How to Optimize Creative Output — Jarvis versus Ferriss (#159)

How to Optimize Creative Output — Jarvis versus Ferriss (#159)

“Routine, in an intelligent man, is a sign of ambition.” – W. H. Auden This episode is a conversation/debate/trading of ideas between Chase Jarvis (@ChaseJarvis) and yours truly. We discuss a little bit of everything, including: Optimizing creative output Systems thinking Quota setting Celebrating the small wins Success for type-A personalities Meditation techniques Absurdity The details of …

How Facebook's #30 Employee Quickly Built 4 Businesses and Gained 40 Pounds with Weight Training (#75)

How Facebook's #30 Employee Quickly Built 4 Businesses and Gained 40 Pounds with Weight Training (#75)

Noah Kagan was #30 at Facebook, #4 at Mint.com, and is the Chief Sumo (founder) at SumoMe, which offers free tools to help grow website traffic. To keep things extra spicy, he’s become a taco connoisseur and created 4 separate products that have generated more than 7 figures. This podcast conversation is about all of the tools and tricks he uses …

The Tim Ferriss Show: Chase Jarvis, Master Photographer (#8)

The Tim Ferriss Show: Chase Jarvis, Master Photographer (#8)

This episode of The Tim Ferriss Show is sponsored by HipDial. I use them personally, and you should check them out. “Art is a subset of creativity.” – Chase Jarvis Now, on to our amazing guest, Chase Jarvis! Chase is a master photographer and the CEO of CreativeLIVE.com, where this episode was filmed. Chase is …

How Risk-Averse Entrepreneurs Succeed: Low-Cost Testing Using Reddit, PayPal, In-Person Pressure, and More

Entrepreneurs are risk-takers… or so the story goes. In my experience, nothing could be further from the truth. Over the last 13 years in Silicon Valley, I’ve found that the homerun hitters are precisely the opposite: risk-averse. They mitigate downside whenever possible with low-cost and short-term testing. They’re often extremely ambitious and aggressive (e.g. Travis …