Lifelong Learning

Dean Yeong resides all the way out in Malaysia and balances his time with writing on his site DeanYeong.com as well as being the SEO & Blog Manager for Appsumo & Sumo.com.

If you've not read any of his articles, I strongly recommend you to check out his site. It's full of great articles that will help you be productive, perform at a high level and ultimately be a better human being.

In our conversation, we talk about how Dean got into writing, even though English wasn't his first language. We also touch on topics such as the lessons learned from getting older as well as the "day 1" concept.

I had a great time talking with Dean and I hope you enjoy listening to our conversation.

Relevant Links:

• Website
• Twitter
• Galiway.blog

Topics Mentioned:

• How Dean got started with writing
• Finding accountability for writing consistently
• How Dean improved his language skills
• Finance and the importance of learning how to manage your money
• Being the SEO & Blog Manager for AppSumo & Sumo.com
• Reflecting on ageing and the importance of your 30s
• Jeff Bezo's "Day 1" Concept
• How often Dean reads and how he sets the time for it
• Quitting books early and the importance of it
• Movement training, Crossfit and keeping fit
• The habit of note-taking
• Intermittent fasting
• How to stay consistent & remain accountable
• WordPress vs Webflow
• Fathom analytics.

Tools Mentioned:

• Roam research note-taking app
• Obsidian note-taking app
• Zero intermittent fasting app

Books Mentioned:

• Principles - Ray Dalio
• Ego Is The Enemy - Ryan Holiday

After naturally gravitating to the subject of productivity and optimising, Dan studied the greats and learned a lot along the way. He’s been writing on subjects based around personal development, productivity, developing habits for several years now and has generated useful and inspiration resources to help you be a better version of yourself.

Whether you’re reading one of his articles or taking part in his online courses, you’ll be sure to find useful information that will last a lifetime.

Dan and I geeked out on productivity and shared our own experiences with systems and optimization. We talked about our love for excel, the importance of dropping habits as well as not always needing to have a system in the first place.

If you love productivity this podcast is for you, and I strongly recommend you check out Dan’s blog.

Relevant Links

• Dan’s website
• Dan’s Newsletter
• One Productivity
• Medium
• Twitter

Topics Discussed

• Dan’s interest with productivity
• How Dan started his blog
• The love for Excel
• Enjoying systems and Dan’s personal management system
• Sometimes you don’t need a system
• “It seems that perfection is attained not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to remove.” Antoine de Saint Exupéry
• The importance of taking regular long trips
• Taking a small backpack & how that mentality transeferred over to his work
• The importance of dropping habits
• Creating a decision matrix
• Dan’s Zero to Done Course
• Dan’s Summaries & Book Notes
• How to find books that are suitable for you
• The rules for dropping a movie
• The distractions of the internet
• Writing offline first

Tools Mentioned

• Leechblock
• Focusme app
• Blocksite

Books Mentioned

• The Millionaire Fast Lane

Hello & welcome to the Lifelong learning podcast, I'm your host Joshua Galinato.

Everybody has a story, everybody has something they can teach. If you listen long enough there's always an opportunity to learn something new. This is why I created the lifelong learning podcast, to invite people that inspire me and listen to their story. Hopefully, learning something along the way.

Today, I got the opportunity to sit down with Prakhar from DesignEpicLife.com and talk to him about his journey so far.

Prakhar is a certified life coach and is helping his readers design and live an epic life. After going through a stressful time during his teenage years, he decided that enough is enough and to simply follow his bliss.

Ever since then he has been living a deliberate life that is full of joy and happiness, and you can tell it if from listening to his voice. Although Prakhar is young, he's full of wisdom and knows what he's talking about when it comes to self-development and self-mastery.

If you're looking to improve your life in all aspects, have a listen to today's podcast. As always, you can find all the relevant links in the show notes over on my site at galiway.blog.

Without further ado, here's my interview with Prakhar from DesignEpicLife.com

Relevant Links

• DesignEpicLife.com
• Medium
• Twitter
• An article about having an existential crisis
• An article about having fun
• Life coaching with Prakhar
• A course on passion and purpose

Topics Discussed

• The benefits & difficulties with learning another language
• Prakhar's dark and stressful teen years
• Following your bliss
• Studying game design but not wanting to do it as a career
• Following your passion vs following your bliss
• Owning the decisions you make
• The epic life framework
• Mastering the self
• Being a life coach

Books Mentioned

• Stillness by Ryan Holiday

In today's podcast I got the chance to sit down with Rachael also known as the Booklist Queen. She's a professional book reviewer that can read up to 20 books a month.

Her blog is dedicated to everything about books. If you're looking for recommendations you can check out her book reviews, if you're looking for inspiration you can try out one of her reading challenges. Basically, if you're a reader or want to get into reading, you should check out her blog.

