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12 snips
Oct 28, 2022 • 1h 1min

#268: Jack Raines – Meeting His Heroes, Losing $150,000 (In A Day), & Internet Dopamine

Jack Raines is the writer of YoungMoney.co, a blog/newsletter with more than 20,000+ readers. Jack covers finance and career advice and has quickly built it up over the past 18 months.   In this conversation, we spoke about how Jack has met his heroes, what it's like to lose $150,000 in a day, getting mentioned in Tim Ferriss' newsletter, why you should travel more, and how he hopes to be remembered. (0:00) Humble Beginnings (4:23 Would Jack Change Anything? (6:27) Inspirations (9:00) Meeting Heroes (11:43) Online Networking (17:48) Losing $150,000 (28:28) Dopamine (Twitter vs. Money) (32:12) Consuming vs. Creating (38:01) The Case For Traveling More (43:31) Getting Over The Hump (45:40) Writing/Creating (51:12) Tim Ferriss Mention (55:41) Early Metrics (57:01) Books (58:53) Legacy (59:56) Challenge Resources Three Sides of Risk – https://collabfund.com/blog/the-three-sides-of-risk/ Jack’s Satirical Viral Writing – https://twitter.com/Jack_Raines/status/1584977015605964800 The Case for Traveling More by Jack Raines – https://www.youngmoney.co/p/case-traveling How I Write by Jack Raines – https://www.youngmoney.co/p/write Jack's Links Website: https://YoungMoney.co Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jack_Raines LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackraines 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
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8 snips
Oct 26, 2022 • 1h 40min

#267: Noah Huisman – The World's Most Underrated Philosopher

Noah Huisman is a modern-day renaissance man. He’s an author, venture capitalist lawyer, gym owner, and fitness connoisseur.  In my two weeks in Austin, Noah served as a tour guide. He took me through workouts, allowed me to use his gym, and helped me explore the different sights. He also opened my mind to new perspectives and ideas. He's one of the smartest and strongest people I know.   In this wide-ranging conversation, we discussed Noah’s near-death experience, different stories from philosophy, finding the ideal, and the heroes you want to be.   (0:00) Thank You To Noah  (2:40) Near-Death Experience  (12:01) Noah’s Fire  (15:03) Night In Jail  (26:01) The Good Wolf  (39:13) Finding The Ideal  (51:01) Abraham Lincoln  (54:03) Feed The Flame  (57:13) Beauty  (1:04:19) Is-Ought Problem  (1:06:43) God  (1:12:58) Drawn To Story  (1:16:22) One Book Per Year  (1:20:04) Soul  (1:32:21) Own Greatness  (1:35:58) Trait To Pass Along  (1:36:33) Challenge   Noah's Links  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/noahhuisman3 Twitter: https://twitter.com/NoahHuisman3 Website: https://www.noahhuisman.com My Links  ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda
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Oct 24, 2022 • 1h 16min

#266: Joe Foster – Building Reebok Into A Billion Dollar Empire

Joe Foster is the founder of Reebok. In this conversation, he discussed the early days (his first 21 years in business), why he never got a job, his most important lesson, the importance of a name, what rapid growth feels like, and what he thinks of his American counterpart, Phil Knight. (0:00) Welcome Joe (1:15) World War II (6:10 Father’s Failing Company (9:11) Badminton (11:14) Early Days of Reebok (21:14) Importance of Name (25:01) Why Joe Never Got A Job (33:24) Going To America (50:57) Angel Martinez (55:05) $9 Million To $1 Billion In 5 Years (1:00:51) Giving Up Company (1:05:11) Phil Knight (1:09:34) Question From George Heaton (1:11:10) Curiosity About Technology Joe's Links New Book (Shoemaker): https://www.amazon.com/Shoemaker/dp/1471194043 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reebokthefounder/ My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda
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8 snips
Oct 21, 2022 • 1h 3min

