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Justin Kan is the co-founder Twitch. He sold Twitch to Amazon for $970 million in 2014. Now he spends his time meditating, DJing, and going to Burning Man. He is an investor at Goat Capital and cofounder of Fractal and Rye.
In this conversation, we spoke about winning internally, Justin’s experience with source, finding a partner, leadership, having children, his home vandalization, and learnings from Paul Graham.
0:00 Intro
0:54 Justin’s Leadership Story (In College)
6:40 If You Will It, It Is No Dream
9:00 How To Create A New Reality
12:50 The Internet Is A Giant Tabloid
16:41 Why Is Meditation On The Rise?
19:00 Ayahuasca Experience
33:21 How Did People Treat Justin Differently After Selling Company?
35:15 Finding A Partner
40:31 “Having Kids Rounds Out The Human Experience”
46:00 Justin’s Experience With Source
48:03 “I Am Calm”
51:10 Affirmations
53:02 Diet, Exercise, Sleep
54:24 The Secrets To Happiness
55:21 What Made Justin Upset?
58:49 Spiritual Growth Leaders
1:00:39 Home Vandalization
1:06:31 Learnings From Paul Graham
1:07:39 Internally Successful + Externally Successful
1:09:01 How To Find Your Infinite Game
1:13:33 What Is Justin Most Proud Of?
1:15:43 Why Does Mentoring Feel So Good?
1:16:37 Challenge
Resources
Justin’s Links
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justinkan/
My Links
🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda
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David Perell is an entrepreneur and writer. He is the creator of Write Of Passage, an online school to help people transform their lives through writing. He has taught students from Google, Facebook, Harvard, MIT, Stripe, and Goldman Sachs.
In this interview we spoke about the difficulties of running a company, David's journey to faith, his season of no, how to find a partner, building deep friendships, advice to creators, and the importance of surrendering to your true nature.
0:00 What’s The Central Question Of David’s Life?
2:32 Doing Life’s Work?
7:49 The Moment Tyler Cowan Invested In David Perell
9:33 Investing In The Cultural Tutor
13:54 Difficulties Of Running A Company
15:49 Online David Vs. In-Person David
21:31 The Importance Of Friendship
25:01 Finding God
36:04 Where To Start With Bible
43:10 David’s Phone Screen
45:38 Mantras + Season Of No
49:37 Three Lines, Three Words Each
52:27 David’s High School Physics Teacher
59:18 How David Thinks About Education
1:01:21 Finding A Partner
1:05:01 Building Deep Friendships
1:09:43 Yes/No List
1:12:00 Red Dress Traps
1:14:02 Advice For Creators
1:17:43 How To Be More Distinctive
1:20:31 Surrender To Your Nature
1:22:03 Challenge
1:23:40 How I Write Origin
Why Beauty Matters: https://vimeo.com/549715999
Previous Episodes With David Episode 070: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCS3Qyh7LKs Episode 230: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0RnTd8HOK8 Episode 305: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VBZm6GoBDQ
David’s Links
Twitter: https://twitter.com/david_perell
Write Of Passage: https://writeofpassage.school
How I Write: https://writeofpassage.school/how-i-write
My Links
🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda
🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda
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Keith Rabois is widely known for his early-stage startup investments and his executive roles at PayPal, LinkedIn, Slide, and Square. Additionally, Rabois has been involved in investments in YouTube, Palantir, Lyft, Airbnb, Eventbrite, Wish, and The Org. He currently serves as the CEO of Open Store and the General Partner at Founders Fund.
0:00 Intro
0:32 Margaret Thatcher’s Influence
4:21 Peter Thiel
6:09 Spotting Talent
10:02 Looking For Anomalous Data
12:27 5-Year-Old Keith
13:43 Wasting Decade With Law
17:36 First Year At PayPal Learnings
21:39 Too Big To Fail
25:26 Breakthrough Areas
26:46 The Upside Of Stress
29:41 What Makes For A Great Leader?
