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big bloggers and bother them until they get permission to either content ray you're on this podcast has been working so far, the happy with others that have joined the show, it's pretty amazing and If you are new here it's gonna be a unique episodes. Oh don't judge this podcast based on this one episode bless you and of loving this episode. In that case, all episodes a hike this, oh you know. But anyway, is different, because I feel like I need to do a little update on the direction of the show which all before the end of story red, opposed from Derek Sivers for occasional silver, Sunday episode, but is a shorter post, just idle. They too much of your time when I start talking about the journey of this pike. S at the end and their servers always seems to have opposed to fish with what I'm thinking about in the moment, I was thinking about what I should read today. I first went to his sites because it is sunday- and I love to keep the silver Sunday thing going whenever I can

I looked at its most recent paused in his titled. Why are you doing without even reading it? I knew this would be a perfect sag way into me. Talking about this podcast, why I'm doing it words going the future of it all that stuff It was meant to be kind of crazy. How that happens on. So that's why I'm running this post today and I think that's enough of an inch row. So, let's get right to it. His Optimizing your life. Why are you doing here? several of savers out, org them the important thing in life is to know why you were doing why you're doing most people don't know, go with the flow social norms are really powerful. The input that influence. You are really powerful, agree: video Oh talk or bird can convince you that you should be acting in thinking like that, but the. This thing in life, would be a death bed, regret that you spent your life pursuing what someone said you should want is that of what you really want. For example,

If you really want to make a lot of money, you need to admit that If you really want to be famous, you need to pursue that if he really on freedom and no responsibilities or to learn, possible or whatever else you need to realize it and embrace it, But whatever you decide you need to optimize for that and be willing to let go of the others. You can. Diffuse your energy trying to do a little bit of everything or you'll always be in conflict with yourself, for example, way to make money is to take on a lot of responsibility, which means letting go of some freedoms. One way a famous is to let others make more money. While you take the spotlight, I learned this living in LOS Angeles, whereas friends with some famous Hollywood actors and realise there are not as rich as you think that these people in Hollywood are the ones you ve never heard of because they ve optimize their career for money. They know others are willing to take less money in return for more fame, so they profit from the other side of that deal.

Maybe the most important thing to you is learning or creating or giving. Maybe is how many people lives. You can influence, maybe his house. Equally, you can influence just a few people's lives. Once you realize it, man admit it, you need to pursue it like. If you want freedom, Then you own a business but delegate all the work. We'll be learning or creating or giving as much as you could with a different strategy. But that's ok, you know, freedom is? What you're, after Sometimes your best strategy is counter intuitive, like if you I paying job. I realise that charitable. Giving is what matters most to you then, Strategy is not to quit your job and go hang mosquito nets in Africa, but actually to keep your job, they make which one is you can well spent. On hiring hundreds of people in Africa to hang those mosquito nets. Unless your goal is more about looking charitable as that of actually being charitable, then edit, that yourself too, but what you choose brace yourself, because people are always when I tell you you're wrong, That's all you need to know why you're doing what you're doing now,

in advance, use it your compass and optimize your life around it but the other goals be secondary, so this decision moments come you can choose a value that you already know matters most to you. He does since the post titled. Why are you doing by Derek severs of servers, are ordered question I loved ass people is, if you want a lottery today, what would you be doing with your life in a month, or you know the lottery, because a super shrimp Alessi like early retirement, but you enough money to maybe by a good sized home outright, and you don't have a mortgage payment in your bills were covered for the rest of your life and people. Love to travel might just do that good. It places a possible once told me that he leverages house to buy more real estate, which got me thinking we that's cool, but for what I think you said you do it again and then, by more than a year, Ask for what why What's the reason

the more money, ok and then what to spend it. I don't his answer and about judging curious because I don't you know my own answer completely and even put it back on me when I kept going with the question, so I thought about it. What I keep doing this, I cast actually, I do think so now Why won't first give feedback, usually a form of email, his arm always incredibly positive and motivating makes you feel- making indifference, even if it's just in your life. If you listening and have sent me an email mail, I want you to know that you are why I'm still doing this, one big reason: another and you know this if you're a long time listener, is that I have performance anxiety. He often really really bad, so this way for me to work on that to speak, more I think that something I need my life now face not really but honestly, if someone up to me and asked me on the street of unjust and from a wealthy and I've never seen him before my life. I would

he flattered and make my day or given so yeah that be cool, but not like one of my major goals of this pike. Has But the other reason is that deep down I emissary entrepreneur, for as long as I can remember my love, creating things my icebergs, Briggs Personality type is called the craftsmen till we get more Before than that part, testing or narrating, really has become a cry for me, the last nine months and wild credibly frustrating at times. Overall, I do enjoy it an island joy, the possibility of it being an entrepreneurial venture, something sustainable that can pay its own bills plus some, so they can of my life, actually doing this reading to you every single day and even pay some people to do the stuff that takes up so much time like editing, not just one, little piece of it have doing or to honour and seventy five episodes as to owners only five straight days of doing this reaching out. Others, some of which require me to ask them about every single post. I read your on the show, recording

