Jad Dagher is a writer on Twitter under the name "The Eastern Way," an account where he shares ancient eastern philosophical insights to address anxiety in the modern world. Aside from writing his own content, Jad is also a Twitter ghostwriter while still a college student.
In this episode, Jad and I had a very wide-ranging conversation, as we talked about topics all the way from eastern philosophies like Taoism and Buddhism to being Twitter ghostwriters. We also dove into the topic of psychedelics which was a really fun part of the conversation and a topic that has been long overdue on this podcast.
Jad's links:
https://www.instagram.com/easternway444/
My stuff:
Timestamps
2:30 Pursuing online business
6:04 Discovering eastern philosophy
9:10 Taoism and Confucianism
13:40 Goals with making money online
16:30 Slow travel
19:30 Accelerating your growth
21:42 “Heroic dose” of mushrooms
29:00 Naval 60 minute meditation
32:24 Intermittent periods of boredom
34:30 Avoiding cheap dopamine
39:25 You can create happiness
44:57 Freedom makes you happy, not money
45:54 Eastern art
48:30 Overcoming resistance
53:03 Goals for the next year
