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    Explore "digitalengagement" with insightful episodes like "Ep. 142: LISTENER CALLS: Making Hard Work Routine", "Dopamine Fasts, Cruise Ship Investing, and Elon Musk vs. Jeff Bezos Feuds with Andrew Wilkinson, Co-Founder of Tiny" and "Navigating the New Maze of Marketing, with Andy Frisella - MFCEO158" from podcasts like ""Deep Questions with Cal Newport", "My First Million" and "REAL AF with Andy Frisella"" and more!

    Episodes (3)

    Ep. 142: LISTENER CALLS: Making Hard Work Routine

    Ep. 142: LISTENER CALLS: Making Hard Work Routine

    Below are the topics covered in today's listener calls mini-episode (with timestamps). For instructions on submitting your own questions, go to calnewport.com/podcast.


    DEEP DIVE: On Facebook, Misinformation, and the Death of Collaborative Curation [2:59]


    LISTENER CALLS:

     - My thoughts on speed reading. [21:29]
     - My system for writing New Yorker articles (routinizing demanding work). [24:43]
     - The importance of media for academic careers. [34:07]
     - Re-assessing linked note-taking. [40:02]
     - The absurdity of live study streams. [44:12]
     - Time blocking without a time-block planner. [51:21]


    Thanks to Jay Kerstens for the intro music and Mark Miles for mastering.

    Dopamine Fasts, Cruise Ship Investing, and Elon Musk vs. Jeff Bezos Feuds with Andrew Wilkinson, Co-Founder of Tiny

    Dopamine Fasts, Cruise Ship Investing, and Elon Musk vs. Jeff Bezos Feuds with Andrew Wilkinson, Co-Founder of Tiny
    Andrew Wilkinson (@awilkinson), Co-Founder of Tiny, joins Sam Parr (@theSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) to talk about how he found joy through a four-week dopamine fast, why it can be better to make safer “cruise ship investments” rather than startup investments, how Andrew’s last appearance led him to start a D2C maternal healthy company, and much more. --------- * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter. --------- Show Notes: * 00:20 - Andrew’s monk-like retreat from technology * 01:45 - What triggered his “digital meltdown” * 09:20 - The power of a 4-week dopamine fast * 22:40 - Why Andrew bought Aeropress * 30:45 - “Cruise ship investing” vs “speed boat investing” * 37:30 - The benefits (or lack thereof) of being famous * 39:33 - How coming on MFM led Andrew to be able to start a DTC pregnancy health company * 49:15 - Readwise and the Feynman method for learning * 52:41 - The pitfall of constant optimization * 01:07:35 - When Andrew met Steve Jobs * 01:17:32 - Elon Musk & Jeff Bezos’s Twitter beef --------- Links:  * Tiny * JoelOnSoftware.com * Wanting * Readwise * Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage * Elon Musk & Jeff Bezos Thread

    Navigating the New Maze of Marketing, with Andy Frisella - MFCEO158

    Navigating the New Maze of Marketing, with Andy Frisella - MFCEO158

    Marketing has become so sophisticated over the last couple of years that developing an effective strategy can become overwhelming. In this episode of The MFCEO Project, Andy Frisella shares the basic principles and practices that have helped him promote his businesses and generate millions of dollars in revenue. In a wide ranging conversation, Andy discusses everything from basic marketing philosophy and common social media marketing mistakes to the use of brand ambassadors and use and abuse of the principle "sex sells."