Best David Kadavy Podcasts (2024)

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E44 Dennis Xiao: Journaling To Discover Yourself And Others 1:02:42

1M ago1:02:42

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In this podcast you will learn: - Why you should journal - How to start journaling - How journaling helps you connect better with others Dennis is a YouTuber and creator of the newsletter Living The Questions where he talks about healing, introspection, and the human experience. He's become a good friend of mine through engaging in our writing club…

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E43 Scott Young: How To Get Better At Anything 1:30:19

2M ago1:30:19

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How can you master hard skills more quickly? Accelerate your career? Be more productive and live a better life? Since 2006, Scott Young has been writing to try to find answers to these questions with books such as Ultralearning, hundreds of articles, and courses such as Make It Happen. In the last few days he has finished another major book on lear…

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E42 David Kadavy: Balancing Creativity And Productivity In PKM 1:28:30

3M ago1:28:30

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David Kadavy, an author, podcaster, and former designer whose work is redefining creativity in our age. David believes we're entering a new era where success hinges on our ability to generate ideas and bring them to life, even when the path isn't clear. Through his books, including the bestsellers Mind Management, Not Time Management and Design for…

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E41 Andrew Altshuler: Boost Your Learning With AI And PKM 1:25:30

4M ago1:25:30

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Andrew Altshuler, a researcher turned consultant & educator. He helps people & businesses to transform the chaos of information into an efficient, AI-optimized knowledge system. In his NEWSLETTER he decodes systems & strategies for better thinking, learning & decision-making. Andrew's website: https://www.altshuler.io/ In this podcast you will lear…

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E40 Martin Adams: Becoming A Critical Thinker With The Zettelkasten 1:33:38

4M ago1:33:38

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Martin Adams is ecommerce entrepreneur and content creator trying to inspire the next generation of thinkers and doers. He makes content on Personal Knowledge Management as well as content on mindset and mastery. He's also creating Flowtelic, an app to help you study, learn, think, write, and publish with maximum efficiency and consistency. And he …

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E39 Binny VA: Supercharge Your Learning And Journaling With A Zettelkasten 54:49

4M ago54:49

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A philosopher programmer who specializes in back-end development and stoicism. His biggest project right now is creating a MINDOS, a mental operating system which he's doing in public through his newsletter. He's recently published a book called Zettelkasten And The Art Of Personal Knowledge Management. In this podcast you will learn: - How to supe…

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E38 Kevon Cheung: Building In Public Applied To PKM 58:42

5M ago58:42

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Kevon Cheung is a dad and creator who creating content around the value of building in public. He's against the classic vision of creation being an act of going into the woods, smoking a ciggar, drinking some brandy, and than coming out with your "masterpiece." He's the author of Find Joy In Chaos--a guide to building in public on twitter--the cour…

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E37 R.J. Nestor: Action Powered Productivity In PKM 1:11:11

5M ago1:11:11

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R.J. Nestor is a Productivity Consultant, Tana Ambassador, family man, author, and musician. He’s done 11 cohorts of Action Powered Productivity and is coming out with his book Rhythms of Productivity in March 2024. I’m excited to have him on the podcast to bring a productivity perspective to PKM. In this podcast you will learn: How to create a PKM…

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E36 Nick Shackleton-Jones: Supercharge Your Learning To Make It More Engaging, Fun, And Effective 1:19:05

6M ago1:19:05

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Nick is responsible for coining the ‘courses to resources’ shift, introducing the affective context model of learning, and creating the 5Di© approach to human-centered learning design. He has a 30-year track record of shaping future learning approaches for numerous public and private organizations. In this podcast you will learn: - How to gamify yo…

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E35 Jorge Arango: How To Extend Your Mind With Connected Notes 1:27:26

6M ago1:27:26

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Jorge Arango is an information architect, author, and educator. For the past 25 years, he has used architectural thinking to bring clarity and alignment to digital products and services. He’s the author of Living in Information: Responsible Design for Digital Places, co-author of Information Architecture: for the Web and Beyond, and host of The Inf…

