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My guest today is Tiago Forte author of "Building a Second Brain."Tiago Forte is one of the world’s foremost experts on productivity and has taught thousands of people around the world how timeless principles and the latest technology can revolutionize their productivity, creativity, and personal effectiveness. Get his book here: https://amzn.to/3ghadcn TIMESTAMPS:[00:00-01:24] - What is a Second Brain?[01:25] - How Tiago become a productivity expert[03:15] - How to start building y...

My guest today is Jay Papasan, the co-author of The ONE Thing.Jay Papasan is an NYT bestselling writer and business executive. In this episode, Jay shares advice on how to be more productive by identifying and focusing on your most important task, how to create better to-do lists, why you shouldn’t multitask, tips on work/life balance, and much more.TIMESTAMPS:[00:25] - The big idea behind The ONE Thing [01:25] - Why you should make Success lists, not To-Do lists[09:00] - How ...

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My guest today is Sahil Lavingia, author of The Minimalist Entrepreneur.Sahil Lavingia is the founder of Gumroad and an angel investor. Before that, he was employee #2 at Pinterest. In this episode, Sahil shares advice on building a successful business, why you want to be a creator before becoming an entrepreneur, lessons learned from Naval Ravikant, and much more.TIMESTAMPS:[00:20] - What is a minimalist entrepreneur?[08:57] - How Sahil built his company Gumroad[12:00] - Be a cre...

My guest today is MJ DeMarco, author of The Great Rat Race Escape. MJ DeMarco is an entrepreneur, investor, and bestselling author of The Millionaire Fastlane.In this episode, MJ shares advice on how to escape the rat race, the myth about compounding interest making you rich, how to find the right business opportunity, advice he would give to a 21-year old kid today, and much more. TIMESTAMPS:[00:17] - Defining the Script that 99% of people follow [2:00] - The myth of compound ...

My guest today is John Gray, author of Beyond Mars and Venus. Dr. John Gray is the author of the classic dating book Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. His books have sold tens of millions of copies and have been translated into approximately 45 languages in more than 100 countries.In this episode, John shares how relationship dynamics have changed over the past 20 years, why men need Cave Time to get in touch with their masculine side, why women need Talk Therapy to get in touch w...