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#404: David Perell – Surrender To Your True Nature

18 Sep 2023 • 87 min • EN
87 min
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David Perell is an entrepreneur and writer. He is the creator of Write Of Passage, an online school to help people transform their lives through writing. He has taught students from Google, Facebook, Harvard, MIT, Stripe, and Goldman Sachs. In this interview we spoke about the difficulties of running a company, David's journey to faith, his season of no, how to find a partner, building deep friendships, advice to creators, and the importance of surrendering to your true nature. 0:00 What’s The Central Question Of David’s Life? 2:32 Doing Life’s Work? 7:49 The Moment Tyler Cowan Invested In David Perell 9:33 Investing In The Cultural Tutor 13:54 Difficulties Of Running A Company 15:49 Online David Vs. In-Person David 21:31 The Importance Of Friendship 25:01 Finding God 36:04 Where To Start With Bible 43:10 David’s Phone Screen 45:38 Mantras + Season Of No 49:37 Three Lines, Three Words Each 52:27 David’s High School Physics Teacher 59:18 How David Thinks About Education 1:01:21 Finding A Partner 1:05:01 Building Deep Friendships 1:09:43 Yes/No List 1:12:00 Red Dress Traps 1:14:02 Advice For Creators 1:17:43 How To Be More Distinctive 1:20:31 Surrender To Your Nature 1:22:03 Challenge 1:23:40 How I Write Origin Why Beauty Matters: https://vimeo.com/549715999 Previous Episodes With David Episode 070: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCS3Qyh7LKs Episode 230: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0RnTd8HOK8 Episode 305: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VBZm6GoBDQ David’s Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/david_perell Write Of Passage: https://writeofpassage.school How I Write: https://writeofpassage.school/how-i-write My Links 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda

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