31:22 Absorb Someone’s Brain
35:12 Most Of Success Is Common Sense
35:48 Keith’s Biggest Mistakes
40:15 Commonalities Amongst Successful People
45:34 Challenge
The Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It by Kelly McGonigal – https://www.amazon.com/Upside-Stress-Why-Good-You/dp/1101982934
Keith's Links
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rabois
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keith
My Links
🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda
🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda
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Dr. Stan Beecham graduated from the University of Georgia with a bachelor’s of psychology in 1983. He completed his doctorate in 1994 from the Georgia School of Professional Psychology. After that, he served as the sport psychologist for University of Georgia athletics. And starting in 2002, he founded the Leadership Resource Center where he takes his wisdom to help the business world. He is the author of the bestselling book Elite Minds: How Winners Think Differently to Create a Competitive Edge and Maximize Success.
0:00 Intro
1:55 Winners Expect To Win
4:30 How To Be Less Anxious
8:13 Cancer Diagnosis
11:45 Getting Your Life Together Is Not Selfish
14:20 Mindset To Cancer
17:28 Overcoming Fears
22:33 Great Psychologists Know Their Own Problems
24:00 Solving Loneliness For High Performers
26:44 Changing Your Mind By Removing Beliefs
31:24 Deion Sanders Pregame Speech
33:10 Do We Create Injuries & Illness?
39:24 Difficult Paths Create Growth
44:12 “Be Careful” Is Bad Advice
47:02 Incredible Story From Hospital
53:00 End Of Life Regrets
54:45 Challenge
Dr. Beecham's Links
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Elite-Minds-Differently-Competitive-Maximize/dp/B09BS6C9CY
Website: http://drstanbeecham.com/
My Links
🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda
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Zach Bitter is an ultramarathon runner. He currently holds the record for fastest American 100-mile run at 11 hours, 19 minutes, 13 seconds (6:47/mile pace).
0:00 Intro
1:30 Is Zach An Average Runner?
3:56 Running Growing In Popularity
10:25 History of Endurance Races
12:06 Zach’s History With Ultras
18:40 Local Vs. Global Perspective
21:32 Succeed Slowly
23:26 Mental Self-Doubt
27:49 Advice For Running First Marathon
31:40 Advice For Intermediate Marathoners
33:39 Keeping It Fun
39:45 You Are Already 99% Done
43:11 What Makes The Last 10% Most Difficult?
50:02 Going From Teaching To Running Professionally
56:33 Curiosity
1:01:41 Is Running Meditation?
1:05:15 Who Would Zach Be Without Running?
1:08:02 Mentorship & Teaching
1:11:02 Advice For 20-Somethings
1:13:35 Challenge
Zach’s Links
Website: https://zachbitter.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/zbitter
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachbitter
Endurance Training Simplified: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGAFroDTvLE
My Links
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Hunter Weiss is an entrepreneur. In this interview, we spoke about Casey Neistat's role in his development, how he's built a tribe in NYC, his biggest failure to date, the impact of running on his life, and much more.
0:00 Intro
2:20 Doing 100M+ Views For Dan Koe
6:12 “I Slept 4 Hours/Night For Months“
7:45 How Did Casey Neistat Become Hunter’s Mentor?
13:24 What Has Hunter Learned From Casey?
24:22 The Entrepreneurial Athlete Trend
29:23 Learnings From Our Andy Frisella Trip
35:33 Getting Office In NYC
39:20 Building A Tribe
42:02 Biggest Failures
44:44 How To Go Positive Virality
53:34 Building Hunter’s Own Brand
57:33 Hunter’s Fascination With Action Sports
1:03:44 Highs And Lows
1:10:02 Running (NYC Marathon)
1:19:24 Limiting Beliefs
1:23:40 Entrepreneur Vs. Artist
1:26:02 Working With Businesses (vs. Creators)
1:28:53 Idea Generation
1:31:30 Hunter’s Constructive Criticism
1:34:02 Mutual Appreciation For Each Other
1:36:30 Challenge
Hunter's Links
Website: https://weissmarketing.com/
X: https://twitter.com/hunter_weiss
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weissmarketing/
My Links
🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda
🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda
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Tyler Denk is the founder of beehiiv, a newsletter platform that was started in October 2021. He previously worked for Morning Brew and Google.
0:00 Intro
0:55 Turning Down $50 Million Offer
5:43 What Makes Tyler’s Mindset Different?
7:32 Lessons From Morning Brew
9:30 Established Company Or Startup?
12:39 The Downsides Are Never As Bad…
15:23 Exceptionalism
20:10 Envy Of Austin Rief & Alex Lieberman (Morning Brew)?
