Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Recommended podcasts and a Audiobook

Useful knowledge stuff into ear holes
Aesthetic

Draftsman

Ignore the ads here, but Stan Propenko and especially Marshall Vandruff offer various insights into the artistic field.

Personal Favourites episodes are on storytelling, composition and not going to art school.

Physical

Iron culture

A kind, democratic pair who interview various others within the iron culture, giving body composition and workout tips. Eric and Omar are always the nicest gym fitness pair, and I've learned a lot, with witty interjections.

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Personal favourite episodes are on burnout, when trying hard fails, along with the first episodes on the history of iron culture. They also did an interview with a trans bodybuilder called the self-made man, which is worth checking out.

3DMJ

Deserves a shoutout, Eric helms and his crew does another podcast regarding bodybuilding. I've learned a lot with diet, and it's influenced my training a lot. 

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Current favourite episode are #203 The unexpected ways bodybuilding makes you stronger, #213 How I wish I would have started, along with #Overcoming Burnout and motivation plateaus. Have not gone through it fully yet.


Creative Business

Akimbo

Seth, again, is one of the wisest marketing analysts and guru. Impossible to find a good one in this climate, a rare anomaly. Learn the taxonomy of business and what it means to be a creative professional within his podcast.

(Update: wow, he's the most relistened podcasts, ton's of info in the show notes too.)

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Favorite episodes is on the paradox on the red lines, freelancers and ignoring sunk costs.

Work life with Adam Grant

Adam Grant is an organizational psychologist, recommended by Seth. He's great with productivity strategies and finding balance.

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Favorite episodes are Burnout is everybody's problem, Dolly Parton is burning up, not burning out and The real reason you procrastinate.


Useful book on the pricing of free and adopting an abundance mindset, recommended by Seth, it's on how to use to help one's own price, along with business models around it.

Culture

Mystery show

Six episodes, all grand. It's all about Starlee exploring the comedy show mystery of life, shows the power of story. I recommend the case of the belt buckle, which brought a tear to my eye.

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