Julien Smith, CEO of Practice and bestselling author, talks with Greg about info diets, OG content creators, and 7-year lifespans. They discuss the podcasts, books, and Twitter feeds entrepreneurs should read, thinking of life in seven-year increments, and the network multiplier of high-quality content.

The Minimalists speak with author Julien Smith about perpetual dissatisfaction and the flinch that prevents us from freeing ourselves from the weight of possessions. Listen to all 2 hours of episode 392 on The Minimalists Private Podcast. Discussed in this episode: How do we appropriately reuse, repurpose, or recycle items to ensure they don’t simply become a problem for someone else? (02:06) What are your perspectives regarding pride? (10:01) How do we deal with our daily fears? (15:34) What are the two types of fears? (18:00) How do we ensure our focus on personal development doesn’t become an obsession? (24:23) Detailed show notes: minimalists.com/podcast Join The Minimalists Private Podcast: minimalists.com/support

Julien Smith is the CEO of Breathe, a startup founder, investor, and an author.Elon Musk is trying to buy Twitter so I wanted to ask someone with experience of the startup world to explain what this tells us about Silicon Valley's modern approach to business and their obsession with growth.Expect to learn what is unique about the startup mindset, why Elon might be poison pilled by Twitter's legislative documents, the difference between founders in startups and regular businesses, how not getting discouraged and just keeping going can count for a lot, why being first is a disadvantage as well as an opportunity and much more...Sponsors:Join the Modern Wisdom Community to connect with me & other listeners - https://modernwisdom.locals.com/Get 83% discount & 3 months free from Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM (use code MODERNWISDOM)Get 10% discount on your first month from BetterHelp at https://betterhelp.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied)Extra Stuff:Follow Julien on Twitter - https://twitter.com/JulienCheck out Julien's website - http://juliensmith.com/ Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom-Get in touch.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillxTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillxYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcastEmail: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Serial tech entrepreneur and NYT best-selling author, Julien Smith, discusses topics like courage, the flinch, art and suffering, exceptional founders, Silicon Valley's executive coaching secret, successful long-term projects, and accepting discomfort for vitality.

Julien Smith, CEO of Practice, and Sam Corcos, CEO of Levels, discuss startup lessons including product intuition, hiring, and Think Weeks for strategic thinking. Levels empowers health goals with continuous glucose monitors.