which I can do in my own home, because unwanted as quite as possible for use of the quality is great, so Jack. I found this house, which is twenty minutes. One way I met a lot. I try to edit outgrows mouth noises to is the best I can, which is super tedious editing, one of so can easily taken our more nutriment, working on the other to newer, podcast, optimal them or financed alien, optimal healthily. I tracked me I am fairly recently that I worked fifty five hours. That's all one and a half times the typical american worker, and my salary. Well, it's coming all the money that I previously made coming out of my business savings MR complain, I just want to tell you. A friend was really going on. I do want, is to become sustainable to get to a level where I can say yes, this is working as a business model answered the Yankee. For another year or more keep helping you and see those stories in my email Box of personal change that happened because of these podcasts. I really really want that paramount to keep.

Begging for money and the only other way I can see this getting to that level is by accept sponsors of the show, It took to owners only five episodes two and seventy five days of doing this, but there is, that's interested and I do like their service I could be mentioning them as soon as tomorrow on the show but vote happens, I needed to know why would take on a sponsor. I think everyone a clear we should also know that I would never just take any random sponsor that offered that complete we goes against this pie. Cast like I heard a pike S while podcasting just yesterday, I actually and host asking why someone would ever turn down a company that wanted to sponsor them almost five, back at him, whilst listening out loud. Luckily, the guy so the pie. Gas was quick to say that he totally encourages Pike S house to turn down sponsors because it all lie with our values: me. Can you imagine if my sponsor was Rolex, watches I'm here reading to you about minimalism of the same episode without add sound like it be totally fake.

Do for my own credibility. Essentially me saying I dont care at all about his product or you my listener hearing it. I just this money and thus my style, I would they take on a sponsor of something I personally use Anthony and benefit from most likely a service, as opposed to an item or a thing like that. He's just as useful and evaluating as a service. So I want you to know that too. Don't take it lightly. I it would just to get the money, and I have turned on sponsorship opportunities in the past, because I don't want you to think that I'm doing this just to make a quick bach enough, you ve tribute financially to the show. You have helped me so much to pay for the server that house these hundreds of audio files. My website it's my mailing list, all that stuff, these urban expenses and you ve, kept it from shutting down because of financial viability issues. I really really appreciate that it may be actually contributing monthly. Two, and now it's too really up to you. While sponsors in every episode. If this is a

please, how often you no longer transport monthly fight totally get it, and I thank you helping me reach the point where I can take on a sponsor you can cancel your monthly payments and I won't be offended I'll, be thankful that you contribute in the first place, but again these sponsorships won't be daily? Maybe a couple so the wheat flour now I am currently planning special bonus content for monthly contributors to the show. Or if he sent one Bay donation you'd, be included in that as well just to be fair, so he multi contribution going you'll be receiving additional content that no one else will be receiving. I d, have a date on that, yet I'm sorry just gimme some time, but I want to do that for you as a thank you so to just run, this up. I want you understand why I'm doing this pipe still, why I'm willing to take on occasional sponsors, and I really want to thank you especially. We contribute to the show. But if not, if you send me, an email has been so valuable for me to Orient in either of those things just simply listen to the show. I'm extremely thankful- and I hope that

Pike. Ass is making a positive influence in your life. Has, for me and I'm going to end the show with a voice mail. I received very recently from a list of the show he gave me permission to play it. I couldn't press my gratitude for this message in words, I still can't really. I dont know how to respond to it. And I wanted to play it for you and hopes that it inspires you to keep listening being an old friend of the show and working on behalf a better person with an optimize life. So, thank you again, And here's that message I just in my name stain I dont- actually have a question. I just wanted to tell you guys how much you ve done.

Me? So when I started listening to your show, I was kind of in the same position and then right now, I'm an epileptic whose living on US ass. I right now, I'm living on seven hundred and thirty dollars a month. So I don't really have money to donate two guys, but I wish I did, but I just want you to know when I started listening to the show. I had no plans for life. I didn't think I could do anything at all. I played a little music and I was kind of interesting computers, but just from listening to you guys is show I've been constantly recording and I just started learning see, plus plus programming and how to use Linux, and things like that, and I.

Billy created a future for myself or not created a future but created goals for myself for my future, and I can really see the light at the end of the tunnel now before I was always depressed and I just never saw a way out for myself and now I have plans for getting out of this within the next year and I can really see my way out of it and actually a lot of things have been opening up for me, and my life has just been a lot better. I just want you in your brother to know how much you guys have done for me. I've even invested money, which is something I never thought I would ever do, but I just want to thank you guys so much. Thank you