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My perspective is that this was mostly a carbon copy of Tim Ferriss’s podcast with Sam - minus the focus on delegation and assistants. I was hoping the host would have opted to explore new areas or topics…

By "YouSum Live" 00:00:05 Quality output as a controllable factor 00:00:27 Simplifying complex ideas for clarity 00:01:12 Aim for "I never thought of it that way" 00:02:42 Making sophisticated concepts clear 00:04:20 Writing process: Serendipity, connections, simplicity 00:05:21 Getting lucky: Belief in randomness 00:06:48 Sharing investing secrets for implementation challenge 00:09:16 Writing process: Editing and polishing 00:11:47 Distillation: Explaining in one paragraph, one phrase 00:13:02 Writing clarity: Speak and write the same 00:14:50 Avoiding industry jargon for accessibility 00:15:10 Persistence in quality output despite initial lack of readers 00:21:26 Importance of randomness and quality output 00:22:34 Distinguishing oneself through high writing standards 00:23:54 Writing memos: Have wisdom to impart 00:24:30 Focus on creed and principle-based voice in writing 00:25:53 Importance of forming a life philosophy 00:26:23 Developing an investment philosophy post-education 00:26:54 Distinguishing between theory and practice 00:28:55 Utilizing analogies for vivid understanding 00:29:20 Enhancing communication through visual aids 00:31:49 Emulating Buffett's writing style for accessibility 00:33:52 Lessons on patience and commitment in business 00:34:40 Continuous improvement in writing clarity and depth 00:37:23 Significance of rigorous logic and clear explanations 00:46:29 Reconciling conflicting viewpoints for intellectual growth 00:51:18 Continuous growth leads to staying young and alive 00:52:13 Embrace the idea that there's no one important thing 00:52:42 Key elements for successful writing: clarity, humor, novelty 00:52:54 Writing should challenge readers to learn new perspectives 00:53:03 Avoid writing content that readers already know 00:53:23 Goal of writing: engage readers with fresh, insightful content 00:53:31 Chapter headings are means to successful writing By "YouSum Live"

He's certainly one of the best! He has given me great pleasure with his writings. May he live in health and happiness to produce even more wonderful creations. Some of his best and most intelligent characters are female, something I appreciate greatly. Katey Kontent, for instance. Towles is engaging and generous when being interviewed, just as he is generous and respectful to his readers and writes for their entertainment and benefit.

I try not to listen to the Music in Loop too much 😭It takes over my brain, I dont want to end up writing the song into the story XD

The collab I've been waiting for!

Love his substack. The State of Culture 2024 was so good. I’m still thinking about consuming “Distraction.”

Epoca boa viu, quando conheci o Mystery method e o livro The game, eu sentia como se esses caras estivessem comigo quando saia para as minhas "sarges" aqui no Brasil! Tempo bom que não volta mais!

I literally just did an episode of the podcast on Ryan Holiday's 'Canvas Strategy' which seemed to be a big part of how he learned how to 'build' an entire book from start to finish - learning of course, from his mentor, Robert Greene. You added a lot of the color I was unaware of around that here David! Thank you for sharing!

I greatly respect Ryan Holiday. He sounds so levelheaded, wise and genuine.

Yep. Solid point. You need to do kata for whatever your pursuit is. Something that sees the light of day is better of course because you've got some skin in the game.

Was a great podcast, thx!

_Perennial Seller_ is one of Ryan's most underrated books!

Thank you David!

Thumbnail is missing his 2 best books Conspiracy and Trust Me I’m Lying. Highly recommend

40 stoic pushups for every like.

The goat 🐐

Thanks David! He is a gem. Also, thanks for putting the main points in writing.

I swim every morning and write morning pages, and these two disciplines are pushing me forward to get my stories written. Now I'll be interested learn how Ryan Holiday tackles it...

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we finally got this

You got Ryan Holiday??? Omg love it. Keep up the great work!

