Jared Dillian: All Things Writing, Creative Process, and Craft

Welcome to another episode of the Value Hive Podcast, folks! Today, we have a real treat for y'all as we've got Jared Dillian in the house. This guy's a top-notch writer and author of "Those Bastards," and he drops some serious knowledge bombs on us. Now, if you're into finance and investing, you're going to love this one. Jared and I dive deep into important topics, like writing, idea generation, and the lessons we can learn from the history of finance. We discuss Jared's approach to generating fresh and exciting ideas, and how he turns those ideas into killer content. We also chat about his experiences on Wall Street during the 2008 financial crisis, and the valuable insights he gained from that time. Finally, Jared shares some inspiring insights into his own journey of becoming a writer. So, grab yourself a cup of coffee, settle in, and get ready to learn from one of the best in the biz. This is gonna be one episode you don't wanna miss, folks. Let's dive in! Here's a time-stamp: [0:00] Intro [2:00] Who is Jared Dillian? [10:00] Jared’s Writing Story [13:30] Finding your Writing Style [17:00] Writing Routine [21:00] Writing Mental Hurdles [25:00] Editing [28:00] Improving [30:00] Favorite Writers [35:00] Daily Dirt Nap [37:00] Essay Finance Depraved [40:00] A time of Spectacular Excess [43:00] From Trading to Creating [45:00] Lessons Learned from Writing Those Bastards [49:00] More from Jared Dillian and Closing Questions Finaly, thanks to the following sponsors for making the podcast a reality! Mitimco This episode is brought to you by MIT Investment Management Company, also known as MITIMCo, the investment office of MIT. Each year, MITIMCo invests in a handful of new emerging managers who it believes can earn exceptional long-term returns to support MIT's mission. To help the emerging manager community more broadly, they created emergingmanagers.org, a website for emerging manager stockpickers. I highly recommend the site for those looking to start a stock-picking fund or learn how others have done it. You'll find essays and interviews by successful emerging managers, service providers used by MIT's own managers, essays MITIMCo has written for emerging managers, and more! Tegus Tegus has the world’s largest collection of instantly available interviews on all the public and private companies you care about. Tegus makes primary research fun and effortless, too. Instead of weeks and months, you can learn a new industry or company in hours, all from those who know it best. I spend nearly all my time reading Tegus calls on existing holdings and new ideas. And I know you will too. So if you’re interested, head on over to tegus.co/valuehive for a free trial to see for yourself. TIKR TIKR is THE BEST resource for all stock market data, I use TIKR daily in my process, and I know you will too. Make sure to check them out at TIKR.com/hive.