25:02 Working For Google
26:33 Lessons From Morning Brew, Part 2
32:33 Launching beehiiv
38:02 Removing The Noise?
39:41 Mental Wellbeing & Stress
46:55 “I Will Not Let Myself Fail”
48:55 Elon Musk
50:02 SpaceX Interview
53:48 GoDaddy Fiasco
1:00:02 Arnold Schwarzenegger On beehiiv
1:03:04 Remote Vs. In-Person
1:07:33 How To Improve Writing
1:10:55 Weirdest Habit
1:12:01 Favorite Books
1:16:22 Meeting Heroes
1:18:33 Challenge
Links
The Key To Being A Successful Entrepreneur by Tyler Denk: https://medium.com/venturestorm-blog/the-key-to-being-a-successful-entrepreneur-86824a1f3b2d
The Elon Musk Post Series by Tim Urban – https://waitbutwhy.com/2017/03/elon-musk-post-series.html
The Go-Giver by Bob Burg and John David Mann – https://www.amazon.com/Go-Giver-Expanded-Little-Powerful-Business/dp/1591848288
Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman – https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0374533555
Burn Rate by Andy Dunn – https://www.amazon.com/Burn-Rate-Launching-Startup-Losing/dp/0593238265
Tyler’s Links
Website: https://www.beehiiv.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/denk_tweets
My Links
🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda
🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda
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Khalil Rafati is an entrepreneur. He is a former drug addict who has been sober for 20 years. He started SunLife Organics in 2011, and it has since expanded to 10+ locations around the United States.
0:00 Intro
1:29 Khalil’s Message To The World
13:48 When Did Khalil Start Telling Himself A New Story?
19:00 Mom Got Sick
22:43 Scarcity To Abundance
30:23 How To Become A Better Communicator
36:54 Letting Go Of Resentment
44:44 What If You Were Enough?
50:21 Why So Vulnerable?
53:22 Conscious Breakup
1:05:45 How Does Khalil Want To Be Remembered?
Khalil's Links
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/khalilrafati
SunLife Organics: https://sunlifeorganics.com/
I went away to a cabin in the woods for four days. No phone. No laptop. No technology. I brought a bunch of books.
I wanted to use this episode as a way to reflect and give you my thoughts and perspectives on the trip.
0:00 Why'd I Take This Trip?
6:09 Initial Thoughts
11:17 Three Simple Steps
19:32 The Big Leap
23:23 The More You Do...
26:25 Life Is Precious
If you enjoyed it, drop a comment below or hit subscribe for more.
Turning Pro by Steven Pressfield – https://www.amazon.com/Turning-Pro-Inner-Power-Create/dp/1936891034
Three Simple Steps by Trevor Blake – https://www.amazon.com/Three-Simple-Steps-Success-Business/dp/1936661713
The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks – https://www.amazon.com/Big-Leap-Conquer-Hidden-Level/dp/0061735361
Pure Ambition Podcast - I Survived a Cardiac Arrest: My Second Chance At Life – https://open.spotify.com/episode/0x2eV89gjKhHoDc2fMVtkP?si=2b158d10fe5a4d3f
Dr. Julie Gurner is an executive performance coach. She has been compared to Wendy Rhoades of Billions by the Wall Street Journal. And in this conversation, we spoke about crowning yourself, the paradox of choice, how to approach the internet, what she learned living in an attic, and much more.
0:00 Intro
0:48 Crown Yourself
6:23 Internal Reference Point
7:30 Lessons From Growing Up On Farm
10:41 Restructuring Personalities
15:22 Imaginary Rules, Part 1
18:30 How To “Internet”
24:28 Imaginary Rules, Part 2
29:03 The Paradox Of Choice
35:02 Fight Up Front
37:51 Living In An Attic
41:02 What Are You Pulled Toward?
45:23 Winners Expect To Win
51:02 What Is Essential To Who You Are?
55:30 Finding Your Zone Of Genius
1:00:12 10x’ing Your Zone Of Genius
1:04:06 Challenge
The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks – https://www.amazon.com/Big-Leap-Conquer-Hidden-Level/dp/0061735361
Julie's Links
Twitter: https://twitter.com/drgurner
Substack: https://drgurner.substack.com/
My Links
✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com
🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda
🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda
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