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Daniel Coulbourne & John Drexler
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An ongoing conversation about work, internet culture, and what it means to be a mindful 20-something at the beginning of your career.

  1. 30: Meritocracy ++

    07/25/2018

    30: Meritocracy ++

    We like Notion (sort of), Daniel hates Basecamp, and John is prototyping board games. Then Daniel lays out his unified field theory of software engineering and pounds the table for collective bargaining.

    54 min
  2. 29: Ominous death clock

    02/14/2018

    29: Ominous death clock

    In our season finale, we talk about time and attention. Daniel takes John to task about whether or not time exists. And then we talk about ego. We'll be back with Season 4 soon!

    38 min
  3. 28: Heroic feats of workaholism (with Stephen Hackett)

    01/24/2018

    28: Heroic feats of workaholism (with Stephen Hackett)

    Relay.fm co-founder Stephen Hackett stops in to talk about the perils of finding personal identity in your work, whether or not it's important to "love" what you do, and the weird experience of having an emotional relationship with a corporation.

    46 min
  4. 27: Discipline December pt. 2 (with Caleb Porzio)

    01/03/2018

    27: Discipline December pt. 2 (with Caleb Porzio)

    This week we recap Discipline December. We talk discipline as a tool, the downside of letting fear motivate your work, and using experiments to diagnose your problems. Then John loses his mind over how much he loves “Holy Hour”.

    50 min
  5. 26: Ego depletion

    12/20/2017

    26: Ego depletion

    We return to form with this old school episode with no guest. John is having a hard time getting things done, and Daniel has ideas for how to help. We discuss working from home, making good check lists, slowing your roll, and taking notes.

    32 min
  6. 25: Discipline December (with Caleb Porzio)

    12/06/2017

    25: Discipline December (with Caleb Porzio)

    Daniel is going to be disciplined for (almost) a whole month! This is a very meta episode: protestant work ethic, work habits, budgeting, food, exercise, checklists, tidying up, and more! Follow along with our progress in the link in the show notes. If you want to join along, shoot us a tweet. Special Guest: Caleb Porzio. Links: - [Discipline December SPREADSHEET](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fNUtSBERd1PvjjHj_xTDuxbTNQx_5hFwlD5AukTDlNU/edit#gid=0 "Discipline December SPREADSHEET") - [Patreon (our tip jar)](https://www.patreon.com/fitsandstarts "Patreon (our tip jar)") - [Curating a Twitter feed (this week's bonus content)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/15672375 "Curating a Twitter feed (this week's bonus content)") - [Caleb Porzio (@calebporzio) | Twitter](https://twitter.com/calebporzio?lang=en "Caleb Porzio (@calebporzio) | Twitter") — Loves @laravelphp | Developer @TightenCo | Co-hosts @twentypercentfm | just happy to be here - [Caleb Porzio | website](http://calebporzio.com/ "Caleb Porzio | website") - [calebporzio (Caleb Porzio) · GitHub](https://github.com/calebporzio "calebporzio (Caleb Porzio) · GitHub") - [Mint: Money Manager, Bills, Credit Score & Budgeting](https://www.mint.com/ "Mint: Money Manager, Bills, Credit Score & Budgeting") - [Financial Software and Wealth Management | Personal Capital](https://www.personalcapital.com/ "Financial Software and Wealth Management | Personal Capital") - [YNAB. Personal Budgeting Software for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android](https://www.youneedabudget.com/ "YNAB. Personal Budgeting Software for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android") - [Tell ‘Em What You’re Going To Tell ‘Em; Next, Tell ‘Em; Next, Tell ‘Em What You Told ‘Em | Quote Investigator](https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/08/15/tell-em/ "Tell ‘Em What You’re Going To Tell ‘Em; Next, Tell ‘Em; Next, Tell ‘Em What You Told ‘Em | Quote Investigator") - [Twenty Percent Time](http://twentypercent.fm/ "Twenty Percent Time")

    45 min
  7. 24: Many a hustle (with Michael Johnson)

    11/22/2017

    24: Many a hustle (with Michael Johnson)

    Long time friend Michael Johnson calls in for our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY. We talk vlogging, managing multiple side hustles, unifying your life, finding identity, and living life without a calendar. Special Guest: Michael Johnson. Links: - [Patreon (Listener Support)](https://www.patreon.com/fitsandstarts "Patreon (Listener Support)") - [In which we try to think up a novel way to release music (this week's bonus content)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/in-which-we-try-15396135 "In which we try to think up a novel way to release music (this week's bonus content)") - [TwillyCo](https://www.etsy.com/shop/twillyco "TwillyCo") - [mmmichaeljohnson - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvdF4jlIjTRR0nw4j8HTIIg "mmmichaeljohnson - YouTube") - [Twice Adapted | BandCamp](https://twiceadapted.bandcamp.com/ "Twice Adapted | BandCamp") - [Brocrisp (Michael's solo music)](https://soundcloud.com/brocrisp "Brocrisp (Michael's solo music)") - [18: Eventually it sucks less (with Merlin Mann)](http://fitsandstarts.fm/eventually-it-sucks-less "18: Eventually it sucks less (with Merlin Mann)") - ["What I want"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSQqv2UuvC0)

    43 min
  8. 23: Total depravity (with Nancy French)

    11/08/2017

    23: Total depravity (with Nancy French)

    4-time NYT Best Selling Author Nancy French shares her thoughts on being a Conservative writer in the era of Trump. Nancy recently left the Republican party and faced harassment from the Alt-Right. We also get into the relationship between pop culture and politics, and why Nancy pays more attention to Judd Apatow than Mike Pence! Special Guest: Nancy French. Links: - [iPhone X review & late capitalism scams (this week's bonus content)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/15236663 "iPhone X review & late capitalism scams (this week's bonus content)") - [Our tip jar](https://www.patreon.com/fitsandstarts "Our tip jar") - [Nancy French (@NancyAFrench) | Twitter](https://twitter.com/nancyafrench "Nancy French (@NancyAFrench) | Twitter") - [Mitt (2014) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1757800/ "Mitt (2014) - IMDb") - [The Emperor's New Clothes - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor%27s_New_Clothes "The Emperor's New Clothes - Wikipedia") - [David French (@DavidAFrench) | Twitter](https://twitter.com/DavidAFrench?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor "David French (@DavidAFrench) | Twitter") - [David French | National Review](http://www.nationalreview.com/author/david-french "David French | National Review") - [Kernel Panic](http://www.kernelpanicpodcast.com/ "Kernel Panic") - [Total depravity - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_depravity "Total depravity - Wikipedia") - [Perseverance of the saints - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseverance_of_the_saints "Perseverance of the saints - Wikipedia")

    41 min
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An ongoing conversation about work, internet culture, and what it means to be a mindful 20-something at the beginning of your career.

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  • Creator
    Daniel Coulbourne & John Drexler
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2018
  • Episodes
    31
  • Rating
    Clean
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