Two Friends Talking About Things Podcast
1) Meta-Work: How Do We Know We’re Making the Right Choices?
Nate and Jason are back in Portland, which means we no longer have excuses not to record new episodes! 😅 How do people make choices? What mental models, frameworks, and other factors go into making ...Show More
2) Give Yourself The Opportunity To Continue — Tactics and Strategies For a Resilient Life and Career
When the shit hits the fan and your back’s against the wall and you’ve run out of other dramatic cliches, what habits, mindsets, and material things do you need to have in your life to continue on you...Show More
3) What Are You Optimizing For?
According to Derek Sivers, you should be optimizing your life for one thing — but that one thing is a different thing for each person. In this conversation, Nate and Jason discuss what they’re curren...Show More
4) Change and Labels
How do the ways we describe ourselves influence our behavior? In this conversation, Nate and Jason discuss the effects of changing our minds, how the labels we choose for ourselves can hijack our beh...Show More
5) Tony Feels Stuck and He's Ready to Quit
Tony is just about ready to close his business and start working at Starbucks. After ten years in the fitness industry, he feels like he’s lost the spark, and he’s not sure what he should do next — h...Show More
6) Lindsay Got Fired — Now What?
Lindsay always thought she’d eventually know what she wanted to be when she grew up. But after changing majors, grad school, getting married, and working in a job for three and a half years, she’s st...Show More
7) Adam Is Successful...but He's Not Happy
Adam’s daughter thinks he sleeps at his office. On paper, he’s got it made: multiple degrees from prestigious schools, an enviable career, and a comfortable salary. He’s got a wife, two daughters, a ...Show More
8) What's Different About Successful People?
Why do some people find success while other people — people who actually did better in school or had more opportunities — struggle to get by? Nate and Jason talk about honesty, calculated risks, bett...Show More
9) The Silent Retreat (Being Alone, pt. 1)
Nate's recent 10-day silent meditation retreat at the Northwest Vipassana Institute (bit.ly/1Mj4PNE) is the topic. 3:20 — "It reminded me of a very low-level mushroom trip." – Nate 3:50 — Waking up ...Show More
10) Why Bother Meditating? (Being Alone, pt. 2)
What "alone time" really means, and why it's important. 4:48 — "I feel like everything I've ever learned about myself has come in the space where I didn't have outside stimulus." – Jason 12:30 — Why...Show More