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Optimal Agency — 56 episodes
Make Habits Fun: Stop Making Health So Serious
Agency in Action: Building a Life with Zero Compromise
Healthier Weekends: Give Up Your Gains Grudgingly
The Organizing Principle: Choose More Time Over More Money
Low Volatility Jobs: Overcoming Limitations & Finding Opportunities
Agency in Action: Running a Successful Business from an Airstream
Doubling Your Net Worth: Concentration, Diversification, Liquidity, & Patience
Don’t Acquire Things: Stealth Wealth vs. Conspicuous Consumption
Prioritizing Life: Strategies for Balancing Work, Family, and Self
Cult of Done: The Value of Seeing Life as a Draft
Kids or No Kids: Exploring the Impact on Agency of Having Children
The 3 Pillars of Personal Freedom: Health, Wealth, & Time (Consistency Project Replay)
Exercise First: The Power of Cascading Habits
3 Keys for a Successful Diet: Knowledge, Preparation, & Environmental Control
Permanent Wealth: The 4 Areas of Self-Development
Hack the System: Creating Time to Earn More Income
Vision, Capital, & People: Knowing the World is Clay (Replay)
Mindful Communications: Responding Slowly, Carefully, & Purposefully
Take Control of Your Work Environment: Exercising Agency for Success
Pro Agency Mindset: Challenging the Consumerist Mentality
Exploring Alternative Paths: Navigating Burnout and Finding Fulfillment at Work
The Power of Compounding: The Key to Long-Term Wealth
Roadmap to Agency: Making Hard Choices for Quick Transformation
Sleep Better: Practical Strategies for More Rest
Overcoming Burnout: Strategies for Reengaging with Your Work
Eliminating Distractions, Getting Better Rest, Family Friction, & More
Consuming a Low Information Diet, Choosing Downsides Carefully, Linchpin Rules, & More
How to Join the Investor Class, Coast FIRE, The Importance of Curiosity, & More
The Value of College, Recognizing the Two Yous, The Laziness Tax, & More
Eliminating Screen Time, Finding Flow, The Value of Your Attention, & More
Knowing the World is Clay, Balancing HWT, Asking For What You Want, & More
Volunteering with Caution, Having Clarity of Purpose, Picking The Right Projects, & More
6 Ways to Live Your Values, Finding Serenity, Limiting the Universe, & More
The 4 Strategies to Pay Fewer Taxes, Joining the Investor Class, the Value of Professional Advice, & More
Turn HWT into Your 3 Big Priorities
Health Rule: Prioritize Friendship & Connection
Play Offense & Defense
Time Rule: Preserve Unstructured Time
Use Parkinson’s Law to Your Advantage
Wealth Rule: Spend much less than you make
Use the HWT Rules as a Filter
Use Money to Buy Happiness
Health Rule: Do not drink alcohol or eat sugar
Everything is Perfect & You Need Nothing
Time Rule: Limit recurring commitments
Wealth Rule: Make as much as you're able
Aim For Optimal, Not Maximal
Health Rule: Eat unprocessed foods and cook your own meals
Confront the Dragon But Don’t Accept the Dragon
Time Rule: Default to “no”
HWT Score Breakdown 001
Wealth Rule: Separate time from income
Think About What You’ll Leave Behind
Health Rule: Build cardiovascular capacity & muscular strength
Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing
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