E5. Paul Shirley Operates at 85% Capacity – Bridget Phetasy at 20%

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy

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🗓️ 1 November 2018

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

This week Bridget welcomes Paul Shirley, former NBA player, published author, and founder of Writers Blok, a communal workspace for writers in Los Angeles. Paul talks about the role sports play in helping us learn to fail, operating at peak capacity, how having too much free time can be paralyzing and why being a people-pleaser is both his biggest asset and greatest weakness. Paul and Bridget debate whether cavemen had more free time than we think they did, discuss overcoming internal resistance and agree that setting constraints on your life is helpful. Be sure to check out Paul’s podcast Stories I Tell On Dates.

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to this Podcast One production.
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0:08.3	This is Walk-In's Welcome with Bridget Petacy.
0:10.9	I'm Bridget Petacy, I'm Bridget Petacy and you are welcome. You know the drill.
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0:34.8	This week we're excited to have Paul Shirley. He's a former Iowa State University and professional
0:39.9	basketball player. He's also a writer. His first book, Can I Keep My Jersey, was about
0:45.8	his time as a professional athlete. And his second book, Stories I Tell on Dates,
0:51.0	is pretty self-explanatory.
0:52.8	It's also a podcast now.
0:54.4	Paul also founded Writers Block.
0:56.8	It's a communal workspace, specifically for writers,
1:00.4	located in Los Angeles.
1:02.4	It's a magical little oasis in the city where I can focus
1:06.1	and actually crank out some content. Paul has a lot of experience with
1:11.8	discipline, focus, and overcoming the internal resistance.
1:15.8	So I thought he would be a great guest to have.
1:17.7	Yay!
1:18.7	Hello everyone, I'm with Paul Shirley.
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