With Joe Wehbe

How do you ‘understand things by layers’ and apply an investor’s mindset to the dynamics of your own life? Is it easier to micro-bullshit, or macro-bullshit? Is it safer to invest in one restaurant, or the whole restaurant industry? All this and more as we continue to apply the ideas of Nassim Nicholas Taleb and his book Antifragile to your career, learning and education. Starting from episode 181, we’re doing a series on Nassim Nicholas Taleb, his book Antifragile and the application of his ideas to learning, education and careers. Full blog post summarsing the ideas in this podcast series. https://withjoewehbe.com/2022/01/02/applying-antifragile-and-nassim-talebs-ideas-to-education-learning-and-career/ Sign up to The Doorman. One email a week with the top five insights from all podcast episodes, links to the best episodes, and giveaways exclusive to subscribers valued at $100+ Sign up at https://withjoewehbe.com/everything-joe/

Nassim Taleb uses the metaphor of a black swan to explain highly significant, unpredictable events in nature — the sort which make all the difference. Yet we never worry about these things! Instead, we spend all our time focusing on much smaller problems. In this episode we unpack the right mindset to have when encountering uncertain events, and how to use uncertainty to make you stronger, rather than weaker. Starting from episode 181, we’re doing a series on Nassim Nicholas Taleb, his book Antifragile and the application of his ideas to learning, education and careers. Full blog post summarsing the ideas in this podcast series. https://withjoewehbe.com/2022/01/02/applying-antifragile-and-nassim-talebs-ideas-to-education-learning-and-career/ Sign up to The Doorman. One email a week with the top five insights from all podcast episodes, links to the best episodes, and giveaways exclusive to subscribers valued at $100+ Sign up at https://withjoewehbe.com/everything-joe/

Taleb points out that the great philosophers had another job besides philosophy to prevent themselves from compromising their work and ‘debasing knowledge’ as a sport. Today we discuss how you can avoid being a careerist and putting yourself in a box, to elevate your possibilities, keep integrity and avoid getting roasted by Taleb. Starting from episode 181, we’re doing a series on Nassim Nicholas Taleb, his book Antifragile and the application of his ideas to learning, education and careers. Full blog post summarsing the ideas in this podcast series. https://withjoewehbe.com/2022/01/02/applying-antifragile-and-nassim-talebs-ideas-to-education-learning-and-career/ Sign up to The Doorman. One email a week with the top five insights from all podcast episodes, links to the best episodes, and giveaways exclusive to subscribers valued at $100+ Sign up at https://withjoewehbe.com/everything-joe/

You take a room full of birds, lecture them how to fly, and then release them... and they fly! Are you a raving success and genius teacher? This is one of Taleb’s big points about education and we break down how often the most effective ways to learn something is to stay away from the people who teach it! (What!?) Check it out! Starting from episode 181, we’re doing a series on Nassim Nicholas Taleb, his book Antifragile and the application of his ideas to learning, education and careers. Full blog post summarsing the ideas in this podcast series. https://withjoewehbe.com/2022/01/02/applying-antifragile-and-nassim-talebs-ideas-to-education-learning-and-career/ Sign up to The Doorman. One email a week with the top five insights from all podcast episodes, links to the best episodes, and giveaways exclusive to subscribers valued at $100+ Sign up at https://withjoewehbe.com/everything-joe/

Nassim Nicholas Taleb doesn’t think innovation comes from academia or the sciences... so where does it come from? Also, you’ll be blown away by the list of innovations in this episode that came about due to almost total randomness! Starting from episode 181, we’re doing a series on Nassim Nicholas Taleb, his book Antifragile and the application of his ideas to learning, education and careers. Full blog post summarsing the ideas in this podcast series. https://withjoewehbe.com/2022/01/02/applying-antifragile-and-nassim-talebs-ideas-to-education-learning-and-career/ Sign up to The Doorman. One email a week with the top five insights from all podcast episodes, links to the best episodes, and giveaways exclusive to subscribers valued at $100+ Sign up at https://withjoewehbe.com/everything-joe/

Nassim Nicholas Taleb suspects that if it hadn't been for the Titanic, we would have continued to build bigger and bigger boats until meeting an even bigger disaster. It's a frequent shortcoming in our thinking – we fail to see what adversity and setbacks i) help us avoid but ii) help us improve on. How is this relevant to you? Why should you be a taxi driver and not a banker? Find out in today's episode. Starting from episode 181, we’re doing a series on Nassim Nicholas Taleb, his book Antifragile and the application of his ideas to learning, education and careers. Full blog post summarsing the ideas in this podcast series. https://withjoewehbe.com/2022/01/02/applying-antifragile-and-nassim-talebs-ideas-to-education-learning-and-career/ Sign up to The Doorman. One email a week with the top five insights from all podcast episodes, links to the best episodes, and giveaways exclusive to subscribers valued at $100+ Sign up at https://withjoewehbe.com/everything-joe/

Fragile (break easily), Robust (not easily changed)... but what’s ‘Antifragility’ (remember episode 145) and why is it missing from our culture? How can you gain from stress and setbacks, instead of being weakened by them? Starting from episode 181, we’re doing a series on Nassim Nicholas Taleb, his book Antifragile and the application of his ideas to learning, education and careers. Full blog post summarsing the ideas in this podcast series. https://withjoewehbe.com/2022/01/02/applying-antifragile-and-nassim-talebs-ideas-to-education-learning-and-career/ Sign up to The Doorman. One email a week with the top five insights from all podcast episodes, links to the best episodes, and giveaways exclusive to subscribers valued at $100+ Sign up at https://withjoewehbe.com/everything-joe/

Today we’re talking about being shrewd to overcome a lack of your own intelligence, and why idiots sometimes do better than the experts and theorists! Starting from episode 181, we’re doing a series on Nassim Nicholas Taleb, his book Antifragile and the application of his ideas to learning, education and careers. Full blog post summarsing the ideas in this podcast series. https://withjoewehbe.com/2022/01/02/applying-antifragile-and-nassim-talebs-ideas-to-education-learning-and-career/ Sign up to The Doorman. One email a week with the top five insights from all podcast episodes, links to the best episodes, and giveaways exclusive to subscribers valued at $100+ Sign up at https://withjoewehbe.com/everything-joe/

Nassim Taleb is a noteworthy writer and thinker. He explores ideas like uncertainty, randomness and risk... and over the next few episodes, we’re going to apply these ideas to learning, education and career. Today, we kick off a conversation with Luke about why Taleb is important, and what the hell risk and uncertainty have to do with helping us unlock our inner Da Vinci... what Taleb gives is a fundamentally different story about ‘success’, and I’m excited to dive into it using powerful ideas from his book Antifragile. Full blog post on the relevance of Taleb to Education: https://withjoewehbe.com/2022/01/02/applying-antifragile-and-nassim-talebs-ideas-to-education-learning-and-career/ Sign up to The Doorman. One email a week with the top five insights from all podcast episodes, links to the best episodes, and giveaways exclusive to subscribers valued at $100+ Sign up at https://withjoewehbe.com/everything-joe/

Blog Version of today’s episode: https://withjoewehbe.com/2021/12/18/what-is-it-that-im-trying-to-do/ A reflection of my overarching goals here.  These are the Doors I wish to open... Sign up to The Doorman. One email a week with the top five insights from all podcast episodes, links to the best episodes, and giveaways exclusive to subscribers valued at $100+ Sign up at https://withjoewehbe.com/everything-joe/