EPISODE 039: Sam Braverman on passion
“If I can write one song that you’ll remember for 5 years, then that’s so much more important to me than fucking having my record on the main page…
EPISODE 038: François-David Nehama on knowing what you want
“The thing that I’m most proud of is not any deal that I’ve made, or any bonus that I’ve received, or anything like that. It’s to have had the…
EPISODE 037: Willie Avendano on the wisdom in prototyping
“They’re worried that people are going to think it sucks. So what? I suck at stuff all the time.” Our next episode goes to Willie Avendano. Willie is the…
EPISODE 036: Joan Snitzer on finding life in the challenge
“Is there joy in the challenge? There’s life in the challenge. There’s a liveliness in the challenge. And I think without feeling alive and lively there can be no…
EPISODE 035: Stephan Jacob on the reward of creating your own adventure
“There’s something just so deeply rewarding (scary, but deeply rewarding), about shaping your own destiny” Our next episode goes to Stephan Jacob, the Founder and COO of Cotopaxi, a…
EPISODE 034: Dennis Crowley on loving the unknowns
“I love the unknowns.” Our next episode goes to Dennis Crowley. Dennis is the Co-Founder and Executive Chair of Foursquare, and the Founder and Chairman of Kingston Stockade…
EPISODE 033: Oli Chang on shedding expectations
“You fumble around with it and you make mistakes. And then you have to be open to those mistakes. Because one or two mistakes out of ten are going…
EPISODE 032: Ian McNaught Davis on living life without limits
“But I think the real reason for doing it, and I probably only discovered this later, was to see how life would be like without limits, without that return…
EPISODE 031: Sarah-Margaret Gibson on learning from your interests
“When you’re having a dialogue with whatever really interests you – that’s how style emerges.” Our next episode goes to Sarah-Margaret Gibson, a contemporary realist painter. Listen to what…
EPISODE 030: Geoffrey Cheung on trying it for yourself
“Madame Gayle… she comes up to me and she’s like ‘Geoff, you know, why don’t you try and learn how to draw?’ And I remember distinctly there was a…
EPISODE 029: Ari Shahdadi on measuring success through impact
“It’s asking ‘Am I having the impact on humanity, the world, whatever thing that’s important to me, that I want to be having?’” Our next episode goes to Ari…
EPISODE 028: Victor Sira & Shiori Kawasaki on the art of setting an example
“Having a young daughter, it’s so much to pass to her… the satisfaction of seeing her parents happy with what they’re doing. It’s worth so much more than the…
EPISODE 027: Jenna Matecki on creating Notes on Doing
Our next episode features an interview with me, actually. I had a friend sift through a list of questions from past Notes on Doing interviewees and some of the…
EPISODE 026: Augusta Gordon on the psychology of enjoying challenges
“We need challenges, because that’s what we like.” Our next episode goes to Augusta Gordon. Augusta is a psychotherapist and licensed clinical social worker with her own practice in…
EPISODE 025: Alison Cutlan on how everything fits together
“The truth is that whatever you’re tinkering with, whatever you’re playing with and thinking about, and drawing from different experiences… it all kind of fits together.” Our next episode…