​Sasha Chapin is an award-winning writer, writing coach, and recovering chess enthusiast. Sasha is the author of All The Wrong Moves; he publishes on Substack and has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, BuzzFeed, and Hazlitt.Is writing a priority for you this year? Do you want to work on a book or be more consistent with publishing your blog or newsletter?Many of the blocks to consistent writing are psychological, not practical. Sasha shares techniques for narrowing the gap from your brain to the page and making the writing process more enjoyable.​For the video recording, resources mentioned, and conversation transcript, visit https://forcingfunction.com/podcast/sasha-chapin.

​Hac Dang was ranked in the top 10 for all-time-biggest winners for online poker. Since then, he's co-founded Happy Endings Hospitality, a restaurant group in the Northern Virginia area with 6 restaurants and counting.​Hac joins Chris Sparks to discuss playing Positive Sum Games. This is a conversation about achieving your full potential while remaining balanced and aligned.How can we become elite competitors in high-stakes pursuits like poker, trading, and entrepreneurship without that competitiveness leaking over into our relationships and personal lives? When is it correct to leave wealth on the table in pursuit of greater happiness and fulfillment?For the video recording, resources mentioned, and conversation transcript, visit https://forcingfunction.com/podcast/hac-dang

Khe Hy is the founder of RadReads, a community dedicated to transforming our relationships with time, work, money, and ourselves. Khe joins Chris to discuss why true wealth is measured in time, not money and to share systems and practices for living a balanced and aligned life. If it feels like you are constantly juggling your career, hobbies, relationships, and family, this conversation is for you.For the video recording, resources mentioned, and conversation transcript, visit https://forcingfunction.com/podcast/khe-hy-3

Thanh Pham is the founder of Asian Efficiency, a company that has helped over 15,000 people live productive lives through online courses, programs, and workshops. Thanh is the co-host of The Productivity Show, a weekly podcast with ten million downloads, and is a prolific writer and public speaker on the topics of productivity, efficiency, and time management.Thanh joins Chris Sparks to discuss building a high-performing team and how to systematically design smooth and efficient operations. They share their principles and strategies for onboarding hires, streamlining processes, and getting the most out of your team.For the video, transcript, and show notes, visit forcingfunction.com/podcast/thanh-pham.

​Gagan Biyani is the co-founder of Maven, which empowers experts to offer cohort-based courses directly to their audience. Gagan is a serial entrepreneur; he previously co-founded Udemy and Sprig, a food delivery company. Gagan is an investor and advisor to over thirty companies.​Gagan joins Chris to share how founders can accelerate their path to acquiring product market fit. Gagan’s extensive startup experience taught him that creating a “minimum viable product” or MVP—widely considered startup dogma—leads teams astray by over-building and over-developing too early in the process. If you are building your company around outdated paradigms like Lean Startup, you’re going to have a bad time.​Instead, through Minimum Viable Testing, teams can save time, avoid hiring developers too early, and have higher accuracy on their eventual initial product.For the video, transcript, and show notes, visit forcingfunctionhour.com/gagan-biyani.

Nicholas Yoder is a mathematician with twelve years of experience in derivatives trading and quantitative finance. He gives lectures to various institutions including The World Bank, Carnegie Mellon, and billion-dollar hedge funds.Nicholas joins Chris for a conversation on correctly sizing your investments using the Kelly Criterion, the financial alchemy of dollar-cost averaging, and strategies for sticking to your investing principles when you need them most.For the video, transcript, and show notes, visit forcingfunctionhour.com/nicholas-yoder.

Denise Shull, CEO of The ReThink Group, leverages her background in neuroscience and modern psychoanalysis to solve the mental mysteries of successful investing, trading, competing, and leading teams. Denise is the author of Market Mind Games, describing how investors who prioritize emotion and the resolution of psychological roadblocks make better decisions and achieve superior performance.Denise joined Chris for a conversation on how top-performing investors win the mental game.For the video recording, resources mentioned, and conversation transcript, visit forcingfunctionhour.com/denise-shull. 

David Kadavy is the bestselling author of Mind Management, Not Time Management, The Heart to Start, How to Write a Book, and Design for Hackers. David hosts a weekly podcast, Love Your Work, at the intersection of creativity and productivity and is a self-publishing coach supporting writers in getting their work in the hands of readers.David joined Chris to discuss how to generate creative states of mind and why different stages of a creative require different approaches.For the video, transcript, and show notes, visit forcingfunctionhour.com/david-kadavy. 

Khe Hy is the founder of RadReads, a community dedicated to transforming our relationships with time, work, money, and ourselves. His latest courses, Supercharge Your Productivity and The GTD Power-Pack, teach how to use Notion as an interface to elevate and accomplish your most important goals.Khe Hy joined Chris Sparks for a presentation and conversation on how to apply David Allen's classic book Getting Things Done (GTD) in this completely different world in which we find ourselves twenty years later.For the video, transcript, and show notes, visit forcingfunctionhour.com/khe-hy-gtd. 

Ali Abdaal is a doctor, YouTuber, and podcaster exploring the principles, strategies, and tools that help us live happier, healthier, more productive lives. While Ali is most 'famous' for his YouTube videos, he also writes and teaches online courses about productivity, tech, study techniques, entrepreneurship, and personal finance.Ali joined Chris to discuss how learning in public is the best way to accelerate growth and achieve your full potential.For the video, transcript, and show notes, visit forcingfunctionhour.com/ali-abdaal.