#686: Dustin Moskovitz, Co-Founder of Asana and Facebook — Energy Management, Coaching for Endurance, No Meeting Wednesdays, Understanding the Real Risks of AI, Embracing Frictionless Work with AI, The Value of Holding Stories Loosely, and More
The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig
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🗓️ 10 August 2023
⏱️ 118 minutes
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Brought to you by ROKA Eyewear high-quality sunglasses and glasses, Wealthfront high-yield savings account, and Shopify global commerce platform providing tools to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business.
Dustin Moskovitz (@moskov) is co-founder and CEO at Asana, a leading work-management platform for teams. Asana’s mission is to help humanity thrive by enabling all teams to work together effortlessly. Prior to Asana, he co-founded Facebook and was a key leader within the technical staff, first in the position of CTO and then later as VP of Engineering. Dustin attended Harvard University as an economics major for two years before moving to Palo Alto, California, to work full time at Facebook.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by Roca Makers of the World's Most Versatile Eyewear. |
| 0:05.3 | I am incredibly impressed with Roca, actually. The quality is outstanding, |
| 0:09.7 | and a lot of my friends who are elite athletes also wear them. That's how I was introduced to them. |
| 0:14.9 | I like to stay active. A lot of long-term listeners will know this, |
| 0:18.8 | and my eyewear has to be up to the task. Brands that make everyday eyewear, sunglasses and glasses, |
| 0:25.7 | don't generally build them for people who are really on the move a lot. |
| 0:29.2 | So you have to wear clunky shades on a run, |
| 0:31.2 | deal with glasses that slip off your face or buy some kind of sport-specific frames. |
| 0:36.3 | Roca has fixed all of that by packing the same features used in eyewear for Olympic gold medallists |
| 0:41.5 | and world champions into stylish everyday sunglasses, eye glasses and reading glasses. |
| 0:46.8 | So you get more with less. It's an elegant solution. With Roca, one pair does it all. |
| 0:51.7 | You can go from work to a workout to dinner with friends without ever needing to switch glasses. |
| 0:57.1 | I never have to interrupt a hike, for instance, to take my sunglasses off and wipe my nose or frames |
| 1:01.7 | because Roca's no-slip feature keeps my shades right where they started. If you were prescription |
| 1:07.1 | glasses, which I will probably end up wearing pretty soon as you get older, you know, these things |
| 1:12.0 | happen, you can finally ditch the context and have no-slip fashionable frames that keep up with you |
| 1:17.3 | and your active lifestyle. Personally, I've been using their Rory Blue Light Glasses after sunset, |
| 1:22.8 | and I can feel the improvement in my sleep quality. I'm falling asleep faster. |
| 1:27.6 | During the day, I've been loving the Falcon. This is Roca's ultra lightweight titanium aviators. |
| 1:34.4 | Been wearing those, say, when I go out on nice sunny days in Austin for long walks. I also |
| 1:40.1 | enjoy supporting Roca, speaking of Austin, as hometown heroes, as they are based in my backyard |
| 1:45.3 | right here in Austin, Texas. Roca's ultra lightweight no-slip fit and advanced lens coatings |
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