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Quitting To Teach History to 500k+ on TikTok (Michael McBride, Creator of Idea Soup) Jan 11, 2021

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Michael Mcbride left his job almost a year ago to work on building out Idea Soup, an instagram and TikTok channel focused on helping re-inspire people’s passion for history and knowledge.

We talk about his creations over the years, how he has felt since leaving his job over the last year, what he’s learned from engaging with young people on TikTok and how he sees the future of education emerging from things like TikTok and other online platforms.

On his foundational belief: “If I had a thesis it's that education really does work and education really does matter”

His motivation and secret to his success: He said, “I find history so crazy and weird and fascinating that I think that;s contagious. If I had a mission it’s not to make them more educated, it’s to make them go. “How did roman's wipe their ass, that’s crazy,”

Listen to the episode to find the answer to this!

Curating Goodreads Remotely (Uri Bram, CEO of The Browser) Dec 23, 2020

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Uri Bram is the CEO of The Browser which runs regular newsletters to help people find good articles, podcasts, and videos to read. He has been living as a digital nomad for over seven years and also runs The Browser as a remote company.

We chat about Uri’s own journey, what it's like working with Robert Cottrell (who reads 10-12 hours a day), his early experiences becoming a kindle best-selling, how he thinks about running a remote company and some of his favorite reads worth checking out.

Articles/Books mentioned

In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays, Bertrand Russell
Derek Parfit, Reasons and Persons
Leadership & Solitude, William Deresiewicz
Disadvantages of an Elite Education, William Deresiewicz
Seeing Like a State, James Scott
How Ghost Is Structured for the Long-Term
The Great Works of Your Life, Cope
Ada Palmer, Ex Urbe
Susan Bryson, Aftermath
Salary Negotiation: Make More Money, Be More Valued, Patrick McKenzie

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Packy McCormick - Bringing Fun To Newsletters Since 2019 Dec 04, 2020

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Packy says that his differentiation "is that I’m going to be having more fun than most people”

I've been a big fan of the energy he's brought to his writing over the past couple of years. But he didn't set out to have a popular newsletter. His real plan was to launch an in-person community.

We chat about how the pandemic helped him figure out why that wasn't a good idea and how he's thinking about his solopreneur journey,

The reason I asked him on the podcast is to talk about his recent newsletter on the future of work. He argues that “Employees will ultimately make the decision” about what work looks like post-pandemic. I think he is mostly right and we talk about what that might mean for people's lives.

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Podcast Update Nov 2020 - The Pathless Path Nov 03, 2020

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I decided to record a short little update with my friend Travis. What have I been up to, where have I been living throughout the pandemic and what is in store next for Reimagine Work.

If you'd like to watch on YouTube, you can do that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xlqe6D-HfM

Angie Wang - My Partner On This Crazy Journey Oct 19, 2020

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I interviewed my wife, Angie, who has gone through a major career change and has launched a number of creative experiments and projects over the past couple of years. She reflected on what its been like going along this journey alongside me and grappling with success, identity, being a woman in Taiwan and creating in public.

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Carving a 21st Century Life & Career - Steph Smith Sep 16, 2020

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Steph has a hard time identifying as anything. Remote worker, writer, or coder don't really do it justice. The thing that stands out when you talk to Steph is that she is a LEARNER. Through competing in chess as a child she learned the valuable meta-skill of how to improve and never really saw any reason why she couldn't just take something up.

This mindset is invaluable in today's world and this is demonstrated by the way Steph landed her job at The Hustle (hint: it didn't involve a formal application.

This conversation was a lot of fun and explores:

Digital nomadism myth vs. reality
How she chooses where to live
What she learned traveling the world competing in chess as a child
How she thinks about work and her identity
One of her favorite topics - words that don't translate

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The Possibilities Of Life Beyond Work with Oshan Jarow Sep 08, 2020

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Oshan sums up his worldview as:

"We’re all going to die, but in the meantime, the world is far more mysterious, wonderful, and stimulating than human consciousness plagued by economic precarity can experience.”

We explore that possibilities might emerge if we can imagine a life beyond work.

Be brave and join us on this episode?

Oshan's Work: Musing Mind

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Amy McMillen - Wandering In Uncertainty & Writing A Book (Mid Pandemic) Aug 31, 2020

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I had a great conversation with Amy McMillen via a live group conversation and we talked about her journey of leaving her full-time job WITHOUT a plan, what it felt like, what she learned and how she ended up documenting it in a beautiful book during the pandemic.

Our full conversation, including Q&A can be found here: YouTube Link

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Will Bachman: Building an Independent Consulting Practice With a 5-Decade Success Mindset May 28, 2020

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Will Bachman is the creator of a community-first talent platform for management consultants, Umbrex and hosts a podcast for independent consultants called Unleashed. We talk about the recent course he created called the Guide To Setting Up Your Consulting Practice course ($100 off with the code: boundless), which is a product of his 12 years as an independent consultant and his work helping hundreds (perhaps thousands) become thriving solo consultants. We talk about

How he thought about independent consulting in 2008 versus now in 2020
How his talent platform, Umbrex, was born and how it has remained community focused
What led him to create his course and some of the
What makes him want to “keep playing the game” of self-employment
How independent consultants can think about finding new clients
How he designs experiments to keep his learning journey alive
How he builds his virtual team to help him succeed as a consultant
How he filters everything he does through a 5-decade time horizon

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Books Mentioned:

Tribes by Seth Godin
The Irresistible Consultant's Guide to Winning Clients by David Fields

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Reflection with Andrew Taggart on Work & Life Mar 26, 2020

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A conversation and reflection with Andrew Taggart on total work, the role of the human amid our current crisis and an exploration of philosophical questions

For more on Andrew: His Website

Music: Deliberate Thought by Kevin MacLeod

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