Active Recall With Walter & Francis

We're talking about Tim Ferriss's latest book, "Tribe of Mentors". We ask each other a few of the questions from the book. If you want better answers from more astounding people, you'll want to check out the book itself.  Check out the "Tribe of Mentors" sample chapter: https://tim.blog/2017/10/03/tribe-of-mentors/ 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

Entirely based on this Rotten Tomatoes interview with Steven Yeun. He talks about The Sandlot being one of his five favorite films because he watched it in that window where you're aged 10-12. Everything is awesome. You don't even know what criticism is. We talk about our favorite things from that age. There's no book of the week but we do discuss a couple of our favorite books from that time. 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

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

No book this week - Instead, we recommend different episodes of podcasts. Each of us recommends 3 podcasts and asks a question or explains a segment that typically comes up in that podcast. What is Dungeons & Dragons like? What have you learned in the gym that you've been able to apply in life? What would you tell your 12-year-old self? If this episode were a Saturday morning cartoon character, who would it be? And many more! (Or two more.) It's a little different. We should have another book next week. As always, thanks for checking us out! 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 opened by talking about UFC 217. We will not niche down to MMA, but we just might start getting down to making videos and vlogging. Wally and I both make videos on our own. They're very different, but the media is roughly the same. In light of that turn, this week's book is Edit Better by Jeff Bartsch. We had this idea that we'd take some of the lessons in this video editing book and see how we could turn it into general life advice. Actually, here's the convo where I ran through some ideas with Wally (by "convo" I mean it's me writing paragraph texts):  That text followed the format we had in mind more than this podcast did. People then respond with righteous indignation, "I will make my own choices because it's a personal thing and I am going to be me and I'm going to create my own editorial reality and who R U to tell me how to make my own personal choices you stupid big obnoxious judgmental person you stop judging me stupid judger I shall now post sarcastic yet contextless updates about you on social

We've missed a few weeks but we're back. We're talking about the The Power of Moments by Chip and Dan Heath. You should also check out our earlier episode about Made to Stick by the same authors. In this episode we cover a few different topics from the book. We talk about: Good and bad customer service experiences First days of work that we remember Moments that are crystallizations of discontent Moments that affected our lives that have had a long-lasting effect Stay with it until the end where we do a short  scripted section that we wrote from the 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

Intro Send your questions in on Twitter Weekly fitness update: my weight isn't great! But I've started going Simple & Sinister. Trying to do a daily workout. The approach is that it's moderate exertion instead of some programs where failure is pretty much the goal for each workout. Wally has some mimosas at a bridal shower Laughing at the hardship From I Can't Make This Up: "In life, you can choose to cry about the b******t that happens to you or you can choose to laugh about it. I choose laughter.” Have you ever been bullied or have you been the bully? Kevin Hart says he was bullied as a kid but knew that it was important to stand up for himself. Even once. Take the beating and then move on. They'd rather find someone who won't put up a fight at all. We've both been bullied. I talk about when I was sort of bullied. Wally talks about when he was definitely bullied. Bully by association. There was a time that I was sort of the bully, but not really. Take action! Try to laugh at it. It won't work f

This week's book is Not Caring What Other People think is a Superpower. Ed Latimore (@EdLatimore) can actually hit hard. He's a boxer. He can hit hard with his words as well. I really enjoyed this book. Here are some me and Wally discussed: Gratitudes Strategy & Tactics Planning And MORE! Links Ed's site: https://edlatimore.com A better podcast that has Ed as a guest: https://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2017/08/ed-latimore-podcast/ 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

Third time is hopefully a charm. Four metrics to measure life with Introversion, extroversion, and friendship Gritting, quitting, and games Revisiting Barking Up the Wrong Tree. I'm in the same time zone again this week because I'm visiting my family in Washington. We're doing Barking Up the Wrong Tree for a third time. The first go at it was our third episode, so we didn't know what we were doing at all. Last week was our second attempt and we didn't have an outline. We were all over the place. Equipment: This seems to be a decent travel setup. The caveat here is knowing that Wally will record his side. His side his side his side of the pod. One AirPod connected to my iPhone for the Hangout call with Wally iPad with EarPods in the other ear and recording with Ferrite Zoom recorder with the clip-on lav mic I was about to say it's a simple setup but it was like hooking into the matrix at first. I could have skipped either the iPad or the Zoom recorder but peace of mind and all that. What went well: Outlini

We tried going over Barking Up the Wrong Tree by Eric Barker, which we talked about 16 episodes ago. The idea was that we'd be better this time around. We weren't. But the show must go on! We'll give it a shot again in the next episode. (Which I'll post immediately after this one — it's already recorded and edited.) 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

Activerecall.co Primal Branding by Patrick Hanlon 3 topics from the book: 7 components of successful brands The importance of creation stories Primal personalities Misc. links: Video book notes by Ces on the video channel Shawn Michaels shows Marty Jannetty his favorite music is Sweet Chin Music 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

@activerecall & @walteramedia https://activerecall.co/better-than-before We're talking about Better Than Before, by Gretchen Rubin Question: Which of the four tendencies do you think you align with most? Question: Which of the foundational habits have you found most useful and which do you need to improve on? Question: What is a bad habit you stopped or a good habit you started? Question: What bad habit do you pair with a good one? What has worked in the past?     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

@activerecall & @walteramedia https://activerecall.co/made-to-stick We're talking about Made to Stick, by Chip and Dan Heath 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

@activerecall & @walteramedia https://activerecall.co/talent-is-overrated We're talking about Talent is Overrated, by Geoff Colvin 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

@activerecall & @walteramedia https://activerecall.co/shoe-dog/ We're talking about Shoe Dog, by Josh Kaufman 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

@activerecall & @walteramedia https://activerecall.co/journal We're talking about The First Twenty Hours, by Josh Kaufman 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

Active Recall — The first 8 weeks Jason was on the episode this week to talk about The ONE Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan. We also had a couple of listener questions from one listener: What would you look like as a Japanese cartoon character? What's the best donut you've had? Some context for the Japanese cartoon character question: this is from an old Strong Bad video and Wally happens to know the person who sent the question in to Strong Bad. 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

@activerecall & @walteramedia https://activerecall.co/designing-your-life We're talking about some principles from Designing Your Life, by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans.  0:00 • Show intro 3:49 • This week's book: Designing Your Life 10:14 • The three paths 25:15 • The five mindsets 43:45 • Closing: How can we improve the podcast? Still figuring out a publishing schedule but I'm thinking we'll do Fridays for the audio. A week later, we'll have the more detailed show notes. So every Friday there will be audio for that week and detailed show notes for the previous week. We'll see though! 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

@activerecall & @walteramedia https://activerecall.co/four-pillars-health/ We aren't close to peak condition on any of the four pillars described in Wired to Eat: food, fitness, sleep, and community. But we can still talk about it! 00:00:00 • Intro: four pillars of health starting with food 00:13:20 • Fitness 00:21:49 • Sleep 00:31:22 • Community 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

activerecall.co and walteramedia.com   0:00 • ARWGF 9: Looking back, looking forward 4:55 • We'll be talking about goals 16:49 • What's been your favorite episode so far? 26:55 • Lead measures and lag measures 40:49 • activerecall.co @activerecall @walteramedia 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