The Danny Miranda Podcast

Jay Alderton is a fitness business coach. He has previously served in the military, competed in bodybuilding competitions, and been a fitness coach. In this conversation, we spoke about building self-awareness, the mistake of intellectualizing everything, why you should focus on impact over income, and much more.  The video version of this episode is available on Spotify and YouTube. (0:00) Happy Birthday Jay  (2:43) Building self-awareness  (5:02) What can we do to better love ourselves?  (7:41) The mistake of “intellectualization”  (10:15) Health, Wealth, Productivity, and Connectivity  (15:11) Thursday at the spa  (21:45) What to do when feeling miserable  (25:37) Running 2 marathons without training  (29:33) How to best be comfortable with discomfort  (34:30) Why don’t we learn?  (39:23) Day 29 of cold showers  (43:01) How to be a great speaker  (46:31) Impact over income  (50:51) Jay’s final closing words  Jay on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/jayalderton/  Jay on TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@jayalderton  Continue the conversation with me...  🎙Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1532160275/view  🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda  📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda  🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda  🚨 Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.com/tuesday-treasure

Nick Maggiulli is the creator of Of Dollars And Data and the Chief Operating Officer at Ritholtz Wealth Management. He has published a post on his blog every week since 2017. Most recently, he published his first book (Just Keep Buying: Proven Ways To Save Money And Build Your Wealth), which has sold over 10,000 copies in the first month.  In this conversation, we speak about what it felt like to get mentioned on The Tim Ferriss Show, the power of books, how Morgan Housel has served as a mentor for Nick, and much more.  The video version of this podcast is available on Spotify and YouTube. Topics discussed: (0:00) Intro  (0:33) Tooth fairy  (2:23) How does skepticism impact you?  (5:08) Starting a blog (and the slow grind)  (8:35) Moments of quitting?  (10:48) How has motivation changed for Nick?  (13:21) Going on a book tour and repeating himself?  (15:25) Optimism toward future progress  (17:03) Does paying attention to the news impact Nick?  (18:08) The power of books  (19:21) How many hours to write Just Keep Buying?  (20:13) Most unexpected challenge when writing the book?  (22:03) Nick’s $500,000 goal by 30  (23:40) Is high expectations a new phenomenon?  (26:23) Dealing with existential dread in early 20s  (27:46) What would Nick recommend to young people who don’t know?  (29:36) “I’ll probably never write a book” –Nick, May 2020  (34:23) Do family and friends rely on Nick as a data scientist?  (35:49) Words matter  (37:54) Taleb’s Turkey Problem  (40:03) Winners keep winning true for nations as well?  (42:24) Morgan Housel as a mentor  (44:48) Shouted out on Tim Ferriss Show  (46:50) “No medals for prevention, only cures”   (49:07) Appreciation for Mark Zuckerberg  (51:23) Creating as a part of your being  (53:03) How to be kinder    Nick’s book (Just Keep Buying) – https://www.amazon.com/Just-Keep-Buying-Proven-wealth/dp/0857199250 Nick's Twitter – https://twitter.com/dollarsanddata Nick's Website – https://ofdollarsanddata.com/ Resources Mentioned:   Escape From Freedom by Erich Fromm – https://www.amazon.com/Escape-Freedom-Erich-Fromm/dp/0805031499 How To Write Weekly and Accelerate Your Career (Nick Maggiulli + David Perell) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HI5CISSPms Continue the conversation with me... 🎙Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1532160275/view 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda 🚨 Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.com/tuesday-treasure

I have recorded around 250 interviews in the past two years. Here's a distillation of what I've learned about how to conduct a better interview, ask better questions, and how that leads to a more rich existence.   The backstory of this episode: Dan Go wanted to learn how to conduct a better interview. So he texted me, we hopped on a call, and now we're sharing it with the world.   Check out Dan's podcast (The Dan Go Podcast)... https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dan-go-podcast/id1555751972  Dan on Twitter – https://twitter.com/FitFounder  Continue the conversation with me...   🎙Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1532160275/view   🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda   📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda   🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda   🚨 Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.com/tuesday-treasure

David Perell is a writer and entrepreneur. He is the creator of the wildly successful Write of Passage – an online course that helps people accelerate their careers by writing online. He has amassed a following of over 300,000 people on Twitter alone. In this conversation, we spoke about David's college years, why introspection is overrated, David's interesting writing habits, and why epiphanies are felt.  You can access this video on Spotify. Topics: (0:00) Intro  (0:48) Probation  (5:01) The first time David started to take himself seriously  (6:11) Find the leverage  (8:12) Bill Morningstar  (11:20) How to get confidence when you’re not qualified?  (12:25) Coining terms as a creator  (15:00) Mimetic theory  (19:33) How do you make sure what you want is what you really want?  (21:33) Why does David spend time with people he disagrees with?  (25:01) Knowledge workers should treat themselves as athletes  (27:13) Changing the education system  (39:31) Who does David admire today?  (43:01) Surrendering to the art of conversation  (44:29) Overcoming insecurities  (47:20) Injecting more of himself into his work  (48:34) “Epiphanies are felt”  (50:40) “Introspection is overrated”  (53:08) Why David grades his dad A+++  (56:50) How do we live with more joy?  (1:00:23) How much did David turn to the internet as a kid?  (1:02:45) Annual Review  (1:03:41) Connection between plants vs. podcasts  (1:06:28) How to judge improvement on creative work on week-to-week  (1:07:41) The unexpected benefit of writing  (1:12:01) Does David have any trouble sleeping?  (1:13:39) David’s weird writing habits  (1:20:40) How has David gotten less self-loathing?  (1:22:51) Balaji NYT/BTC/CCP framing  (1:26:41) Why are we so attracted to the current?  (1:30:23) Why is David a long-term thinker?  (1:31:11) Web3 vs. Bitcoiners (1:32:51) Lessons from Robert Moses  (1:36:33) Any fiction?  (1:38:00) Book deal?  Resources Mentioned  • First David Perell appearance on The Danny Miranda Podcast 070 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCS3Qyh7LKs  • Kevin Kelly’s 103 Bits of Advice – https://kk.org/thetechnium/103-bits-of-advice-i-wish-i-had-known/  • Austin Scholar – https://austinscholar.substack.com/  • Jack Butcher days vs. decades – https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1485609022799716353  David's Links Twitter – https://twitter.com/david_perell Write of Passage – https://writeofpassage.school/  Continue the conversation with me... 🎙Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1532160275/view  🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda  📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda  🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda  🚨 Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.com/tuesday-treasure

Carter Good is a fitness coach. He has lost over 100 pounds, kept it off, and now coaches other people on how to do it too. But this conversation wasn't centered around his 448,000-person Instagram following or losing the weight. Instead, we spoke about how his passions for fitness have lessened over the years, why Carter turned to therapy, and how he's building internal peace. Topics: (0:00) Intro (0:28) Carter’s tattoos (4:16) Carter’s journey toward internal peace (7:01) Replaying the same song over and over? (8:21) Mike Vacanti phone call (10:22) Framework for making decisions (13:31) Why did Carter choose to lose weight? (16:01) Fear in college (18:41) How Carter changed his physical environment (21:01) Moving to Austin, running into Tim Ferriss? (22:11) Struggling with passion for fitness (28:13) Passion for friends (30:13) Where does Carter’s vulnerability come from? (32:42) How journaling has helped Carter (33:55) Benefits of therapy (34:41) Why start therapy? (36:43) The importance of a morning routine (40:03) Going from 10,000 followers to 300,000 followers on Instagram (42:33) Why does Carter feel uncomfortable sharing himself? (44:46) Carter’s proudest moments creating content (51:49) The similarity between business + losing weight (55:41) How do we reframe what’s cool? (58:33) The importance of being on a journey (1:01:21) “All the best content is about you’re going to die“ (1:04:00) 80-year-old self regret test (1:05:02) Carter’s current mission Carter's Instagram – https://instagram.com/cartergood Carter's Twitter – https://twitter.com/cartergood 🎙Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1532160275/view 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda 🚨 Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.com/tuesday-treasure/

Noah Kagan is the CEO of AppSumo.com, a digital marketplace for software. NOTE: Audio gets better after 2:15. This convo got deep. Noah was willing to talk openly about his failings, insecurities, and strengths. And because of that... this conversation turned out incredible. Let me know what your favorite part was on Twitter – @heydannymiranda. Topics: (0:35) Gifting Noah (1:06) Crazy coincidence (2:15) Audio gets better (3:45) Biking across the country because of favorite book (5:30) “The hardest thing we do is the thing we’re most proud of” (7:44) Noah always knew he was going to be rich (9:50) Looking down upon followers to becoming fans (11:11) What has helped Noah live the life he wants to live? (13:54) Noah’s quest to find a wife (23:20) Noah’s phrase of the year: Be Nice To Noah (28:10) What are the hard things you’re avoiding? (29:08) How do you practice more peace? (36:02) How does Noah view his path toward a deeper, more meaningful life? (39:20) Does Noah feel an obligation to help every person now that he has money? (41:20) Why does Noah put down himself? (44:03) How has committing to growing his YouTube changed Noah? (49:18) How has Noah changed the narrative with himself? (52:20) What does it mean to love yourself? (54:13) How does Noah stay in touch with so many people? (56:21) Noah’s favorite memories alone (57:21) “You have an enviable life with a non-enviable psychology.” (59:39) “It’s all going to work out” (1:02:02) What is your movie title right now, five years, and ten years? Connect with Noah Twitter / YouTube / Instagram / AppSumo.com Thank you to Noah, who was gracious enough to let me use his home recording studio. 🎙Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1532160275/view 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda 🚨 Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.com/tuesday-treasure/