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E34 Fis Fraga: How PKM Connects With Personal Growth And AI 1:36:14

7M ago1:36:14

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Fis Fraga is a passionate advocate for the harmonious coexistence of Technology and Nature in our quest for a sustainable future. With a Master's Degree in Information Technology and AI, Fis is on a mission to craft resilient Second Brain systems for Tana and spread Building A Second Brain to Brazil. His studies at the crossroads of Knowledge Manag…

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E33 CK Janice: Balance Your PKM Practice With Slow Productivity 1:15:49

7M ago1:15:49

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She’s known as CK on X but some people call her Janice. She’s a 13+ Years Pharmacist & Photographer who talks about about Slow Productivity Notion Systems for Multi-Passionate 9to5ers on Twitter and Medium. She's Building a creative Slowprenuer side hustle. In this podcast you will learn: How to balance your PKM practice with slow productivity How …

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E32 Ramses Oudt: How To Learn Effectively Outside The Classroom 2:21:50

8M ago2:21:50

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Ramses is a lifelong learner and knowledge enthusiast. Formerly an educator, Ramses has harnessed the power of rapid learning and adaptability to navigate two significant career transitions over his 8-year journey - from teacher to marketer to community manager. Now he writes about learning, teaching, Stoicism, and finding your online tribe as well…

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E31 Rushika Prasad: Secrets Of Navigating PKM With ADHD 58:40

8M ago58:40

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Shurika, ahem Rushika, I'm sorry I had to do the joke, is one of my best friends at Cornell. To be completely honest, I struggled drafting this Bio because I don't know how to describe her. She is interested in SO MANY THINGS. The best I can do is say she's an Engineering student at Cornell with a passion for philosophy, public speaking, debate, ga…

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E30 Ilya Shabanov: Navigating Personal Knowledge Management In Academia 1:18:11

9M ago1:18:11

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Ilya Shabanov is an Obsidian Notetaker and Academic. Spending 12 years in industry he daringly decided to get his Ph.D. in Biology at 36 managing to get his first paper published in just 6 months. He hosts the Effortless Academic newsletter which helps people learn to leverage modern information tools and systems to excel as a researcher or student…

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E29 Umar Rafique: Real Story And Result From A Student Taking Obsidian University 1:03:59

9M ago1:03:59

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Umar is a student of my course Obsidian University, teaching you how to level up your notetaking and studying in Obsidian. He has known about Obsidian for two years but never got motivated enough to get started. Over the past few months, he has delved into Obsidian learning to compound his knowledge base inside and outside school and deepened his l…

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E28 Demetri Panici: Mindsets To Succeed As A Content Creator 1:24:22

10M ago1:24:22

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Demetri Panici is an App Expert, productivity coach, and content creator. Creator of the Demetri Panici YouTube Channels, he spends most of his days working on growing his online community by posting videos, articles, and podcasts. His goal is to help everyone build a better life and he hopes that you find value in what he creates for you! In this …

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E27 Theo Stowell How To Mix Creativity And Action With The PARAZETTEL System 1:23:46

10M ago1:23:46

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Theo Stowell is a Uni Student and full-time content creator. He has created a custom PKM system mixing together Tiago's PARA framework with the Zettelkasten developed by Nikolas Luhman into PARAZETTEL. Now he's sharing his learnings about Personal Knowledge Management, and his journey in content creation and self-actualization online. In this podca…

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E26 King In Motion: How To Become More Creative Using The Zettelkasten Notetaking System 1:31:18

11M ago1:31:18

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King a content creator on with over five years of experience on YT who embarked on a transformative journey to revolutionize his content creation process. Balancing the demands of a full-time job, a growing family of two boys and a wife, and a desire to fulfil his creative potential, King sought out effective strategies to streamline his content pr…

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308. Why I Quit Podcasting 11:12

