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#178 Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products
take big chanches, pursue a passion, respect the work
AI Key Takeaways
- The futuristic concept for a telephone was a blue sky project.
- Newcastle School emphasized emerging technology like the Sony Walkman.
- The co-founder of Sony, Akio Morita, influenced people like Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos.
- Akio Morita's founding of Sony is a fascinating story.
- The podcast and the book about the story are highly recommended.
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#722 - 15 Lessons From 2023 - Jordan Peterson, Alex Hormozi & Elon Musk
be yourself
AI Key Takeaways
- Being yourself allows you to attract people who like you for who you really are
- Pretending to be someone else detaches you from criticism and compliments
- Playing a role prevents you from feeling connected to your own successes
- The persona can only receive praise, not love
- Hiding your true self leads to feeling disconnected from others
- Embracing your uniqueness is the key to success and making a unique contribution
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Ramit Sethi: His New Netflix Show, How To Stand Out & Spend Your Money
The Three Money Skills: Making, Managing, and Spending
AI Key Takeaways
- There are three distinct skills related to money: making, managing, and spending.
- Most people focus on making money and don't pay much attention to managing and spending it.
- People are incentivized to make managing money seem sexy, while spending is often ignored.
- It's important to learn how to spend money meaningfully, not just how to save it.
- To live a truly rich life, one should strive to be good at all three money skills.
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20VC: Why AI Will Lead to Thousands of Billionaires and Elon Musk's, Will TikTok Be Banned and How Facebook Should Be Investing in AI & Why Startups Have Become Too Soft; We Need a Spiritual Reform with Amjad Masad, Founder & CEO @ Replit
be so dedicated you might lose your loved ones
AI Key Takeaways
- Taking care of one's health and relationships is important for overall well-being
- Being too focused on success can potentially lead to neglecting personal relationships
- It is possible to accumulate 'life debt' in pursuit of success
- Hindsight can bring regrets and the desire to prioritize certain aspects of life
- Replet aims to have a global impact by empowering individuals to learn coding and start their own businesses
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Adam Robinson & Bill Brewster — Disproving Your Thesis (EP.65)
what not to do
AI Key Takeaways
- Taking a break from work can help one assess their goals and objectives
- Podcasts should include conversations about the difficult and not so glamorous aspects of a person's career
- Envy for someone's life should take into account the whole picture and not just the highlights
- Lists of things to do are not as important as learning what not to do
- Learning what successful people don't do can be more valuable than learning what they do
- There should be a book about what millionaires don't do
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#329 Charlie Munger (the NEW Poor Charlie's Almanack)
Generosity
AI Key Takeaways
- Higher net worth allows for greater ability to serve others
- Depression era provided important learning experiences for Charlie Munger
- Charlie's grandfather risked half of his assets to rescue a small bank
- Supporting each other helped the Munger family weather the economic collapse
- Charlie admired and emulated his grandfather's traits
- Life will have unfair blows but it is important to pick oneself back up
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#329 Charlie Munger (the NEW Poor Charlie's Almanack)
Repetition for Deep Learning
AI Key Takeaways
- Repetition is purposeful for deep fluency and instruction.
- Rereading the book or specific sections annually is recommended.
- Repetition is key in advertising and influencing others.
- Charlie Munger uses repetition to convey his ideas and stories throughout multiple decades of talks.
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#329 Charlie Munger (the NEW Poor Charlie's Almanack)
The Purpose of Building a Great Business
AI Key Takeaways
- Education is the process of acquiring the ability to lead a good life.
- Building a great business is in service of building a great life.
- Many people sacrifice everything for a single goal, not realizing that a great business is part of a great life.
- The purpose of building a great business is to have a great life as well.
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#702 - 16 Lessons From 700 Episodes
Choose your suck: Embracing the inevitable downsides of pursuing your dreams
AI Key Takeaways
- Everything in life has its own set of challenges and drawbacks.
- It's important to choose pursuits that you are willing to endure the difficulties of.
- Passion and desire can make the undesirable parts of a job more bearable.
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#702 - 16 Lessons From 700 Episodes
The Dark Side of Monk Mode: The Addiction and Isolation
AI Key Takeaways
- The issue is monk mode justifies a retreat from life and risk and self adventure as it justifies it as self development.
- It makes you feel noble in isolation so much so that it can become hard to bring yourself back out.
- If you already have a tendency to live a sheltered, slightly unsocial life, you're encouraging yourself to further abscond away from ever building a real life support network.
- A real life support network is ultimately the thing you need the most in the long run.
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#702 - 16 Lessons From 700 Episodes
Productivity Dysmorphia
AI Key Takeaways
- Productivity dysmorphia is the inability to see one's own success, acknowledging the volume of your own output.
- Productivity dysmorphia is at the intersection of burnout, imposter syndrome, and anxiety.
- The pursuit of productivity can rob us of the ability to appreciate our own success.
- Comparison with others can contribute to productivity dysmorphia.
- Working in isolation or from home can intensify productivity dysmorphia.
- Observing others in a traditional office setting can provide perspective on work rate and expectations.
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#702 - 16 Lessons From 700 Episodes
The Curse of Knowledge: Understanding the Theory of Mind
AI Key Takeaways
- Teach people who are three steps behind you to benefit from your experience
- Avoid the curse of knowledge and remember the problems you faced in the past
- It is difficult for people to recall their past experiences accurately
- Observe the actions of individuals who were at the same stage as you
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