Ryan Holiday is one of the world's most productive writers. He's published 16 books, hundreds of articles, grown a 700,000+ person newsletter, a 1.6 million subscriber RUclips channel, and built one heck of a business too. How does he do it all? 1) Don't lose momentum: When you get stuck, don't stop writing. Just move on to something else. 2) Marketing is not somebody else's job. It's yours. 3) When you're new to writing, focus on volume. Ryan published 44 blog posts in 2007 and 2008 when he was first honing his skills. 4) Ruin the ending: When you start a non-fiction history book, go straight to Wikipedia and spoil the ending for yourself. Why? It'll help you understand the book better if you're reading for understanding, not entertainment. 5) Find your next book in the bibliographies of your favorite books. This is how you build a knowledge base. This is how you trace a subject back to its core 6) Read hard books: Treat your brain as a muscle that only grows under tension and weight. 7) Before you start the writing process for a book, distill the core idea into one sentence, one paragraph, and one page. 8) Find your "chorus line," the recurring theme that you want to weave through your writing. For Chuck Palahniuk, when he was writing Fight Club, whenever the plot got off track, he came back to: “I am Jack’s sense of rejection.” 9) Always be reading, always be researching, always be collecting stories: Ryan now has somewhere between 10,000 note cards worth of insightful anecdotes from all the reading he's done. 10) Make your note-taking process laborious. Writing notes down by hand is time-consuming, but it forces Ryan to digest the ideas from every book he reads. 11) Whenever a reader tells you that something is wrong, they're right. Something isn't working for them. But does this mean they know how to fix it? Nope. That's your job.

this guy is such a grifter

Drunk Australians have all the answers tbh lol. But also love this guy he’s great. My theory on being told to simplify language when it’s nothing extravagant but just not written for a 5 year old is that if you talk to ppl like they are stupid, they will be stupid and collectively this is bad

incredible!

Don’t agree about Disney. Their lack of hit movies is mostly trying to subvert formulas just to do it and it isn’t working. Subverting is good if it is clever, earned and well done. Subverting just to subvert is dumb.

1:50 the death of culture.

Progress is not new technology, progress is flourishing human beings. Age of reason is not nearly as important as romanticism for the betterment of society. Not algorithms and code. And profits. We are at this same point today

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If you liked his tips then you would have loved what Win Wenger (learning and creativity researcher) was doing. Archive is all available online for free :)

Thank you for sharing this. 😎🙏🏻

That template for your library for posts you are writing was helpful.

God, you really waffle on

David, I always look forward to female writers on the podcast. Thank you for this episode and the many more. It’s all about perspective. Can we have an African writer please?

This is brilliant. How brilliant? I am saving it and will watch it again... most likely more than once because I want to absorb all of it.

When I hear a nice thick Wisconsin accent, that makes my day as well, Ted! Good talk 👍🏻

yes he is my new contempory favorite

This was one of my favourite episodes.

Is it really possible to write like Seinfeld without dating an underage girl?

These are GOLD...1) Time boxing 2) Don't Break the chain 3) Don't write and edit at same time 4) Fail doing what you want to do 5) Work never stops!

Great advice. Just be creative and funny every day

Seinfeld sucks. His comedy are complete dross.

Interesting and a bit troubling. He says he was hired to help businesses set up shop in china and my working poor blue collar ass here's he helped companies off shore manufacturing etc. Then, midway he mentions Soros and my heart dropped a bit more. I'll finish this but idk. ...

Good framework. Can work for simple challenges.

This was excellent. Lit my fire.

Thank you both for this interview.

This is so true. Rebuilding myself after world squashing 😅

I was thinking this man was going to talk about writing a podcast, my mistake, new here. That being said, very interesting episode and full of interesting tidbits. You have a new subscriber.

The advice given here is applicable to everyone who wants to be successful at whatever they are good at. Simple rules for success driven people: 1. Get good at something. 2. Be disciplined, just like you state in this video. The difference between people like Seinfeld and most of us is that he wanted success at all cost and sacrificed to achieve it. Most of us want it, but not at the expense of other things in life. Like you say, the distractions. Love this video!

No clue why I was recommended this, BUT IM GLAD I WAS! Great video