Nat Eliason: Writing for the Modern World

Description

Nat Eliason is a blogger, programmer, entrepreneur, and author of the new book Crypto Confidential, where he tells the story of riding the crypto mania wave of 2021, how he learned how to invest in crypto, become a programmer, and signing onto a project that made and then lost him millions of dollars.

In this episode, expect to learn Nat’s process of book writing, the importance of memoir style writing in the 21st century, why he thinks social media is mostly a waste of time, how he has learned the skill of learning new things, and why he’s building a Patronage fund for his daughters as an alternative to a college fund.

This episode is sponsored by John Galt Mortgage Company

https://www.johngaltmortgage.com

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

2:22 - The Process and Vulnerability of Writing Crypto Confidential

11:15 - The World Needs More Memoirs (start

15:06 - The Value of Books in the Age of the Internet (Medium)

23:27 - Discerning the Shadow Career Over the Real Thing

25:56 - What Does Success Mean as a Writer?

29:02 - Sponsor: John Galt Mortgage Company

30:05 - Why Memoirs Might Become More Important in the 21st Century

35:23 - Making Life Decisions off Data