One common question since I started this newsletter:
What’s been the 80/20 of your first 275 episodes (i.e. what had the biggest impact on growth and learning vs. what was a relative waste of time?)
In other words: what have the 20% of actions that have had 80% of impact? It’s a fair but difficult question to answer, and in today’s newsletter, I’ll do my best to break it down.
Learning How To Interview
When I decided I was going to start a podcast in August 2020, I spent the month learning how the greats before me did it (Tim Ferriss, Larry King, Oprah, Malcolm Gladwell, etc.).
I didn’t do this as a way to procrastinate. I learned in the mornings and interviewed in the afternoons.
Don’t expect to learn your own style from reading these notes below. But you might pick up a tip, trick, or insight that could help you in your next session.
Here were some of my notes:
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