Active Recall With Walter & Francis

Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World Memory palace room Room 1: Kitchen with a Las Vegas buffet set up Room 2: Living room filled with smoke, cigarettes, and your friends Room 3: Swimming pool filled with bells, chimes, and broken glass   This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit activerecall.substack.com

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Ces takes a walk and talks about the book “Making Ideas Happen“ Making Ideas Happen by Scott Belsky   This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit activerecall.substack.com

Talking about This is Marketing by Seth Godin Wally's favorite logos How do brands go beyond a logo? Lightning round with Ces talking about Active Recall's brand FEAR and self-help Branding for James Harden, Tom Brady, and great white sharks Links Great white shark: https://www.instagram.com/oceanramsey/p/Bsq-MfTFYpG/ Seth Godin's blog You on Netflix Imaginary Worlds: Gathering the Magic   This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit activerecall.substack.com

14:02 — Topical three 18:48 — Book of the week intro 21:45 — 4 step to building good habits and breaking bad habits 29:40 — Stop eating bad food, start working out and vlogging Links - Atomic Habits (James Clear, Amazon) - Better Than Before (Gretchen Rubin, Amazon) - The Power of Habit (Charles Duhigg, Amazon)   This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit activerecall.substack.com

Back for now and back for more in 2019.  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit activerecall.substack.com

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On this week's episode we talk about: - Book: "The One-Page Marketing Plan" by Allan Dib   This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit activerecall.substack.com

(We've been recording but those might stay in the vault for a little bit longer. One of them was an in-person episode with Wally which needs a little more signposting and massaging.) This week's episode has some things about "The Creative Curve" by Allen Gannett.   This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit activerecall.substack.com

We discuss some of the myths in this great post: Nat Eliason's "16 Popular Psychology Myths You Probably Still Believe" I'd still like to believe that forcing myself to smile will make me happy. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit activerecall.substack.com

We've talked about practice before: 32: How to practice (according to games) 15: Talkin' about practice (with Jason!) 01: Autotelic Exotelic It's one of our favorite topics but we should probably stop talking about it and start being about it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit activerecall.substack.com

We congratulate DC on upgrading from 12 pounds to 24 pounds of UFC championship belt. Then we express a bit of gratitude that the things we discuss about sacrifice are peanuts compared to what our parents had to give up leaving their homes for different worlds. Books mentioned "Four-Pack Revolution" "What Should I Do with My Life" "Barking Up the Wrong Tree" This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit activerecall.substack.com

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Theme of the week: Questions Questions are powerful and we discuss questions we use that have been helpful in life. Spoiler: "What would this look like if it were easy?" makes the cut. Things we mention: "Wait, What?" by James E. Ryan (shorter version in a video) Moe Shalizi on Short Story Long "Tribe of Mentors" by Tim Ferriss (book) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit activerecall.substack.com

Going back to one of our favorite books. We're talking about Grit. Some topics: ( • ) The treadmill, Will Smith, and why you should get back on the next day ( • ) Passion + Perseverance ( • ) Flow vs. Deliberate Practice (spoiler: it depends) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit activerecall.substack.com

Bullets How's your week? Find your flow Sketchbook revival Draw a Box Omega red drawing Drawing every day in technical drawing Morning trying to run — barbell — kettlebell Headspace Nike Omega Red Jim Lee Twitch Streams Wally Producer Wally's six pack Minimalism Bruce Lee Digital files: Used to be good, but pretty terrible now — started working to improve this Creative Quest: MP3 library Wally: Kind of organized as a kid Video folders - 2016, 2017, 2018 Organized to find videos Essentialism Minimalism The Power of Saying No Sushi with coworker Matt D'Avella: The Minimalist Filmmaker Throwing clothes away Minimalist podcast Essentialism Not design aesthetic 3 core truths: I choose to, Only a few things matter, I can do anything but not everything I can do anything but not everything Warren Buffett description One kick 10,000 times Hardest part: letting go Not good with the drone Three essentials New perspective to say no Protecting the essentials Protecting the assets: YOU Sleep discussion Aim for 8 hours

Story about film photographer and digital photographer Mind travel Jeff Bezos Draw from your elbow This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit activerecall.substack.com

Chapters 00:11:50 - Learning from Eric Thomas on "The Ed Mylett Show"  00:18:10 - Learning from Ep. 100 of "Short Story Long" 00:37:40 - If you could give 2 seconds of advice... Links ED MYLETT SHOW: Eric Thomas - The Hip-Hop Preacher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjI2P5Bgd-A Short Story Long #100: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_4oKBnjuRM This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit activerecall.substack.com