Khe Hy
Antifragile Careers
Published Date: 7/30/20
Resources and Show Notes:
2) Connect with Khe on Twitter
3) Blog post on antifragile careers
Episode Notes (by minute):
-1:30 - Why Khe loved about playing Magic: The Gathering growing up
-3:00 - How a Portfolio Career can be looked at from the lens of modern portfolio theory: “things that by themselves have less potential but you put them together they have more potential, and they also are become less risky.”
-5:30 - How Khe applies lessons from David Allen’s book, Getting Things Done, every day and has been for the last 18 years.
-7:00 - How Khe analyzed and thought about his business when COVID struck and how he is thinking about now, even looking to diversify his skills. He is even thinking about learning physical skills (i.e, architecture)
-10:00 - An overview of the RadReads philosophy: 1) tools; 2) system for self-awareness and 3) behavior change
-12:00 - Ways to get leverage as a solopreneur: your skills, your reach, your relationships, idea leverage
-16:00 - Why pitching a major media outlet for an article could be the most meaningful thing that could drive Khe’s business, but yet he is not focused on doing so
-18:00 - Why “having fun” is a north star for Khe, and how he stopped podcasting as an example because he was not having that much fun. He loves a tweet from Tiago Forte (prior podcast guest) about this.
-20:00 - An overview about Khe’s two weekly email newsletters
-24:00 - How Khe does not actively market himself as a coach, but yet, selectively works with people
-27:00 - Why Khe likes learning in public and led to hearing interest from now students in his Notion courses
-28:30 - Khe challenges to you think about the “pebble that is in your shoe” metaphorically and to focus on removing it
(Note: these are quick notes and takeaways by David Nebinski. Please see the episode for more accurate information)