The Unreasonable Effectiveness of 1:1 Learning

08/14/22 • 101 min

Ordinary Astronauts

Four topics this week:

The crying CEO meme. What went wrong there? Why would someone post something like that? The answers are deeper and more interesting than you might think.
The unreasonable effectiveness of 1:1 learning. You might not think it's worth the time, money, or effort to get a private tutor. You might think nobody tutors people for the thing you're trying to learn. If so, you might be wrong! In this segment, Dan shares how he convinced one of his favorite authors to teach him how to write a novel. The tactics and principles are broadly applicable.
Execution is exponential. In case you needed more motivation to go deeper in your craft, Nathan shares some interesting math that shows just how valuable good execution can be for a business.
Dan's 7-day silent meditation retreat. If you've ever been curious about meditation, zen, or silent retreats, this segment is for you! Dan shares all.

Four topics this week:

The crying CEO meme. What went wrong there? Why would someone post something like that? The answers are deeper and more interesting than you might think.
The unreasonable effectiveness of 1:1 learning. You might not think it's worth the time, money, or effort to get a private tutor. You might think nobody tutors people for the thing you're trying to learn. If so, you might be wrong! In this segment, Dan shares how he convinced one of his favorite authors to teach him how to write a novel. The tactics and principles are broadly applicable.
Execution is exponential. In case you needed more motivation to go deeper in your craft, Nathan shares some interesting math that shows just how valuable good execution can be for a business.
Dan's 7-day silent meditation retreat. If you've ever been curious about meditation, zen, or silent retreats, this segment is for you! Dan shares all.

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Amanda Natividad is a marketer that grew her Twitter audience from 0 to 100k in just two years. In that same span of time Nathan grew his Twitter following from like 12k to 37k. (Cue sad trombone wah-wah sound.) In this special interview episode of Ordinary Astronauts, Nathan learns everything he can from Amanda about how to grow an audience, and they even live workshop a tweet at the end. Turns out, God really is in the details. Enjoy!

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The New Clubhouse

Three topics this week:

The new Clubhouse. It's been a couple years since Clubhouse came out and attracted astronomical hype (which Nathan was a part of) and since then things seem to have died down a bit. But Clubhouse is releasing a new version of the app that seems pretty interesting. Dan and Nathan talk about why we and many others stopped using Clubhouse, what the new version is (Nathan got to use it), and whether we think it'll work.
Arguing to Think. Dan noticed he doesn't know what he thinks unless someone is arguing with him. At first he didn't like that about himself, but now he's learned to harness it. We discuss how to deal with argumentative vs exploratory styles of conversation, and how to develop a strong point of view (which is often rewarded by the universe) without getting blinded by it.
Conquering Fear / OCD with Exposure Therapy. Dan talks about his experience with OCD and how exposure therapy helped him. All of our lives are shaped by subtle fears that are not always easy to see, but we can find them by paying attention to clues (what do we say "no" to a lot? what do we judge?) and often the best way to make progress is by overcoming them.