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It's Gotta Be The Mic#21: Lyle McKeany — Memoirs, messiness, and the meandering path to finding your writing voiceLyle McKeany goes straight to the uncomfortable areas of life, quickly. It's what makes his writing so approachable, and unexpectedly funny at times. Lyle writes a weekly newsletter called, Just Enough to Get Me in Trouble, where he writes short stories about life, and being a father.2021-07-1947 min
It's Gotta Be The Mic#20: Charlie Bleecker: How to write and publish every week, writing under a pseudonym, and the journey to write a novelIn this episode, we chat with writer Charlie Bleecker, who is the lead mentor for David Perell's online writing course, Write of Passage. We chat with Charlie about her journey to write and publish online every week, her writing process, and her decision to write under a pseudonym. If you're struggling to write and publish, don't miss out on this episode.2021-06-0757 min
It's Gotta Be The Mic#19: Our 12 favourite apps to live and work betterIn this episode, we each share 6 apps that we love and consistently use.2021-05-1625 min
It's Gotta Be The Mic#18: Jesse Desjardins – Who do you want to be a hero to?Simply put, Jesse Desjardins radiates good vibes. Less simply, Jesse led the team behind Tourism Australia, has helped entrepreneurs and corporate leaders on business model innovation with Strategyzer, and built The Guest Experience Map.
Jesse shares his unorthodox path around the world to serve the brightest minds using storytelling as a way to connect. The Hero's Journey has undoubtedly played a large role in his life as a way to focus on the audience he can best serve.2021-05-011h 03
It's Gotta Be The Mic#17: Book Review – The Four Agreements (Don Miguel Ruiz) and Conspiracy (Ryan Holiday)This week, we picked a book each and shared our thoughts and aha moments on them. They happened to be on vastly different topics.2021-04-1836 min
It's Gotta Be The Mic#16: Charlene Wang – Embracing your true selfThis week we have Charlene Wang on the show to tell us all about her upcoming book (Model Breakers) as well as the LivingOS Fellowship: a transformational group coaching experience for high achievers.2021-03-2755 min
It's Gotta Be The Mic#15: Being a minimalist entrepreneurThis week, we started off talking about Nate's daily routine and then dove into what being a minimalist entrepreneur entails. We also touched on communities and Nate's brand-new design course for non-designers.2021-03-1447 min
It's Gotta Be The Mic#14: Tim Coil – How to get started in cryptoIn this episode, we chat with Tim Coil about the fundamentals of Bitcoin and the blockchain, what are some low risk ways to get started in cryptocurrency, and where to store it. We also chat about NFTs, and what the landscape looks like for digital art.2021-02-281h 17
It's Gotta Be The Mic#13: The pros and cons of cohort-based online coursesThis week, we shared our views on the cohort-based online courses that we've gone through over the last one year. We also rated each out of five!2021-02-1445 min
It's Gotta Be The Mic#12: Max Nussenbaum – The tension between being a founder and an artistThis week, we had Max Nussenbaum on the show as our first ever guest! Max currently runs the Writer Fellowship over at On Deck and writes a weekly newsletter called My Super Secret Diary.
As an ex startup founder, we also got Max's takes on the tension (and similarities) that exist between being a founder and an artist. We also talked about writing, creativity, and career choices.2021-02-071h 03
It's Gotta Be The Mic#11: Leadership lessons from Ted LassoThis week, we shared our thoughts and takeaways from Season #1 of Ted Lasso: a sitcom television series starring Jason Sudeikis.2021-01-3143 min
It's Gotta Be The Mic#10: Tools for thoughtThis week, we took a deep dive into our technology stacks and discussed the tools and apps we use to capture and create knowledge.2021-01-2455 min
It's Gotta Be The Mic#9: How to find topics to write aboutOn this first episode of Season 2, we go through our process of finding topics and ideas to write about (or other creative outputs for that matter). We also touch on some of the tools and apps we use that help boost the writing process.2021-01-1750 min
It's Gotta Be The Mic#8: Mind mapping, authentic creativity, and passion projectsThis is the Season 1 Finale as we wrap up 8 weeks of On Deck Writer Fellowship. We talked about mind maps (and where they come in during the creative process), personal vs. professional identities, Tony Hsieh, and Salesforce acquiring Slack.2020-12-0654 min
It's Gotta Be The Mic#7: Being average, blue zones, the art of editing, and design for non-designersOn this episode, we talked about embracing being average, fulfillment, and the blue zones concept. We also talked about our ideal writing audiences where Nate dove deep into the importance of design for non-designers.2020-11-2246 min
It's Gotta Be The Mic#6: Solitude, showing up, and personal financesThis week we chatted about big tasks vs. small tasks (and which one to tackle first) and the importance of solitude and spending time on our own. We also talked about creating leverage by showing up consistently, personal finances (+budgeting), and succinct communication.2020-11-1552 min
It's Gotta Be The Mic#5: Staying productive during an election, habit stacking, The Octopus Teacher, and the Pomodoro techniqueThis week we chat about balancing our schedules and productivity during an election, using habit stacking and the Pomodoro technique.
We also talk about our experience at the halfway point in the On Deck Writer's Fellowship, and if we're hitting our goals. Reza discusses his preparation for interviewing guests for his upcoming podcast, while Nate is interviewed for the first time as a guest.
This episode is rich in musings around productivity, Nate's co-hosted Q&A with Anne-Laure Le Cunff of Ness Labs, and the books we're now starting.
Enjoy!2020-11-0759 min
It's Gotta Be The Mic#4: Newsletters, personal blogs, illustrations, productivity, collaboration and telling good storiesWe talked about a lot in this episode! From the process for publishing our newsletters, to the metrics we track and why we've been doing it every week for the last 6 months. We also touch on the tech stack of our personal blogs, sketching, productivity, collaboration and storytelling.2020-10-3154 min
It's Gotta Be The Mic#3: Getting feedback, gaining clarity from writing, and being presentWe talk about our second week at On Deck Writer Fellowship, the process of giving and receiving feedback and how writing and speaking are connected.2020-10-2352 min
It's Gotta Be The Mic#2: Newsletters, creativity, our writing process, choosing your niche, and ODW1We talk about our writing process, the origin stories of our newsletters, and our first week during the On Deck Writer Fellowship.2020-10-1753 min
It's Gotta Be The Mic#1: Who we are, why we're recording our conversations, and of course ODW1We talk about our backgrounds, why we're starting a podcast, and our excitement for the inaugural On Deck Writer Fellowship2020-10-1052 min