#230: David Perell [VIDEO] – Writing, Leverage, & Living With More Joy

<p>David Perell is a writer and entrepreneur. He is the creator of the wildly successful Write of Passage – an online course that helps people accelerate their careers by writing online. He has amassed a following of over 300,000 people on Twitter alone.</p> <p>In this conversation, we spoke about David's college years, why introspection is overrated, David's interesting writing habits, and why epiphanies are felt.&nbsp;</p> <p>You can access this video on Spotify.</p> <p>Topics:</p> <p>(0:00) Intro&nbsp;</p> <p>(0:48) Probation&nbsp;</p> <p>(5:01) The first time David started to take himself seriously&nbsp;</p> <p>(6:11) Find the leverage&nbsp;</p> <p>(8:12) Bill Morningstar&nbsp;</p> <p>(11:20) How to get confidence when you’re not qualified?&nbsp;</p> <p>(12:25) Coining terms as a creator&nbsp;</p> <p>(15:00) Mimetic theory&nbsp;</p> <p>(19:33) How do you make sure what you want is what you really want?&nbsp;</p> <p>(21:33) Why does David spend time with people he disagrees with?&nbsp;</p> <p>(25:01) Knowledge workers should treat themselves as athletes&nbsp;</p> <p>(27:13) Changing the education system&nbsp;</p> <p>(39:31) Who does David admire today?&nbsp;</p> <p>(43:01) Surrendering to the art of conversation&nbsp;</p> <p>(44:29) Overcoming insecurities&nbsp;</p> <p>(47:20) Injecting more of himself into his work&nbsp;</p> <p>(48:34) “Epiphanies are felt”&nbsp;</p> <p>(50:40) “Introspection is overrated”&nbsp;</p> <p>(53:08) Why David grades his dad A+++&nbsp;</p> <p>(56:50) How do we live with more joy?&nbsp;</p> <p>(1:00:23) How much did David turn to the internet as a kid?&nbsp;</p> <p>(1:02:45) Annual Review&nbsp;</p> <p>(1:03:41) Connection between plants vs. podcasts&nbsp;</p> <p>(1:06:28) How to judge improvement on creative work on week-to-week&nbsp;</p> <p>(1:07:41) The unexpected benefit of writing&nbsp;</p> <p>(1:12:01) Does David have any trouble sleeping?&nbsp;</p> <p>(1:13:39) David’s weird writing habits&nbsp;</p> <p>(1:20:40) How has David gotten less self-loathing?&nbsp;</p> <p>(1:22:51) Ba