Ask Paula -- What Paintbrush Did Michelangelo Use? (said no one ever)

Afford Anything

Paula Pant | Cumulus Podcast Network

Entrepreneurship, Business, Investing

4.6 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

#334: In today’s episode, we answer three questions from a college senior named Rafael. He asks about productivity tools and tactics, student debt, Robinhood and market investing, and how to establish yourself as an expert in a given domain. We answer his questions by widening the lens. People often ask about productivity tools. “Do you use Asana or Trello?” But nobody asked Michelangelo what paintbrush he used to paint the Sistine Chapel. The discussion around tools misses the point, which is to master the craft. Sure, we answer his direct, overt questions. But we also dive deeper, refining these topics and exploring the questions *behind* his questions. This is an episode in which we peel layers off the onion. For more information, visit the show notes at https://affordanything.com/episode334 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You can afford anything but not everything.
0:10.9	Every choice that you make is a trade-off against something else and that doesn't just
0:14.4	apply to your money.
0:15.6	That applies to your time, your focus, your energy, your attention, anything in your life
0:21.3	that's a scarce or limited resource.
0:23.4	And that opens up two questions.
0:25.1	First, what matters most?
0:27.2	Second, how do you align your decision making around that which matters most?
0:34.6	Answering those two questions is a lifetime practice and that is what this podcast is
0:38.3	here to explore and facilitate.
0:41.4	My name is Paula Pan.
0:42.4	I am the host of the Afford Anything Podcast.
0:44.9	Every other episode, we answer questions from you, the community, and my buddy, former financial
0:50.5	planner Joe Saul Seahye joins me to answer these questions.
0:54.4	What's up, Joe?
0:55.6	I am here.
0:56.9	I have fastened the seat belt and I am ready to go, Paula.
1:00.3	In this episode, we answer a trilogy of questions.
1:04.6	One caller, three questions, very different topics.
1:08.6	The caller's first question is tactical.
1:10.9	It's about productivity.
1:12.4	The second question is financial.
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