Adam Ashton
Reading Books And Podcasting About Them
Published Date: 2/20/20
Resources and Show Notes:
2) What You Will Learn Top 50 books
3) Range by David Epstein
Episode Notes (by minute):
-2:30: How Adam and his cohost, Adam, started the What You Will Learn podcast
-4:30: How the podcast has created a forcing function for him to read more and also share those learnings on the podcast
-5:00 - How Adam thinks about about the evolution and different levels of content creation and learning
-6:00 - What the goals Adam had initially with the podcast, and how the project has evolved to the point where he is now writing a book about the podcast (a sub-project within a project)
-10:00 - Why Adam loves the book, Range, for people with Portfolio Careers, and the core ideas from the book
-13:00 - What Adam learned from his tutoring business and Derek Siver’s book, Anything You Want.
-14:00 - What the Dunning-Kruger effect is and how it relates to projects and learning
-17:00 - How Adam thinks people should start projects — small and achievable
-19:00 - Adam’s book recommendations for people with Portfolio Careers
-21:00 - A discussion of long-term projects and the compounding benefits of them
-23:00 - How Adam has been able to balance his projects with professional work, and how his ideas have evolved on balancing the two.
-26:00 - The importance of who you share your side projects and big ideas with
(Note: these are quick notes and takeaways by David Nebinski. Please see the episode for more accurate information)