#778: Q&A with Tim — How to Live with Urgency, Find Joy, and Fight Complacency

I answer questions on how I’ve changed my mind around parenthood, what’s next for me and how I am thinking about next steps, how I find joy, how to live with urgency, my advice for career reinvention in the age of AI, avoiding complacency, and much, much more.

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Timestamps:

[00:00] Start 

[05:09] Q&A format and ground rules.

[05:35] My shift in perspective on parenting and fatherhood.

[08:14] New creative directions: games, comics, animation.

[10:30] Identity diversification.

[18:01] Simple pleasures: outdoor activities, meditation, archery.

[23:21] Using AI to keep questioning fresh and relevant.

[27:12] Breaking through periods of feeling unsuccessful.

[35:25] Exploring the fringes and growing personally over the past decade.

[44:52] Longevity protocols and handling grief.

[53:41] Coping with the loss of a pet.

[55:00] Ecstatic creativity à la Rick Rubin and CØCKPUNCH.

[01:03:37] Physiological awareness and self-regulation.

[01:08:48] Finding career relevance in an AI-transformed landscape.

[01:16:48] Parting thoughts.

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