Dillan interviews Michelle Varghese—a writer and former podcaster who co-hosted Build a Wealthy Spirit for four years with her sister.Now focused on writing and coaching, Michelle helps nonfiction creators improve their craft and grow their audience....
Dillan interviews Joe (@CupppaJoe5). He's a Call of Duty: Warzone creator and educator, helping his audience improve at the game. A year ago, he quit his 9-5 job to do content full-time. They discuss: the best and worst parts of being a full-time con...
Dillan interviews Nate Solon—a chess coach, writer, and FM (FIDE Master) in chess. There are only about 9000 FMs in the world, which means Nate is in the top .3% of all chess players on the planet. Nate writes the Zwischenzug newsletter, built a nice...
Dillan interviews Daniel Vassallo—an ex-Amazon engineer who quit the 9-5 grind to pursue building his own projects online.Daniel runs the Small Bets community, with thousands of creators and entrepreneurs who want to make low-risk, low-pressure exper...
Dillan interviews Bryan Ng (@boomerrbryan).Bryan runs Viral Bangers—a YouTube scriptwriting agency. They work with educational YouTube channels with over 100,000 subscribers. Bryan's videos and courses help creators of all levels write scripts that a...
Dillan interviews Jake Julius from RattlesnakeTV.Jake is a conservative analyst who breaks down clips, interviews, and debates from prominent thought leaders like Jordan Peterson, Vivek Ramaswamy, Charlie Kirk, and many more. His channel helps viewer...
Dillan interviews Aprilynne Alter (@AprilynneAlter), a beginner-friendly YouTube educator. Aprilynne made a viral video in a niche she wasn't passionate about. It almost ended her YouTube career. But since then, she's taken off in a new niche she lov...
Dillan interviews Mario Joos (@mariojooss)—a YouTube retention expert and YouTube educator. He helps YouTubers go from 1 million to 100 million subscribers. His past and present clients include: MrBeast, Brave Wilderness, Jose Zuniga, The Stokes Twin...
Dillan interviews Michelle Varghese (@mvarghoose).She's a writer, podcaster, and community manager. She co-hosts the Build a Wealthy Spirit podcast with her sister—a show helping people get more financial stability, fulfillment, and joy out of work a...
The Grindstone community does a Q&A with Mario Joos (@mariojooss)—the #1 YouTube Retention Director in the world. He's worked with massive creators like MrBeast, Brave Wilderness, Jose Zuniga, and more.They discuss: how often YouTubers should pos...
Here are three cool experiments. They highlight one of the biggest lessons I’ve learned from years of coaching people.1) Tricking people into being wine connoisseurs.In 2008, Antonio Rangel, a professor of economics at Caltech, and his team ran an&nb...
(Washington Square Park: getting slaughtered in speed chess—another one of my least favorite things, 2022.)The Big AppleI lived in New York City last year for two weeks. It was a trial run to see what life in the city was actually like.I’m no Republi...
Earlier this year, I reached out to my top 10 readers (based on email open rate, clicks, and engagement). I asked these questions:Why haven’t you unsubscribed from this blog yet?What have been your favorite pieces and why?What should I improve?What w...
(Salisbury, 2016.)Last year, friends and I stayed in Brooklyn for a February weekend.That Saturday night, we grabbed dinner in Manhattan, went to a show at the Comedy Cellar, then got drinks afterward. I got absolutely trashed and ended up face-down...
I typically write 2 blogs a week. Those of you who are good at math may have noticed I’ve only been pumping out one per week these last few.Here’s a timeline of my life starting from 24 days ago:24, Took a weekend trip with a good friend to Iguazú Fa...
