#334 - Shane Parrish - Mental Models, Good Decisions & Better Content
Modern Wisdom
Chris Williamson
4.7 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 14 June 2021
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Shane Parrish is the Founder of Farnam Street, an ex-Canadian Intelligence Agency Operative and an author.
Farnam Street is one of the best blogs on the planet. Shane has been a huge contributor to increasing the popularity of mental models and effective decision making over the last few years, today we get to dig into some of his favourite insights.
Expect to learn how to pursue growth without feeling insufficient, why everyone in Shane's company gets august off work, how to know when your ego is deceiving you, why making a ton of money on Bitcoin doesn't make you a genius and much more...
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| 0:00.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome back to the show. |
| 0:04.1 | My guest today is Shane Parish, you're the founder of Phanham Street, an ex-Canadian |
| 0:09.2 | intelligence agency operative and an author. |
| 0:12.7 | Phanham Street is one of my favourite blogs on earth. |
| 0:16.3 | Shane has been a huge contributor to increasing the popularity of mental models and effective |
| 0:20.5 | decision-making over the last few years, and today we get to dig into some of his favourite |
| 0:25.2 | insights. |
| 0:26.2 | You have to learn how to pursue growth without feeling insufficient. |
| 0:30.1 | Why everyone in Shane's company gets August off work, how to know when your ego is deceiving |
| 0:34.6 | you, why making a ton of money on Bitcoin doesn't make you a genius and much more. |
| 0:41.9 | Shane is a fantastic human. |
| 0:43.7 | He's shaped my thinking quite profoundly over the last few years, and if this is your |
| 0:48.1 | first introduction to him, you will really enjoy this. |
| 0:51.9 | His very deep thinker is insights around making better decisions, living a fulfilled life, |
| 0:57.7 | really are timeless. |
| 0:59.7 | Yeah, enjoy this one. |
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