Jerry Seinfeld and Maria Popova (#746)

June 13, 2024

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This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s as a result of the podcast just lately hit its 10-year anniversary and handed one billion downloads. To rejoice, I’ve curated a few of the better of the perfect—a few of my favorites—from greater than 700 episodes during the last decade. I couldn’t be extra excited. The episode options segments from episode #485 “Jerry Seinfeld — A Comedy Legend’s Methods, Routines, and Strategies for Success” and episode #39 “Maria Popova on Writing, Workflow, and Workarounds.”

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#746: Jerry Seinfeld and Maria Popova

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SHOW NOTES

[05:16] Notes about this supercombo format.
[06:19] Enter Jerry Seinfeld.
[06:46] Jerry’s writing course of for survival within the comedy ecosystem.
[15:43] Classes Jerry would educate in a writing class and the way they relate to his health strategies.
[15:43] Soliciting inventive suggestions whereas preserving pleasure over doing the work.
[20:33] Routines important to Jerry’s well-being and their frequency and length.
[24:50] How nurturing creativity is like parenting, and Jerry’s perception about ache and information.
[26:17] Further methods Jerry mitigates depressive episodes.
[27:27] A resilience-building failure.
[32:05] The significance of taking part in the sport effectively.
[33:42] “Survival is the brand new success.”
[36:12] Jerry’s billboard.
[39:06] Enter Maria Popova.
[39:30] Are you appropriately saying names you’ve solely learn however by no means heard?
[41:13] What does Maria do?
[41:50] What’s Mind Pickings (now The Marginalian)?
[42:31] What proportion of New York Instances greatest sellers are a results of Maria’s protection?
[47:55] The frequent denominator that guides Maria’s studying checklist.
[49:16] The significance of writing for an viewers of 1.
[52:07] Contending with the temptation to create BuzzFeed-like content material.
[59:44] The each day self-discipline required for Maria’s well-being.
[1:07:10] Maria’s note-taking system.
[1:12:53] Seneca and the time-tested problem of presence vs. productiveness.
[1:16:08] Begin-up alternative? Construct a note-taking software for heavy readers/highlighters.
[1:22:52] Concerning the staff behind [The Marginalian].
[1:24:28] Collaborative proofreading and copyediting.
[1:27:21] Self-reliance pathology and overcome it.
[1:29:56] Discovering an expert private assistant and studying to delegate.
[1:34:36] Maria’s weightlifting routine and favourite bodyweight-only train.
[1:37:22] Designing content material infrastructure to be evergreen.
[1:39:28] Chopping out the commentary contrarians.
[1:46:13] Scheduling social media.
[1:48:25] Dealing with e mail — and generally snail mail.
[1:50:31] Learn how to domesticate a private interior circle and pre-screen ebook evaluation requests.
[1:54:54] What donation mannequin works greatest for website income?
[2:01:22] Really useful studying from [The Marginalian] and parting ideas.