122: Cal Fussman | How to Ask the Right Question

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2016

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Cal Fussman, author as well as a writer for Esquire, went on a ten year worldwide journey with little money to his name. He subsisted on the good will of others, most often on those he met on the bus ride to his next destination. It was the perfect way to satisfy his insatiable curiosity and hone his interviewing skills. In this episode Fussman will talk about how to make everyday an opportunity for adventure and connection.

Lessons:
1. Ask a canned question and you’ll get a canned answer. Talk to people with authenticity.
2. When starting a big project don’t reflect long enough to talk yourself out of it; just keep going forward.
3. Treat each day like a unique experience.

CREDITS
Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc.
Hosts: Joe De Sena with Johnny Waite, Sefra Alexandra, Col. Tim Nye, Dr. Delle & David Deluca
Synopsis – Matt Baatz
© 2016 Spartan

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to Spartan Up Podcast. We are here in Boston at Brooklyn Bolders. I'm surrounded by my usual awesome people that you're going to find out about just second, but first, another awesome guy, Cal Fussman. So, Cal Fussman, a two-time best-selling author.
0:13.0	More importantly in the context of this,
0:15.0	he writes for Esquire, a piece called
0:18.0	Things I've Learned.
0:19.0	And watching this video, I learned a lot of stuff actually and I think this was one of those
0:23.6	podcasts that I didn't want to do I didn't know who Cal Fussman was and we've now
0:27.5	become friends you guys are gonna love this one this this is an awesome podcast
0:31.6	and and just so yeah we can let you know who we are again.
0:35.0	Joe, you know of course, Johnny, Sefra, Tim, Marion, and Cal.
0:39.0	Let's go see Cal.
0:40.0	In the military, that's called Undue Command Influence.
0:43.0	Which is.
0:45.0	Which is what he told us what we would like.
0:48.0	We are here in an undisclosed location for Spartan up
0:57.8	podcast with Cal Fussman. Famous, you're famous pretty much, right? I mean you did those Tim Ferris
1:04.7	podcast, you start your own podcast. Yeah. I think is coming on soon,
1:08.9	Fast and Furious. You excited about that? I'm very excited, but it's amazing because we're sitting here and this is exactly how I learn to do what I do, which is interview people.
1:22.0	I've been writing is interview people.
1:23.0	I've been writing for Esquire for almost 20 years now
1:28.0	doing a column called What I've Learned.
1:29.6	And I interview people who've lived extraordinary lives from Mikhail Gorbachev to Mohammed Ali, Donald Trump, and I'd get an hour and a half to ask him anything I wanted.
1:42.0	That's awesome.
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