John Fio is the creator of the Gravity Blanket, Moon Pals, Moon Pod, and Birthdate Candle. In this conversation, we spoke about Fio's Number, listening to yourself, the feeling of greatness, Mark Cuban, his new fashion brand, fame, and lessons from Justin Bieber. Sponsored by... Aarthi & Sriram's Good Time Show (@AarthiAndSriram). Listen to conversations with founders, athletes, and technologists who have made it from being outsiders to insiders. Past guests include Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Naomi Osaka, Gary Vaynerchuk, and many more – Apple / Spotify / YouTube  (0:00) Intro (1:45) Why I Reached Out To John (3:37) Fio’s Number (8:32) Listening To Yourself (10:50) Where Do Ideas Come From? (12:38) Gravity Blanket Origin Story (18:14) The Feeling Of Greatness (21:28) Fio’s Fashion Brand (25:01) Mark Cuban (28:17) Moon Pod (32:27) Can Bad Ideas Become Good Ideas? (39:18) War Lord vs. Artist (42:19) Metrics For Success? (43:20) Finding The Deep Truths (46:22) Discoveries (51:00) Remove The Bible, Insert Self-Help (54:12) Lessons From Justin Bieber (58:21) Where Do Our Scripts Come From? (1:05:20) Right Vs. Wrong (1:08:15) Fame (1:17:14) Dating Apps (1:19:41) Modern Version of Cigarette (1:23:41) Questioning Everything (1:29:01) Surrounding Yourself With Greatness (1:34:33) Challenge John's Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnhfio Moon Pals: https://www.moonpals.com Invest Like The Best Podcast with John Fio: https://open.spotify.com/episode/69T6d8FolJIHDKiMhpDc56?si=2cdd411e675c4738 My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Cathryn Lavery is the founder of BestSelf. She came to NYC in 2012 with $758 in her pockets. Now she lives in Austin and sold the company for millions. BestSelf sells journals, planners, and conversation decks to help you become all you can be. Use the code MIRANDA at checkout to get 15% off. Cathryn provided me with the code and I don't make any money from it. Just as a thank you for listening! And in this conversation, we spoke about Cathryn’s growth as an entrepreneur, the importance of going inward, how she builds momentum, her core values, how becoming a parent has changed her, and much more. Cathryn’s Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/cathrynlavery LittleMight: https://littlemight.com BestSelf Core Values: https://bestself.co/products/core-values-deck My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Joshua Fields Millburn is one-half of The Minimalists. He is also a New York Times–bestselling author, Emmy-nominated Netflix filmmaker, podcaster, writing instructor, and international speaker. But in this conversation, he spoke about why he doesn’t get too attached to those labels, the practice of grounding, why he doesn’t use his phone on Saturdays, why discipline is a misnomer, and much more. (0:00) Intro (4:55) How Do Accomplishments Feel? (6:25) Kapil Gupta (16:03) Why Are We Doing Things? (21:28) Grounding (27:01) Un-Schooling (30:10) How Does Joshua Choose Teachers? (33:00) Discipline Is A Misnomer? (40:00) Screenless Saturdays (45:00) Hugging Fans & Connection (50:43) Josh on AI (52:08) Fiction/Reading (57:54) Writing (1:00:48) Challenge Joshua’s Links Website: https://www.theminimalists.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theminimalists My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

John Coogan is the co-founder of Lucy and co-founder and CTO of Soylent. He is also the creator of a YouTube channel ( @JohnCooganPlus ) with over 257,000 subscribers. In this conversation, we spoke about why Paul Graham played a pivotal role in John's life, early stories from his days at YCombinator, what his YouTube channel has given him, why he's optimistic about technology, and much more. Sponsored by... Aarthi & Sriram's Good Time Show (@AarthiAndSriram). Listen to conversations with founders, athletes, and technologists who have made it from being outsiders to insiders. Past guests include Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Naomi Osaka, Gary Vaynerchuk, and many more – https://www.youtube.com/@AarthiAndSriram Resources • Founders At Work by Jessica Livingston – https://www.amazon.com/Founders-Work-Stories-Startups-Early/dp/1430210788 • Paul Graham’s Essays – http://www.paulgraham.com John's Links • YouTube:  @JohnCooganPlus  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/johncoogan My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Paul Millerd is a writer. In this conversation, we spoke about how his book has sold 12,000 copies in a year without him trying, why sabbaticals are the key, the problem with our wage-based society, and why Paul took the long, slow, stupid way but why it's paid off for him. Sponsored by... Aarthi & Sriram's Good Time Show ( @AarthiAndSriram). Listen to conversations with founders, athletes, and technologists who have made it from being outsiders to insiders. Past guests include Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Naomi Osaka, Gary Vaynerchuk, and many more – YouTube / Spotify / Apple Resources Mentioned Paul Interviews David Perell – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIWDvuJhVm8 Noah Huisman Substack – https://noahhuisman.substack.com Jonny Miller’s Nervous System Mastery – https://nsmastery.com Paul’s Links The Pathless Path by: https://www.amazon.com/Pathless-Path-Imagining-Story-Work/dp/B09QF6Q421 Substack: https://boundless.substack.