Rory Sutherland is the Vice Chairman of Ogilvy, an attractively vague job title that has allowed him to co-found a behavioral science practice within the agency. Sutherland is a brilliant copywriter and marketing mind, who has an uncanny ability to hold separate ideas simultaneously. (0:00) Once you see it, you can’t look at the world the same (0:54) Electric cars (2:02) Only obvious in retrospect (4:16) Second Life (7:10) Perspective of time (10:10) Too many choices in products (14:30) Typewriter (18:20) Video conferencing (19:43) Mobile phones (21:11) Rory as an early adopter (24:05) Electric bike (27:00) More electric cars (32:22) Derek Sivers (33:01) Wealth accumulation (36:10) The problem with blockchain (37:17) Elon Musk buying Twitter (39:41) Rory’s problem with Amazon Prime (43:51) Similarities between Elon Musk and Steve Jobs (46:23) James Watt invented the horsepower (48:11) Conservatism but open (51:23) How you present information to people has a bearing on how it’s acted upon (52:00) Rory’s color lesson (54:14) What makes for a good story? (57:03) Self-deception is an essential evolutionary function (58:55) Is creativity good for mental health? (1:01:49) Rory’s neuroticism (1:02:30) Nuance on Twitter (1:06:43) Nature vs. nurture (1:10:46) American belief “life is capable of continuous improvement” (1:15:40) Fame’s benefits (1:19:46) A case against niching down (1:22:00) Personal brand (1:27:54) Connecting with Rory (1:29:30) Meeting celebrities… “Was he/she nice?” (1:34:31) Trump the silverback gorilla? Connect with Rory – https://twitter.com/rorysutherland 🎙Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1532160275/view 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda 🚨 Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.com/tuesday-treasure/

Pat Walls is an entrepreneur and writer. He is the creator of Starter Story and also my favorite personal blog on the Internet (patwalls.com). Connect with Pat on Twitter. Continue the conversation with me... 🎙Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1532160275/view 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda 🚨 Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.com/tuesday-treasure/  

Andrew Murnane is a creator. He's built a following of more than 680,000 people in just two years. In this conversation, we spoke about how Eckhart Tolle impacted his journey, how the dualistic world, the reactions from his friends and family to his new version, his breaks from social media, and much more. (0:00) Welcome Andrew (0:34) Power of Now (3:23) What did Andrew change as a result of reading the book? (5:29) What’s been the reaction to this new version of Andrew? (8:10) Why Andrew starting putting out content (11:03) The recording that changed Andrew’s life (13:08) Where does the negative voice come from? (16:43) Breaks from social media (23:03) Who are Andrew’s heroes? (27:40) The Illusion of Duality (37:39) How beliefs take you away from the recognition that you are everything (43:45) Andrew’s experience with mushrooms (50:03) How mushrooms impacts identity (57:45) The movement of Awakening (1:00:41) Similarities between mushrooms and Bitcoin (1:02:13) What practices can help us get closer to ourselves? (1:05:43) Connecting with Andrew Murnane Andrew's Links TikTok / Twitter / YouTube Continue the conversation with me... 🎙Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1532160275/view 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda 🚨 Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.com/tuesday-treasure/

Jonny Miller is an internal explorer. He's a former meditation teacher turned breathwork evangelist. In this conversation, we dive deep into his story. How has he changed? Is he surprised at how his life has unfolded? What is the future for breathwork? What's it like to go into a dark room for days on end? Topics: (0:00) Thank you Jonny (0:36) Freediving (5:53) Guiding in breathwork sessions (10:10) Why does Jonny focus so strongly on breathwork? (16:12) Bottom-up (20:01) Is the person who Jonny is today surprising to him? (21:36) What would be most surprising to him about himself? (23:03) Future for breathwork (27:50) What should people do to integrate their breathwork experiences? (31:15) The relaxation phase of breathwork (34:20) Flaws of current Western education system (37:41) “The conversational nature of reality” (41:10) How Jonny met his wife (43:08) Going into a darkroom (47:19) How different was Jonny’s experience from his wife’s? (48:33) What point should someone consider going into a dark room? (49:40) Andrew Taggert (53:55) Inner work = mirror (56:30) Judgment of judges (58:01) Internal Family Systems (1:02:10) Byron Katie and addiction (1:04:01) Why are some people transformed by pain in a positive direction and others in a negative direction? (1:10:45) Working with anger (1:14:30) How has love changed for Jonny? (1:19:07) How to deepen love within ourselves? (1:21:49) Deep gratitude