#265: Dwarkesh Patel – The Future, Technology, & Important Problems

Dwarkesh Patel is the host of The Lunar Society – a podcast that interviews intellectuals, scientists, and founders. He's also a writer and an interesting thinker.   In this post, we spoke about Dwarkesh getting followed by Jeff Bezos, what the future is going to be like, the most important problems, high volatility, and his interesting challenge to the audience.   (0:00) High School Debate  (4:10) Jeff Bezos Following Dwarkesh  (9:36) Programming, Writing  (11:23) Podcasting  (14:26) Tyler Cowen  (15:42) High Volatility  (20:50) Dwarkesh’s Path  (23:20) The Future  (37:35) Important Problems  (47:07) Quote From Dwarkesh  (55:58) Changing Thinking  (57:03) Dwarkesh’s Most Underrated Episode  (58:22) Dwarkesh vs. Lex  (1:00:58) Challenge    Dwarkesh's Links  Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp Website: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/  The mystery of the miracle year by Dwarkesh Patel – https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/annus-mirabilis  My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda
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36 snips
Oct 19, 2022 • 1h 10min

#264: Nat Eliason – The Dark Side of Crypto & Online Writing

Nat Eliason is a writer. Over the past year, he went down the wild crypto rabbit hole and lived to tell the tale.    In this conversation, we spoke about how he got $30,000 stolen from him, his new book deal, writers who've impacted him, how to get your first 10,000 subscribers, and much more.   (0:00) Crypto Rabbit Hole  (4:48) Stolen $30,000  (10:08) Writing  (22:23) New Book Deal  (37:02) First 10,000 Subscribers  (42:10) Online Writers  (49:35) The Ideal  (51:01) Role Models  (58:21) Common Narrative of Fear  (1:06:52) Challenge   First episode with Nat Eliason (033) – https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda/episodes/033-Nat-Eliason--Ethical-Personal-Branding--No-Booze--Public-Contracts-e1io21h  Nat's Links Website: https://www.nateliason.com Substack: https://blog.nateliason.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/nateliason  My Links  ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda
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16 snips
Oct 17, 2022 • 52min

#263: Codie Sanchez – Asymmetric Experiences, The Rock, & Cultivating Curiosity

Codie Sanchez is an entrepreneur and writer. She is a creator who is winning the game of content (amassing an audience of millions across Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube over the past two years). And if you listen to her in this interview, it's no surprise.  Before she ran boring businesses as an investor, she worked as a journalist and in private equity. But then she had a realization: in order to have an impact on the world... you need money.   (0:00) Asymmetric Experiences  (4:03) Curiosity  (8:40) Content  (10:12) Tombstone?  (12:52) Delegate  (16:16) Business Models  (21:30) Monetization Strategies (25:12) Investing = Freedom  (28:34) Christopher Hitchins  (30:50) Storytelling  (32:20) Writing  (35:21) No Meetings Before Noon  (37:11) Burnout  (39:02) Content  (45:35) Fame  (48:28) What’s Next?  (50:31) Challenge   Previous episode with Codie (episode 135): https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda/episodes/135-Codie-Sanchez---Journalism--Investing--and-Cannabis-e1io24l Codie's Links  Newsletter: https://contrarianthinking.co/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/Codie_Sanchez  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/codiesanchez/   My Links  ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com (daily emails!) 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda  🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda  📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda  🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda
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Oct 14, 2022 • 1h 3min

