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On The Knowledge Podcast, you’ll hear from the best and brightest minds in business, entrepreneurship, and beyond. Hosted by writer and entrepreneur David Elikwu, each episode features in-depth interviews with makers, thinkers, and innovators from a variety of backgrounds.

The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. In every issue, David shares stories, ideas and frameworks from psychology, philosophy, productivity and business. With insights that are both practical and thought-provoking, The Knowledge will help you think more deeply and get more done.

Follow David's newsletter at: theknowledge.io / Keep the conversation going on Twitter at @Delikwu using the hashtag #TheKnowledge

The Knowledge with David Elikwu David Elikwu

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On The Knowledge Podcast, you’ll hear from the best and brightest minds in business, entrepreneurship, and beyond. Hosted by writer and entrepreneur David Elikwu, each episode features in-depth interviews with makers, thinkers, and innovators from a variety of backgrounds.

The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. In every issue, David shares stories, ideas and frameworks from psychology, philosophy, productivity and business. With insights that are both practical and thought-provoking, The Knowledge will help you think more deeply and get more done.

Follow David's newsletter at: theknowledge.io / Keep the conversation going on Twitter at @Delikwu using the hashtag #TheKnowledge

    68. Creativity and Chaos with Kevon Cheung

    68. Creativity and Chaos with Kevon Cheung

    David speaks with Kevon Cheung, an author and content creator.
    Kevon runs a course, Build in Public Mastery, to help entrepreneurs show their work publicly to build up their brand and superfan base.
    He wrote a book, Find Joy in Chaos, to help entrepreneurs build their online presence so opportunities and connections come to them.
    They talked about:
    📝 The hardest things to write
    🚫 How to stop being an amateur
    🗣️ Building in public
    👨‍👦 Managing life as a new dad
    📚 How writing a book boosts credibility
    💬 Building an online community
    🏋️‍♀️ Overcoming obstacles when building in public
    👤 Connect with Kevon:Twitter: @MeetKevon | https://twitter.com/MeetKevon
    Website: https://publiclab.co/
    Course: https://buildinpublicmastery.com/
    YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/c/MeetKevon
    📹 Watch on Youtubehttps://youtu.be/51BgnWU2De8
    📜 Full transcript:https://www.theknowledge.io/kevoncheung-2/

    🗣 Mentioned in the show:Jordan Peterson | https://www.jordanbpeterson.com/
    Roam research | https://roamresearch.com/
    Building Public Definitive Guide | https://meetkevon.gumroad.com/l/buildinginpublic
    Find Joy in Chaos | https://amzn.to/3YbXd7T
    Mike Cardona | https://mikecardona.bio.link/
    Seth Godin | https://seths.blog/

    👨🏾‍💻 About David Elikwu:
    David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.
    🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge
    🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com
    📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu
    📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/
    🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu
    🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge
    📖 EBook: https://delikwu.gumroad.com/l/manual
    My Online Course
    🖥️ Career Hyperdrive: https://maven.com/theknowledge/career-hyperdrive
    Career Hyperdrive is a live, cohort-based course that helps people find their competitive advantage, gain clarity around their goals and build a future-proof set of mental frameworks so they can live an extraordinary life doing work they love.
    The Knowledge
    📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io
    The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to help you think deeper and work smarter.
    My Favorite Tools
    🎞️ Descript: https://bit.ly/descript-de
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    • 45 min
    67. The Alexander Technique with Michael Ashcroft

    67. The Alexander Technique with Michael Ashcroft

    David speaks with Michael Ashcroft, a writer and Alexander Technique teacher who previously spent 10 years consulting on clean energy innovation.
    A lot of Michael's work centres around helping people expand their awareness. He's written several essays and posts I've loved, particularly about the concept of grinding, and how paying attention to our awareness can help us maximise our creativity, productivity, posture and physical engagement.
    They talked about:
    💡 Decision-making in challenging situations
    👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 How to make big life decisions
    🤔 The Alexander Technique explained
    🌟 Knowing and accepting life's possibilities
    🧠 Attention, expanded awareness, and non-fixation
    🌌 Expanded awareness vs. traditional meditation

    👤 Connect with Michael Ashcroft:Twitter: @m_ashcroft | https://twitter.com/m_ashcroft
    Course: Alexander Technique | https://expandingawareness.org/courses/
    Website: Expanding Awareness | https://expandingawareness.org/

    📜 Full transcript:https://www.theknowledge.io/michaelashcroft-2/

    📹 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/MIqmvPd-cGo

    🗣 Mentioned in the show:Jonny Miller | https://www.theknowledge.io/jonnymiller/
    Frederick Matthias Alexander | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Matthias_Alexander
    Richard Wiseman | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wiseman
    The Luck Factor | https://amzn.to/3PpX1Qe
    Six degrees of separation | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_separation
    Dzogchen | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzogchen
    Hooked | https://amzn.to/3PtSU5w
    Nir Eyal | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nir_Eyal
    Sam Harris | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Harris

    👨🏾‍💻 About David Elikwu:
    David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.
    🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge
    🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com
    📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu
    📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/
    🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu
    🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge
    📖 EBook: https://delikwu.gumroad.com/l/manual
    My Online Course
    🖥️ Career Hyperdrive: https://maven.com/theknowledge/career-hyperdrive
    Career Hyperdrive is a live, cohort-based course that helps people find their competitive advantage, gain clarity around their goals and build a future-proof set of mental frameworks so they can live an extraordinary life doing work they love.
    The Knowledge
    📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io
    The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to help you think deeper and work smarter.
    My Favorite Tools
    🎞️ Descript: https://bit.ly/descript-de
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    • 38 min
    66. Life as a Digital Nomad with Lauren Razavi

    66. Life as a Digital Nomad with Lauren Razavi

    David speaks with Lauren Razavi, Director of Special Projects at SafetyWing, overseeing the Plumia mission to construct a virtual nation on the internet.
    Lauren is also the author of "Global Natives: How Digital Nomads Will Shape the Future of Work, Travel, Innovation & Migration," a book that explores the impact of digital nomadism on work and culture.

    They talked about:
    🌍 Defining digital nomads
    ✈️ Travel and work-life balance
    🏡 Different modes of travel: Nomad, Tourist, Business
    🌟 The importance of a global outlook
    ⏰ How time scarcity changes the way you travel
    ✨ Creating meaningful connections as a nomad

    👤 Connect with Lauren:Twitter: @LaurenRazavi | https://twitter.com/LaurenRazavi
    Newsletter: Global Natives | https://globalnatives.substack.com/
    Website: safetywing.com | https://safetywing.com/?referenceID=lraz&utm_source=lraz&utm_medium=Ambassador

    📹 Watch on Youtube:https://youtu.be/dhHF2XRRxjo

    📜 Full transcript:https://www.theknowledge.io/laurenrazavi-1/

    🗣 Mentioned in the show:Safety Wing | https://safetywing.com/
    Global Natives | https://amzn.to/3PaimNe
    The Guardian | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian
    Hacker Paradise | https://www.hackerparadise.org/

    👨🏾‍💻 About David Elikwu:
    David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.
    🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge
    🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com
    📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu
    📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/
    🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu
    🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge
    📖 EBook: https://delikwu.gumroad.com/l/manual
    My Online Course
    🖥️ Career Hyperdrive: https://maven.com/theknowledge/career-hyperdrive
    Career Hyperdrive is a live, cohort-based course that helps people find their competitive advantage, gain clarity around their goals and build a future-proof set of mental frameworks so they can live an extraordinary life doing work they love.
    The Knowledge
    📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io
    The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to help you think deeper and work smarter.
    My Favorite Tools
    🎞️ Descript: https://bit.ly/descript-de
    📨 Convertkit: https://bit.ly/convertkit-de
    🔰 NordVPN: https://bit.ly/nordvpn-de
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    • 36 min
    65. Passion, Discipline, and Success with Thomas Frank

    65. Passion, Discipline, and Success with Thomas Frank

    David Elikwu speaks with Thomas Frank, an author, YouTuber, and Notion expert.
    Thomas is best known for his blog CollegeInfoGeek, his YouTube channel with 2.9 million subscribers, and his second channel called "Thomas Frank Explains," which is the largest Notion education channel globally, with 170,000 subscribers.
    They talked about:
    🤔 How to pick opportunities
    🔑 The biggest keys to being successful
    🎯 How to focus on the right things
    🌟 How to deal with success
    🚀 How to create leverage in your life and work

    📹 Watch on YouTube:https://youtu.be/8uPNa2Xl20g

    📜 Full transcript:https://www.theknowledge.io/thomasfrank-1/

    👤 Connect with Thomas Frank:Twitter: @TomFrankly | https://twitter.com/TomFrankly
    Website: thomasjfrank.com

    🗣 Mentioned in the show:Gary V | https://garyvaynerchuk.com/podcast/
    René Girard | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/René_Girard
    Ryan Holiday | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Holiday
    Nassim Taleb | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassim_Nicholas_Taleb
    Khe Hy | https://www.theknowledge.io/khehy/
    Seth Godin | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Godin
    Crush It | https://amzn.to/3P8zbZ1
    Steve Jobs | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs
    Wanting | https://amzn.to/486ceyd
    Luke Burgis | https://lukeburgis.com/about/
    Peter Thiel | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel
    Discipline is Destiny | https://amzn.to/3USSjeJ
    Feynman technique | https://fs.blog/feynman-technique/
    Zig Ziglar | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zig_Ziglar
    Elon Musk | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk
    Back to The Future | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088763/
    Gifts from your past self | https://www.theknowledge.io/issue45/
    The sunk cost effect | https://www.theknowledge.io/sunk-cost-fallacy/

    👨🏾‍💻 About David Elikwu:
    David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.
    🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge
    🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com
    📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu
    📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/
    🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu
    🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge
    📖 EBook: https://delikwu.gumroad.com/l/manual
    My Online Course
    🖥️ Career Hyperdrive: https://maven.com/theknowledge/career-hyperdrive
    Career Hyperdrive is a live, cohort-based course that helps people find their competitive advantage, gain clarity around their goals and build a future-proof set of mental frameworks so they can live an extraordinary life doing work they love.
    The Knowledge
    📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io
    The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to help you think deeper and work smarter.
    My Favorite Tools
    🎞️ Descript: https://bit.ly/descript-de
    📨 Convertkit: https://bit.ly/convertkit-de
    🔰 NordVPN: https://bit.ly/nordvpn-de
    💹 Nutmeg: http://bit.ly/nutmegde
    🎧 Audible: https://bit.ly/audiblede


    Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-knowledge-with-david-elikwu/donations

    • 32 min
    64. Life, Work, and Awareness with Michael Ashcroft

    64. Life, Work, and Awareness with Michael Ashcroft

    David speaks with with Michael Ashcroft, a writer and Alexander Technique teacher who previously spent 10 years consulting on clean energy innovation.
    A lot of Michael’s work centres around helping people expand their awareness. He’s written several essays and posts I’ve loved, particularly about the concept of grinding, and how paying attention to our awareness can help us maximise our creativity, productivity, posture and physical engagement.

    They talked about:
    🔄 Switching from corporate to self-employment
    🕊️ How freedom creates tension in work and life
    📝 Staying productive without burning out
    🚀 How to channel your ambition
    🎲 Setting the right priorities
    🥷🏽 Missionary mindset vs. mercenary mindset
    📜Full transcript:https://www.theknowledge.io/michaelashcroft-1/

    📹 Watch on Youtube:https://youtu.be/RpKIkAiLxrk

    👨🏾‍💻 About David Elikwu:
    David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.
    🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge
    🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com
    📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu
    📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/
    🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu
    🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge
    📖 EBook: https://delikwu.gumroad.com/l/manual

    My Online Course
    🖥️ Career Hyperdrive: https://maven.com/theknowledge/career-hyperdrive
    Career Hyperdrive is a live, cohort-based course that helps people find their competitive advantage, gain clarity around their goals and build a future-proof set of mental frameworks so they can live an extraordinary life doing work they love.

    The Knowledge
    📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io
    The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to help you think deeper and work smarter.

    My Favorite Tools
    🎞️ Descript: https://bit.ly/descript-de
    📨 Convertkit: https://bit.ly/convertkit-de
    🔰 NordVPN: https://bit.ly/nordvpn-de
    💹 Nutmeg: http://bit.ly/nutmegde
    🎧 Audible: https://bit.ly/audiblede


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    • 33 min
    63. Writing Habits and Creative Productivity with David Kadavy

    63. Writing Habits and Creative Productivity with David Kadavy

    David speaks with David Kadavy, a prolific author and online writer.
    His most popular books are “Mind Management, Not Time Management: Productivity When Creativity Matters” and “The Heart to Start: Stop Procrastinating & Start Creating”.
    He currently has 12 available books on Amazon and has sold more than 100,000 books in twelve languages.

    They talked about:
    📚 His journey into writing
    🚀 Finding success with self-published books
    📝 The challenges of maintaining a writing habit
    📖 Insights into the changing landscape of book publishing
    David encourages creators to experiment, highlighting the potential for success in embracing shorter formats.

    📜Full transcript:https://www.theknowledge.io/davidkadavy/

    📹 Watch on Youtube:https://youtu.be/iRs-vEoQD98

    👨🏾‍💻 About David Elikwu:
    David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.
    🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge
    🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com
    📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu
    📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/
    🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu
    🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge
    📖 EBook: https://delikwu.gumroad.com/l/manual

    My Online Course
    🖥️ Career Hyperdrive: https://maven.com/theknowledge/career-hyperdrive
    Career Hyperdrive is a live, cohort-based course that helps people find their competitive advantage, gain clarity around their goals and build a future-proof set of mental frameworks so they can live an extraordinary life doing work they love.

    The Knowledge
    📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io
    The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to help you think deeper and work smarter.

    My Favorite Tools
    🎞️ Descript: https://bit.ly/descript-de
    📨 Convertkit: https://bit.ly/convertkit-de
    🔰 NordVPN: https://bit.ly/nordvpn-de
    💹 Nutmeg: http://bit.ly/nutmegde
    🎧 Audible: https://bit.ly/audiblede


    Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-knowledge-with-david-elikwu/donations

    • 40 min

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