11M ago11:12

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After nearly eight years of the Love Your Work podcast, I’m quitting. Here’s why, and What’s Next. Podcasting is a bad business This is not the immediate reason I’m quitting, but it is at the root: Podcasting is a bad business. When the indirect benefits of an activity run out, it’s hard to keep doing it if it’s not making money. I realized long ag…

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E25 Dr. Oakley How To Supercharge Your School Learning 1:22:48

11M ago1:22:48

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Dr. Oakley has a diverse background in linguistics going into military service after high school before coming back to get her Ph.D. in engineering. At a young age she believed she wasn't capable of learning math but through applying active studying techniques and learning how to learn overcame her ambivalences. Using her story and knowledge she te…

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307. A.I. Can't Bake 9:21

12M ago9:21

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You’ve probably heard that, in a blind taste test, even experts can’t tell between white and red wine. Even if this were true – and it’s not – it wouldn’t matter. I was in Rome last month, visiting some Raphael paintings to research my next book, and stopped by the Sistine Chapel. I’ve spent a good amount of time studying what Michelangelo painted …

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E24 Dario Da Silva: Navigating PKM With ADHD And Making It A Spiritual Practice 1:33:20

12M ago1:33:20

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Dario is a generalist, with diverse experience across multiple industries, including civil engineering, management consulting, education and non-profit organisations. As someone with ADHD, one thing has been consistent—he's always felt burdened by the constant low-level chaos in his mind, and has struggled to stay on top of different streams of inf…

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306. Summary: The Triumph of Doubt by David Michaels 17:30

12M ago17:30

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We trust the food we eat, the drinks we drink, and the air we breathe are safe. That in case they’re unsafe, someone is working to minimize our exposure, or at least tell us the risks. In The Triumph of Doubt, former head of OSHA David Michaels reveals how companies fight for their rights to sell harmful products, expose workers to health hazards, …

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E23 Dr. Lynne Kelly: How To Supercharge Your Memory Like Indigenous Cultures 1:34:44

1y ago1:34:44

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Dr. Kelly is a science writer and Adjunct Research Associate at LaTrobe University, specializing in the study of memory methods used by oral cultures, particularly indigenous societies. She is a mnemonist and uses indigenous memory technologies to commit large amounts of information to memory. She has authored several books, including "The Memory C…

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305. Hedgehogs and Foxes 12:07

1y ago12:07

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According to philosopher Isaiah Berlin, people think in one of two different ways: They’re either hedgehogs, or foxes. If you think like a hedgehog, you’ll be more successful as a communicator. If you think like a fox, you’ll be more accurate. Isaiah Berlin coined the hedgehog/fox dichotomy (via Archilochus) In Isaiah Berlin’s 1953 essay, “The Hedg…

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E22 Marc Champaign How To Change Your Life By Journaling Today 56:12

1y ago56:12

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Marc Champagne is the Writer & Author of Personal Socrates (Better Questions, Better Life) | Mental Fitness Strategist and the Host of Behind The Human (a Top 50 Podcast). In this podcast, you will learn: - The power of self-reflection - How to find journaling prompts that resonate with you - How to create a system for journaling practice MY FREE O…

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304. Too Many Ideas, Must Pick One 12:03

1y ago12:03

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Many creators and aspiring creators struggle not because they don’t have enough ideas, but because they have too many. Their situations, in summary, are “Too many ideas, must pick one.” Embedded in this belief are assumptions that, if challenged, can help you feel as if you have just enough ideas. In my recent AMA, I got a question I’m asked about …

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E21 Josh Duffney: When Zettelkasten Notetaking In Obsidian Fails... 1:29:47

1y ago1:29:47

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Josh Duffney is a software engineer, writer, and speaker as well as the author of How to Take Smart Notes in Obsidian and Become Ansible. He records YouTube videos about technology, productivity, and personal knowledge management. In this podcast, you will learn: Why the Zettelkasten notetaking system can fail... How to take dumb notes over smart n…

