Rejection

You are what you love, not what loves you. That’s from Adaptaion, written by Charlie Kaufman. I quoted that before, but I mis-attributed it.

The point is - so what? You will likely get reje…

Why you should start publishing today

What is publishing?

• Creating content with a speciffic audience in mind.

Why you should start publishing today

1. You will become a better thinker
   Knowing a skil…

We talk about the importance of active listening and what you can do to get better at it.

Link to the article Los reads from: https://medium.com/designing-atlassian/how-to-get-better-at-listening-956…

Here are the points we discuss from Trav's Book of Knowledge

1. Whatever you do; do the best you can because the work will live forever.
   — Jackie Chan

2. You can deal with anything today if you have a …

Part 2 of Trav telling Los about his new Polyphasic sleep schedule

I’ve been on this schedule for a month, here are some of my insights:

1. Days are long again, like when I was a kid. Days are not rea…

Polyphasic Sleep

• What is your most valuable resource?

• How would your life change if you added 4 to 6 more waking hours to your day? What would you do?

hours gained over time

• 16 hours becomes …

Have you ever struggled in getting a job? What do you do during a phone interview? How do you approach an in-person interview? How do you negotiate an offer? What do you do in your first 90 days to k…

Setting Goals and achieving them

1. Only work on one thing at a time
2. Make changes during periods of calm
3. Make your goal as clear and specific as possible
4. Set things up on autopilot (routines)
5. Make to-d…

Travis and I go to a meetup. We meet Travis McCleery. He is awesome. He comes and podcasts with us! Yes, we are winning at life.

We take a look at how Travis ends up at Evernote.

Find Travis McCleery…

1. Break it down

• Make a list of the small parts of your project.
• Anthony Trollope, a 19th century writer said “A small daily task… will beat the labour of spasmodic hercules"
• Do anything to move the …

00:00 - Trav and Los catch up. Travis misses Los' touch.

4:00 - Travis has a few questions for Los before we start...

5:22 - "How did you switch careers?"

10:53 - Los is charismatic during interviews

06:18 - Travis and Los sing to you

02:10 - Travis reads an iTunes podcast review

06:50 - Light housekeeping

08:40 - Trav and Los rejected from a podcast network??

11:30 - Los shows up

16:30 - Travis …

33:23 - I sent out a weird birthday email - http://travisneilson.com/notes/7-birthday.html

2:10 - The worst part of birthdays

6:46 - @_ellenbrook released a product called http://morningpages.net

9:4…

Travis takes Los to the airport while they discuss the best way to find and engage mentors.

Review the podcast so far (00:00:01)

• It feels good to make, to publish
• Brocasting is fun
• Put in work up fr…

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How to be self-learning

I want to talk about the most impactful concepts I’ve encountered and developed while optimizing my learning. This episode is two parts.

Part …

Be sure to tweet us @TravAndLos

How to be self-learning

I want to talk about the most impactful concepts I’ve encountered and developed while optimizing my learning. This episode is two parts.

Part …