Category: Revisit
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❤️ Sam Harris and Jason Calicanis on Mindfulness, Truth, and which Trump is the Real Trump
Having closely followed both of these guys for years and listened to their podcasts on a weekly basis, I was very surprised to see them billed together on Jason’s podcast last week. I was also very surprised when during the introduction, they tell the story of how their circle of close friends has gotten together…
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Really Great Interview: Tim Ferriss and Kara Swisher
This is a great and wide-ranging interview. These are two complex and fascinating people. I have been on the fence for a long time about my feelings on her style, but this is the first time I have really felt like I understand her. I think I will follow her more closely from now on…
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Zero to One by Peter Thiel
After the Gawker case, earlier this year, I decided to start following Thiel’s career. He is a fascinating figure with his hands in lots of different businesses, many of which figure heavily into the larger theme of futurism that has become so important to me. I have since watched dozens of his interviews on YouTube…
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❤️ Dale Carnegie – How To Win Friends and Influence People
2016-12-1 Started I first read this book in elementary school, but I wanted to refresh my memory as many of my coworkers have been recently reading it. 2017-04-23 Completed Well it took five months of picking up and setting down to finish this book. It is a bit dry, but there is a huge amount of…
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Software Engineering Daily Podcast: Indie Hackers
This episode is about Courtland Allen and his project indiehackers.com which features interviews of succesful independent developers who have made profitable tech startups without raising money. In essence, this is a site about smart creative tech people with good side projects that are making them money and helping facilitate the digital nomad lifestyle. It also…
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How Google Works by Eric Schmidt
This great book came recommended by Upendra Kulkarni who I talked with at some length about my interest in business applications for machine learning. This is one of those books that I immediately know I will be thinking of for years to come. I found it very enlightening; from a leadership perspective as well as an employee…
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Great Podcast Episode: FBI International Lead Hostage Negotiator on Haggling and Making Good Deals
This was a great episode! I decided to share it and save it for posterity. I have a feeling I will look back on this many times. “[Chris Voss, former lead FBI international kidnapping negotiator, shares tactics and strategies he developed to better negotiate with kidnappers which also work in the civilian world. And many…
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Software Engineering Daily: You Are Not A Commodity
This special episode of Software Engineering Daily is when I fell in love with this podcast. It made me rethink my entire life and future, and demand aggressive goals and progress at work. Everyone should think this way, but especially software engineers.