Legacy Voyage

See full show notes here . Description I've been putting this off for ages. But here it is... the season 1 finale!! The full rundown. From a freshman walking out the dining hall with a voice memo, to landing a 6-figure offer in SF with $100k in the bank. Almost four years! Walking down memory lane: My first janky episode Backstage door in SLC Freshman summer where I fell apart The book that ga...

Episode Summary “I live here now.” Driving around the city and realizing the new apartment in SF is actually home now—one of those surreal life-shift moments. Bunk beds were a strategic decision. More space, funnier vibes, and honestly… bunking with your boy just hits different. Leaving a company is harder than it sounds. Even after quitting, Slack alerts still triggered the instinct to jump in an...

This episode is the aftermath. The grind. The goodbye. You'll hear the voice memos from before I flew to Utah for my last week at Leland, after I'd been binge eating two pints of ice cream and a bag of 7-Eleven donuts every night for two weeks straight. You'll hear me admit I completely fell apart. Lost my routine. Lost my training. Lost my identity a little bit. Then you'll hear w...

This episode is me breaking the news. I finally pulled the trigger and decided to leave Leland. And honestly… this one hurt. A lot more than I expected. You’ll hear the raw convos — me calling the team, telling them I’m taking the San Francisco offer, trying to explain that I still love them, that this wasn’t easy, that this might even be the dumbest career move I’ve made. But I'm leaving Lela...

Episode Summary I accidentally made the easiest $10K of my life by sending one text — then did it again. I thought I bombed an interview so badly it haunted my runs… and somehow still advanced. When opportunities stack up fast, clarity doesn’t — it actually gets louder and messier. Living with the boys in SF sounds fun, but a great culture is hard to walk away from. Having a high bar matters more...

Episode Summary Feedback isn’t criticism—it’s proof someone believes you can be better. Ignoring feedback doesn’t make it disappear, it just makes the lesson louder later. Receiving feedback means actually sitting with it, not just nodding and moving on. Most of life isn’t the highlight reel—it’s the average Tuesday afternoon. The quality of your ordinary days ends up being the quality of your lif...

Episode Summary Greatness vs. responsibility — when betting on yourself starts costing the people around you. Ego doesn’t pay the bills — obsession looks cool until real life shows up. Survivorship bias is loud — for every Michael Jordan, there’s a hundred Marty Supremes. Faith beyond facts — knowing the arguments isn’t the same as building the relationship. Community matters more than certainty —...

Nobody is thinking about you — the realization that kills overthinking and unlocks action. Cringe is part of the process — why posting anyway is the price of growth. Side quests over perfection — choosing one hard, memorable goal for the year. Slope > position — habits matter more than instant results. Long-term thinking as a cheat code — where laziness, rest, and recovery blur.

See full show description here Summary 📖 Story: Si'i kae hā 🌟 Dub/Ls Of the Week: Got caught using ai 💀 🤔 Philosophizing: Kids rise to expectations Inefficient Productivity Owning outcomes 🔄 Weekly Round Up 🗣️ Quote: Focus > talent 🎙️ Podcast: Goggins on Modern Wisdom 📖 Book: Can’t Hurt Me by Goggins 📑 Article: Twenty

See full show notes here Summary 📖 Story: Thugging it out & Head of the table 🌟 Dub/Ls Of the Week: New role + disconnected 🤔 Philosophizing: Optimize for slope Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation… Pride for the culture 🔄 Weekly Round Up 🗣️ Quote: Be the ONE ❓ Question: How little can a thing make my day? 🎙️ Podcast: Alex Hormozi x Logal Paul

Every year, I’ll interview myself (on my birthday) to reflect on life. Let’s see how things go… 👀

See full show notes here Summary 📖 Story: Learning vs earning 🌟 Dub/Ls Of the Week: Offer + memories 🤔 Philosophizing: Tinder, school, & faith in God AI is KING 🔄 Weekly Round Up 🗣️ Quote: Raising my hand ❓ Question: Would you take a bullet for God? 🎙️ Podcast: Alex O’Connor on Flagrant pod 📖 Book: Die with Zero 📑 Article: Amp it Up!

See full show note here Summary 📖 Story: Master samurai 🌟 Dub/Ls Of the Week: Revamp pod, didn’t meet Tony Finau 🤔 Philosophizing: Short-term want vs long-term want Logic vs logic & emotion vs emotion 🔄 Weekly Round Up 🗣️ Quote: Is faikava against the word of wisdom? ❓ Question: What was the plan last night? 🎙️ Podcast: Hormozi & Shaan Puri 📑 Article: Keep your identity small by Paul...

See full show notes here 🧠 Deep vs. shallow knowledge → you only know something once you live it ⚙️ Startups really do move fast & break things — lived that lesson the hard way 🏁 Finite goals are easy… but the infinite game is way harder 😴 Sleep fixed everything — mood, productivity, even faith 🙏 Still figuring out what you believe — religious but not always spiritual 🍟 Free food isn’t wo...

🌀 Been a bit inconsistent lately, still finding my groove in Utah 🤯 Working from home? Kinda sucks. Hard to lock in when no one's around Reminded me how important environment and energy are 🤝 Been thinking a lot about "wanters" — people who love talking about what they want but don't actually do anything about it. I don’t wanna be around (or become) one of those people 🌟 The...

Wrote a piece on my 3 big takeaways from training for a marathon: ARTICLE LINK

See full show notes here Summary 📖 Story: Becoming to belong 🌟 Dub/Ls Of the Week: Prioritizing God, Brazil trip, and waste-time study 🤔 Philosophizing: Slope vs position in the spiral staircase The broken hairdryer Which comes first, living the virtues or being Christlike? 🔄 Weekly Round Up 🗣️ Quote: Going in circles & spirals ❓ Question: What are we doing rn? 🎙️ Podcast: Hinge expert on...

See full show notes here Summary 📖 Story: Finally realizing, my mom LOVES me 🌟 Dub/Ls Of the Week: 16 miles and skipping Dillo 🤔 Philosophizing: Being a good dad Thin vs thick knowledge 🔄 Weekly Round Up 🗣️ Quote: Boredom is a cheat code ❓ Question: How have I been complicit in creating the conditions I say I don’t want? 🎙️ Podcast: Christian Scholar Wes Huff on Flagrant 📖 Book: The Wright B...

See full show notes here Summary 📖 Story: Surprising my mom for Mother’s Day 🌟 Dub/Ls Of the Week: Mother’s Day trip + being present 🤔 Philosophizing: My definition of blessings Taste is our differentiator “The wall” Life is a game of tradeoffs 🔄 Weekly Round Up 🎙️ Podcast: Founders pod on focus 🗣️ Quote: To do or not to do 📑 Article: The focus to say no 📖 Book: Shoe Dog (Nike’s founding sto...

See full show notes here Summary 📖 Story: The Grinch’s change of heart 🌟 Dub/Ls Of the Week: First half marathon & lazy weekend 🤔 Philosophizing: What’s efficient/productive? We are sheep Ethics of AI Speed is a green flag 🔄 Weekly Round Up 🗣️ Quote: “He came to himself” ❓ Question: Would trade places with you a year ago? 🧠 Course: 6-hour branding course 🎥 Video: Training like David Gog...

See full show notes here Summary 📖 Story: “This food tastes like cardboard” 🌟 Dub/Ls Of the Week: Starting at Leland and Utah Ls 🤔 Philosophizing: I don’t care about other people’s opinions Performative vs legit Stories are clear in retrospect 🔄 Weekly Round Up 🗣️ Quote: Embrace the beginner’s mind ❓ Question: What keeps you going? 🎙️ Podcast: Philosophy pod convo 🚀 New Pod: Subversive

See full show notes here Summary 📖 Story: The YC dinner I wasn’t supposed to go to 🌟 Dub/Ls Of the Week: Building LearningTongan.com at 5 am 🤔 Philosophizing: Feature vs bug Idk frame shift Committing to decisions 🔄 Weekly Round Up ❓ Question: What do you want and is it worth wanting? 🎙️ Podcast: Anti-Business Billionaires 📖 Book: Clear Thinking by Shane Parrish 🗣️ Quote: God’s Grace is POWE...

See full show notes here Summary 📖 Story: The rise and fall of WeAreNesian 🤔 Philosophizing: Gratitude Paradox 🌟 Dub/Ls Of the Week: Got the internship & recovering from rugby 🔄 Weekly Round Up 🗣️ Quote: Walking the way ❓ Question: What’re your values?

See full show notes here Summary 📖 Story: Mom is right even when she’s wrong 🌟 Dub/Ls Of the Week: Snowboarding, family time, and sleep 🤔 Philosophizing: Social risk vs financial risk Building the business vs building the story Happiness pleasure vs happiness from purpose 🔄 Weekly Round Up 🗣️ Quote: CS Lewis on starting now ❓ Question: What’s one thing everyone should experience at least once...

See full show notes here Summary 📖 Story: Becoming an Ironman (supporter) in NZ 🤔 Philosophizing: Our character is built in the lows 🌟 Dub/Ls Of the Week: Marathon training and emotions 🔄 Weekly Round Up 🎙️ Podcast: 1st Soma Scouts Podcast Episode 📧 Email: Elon’s Razor 🗣️ Quote: The harm of hurry ❓ Question: How are you feeling? 📖 Book: Permission to Feel 📑 Article: How a Skeptical Philoso...