Active Recall

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, wh...

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 w...

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...

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 choo...

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.farnamstreet...

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 doin...

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 subscriber...

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 bon...

@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: Wha...

@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 k...

@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...

@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 dis...

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.s...

activerecall.co and walteramedia.com Podcasts mentioned * Noah Kagan Presents * Noah Kagan NPR episode * Noah Kagan 5AM challenge * Noah Kagan's scheduling thing for leisure * Fizzle.co podcast * They talked about burnout * Targeting audience etc. * How to start a podcast * Malcolm Gladwell's Revisionist History * Bill Simmons + Malcolm Gladwell * Pat Flynn with 5-minute journal founders UJ Ramdas...

0:00:00 • Welcome! Wally talks slow motion 0:06:42 • Ces stumbles through explaining what keto is 0:19:04 • Wally recommends something manly 0:26:52 • When did you realize wrestling was fake? Is that... Jason's music?! 0:30:44 • Jason dials in before the biggest weekend of his life 0:39:15 • Which wrestler does Jason feel like? We're re-thinking the book-a-week format because we can't read fast en...

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This week's book: The Obstacle is the Way  by Ryan Holiday. We tried following a lot of the advice in the book and it continues to be helpful. (On the other hand, we didn't follow some of his other advice: Please, Please, For The Love Of God: Do Not Start a Podcast ) Quick chapter links — [ 00:00 ] Wally goes to Disneyland, Ces doesn't renew [ 04:40 ] Listener questions! How do you keep things bal...

Links   The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson SPI 255: Deep Work with Cal Newport - The Smart Passive Income Blog How to Become a Straight-A Student by Cal Newport The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy Make Your Bed by William H. McRaven William H. McRaven commencement speech Floss one tooth This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, v...

Walter & Francis Barking up the Wrong Tree ( book on Amazon  •  blog ) Filtered people are the ones who did very well in school. These are your valedictorians. The only issue? They're successful, but they aren't wildly successful. We went over Eric Barker's Barking Up The Wrong Tree . It'd be good to apply some of the advice from the book. Here's something relevant: "Good enough is good enough."  ...

Full book notes on Grit:  https://franciscortez.com/book-notes-grit https://www.walteramedia.com/ https://www.instagram.com/walter_a_media/ This week we talk about Grit, by Angela Duckworth.    I'm in California and Wally is in San Diego. We decided to record on a Wednesday morning to accomodate schedules. Not sure that matters since we haven't really picked a day to consistently publish.  Our pod...

Here are some topics we go over in this week's episode.  Check out the full notes Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi:  I finished reading Flow a couple weeks ago and thought it'd be good to pick up Csikszentmihalyi's other book. Speaking of… Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (also) by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi:  Great book. It's from 19...