T.T. 35: writing ideas into existence IRL
Excitingly vague subtext links 5 main glimpses into some method behind my multi-month madness :) muahaha? But seriously... things are coming together nicely in real life
Hola amigos,
Greetings from Berlín, El Salvador!
This post is longer than usual, but hopefully worth it.
It’s intendend for the real ones.
For those of you have taken an ongoing interest…
An interest in my big moves — major work/lifestyle shifts — over the past year since I started this Substack series on the first Thursday of January 2023.
Well… let’s just say that deliberate patience pays off with such sustained positive interest.
I’ve been finding out firsthand:
Proof Of Work, over time, can accumulate
into a “Tidal Wave of Previous Effort.”
It’s true for Bitcoin.
It’s also true for habits.
And scaling systems for productive output.
I think a lot about curating my own information flows.
I’ve previously referenced many podcasts in these weekly TT posts.
One episode in particular is, once again, very relevant here.
It also remains — almost certainly — my all time number one episode for total repeat listen count.
That’s saying a LOT btw. Ever since April 2020, I’ve listened to a LOT of different podcasters across a variety of major niches:
Bitcoiners, of course. We have MANY podcasters.
Libertarians: Clint Russell, Dave Smith, Tom Woods, Eric July, etc
Various other freedom-supporting big names: Timcast, Rogan, PBD, etc
But other niches as well:
Data Analytics. Entrepreneurship. Marketing. Productivity.
Even some Comedians… Cultural Critics: movies, TV, comics, fandoms across various sports (mostly European soccer)… and more over the past 3.5 years.
Some productive. Some not.
But I often re-listen to the very best episodes more than once.
First, I cast a wide net of potentially useful inputs… then I go deep on the best of the best, with repeat listens, spread out across time whenever relevant again to my new updated circumstances.
This episode that I singled out above is an extremely relevant example:
James Clear — bestselling author of “Atomic Habits”
On the Tim Ferriss Podcast — bestselling author of “The 4-Hour Workweek”
(Proper video part starts about 50 seconds into this 5 minute clip FYI)
(Click to the browser version of this page, or pull it up in the Substack app on your phone, to play the embedded videos if you’re reading this as an email newsletter)
I have another new “Spaces With Josie” clip segment to share as well today.
But first… let’s start with one of those “Cultural Critic” podcasts (The Critical Drinker with almost 2 million subscribers on YouTube) I alluded to above.
I know it’s a bit tangential from my usual public content’s main topics of focus, both here and on X… but bear with me. It ties in really well.
It’s much more thematically relevant, specifically as the immediate follow-up, right after you just watched James Clear explain his “Tidal Wave of Previous Effort” point so brilliantly in that previous five minute clip I embedded above.
(seriously, watch that clip if you haven’t yet)
The Critical Drinker — “Open Bar” podcast #77
Weekly livestream panel… feat. the aforementioned Eric July in today’s stream!
Incredibly insightful new 10 minute clip segment about writing:
(particularly in regards to writing fiction… characters, story arcs, etc)
Notice any patterns?
Five extremely successful authors — two nonfiction, three fiction — who are also successful podcasters.
Many millions for each across multiple metrics:
Millions of book sales… millions of livestream views… millions of total audio downloads… and yes, millions in dollar-denominated sales revenue for their adjacent entrepreneurial endeaovers.
There’s a LOT to unpack here… a lot that can be learned!
Also a lot of context — too much to add right now.
I just randomly stumbled into this outstanding clip from today’s “Open Bar” stream this afternoon… I didn’t expect to include it in today’s T.T. post.
But it was too relevant. Trust me.
Or don’t trust. Verify. Watch it yourself!
It’s a perfect segue linking nonfiction, fiction, and my own life these days.
And now… my latest “Spaces With Josie” Q&A clip:
Speaking with both Clint Russell and real estate mogul Grant Cardone
Clint has an incredibly successful real estate background himself, by the way. He was a private money mortgage broker who managed a portfolio worth hundreds of millions of dollars before retiring in his mid-late 30s to start the “Liberty Lockdown” podcast in April 2020.
This unexpected “worlds collide” moment a few days ago was kinda surreal tbh.
It was completely unexpected for Josie TRHL’s Space celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party — the most underrated American holiday — but the extended tangent went over unbelievably well!
Check it out:
Link to post on X with longer description
So… that’s three clip segments so far in today’s post.
Three down. Two to go!
But first… I want to remind you of that first clip again.
The clip with 5 timeless minutes from that
classic Tim Ferriss episode feat. James Clear
explaining “Tidal Waves of Previous Effort”
I’ve heard that clip — as part of the full two hour episode — literally dozens of times scattered throughout 2023.
And — increasingly — I’ve actually been living its insights in my own life.
But I won’t elaborate more right now.
It’s getting late. 54 minutes to midnight.
Here are some meaningful breadcrumbs.
I’ll leave it to the interested reader to connect these dots.
That’s all for now.
See you next week for more updates with all the excitement :)
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Peace, amigos.
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