Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchI Learned This the Hard Way: Write Down Your Rules | Daily Essay
Episode 202
One of the rules I read each morning could have saved me three years: don't force it. In 1846 Peter Panum found the old people of the Faroe Islands s…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
The Compounding Trap: Why Selling a Winner Costs You | Daily Essay
Episode 201
Grace Groner bought three shares of Abbott Laboratories for $180 in 1935. When she died at 100 they were worth more than $7 million. A business, a sk…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
I Read 1,000s of Founder Stories. Most Won by Copying… | Daily Essay
Episode 200
The first founder to build in a market tends to prove demand, then watches someone who came in later take it. Pebble, Snapchat and Ahrefs show how it…
3 weeks ago
How to Do 2.5 Hours of Deep Work (It's Easier Than You Think) | Daily Essay
Episode 199
I just heard someone explain the biggest misconception about Transcendental Meditation: that you're supposed to stop thinking. In TM you silently rep…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
Which Business Model Suits Your Personality? | Daily Essay
Episode 198
Pieter Levels runs two apps alone on one server. April Dunford's fees stop the week she does. WeWork raised round after round until it filed for Chap…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
Same Habits, Different Days: My Daily Experiments | Daily Essay
Episode 197
To prove my friend wrong about habits, I sent him a photo of Thai chilies. His meme said discipline makes each day look the same, and one of my habit…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Remind Yourself Who The F*ck You Are. | Daily Essay
Episode 196
Tim Ferriss kept a jar of awesome, slips of good moments he read when he felt down. I keep a highlight reel, a list of my wins, and read it each morn…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
Every Type of Courage Explained | Which One Do You Have? | Daily Essay
Episode 195
You can run a marathon and still dodge a hard talk with your wife. Courage comes in three kinds: mental, social and physical. Bravery in one kind sta…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
The Power of Focus: What Early AI Models Taught Me | Daily Essay
Episode 194
In 2012 I gave a side project two hours of deep work each morning before my day job. It failed and I dropped the habit with it. METR grades AI models…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
The 1 Rule That Stops Me Raising My Goals Too Soon | Daily Essay
Episode 193
A week of easy runs had me ready to make an hour my new floor. Then I remembered the run my rule asks for first. Seán Quinn's 35 years of wins ended …
4 weeks ago