Billy Oppenheimer is a researcher for Ryan Holiday. He is also known for his viral long-form tweets (https://twitter.com/bpoppenheimer/status/1647000062617088000) and Six at 6 on Sunday https://billyoppenheimer.com/newsletter/ newsletter. Billy is insatiably curious. He is a master at drawing lessons from anecdotes from the worlds of sports, music, comedy, business, and more. He joins the show to discuss how to cultivate good taste, whether everything is a remix, why he learns through introjection, and a whole lot more. Important Links: - Six at 6 on Sunday - https://billyoppenheimer.com/newsletter/ - Billy’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/bpoppenheimer/ - Billy’s website - https://billyoppenheimer.com/ - Our episodes with David Senra https://www.infiniteloopspodcast.com/david-senra-pick-the-right-heroes-ep127/, https://www.infiniteloopspodcast.com/david-senra-liberty-rpf-unleashing-the-scenius-ep148/ - 'A Bicycle of the Mind' - Steve Jobs on the Computer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L40B08nWoMk - Our episode with Edward Rooster https://www.infiniteloopspodcast.com/edward-rooster-i-did-my-best-i-gave-my-all-i-was-here-ep153/ - To His Coy Mistress; by Andrew Marvell https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44688/to-his-coy-mistress - Kubla Khan; by Samuel Taylor Coleridge https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43991/kubla-khan 00:00 Start 01:09 Main Podcast 01:59 Focus on doing the thing 07:04 SIX at 6’s origin story 11:19 Learning through introjection 14:19 Developing taste & cultivating curiosity 17:48 “People don’t have ideas, ideas have people” 20:19 How Billy practices his scales 26:46 Fiction vs non-fiction 32:56 Repetition, repetition, repetition 35:39 Should we study more failures? 40:49 Process compounds 46:46 “Care, but don’t care too much” 51:23 Has anyone succeeded without persistence? 55:16 Conceptual ancestors 01:01:58 Everything’s a remix 01:06:20 Taste, tools, markets & feedback 01:17:41 Finding your pain points Books Mentioned: - Trust Me, I'm Lying; by Ryan Holiday - Psychology of Money; by Morgan Housel - Atomic Habits; by James Clear - The Immortality Key : The Secret History of the Religion with No Name; by Brian C. Muraresku - Reality Hunger; by David Shields - The Power of Myth; by Joseph Campbell & Bill Moyers - Cloud Atlas; by David Mitchell - The Great Gatsby; by F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Da Vinci Code; by Dan Brown
This 2,000 year old philosophy that will change your life in 2023! Ryan Holiday. 00:00 Intro 02:15 My Mission to Transform People's Lives 04:25 How Discipline Really Works & Gives Us Freedom 11:56 The Role of Commitment in Success 16:54 Why We Make Excuses and Can't Commit to Anything 19:32 A Powerful Process for Creating New Beliefs 27:21 Pushing Yourself & Why All Discipline Starts with the Body 35:32 The Incredible Daily Process That Has Changed My Life 39:35 What Are the Answers We're Seeking the Most? 41:40 How to Deal with Hard Times in Our Lives 48:02 The Key Questions We Should All Ask Ourselves 49:11 Relationships & Social Media Triggering Our Crisis 53:48 The 5 Steps to Living a Good Life 01:05:10 What Stoic Wisdom Do You Struggle with the Most? 01:11:46 What's the Most Important Lesson You'd Deliver to the World? 01:19:04 Last Guest’s Question You can purchase Ryan’s most recent book, ‘The Daily Dad: 366 Meditations on Parenting, Love, and Raising Great Kids’, here: https://amzn.to/3QwpG6z You can purchase Ryan's other books here: https://amzn.to/3QAYh3C Follow Ryan: Instagram: https://bit.ly/3OKINJf Twitter: https://bit.ly/45msTvI TikTok: https://bit.ly/3OJK2IN YouTube: https://bit.ly/45Aa0Fk My new book! 'The 33 Laws Of Business & Life' pre order link: https://smarturl.it/DOACbook Join this channel to get access to perks: https://bit.ly/3Dpmgx5 Follow me: Instagram: http://bit.ly/3nIkGAZ Twitter: http://bit.ly/3ztHuHm Linkedin: https://bit.ly/41Fl95Q Telegram: http://bit.ly/3nJYxST Sponsors: Huel: https://g2ul0.app.link/G4RjcdKNKsb Zoe - http://joinzoe.com with an exclusive code CEO10 for 10% off
Sign Up for "Writing Examples" and Learn From The Best Writing of All Time: https://www.writingexamples.com Ryan Holiday is one of the world’s most prolific writers. He’s published sixteen books, written a daily email newsletter every day for the past eight years, has 1.7 million YouTube subscribers, and runs his own creative agency. (Reciting that list is difficult enough to remember, let alone accomplishing all of those things.) This conversation will get you off your butt as a writer. It’s 78-minutes of learning how to generate creative inertia for yourself — because that’s where Ryan thrives. He’s a no-BS writer. And by “no BS,” I mean: no coddling or making excuses for himself. He’s exceptional at just doing the work. Generating that kind of momentum is exactly what fires me up, and exactly what I teach at Write of Passage. If you’re feeling called to write, you should join one of our programs. I’m telling you: Write of Passage will light a fire inside of you. I recently heard a story about Ryan that sums him up in a nutshell. His editor called to congratulate him on hitting the #3 spot on the New York Times Bestseller list. His book had only been out for a week. I don’t know about you, but I would be camped out by the phone, biting my nails while I waited for that call. But Ryan? Ryan was heads-down writing, halfway done with his next book. And today, you’ll learn exactly how he generates that level of momentum. WRITE OF PASSAGE: Want to learn more about the next class of Write of Passage? https://writeofpassage.com TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:06:00 Book launches 00:08:55 Quantity vs Quality 00:11:35 Process of writing a book 00:15:00 Ryan's note card system 00:18:20 How Ryan's writing has evolved 00:21:40 How Ryan's writing has improved 00:23:55 Editing 00:26:45 Great introductions 00:30:55 Your next big piece 00:32:40 Breaking down Marcus Aurelius 00:38:40 Writing Examples 00:39:17 How music helps you write 00:41:15 Best advice about reading 00:45:10 Research for your writing 00:47:10 Schedule and productivity 00:50:10 Reading for style vs content 00:51:10 What will be Ryan's next book? 00:51:50 Biographies 00:54:10 Criticism 00:55:20 Feedback (like Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm) 01:00:30 When are you ready to start writing a book 01:01:45 Fear of failure 01:05:30 Momentum 01:05:50 Storytelling 01:12:30 Top lessons from Ryan 01:12:50 Getting more practice (reps) PODCAST LINKS: Website: https://writeofpassage.com/how-i-write Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-i-write/id1700171470 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2DjMSboniFAeGA8v9NpoPv ABOUT THE HOST: I’m David Perell and I’m a writer, teacher, and podcaster. I believe writing online is one of the biggest opportunities in the world today. For the first time in human history, everybody can freely share their ideas with a global audience. I seek to help as many people publish their writing online as possible. How I Write is a podcast by Write of Passage // Production by Adam Soccolich