From preferred reading formats to how Rachael makes time to read 200 books a year, we cover a number of different topics around reading. If you're looking to increase your montly book count, going through a reading slump or just want to start reading this podcast if for you.

As always, you'll be able to find all of today's show notes at galiway.blog.

Relevant Links

• BooklistQueen.com
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Instagram
• Pinterest

Topics Discussed

• How Rachael makes time to read an average of 200 books a year
• Reading books in different formats and her preferred choice
• What makes a well-written book
• The Reading Challenges that Rachael set out
• The Monthly Booklist
• Rachael's favorite book: 1984
• Thoughts on the book "Make Time"
• When to pick and choose advice from personal development book
• How Rachael reads fast and comprehends book
• When Rachael quits a book
• Advice when you're going through a reading slump
• Distractions throughout the day
• Interests in writing her own book

Tools Mentioned

• Goodreads
• Paper-based to-do list
• Google Calendar

Books Mentioned

• Animal Farm
• 1984
• Make Time
• Harry Potter
• The One Thing

In today’s podcast, I had the privilege of talking to Will Chou, a blogger & podcaster that focuses on personal development.

From timeless strategies on the 4 pillars of personal development to investing in yourself through online courses, we touch on several topics that revolved around personal development.

Relevant Links

• Website
• Will’s Personal Development Podcast

Topics Discussed

• How to determine what’s truly worth your time
• Timeless strategies for the 4 pillars of personal development
• The Nibble Technique
• Social media and staying clear from it
• The value of masterclass.com

Tools Mentioned:

• Masterclass.com
• Evernote
• Audio Books (Aubile)

Books Mentioned

• Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins
• What Makes Love Last by John Gottman and Nan Silver
• I Can’t Make This Up: Life Lessons by Kevin Hart
• How Life Imitates Chess by Gary Kasparov
• What Every Body Is Saying by John Navarro

In today's podcast I got to talk with productivity guru Laura Earnest. Having blogged on the topic of productivity for nearly 10 years we talk about how what attracted Laura to being productive, dealing with burnout and her new direction towards living a deliberate life.

Relevant Links

• Galiway.blog
• Website
• About Laura Earnest
• The Earnest Life Podcast

In today’s podcast I managed to talk with the guys behind Stickk. If you’re the type of person or know someone that struggles with sticking to their commitments, then Stickk is the tool for you.

It’s a free tool that utilises the power of loss aversion to help you stay committed to your goals.

I myself have been a user of Stickk and have experienced its benefits, it actually helped me learn another language, and it’s currently helping millions of users to achieve their own goals. From weight loss to quitting smoking, there are thousands of success stories that utilised Stickk’s powerful psychological techniques.

Both Jerry Brown and Pablo Spinola joined the podcast today, both currently work for Stickk and have used the platform in their personal lives. We go in-depth about the power of loss aversion, adding additional social elements to your commitments as well as a few success stories that changed the lives of many users.

Relevant Links

• Galiway.blog
• Stickk’s Website
• About The Team
• How it works
• Twitter
• YouTube
• Instagram
• Facebook

Calvin is a writer, startup operator, and surfer that is on a mission to empower 10 million people to live a more fulfilling life. Whether it's through his writing, podcast, scholorships or his weekly newsletters, Calvin provides some great resources that opens up your mind and improve the quality of your life.

His 10 second bio goes a little something like this,

I grew up poor in a single parent home, worked my ass off, studied at Princeton, lost my mentor to cardiac arrest, worked on Wall Street, grew a business while traveling the world, lost my mom to suicide, and ignited my mission to empower 10 million people to live a more fulfilling life.

If you're seeking change or want to nurture your mind I strongly recommend you check out his site over at CalvinRosser.com

Useful Links

• Website
• About Calvin
• Sh*t You Don’t Learn in School Podcast
• Life Reimagined Scholarships
• Galiway.blog

Originally from Lithuania, Tomas is a lifestyle blogger, content marketing consultant and entrepreneur.

The more we talked with each other, the more I realised how both he and I have had similar journeys and think in similar ways.

In our conversation, Tomas and I talk openly about a variety of subjects around personal development. And we touch on areas with what we’re struggling with, topics like impatience and knowing when to pause.

Links:

Show Notes & Useful Links

Tomas Laurinavicius Website

On top of being the founder of The Meta Learners, Dimitris is also the founder of one of the most successful Greek podcast on self-improvement, The Brain Hacking Academy and is a core member of Jonathan Levi's SuperHuman Academy leadership team.

In today's episode, Dimitris and I go deep into different learning techniques, mental models and how procrastination almost took a hold of his life. We talk about his past, his addiction to video games and how he managed to break free from it. For someone who "wasted his life away", it's amazing to see how he turned it around and managed to achieve so much.

If you're looking to incorporate a growth mindset and understand different mental models give this episode a listen and as always, you can find the show notes over at Galiway.blog/podcast