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/p_millerd My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Cole Hastings is a YouTuber. In this conversation, we spoke about how he knew he was going to make it, what makes for a good YouTube video, his most important habits leading to his success, what it was like to write a book, how much he is his real self online, and much more. Sponsored by... Aarthi & Sriram's Good Time Show ( @AarthiAndSriram ). Listen to conversations with founders, athletes, and technologists who have made it from being outsiders to insiders. Past guests include Elon Musk, Zuckerberg, Naomi Osaka, Gary Vee and more – https://www.youtube.com/@AarthiAndSriram (0:00) Intro (2:39) Early Obsession (Cupstacking) (5:22) Becoming Comfortable With Self (10:50) Friends' Reactions To Cole’s YouTube (14:28) “I Just Knew YouTube Would Work Out” (21:55) Affirmations (25:43) Relationships (30:26) Meditation (36:38) Compounding (39:34) Teaching Others (44:30) Shadow Work (46:28) Hamza Cringe (49:30) YouTube Cole Hastings Vs. Real Life Cole (59:22) What Makes A Good YouTube Video? (1:07:38) Creating For An Audience Above You (1:12:43) Writing A Book (1:20:52) Challenge Cole’s Links YouTube:  @ColeHastings  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/colehastings_ Website: https://cole-hastings.com My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Akta is a YouTuber.    In this conversation, we spoke about tuning into joy, what was it like when Matt D’Avella shared her work, the difference between feelings and perception, taking on the energy of strangers, what slowing down means to her, and much more. (0:00) Intro (2:20) Unraveling The Ball (4:50) Happiness Vs. Joy (6:23) Tuning Into Joy (8:20) Slowing Down (9:55) Matt D’Avella (12:20) Social Anxiety (14:10) Consumer Vs. Creator (16:18) Creating A YouTube Video (20:42) Perception Vs. Reality (26:29) Feelings Vs. Images (35:28) Authenticity (36:49) Career (39:30) Kindest Act (40:44) Empathy (42:41) Taking On Energy (44:05) DMs (45:51) Loneliness (51:10) Challenge Akta's Links YouTube:  @Akta  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aktavibes Twitter: https://twitter.com/aktavibes My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Chris is a serial entrepreneur with more than 14 years of real estate development and investment experience. He’s raised more than $110 million in equity financing. To date, Fort Capital has invested and developed over $504M in multifamily, student housing, commercial/industrial, and residential & land development projects throughout Fort Worth and the state of Texas. But in this conversation, we didn't speak about too much of that. We spoke about optimism, envy, giving, parenting, mentorship, and much more. (0:00) Intro (2:31) Changing Careers (9:15) Early Entrepreneurial Ventures (17:25) Figuring Out Human Patterns (22:03) Putting Himself Online (26:42) Optimism (31:00) Envy (33:03) Giving (39:10) Parenting (41:21) Finding A Spouse (48:20) Mentorship (54:51) Making Money (57:32) The Lows of Entrepreneurship (1:02:47) Challenge Chris' Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/fortworthchris Podcast: https://www.thefortpod.com My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Bonus episode.  I compiled some of my favorite insights from the 13 episodes in January (not the Q&A).    So much gold gets shared in these episodes. I wanted a way to remember, distill, reflect, and resurface.   Share, tweet, or text this episode. That helps it grow. If it grows, the guests will continue to be incredible. And if the guests continue to be incredible, I can keep doing the show. (0:00) Intro  (2:02) Noah Huisman - 296  (3:45) Aaron Alexander - 297  (6:00) Justin Welsh - 298  (7:05) Morgan Housel - 299  (10:48) Grace Smith - 301  (13:17) Austin Rief - 302  (16:52) Dr. Anthony Gustin - 303  (19:33) Brian Peters - 304  (24:30) David Perell - 305  (28:57) George Heaton - 306  (33:44) Elliott Bisnow - 307  (36:30) Dickie Bush - 308  (39:23) Bryan Johnson - 309 My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Bryan Johnson is the world's most measured human. Johnson sold his company, Braintree Venmo, to PayPal for $800m in 2013. Since then, he's been investing millions to reduce aging. In 2021, he reduced his epigenetic age by 5.1 years in 7 months (World Record). His open-sourced protocol, Project Blueprint, is an endeavor to achieve humanity and earth-scale cooperation starting within Self. In this conversation, we spoke about artificial intelligence, parenting, zero-principle thinking, the big change in Bryan's life, and why Bryan is kind to his detractors.  (0:00) Intro  (3:30) Why Children’s Books?  (5:41) Media Narrative: Tech = Bad  (12:00) Common Enemy?  (13:30) How Will Humans Change (20:03) “Brutal Environment In Brain”  (27:19) Creating More Alignment Within Self (31:33) What Makes For A Better Human?  (39:39) Living For 2500  (43:01) Ambition  (44:23) Truth  (47:35) Best & Worst Cases For AI  (51:00) Bryan’s Big Change  (55:30) Parenting  (57:10) Nicest Thing Anyone’s Ever Done  (1:02:43) Bryan’s Message To Detractors  (1:04:10) Painful Human Experience  (1:07:51) Zeroth Principle Thinking  (1:19:26) Challenge  Bryan's Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/bryan_johnson Blueprint: https://blueprint.bryanjohnson.co My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda