How to Secure Financial Freedom, Maximize Productivity, and Protect Your Health
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The five health markers I check and watch regularly.
Strategies to prevent or minimize binge eating during times of stress.
The most valuable skills for securing financial freedom.
My philospophy on having children.
Productivity advice
And much, much more.
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How to Secure Financial Freedom, Maximize Productivity, and Protect Your Health
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Show Notes
What are the top five health markers I check and watch regularly? [04:39]
How do I manage all of my contacts? [08:49]
Do I have any strategies to prevent or minimize binge eating during times of stress? [11:57]
What’s next now that my book (Tribe of Mentors) has launched? [16:12]
What do I keep on my person as my EDC (every day carry), and how do I carry it? [19:30]
What are the most valuable skills for securing financial freedom and being better with money? [23:44]
Do I have a philosophy about having children? [40:04]
I always ask guests what advice they would give to their younger selves. How might such advice differ given to a 40-year-old? [43:46]
Should introverts become more extroverted or just embrace their introverted tendencies? [45:37]
How do I arrange my home’s interior to optimize my mental state and effectiveness? [48:04]
Productivity advice for ambitious people who eschew the daily grind of routines. [51:26]
How am I enjoying life in Austin? [53:26]
What questions should a person ask themselves to determine their “where” of happiness? [54:09]
If I could only record one more podcast, who — living or dead — would I interview? [57:01]
What are the pros and cons of a silent retreat? [57:54]
Why have I not illustrated or sketched in my books? [1:02:06]
Here’s a 21-day no complaint experiment we can all tackle together. [1:03:30]
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Peter Attia
Dominic D’Agostino
Kathy Sierra
Gretchen Rubin
Tim O’Reilly
Sam Harris
Tim Urban
Cal Newport
Amelia Boone
Art De Vany
Kelly Starrett
Kevin Reeve
Dave Ramsey
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Ramit Sethi
John D. Rockefeller
Warren Buffet
Charlie Munger
Paul Tudor Jones
Tony Robbins
Richard Branson
Naval Ravikant
Mike Maples, Jr.
Jerzy Gregorek
Charles Darwin
P.T. Barnum
Steve Jobs
Matt Mullenweg
Jocko Willink
Miyamoto Musashi
Milan Kundera
Ray Dalio
Paul Nicklen
Cristina Mittermeier
W.H. Auden
Jimmy Fallon
Dan Harris
Jack Kornfield