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Seeking Wisdom with David Cancel

#136: How To Become A Learning Machine (And Triple The Number Of Books You Read In 2019)

Seeking Wisdom with David Cancel

Molly Sloan

Business, Entrepreneurship

5610 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2018

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

This week on Seeking Wisdom, DC and DG re-visit one of the most popular episodes of all time to share their secrets to reading more books. Why? Because reading is key to transforming you into a learning machine. And that means helping you get ahead in your career. Before you go leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review and share the pod with your friends! Be sure to check out more insights on the Drift blog at drift.com/blog and find us on Twitter @davegerhardt, @dcancel and @seekingwisdomio. In this episode: 00:37 - Did you vote? Who are the copywriters for ballots? 2:00 - Why we made this episode 3:54 - You’ve been taught the wrong way to read 5:50 - The key to becoming a learning machine 7:30 - James Altucher: “Idea sex” 9:07 - Stop reading boring books 10:54 - How to stay inspired and keep learning 14:19 - A six-star review from Ethan

Transcript

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0:00.0

Ladies and gentlemen, today on Seaguinism, we're going to talk about the 2019 marketing budget at Drift.

0:10.0

X-May.

0:12.0

No.

0:13.0

I try to sneak it in.

0:14.0

I try to sneak it in.

0:15.0

No.

0:16.0

No.

0:17.0

Good chance.

0:18.0

Good chance.

0:19.0

We're back.

0:20.0

We're back at it. guess if you're watching the

0:21.2

video which I suggest you do on YouTube voted to them on the YouTube's as they say

0:25.1

yeah subscribe to drift because the young boy Gonzalo is trying to get some

0:28.8

subscribers but if you see here what's this on here you voted I voted today I voted

0:34.3

today today I hope you voted today you're probably hearing this delayed but I hope everyone voted be the change. I like what he said. All right what do we talk about today? DC told me that the lines in Essex were not so no I told him I'm in the South End if you hadn't heard from this podcast it was a real who's who a real who's who a voter yeah yeah posh that's not where I vote where I vote there was clamors vote with the people. Also, I always wonder every time I vote, like, who comes up with these questions? Who are the

0:58.4

copywriters for ballots? Because most of the ballot questions, I read seven times, and I was like, I still don't understand this. And I'm like, how does anyone else understand this? And they wonder why people don't vote. Confusing. It's confusing. Half the ballot questions, yes meant that you were actually saying no. Half of the noes, when you voted no, it meant yes. Some of the noes meant noes. This is like having a conversation with D.C. I'm like, he said no, but it means yes. Yeah. It's like yes, but it actually means no. No, it is crazy. No yes.

1:28.3

I was like, I'm lost.

1:29.3

You would not be a good government employee.

1:31.3

No, I rip everything in pieces.

1:34.3

But it is crazy.

1:35.3

It's this long.

1:36.3

I'm not sure what the answer is.

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