#262: Joshua Becker – Minimalism, Wisdom, Fame, & Jealousy

Joshua Becker is the author of Becoming Minimalist. It's a blog, a book, and a newsletter - that boasts over 1,000,000 readers every month.  In this conversation, we spoke about how Joshua became a minimalist, how his work as a blogger had origins in theology, why creating happens after clearing space, jealousy, fame, and the first step you should take to minimalism. (0:00) Choosing Theology (4:08) Overcoming Fear (5:48) Youth Pastor (7:01) Knowing God (10:31) Impactful Comments (17:01) Pastor & Minimalism (19:03) Finding Meaning (24:42) Things That Matter (28:41) Creating With Meaning (32:42) Fame (37:03) Jealousy (42:28) 14 Years Ago (46:01) First Step (48:53) Success Stories (53:01) Creation (55:51) Reading (1:00:58) Impactful Quote Resources Joshua’s Website: BecomingMinimalist.com Joshua’s Latest Book: https://www.amazon.com/Things-That-Matter-Overcoming-Distraction/dp/B09C9SGRCT My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda
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10 snips
Oct 12, 2022 • 46min

#261: Zach Pogrob – Relentless Humans, Creators, & Austin

Zach Pogrob is a relentless human. He’s the most recurring guest on the podcast (four times!) because he’s a great friend and special human. He's also the owner of a luxury photo booth company.   In this conversation, we spoke about creating online, finding your obsession, design, relentless humans, top creators, and how my Instagram has taken off in the past week since we’ve been here (20,000+ new followers!).   (0:00) Most Recurring Guest  (2:20) Loneliness  (6:32) Stats  (9:00) Design  (15:45) New Paid Newsletter  (19:09) Top Creators  (22:58) Finding Obsession  (28:35) Relentless Humans  (33:33) Location  (35:58) Hard Work vs. Obsession  (38:50) Internal vs. External  (39:35) Moving To Austin  (44:15) Obsession Analysis   Zach's Links  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachpogrob Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachpogrob  Mentioned  Noah’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/noahhuisman3 CJ Finley’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cj.finley My Links  ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda
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8 snips
Oct 10, 2022 • 1h 34min

#260: Andrew Murnane – Creating Online, Questioning Everything, & Letting Go

Andrew Murnane is a creator. In just two years, he's built a following of over 1,000,000 on TikTok and 150,000 on Instagram. Why? Because his videos are thought-provoking, interesting, and insightful.    In this conversation, we went deep on some of Andrew's favorite topics: creating, death, flow state, letting go of the past, and becoming yourself online.   (0:00) Leaving New York  (3:30) Randy Dufrane  (10:03) Trauma  (17:38) Awareness  (19:49) The Past  (29:50) Growth As A Creator  (42:50) Connection  (51:11) Intermittent Fasting  (55:03) Dots Connecting Backward  (1:02:15) Certainty  (1:04:15) Becoming Yourself Online  (1:15:19) Death  (1:20:13) Helping People  (1:26:58) Tweets  (1:32:21) Challenge   My first episode with Andrew (Episode 225): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWmHK5uiQVQ  Andrew's Links  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@notandrewmurnane   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notandrewmurnane/   My Links  🎙 Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1532160275/view 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda
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4 snips
Oct 7, 2022 • 1h 7min

#259: Dulma Altan – How To Express Your Gifts

Dulma Altan is a content creator. Her TikTok account has grown a loyal audience of almost 100,000 people (in one year) for her business breakdowns of women. In this conversation, we spoke about what it means to be a skillful human, how Dulma wants to be remembered, how to express your gifts, the ups and downs of creating, why she's been procrastinating her podcast, and why you should romanticize the present moment. (0:00) Discipline (9:20) Self-Love (11:50) Internal Intention (14:40) Women Founders (19:15) Qualifying Statements (22:10) Leaving Bubble (24:55) Skillful Human (27:40) Procrastinating Podcast (32:05) Downsides Of Audience (36:40) Positives of Creating (38:31) Looking At Yourself (45:01) How To Express Gift (51:20) Romanticize The Present Moment (1:00:12) Writing A Book (1:01:40) How To Be Remembered (1:03:58) Challenge Dulma's Links Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4khTBpy7e8YJuZGWhxb2o9?si=6549175ff3e940f8 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@iamdulma My Links 🎙 Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1532160275/view 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

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