

(41:20) How To Get Lucky

(46:09) Rick Rubin Connection

(50:00) Goal Setting?

(51:49) The Work Is The Win

(54:02) Robert Greene

(1:04:02) Be Okay Being The Freak

(1:07:24) Play The Long Game

(1:08:31) What Do You Admire?

(1:12:42) What Does Billy Love About Writing?

(1:15:45) Everything Is A Remix

(1:17:01) Falcon Oath (& Exploration)

(1:21:03) Challenges

Resources

The Cup of Coffee Theory of AI – https://every.to/p/the-cup-of-coffee-theory-of-ai

First We Read, Then We Write – https://www.amazon.com/First-We-Read-Then-Write/dp/1587297930

I Can’t Make This Up by Kevin Hart – https://www.amazon.com/Cant-Make-This-Up-Lessons/dp/1501155571

Billy’s Rick Rubin Thread – https://twitter.com/bpoppenheimer/status/1596600415067537409

Fluke by Morgan Housel – https://collabfund.com/blog/fluke

Billy’s Links

Six at 6 Newsletter: https://billyoppenheimer.com/newsletter

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bpoppenheimer

My Links

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