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303. Livestream/AMA: Publishing Outside Amazon, Focusing Curiosity, and Mind Management 54:32

1y ago54:32

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Today I have a special episode for you. If you missed last month’s AMA/Livestream, I’m delivering it right to your ears. In this AMA, I answered questions about: What’s the best self-publishing platform, and how did I publish 100-Word Writing Habit, non standard-sized, outside of Amazon? Buenos Aires versus Medellín, which is better for mind manage…

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E20 Bob Doto: How Spirituality And Creative Insight Connects With The Zettelkasten Method of Notetaking 1:38:36

1y ago1:38:36

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Bob Doto, for the past 20 years, has worked with writers, spiritual aspirants, yogis, teachers, knowledge workers, teaching courses on Zettelkasten, PKM, social media, and spirituality. He is a past mentor on Building a Second Brain. Bob has been blogging since 2003 and publishing zines on and off since the early 90s. He's the author of four books …

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302. The Four Sources of Shiny Object Syndrome 9:00

1y ago9:00

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Shiny object syndrome can be evidence of a problem, or it can be a normal part of the creative process. If you can identify the four sources of shiny object syndrome, you can tell the difference between being lost, or simply exploring. Three first three sources are problems The first three of the four sources of shiny object syndrome hold you back …

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E19 Bianca Pereira: How To Unveil Your Inner Researcher In PKM 1:17:06

1y ago1:17:06

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Bianca Pereira is a researcher and educator and has built the Prolific Researcher community with the goal of making research easy. She helps writers think like a researcher and build their own low-friction workflow to capture, organize and grow their ideas into research-based content. In this episode, you will learn: How to adopt the mindset of a r…

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301. 1,500 Words on Writing a 5-Word Tweet 12:37

1y ago12:37

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Writing a tweet is a microcosm of writing a book. If you think deeply and carefully about every word in a tweet, and what the tweet as a whole communicates, you can extend those skills to all your writing. In this article, I’ll break down how to think about every word in a tweet, nearly tripling its performance. Step 1: The first-impression tweet T…

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[Bonus Patreon Preview]: Coffee w/ Kadavy #4 41:38

1y ago41:38

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Here's a bonus preview of a new podcast I've brewed just for Patreon supporters. It's Coffee w/ Kadavy. In this episode, #4, I talk about: I talk with special guest ChatGPT about why we will (or won't) see another AI winter An inventory of things I believe (at least more than 50%) A cool thing that makes reading paper books way more comfortable! A …

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E18 Joey Cofone: How To Unlock Your Inner Creativity Using Your Interests 1:17:16

1y ago1:17:16

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Joey Cofone is the Founder & CEO of Baronfig, an award-winning designer and entrepreneur, and the author of #1 bestselling The Laws of Creativity. He has designed and art-directed over 100 products from zero to launch. His work has been featured in Fast Company, Bloomberg, New York Magazine, Newsweek, Bon Appétit, Quartz, Mashable, Print, and more.…

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300. The Mechanics of Media 19:08

1y ago19:08

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Every message is shaped by the mechanics of media. Whether it’s a tweet, a TikTok video, a news article, or a movie, the characteristics of the medium determine how it’s made, how it’s consumed, and whether it spreads. If you understand the mechanics of media, you can more effectively communicate in a wide variety of mediums, and protect yourself f…

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[NOTE] Submit your questions for the upcoming AMA/Livestream! (kdv.co/ama) 1:28

1y ago1:28

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Submit your questions and mark your calendars for my upcoming AMA/Livestream.

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E17 Anthony Metivier: How To Use Meditation And Memory Techniques To Live Joyously 1:29:32

1y ago1:29:32

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Anthony Metivier is the creator of the Magnetic Memory Method, a collection of courses that teaches students how to memorize words, numbers, names, poetry, and more, as well as the author behind a dozen bestselling books on the topic of memory and language learning. In this episode, you will learn: How memory techniques and meditation can help you …

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