I just finished listening to this entire episode and I mentioned in the episode that it was not expecting to do another Paul Graham episode.

Especially an episode on a single one of his essays. A few months ago I spent three weeks reading and rereading all

pongrams essays. I did three episodes on them. It's episode 275,

276 and 277. But I suspected that this essay, how to do great work, was

something that was really special because the sheer amount of people

that listen to this podcast that sent me this essay.

And as soon as I started reading it, I got excited about it, and that's a good indication that

I should be making an episode on it right now.

And just one quick thing before we jump into the episode,

I've made something that is exclusively for enthusiasts of founders, for people that completely understand the benefit of this kind of crazy intense studying of the great people that came

before us and how valuable it is to actually apply what they learned to whatever it is

that you and I are working on. If that is you I highly recommend that you sign up for the private founders AMA feed.

I've been making short episodes every week based on questions that I get from other members.

If you become a member, you'll be able to ask me questions directly.

There's actually a private email address

that you get access to in the confirmation email.

I read every single one of these emails myself.

I do not have an assistant look over them.

I read every single one.

The questions I get from these emails I turn into short

AMA episodes so that actually allows other members to learn from the questions of other members.

You can also add your name and a link to your website with your question so other members

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