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The Art of Charm

658: Noah Kagan | Limitations and Innovations

The Art of Charm

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Health & Fitness, Education, Business

4.711K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2017

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Noah Kagan (@noahkagan) is the Chief Sumo at Sumo.com and AppSumo.com, sharer of all manner of entrepreneurial wisdom at OkDork.com, and podcaster at Noah Kagan Presents. The Cheat Sheet: Why limitations often spur innovation. Why side hustles aren't for everyone. What it means (and how) to build your wall a brick at a time. Why there's no hack for wisdom -- and how you should be learning. Why the success of a company should exceed the ego and recognition of its founder. And so much more... Full show notes at https://theartofcharm.com/658/ Find out more about the team who makes The Art of Charm podcast here! With pain-free invoicing, FreshBooks helps entrepreneurs and freelancers save time and avoid a lot of the stress that comes with running a small business. Try a month of unrestricted use for free here (no credit card required)! Enter ART OF CHARM in the How You Heard About Us section. Whether you're a lady or a gent, you don't need to know what MicroModal fabric is to enjoy the comfort of MeUndies; you just need to wear them -- support this show (and yourself) with MeUndies here for 20% off! Does your business have an Internet presence? Now save a whopping 50% on new webhosting packages here with HostGator by using coupon code CHARM! SmartBiz Loans is the most trusted place to apply for the SBA loan you need to grow your business. Visit smartbizloans.com and use promo code CHARM for $500 off your closing costs! Free yourself from typing notes, reports, and documents by going with the transcriptionists we trust here at AoC: TranscriptionOutsourcing.net -- 99% or higher accuracy guaranteed! HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dig the show, please subscribe in iTunes and write us a review! This is what helps us stand out from the crowd and help people find the credible advice they need. Review the show in iTunes! We rely on it! http://www.theartofcharm.com/mobilereview Stay Charming! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I was for a long time always saying I'm the founder, I started it.

0:03.0

And it was a certain process like, most of that is just egotistical.

0:06.6

Like do you really care about the title?

0:15.0

Welcome to the art of charm.

0:16.4

I'm Jordan Harbinger.

0:17.4

I'm here with producer Jason DeFilippo as always.

0:19.9

On this episode we're talking with my friend Noah Kagan.

0:23.0

Man, this guy is sharp.

0:24.8

He's weird, but he's sharp.

0:26.4

He's the founder of AppSumo and Sumo.com.

0:29.7

This guy, I mean, he's crazy in a good way.

0:31.7

What can I say?

0:32.7

It's Noah Kagan, y'all know who he is.

0:34.3

Today we're going to discuss why limitations often spur innovation, why side hustles aren't

0:39.5

for everyone.

0:40.5

And the FOMO is real on this, man.

0:42.3

Everybody's asking about this.

0:43.5

We'll also ask ourselves, how does what you're doing now, compared to what you want to

0:47.4

be doing in the future, something that we refer to here at AOC is building your wall, one

0:52.0

brick at a time, and we'll explore the concept that there's no hack for wisdom.

0:57.1

It's important to learn from bad decisions.

0:58.6

Man, they always have to be my bad decisions.

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