Nasos Papadopoulos

ML201: Steven Pressfield on Overcoming Resistance, The War of Art & Finding Your Creative Voice

Steven Pressfield is a bestselling author of historical fiction and non-fiction, including The War of Art, Gates of Fire, and The Legend of Bagger Vance. His path to literary success was anything but conventional: he worked 21 different jobs in eleven states - from truck driver to fruit picker to

Decision Making

ML200: Taking Action, Living Your Values & The Path to Human Progress

In this episode Nasos & Andrea discuss: closing the gap between knowing & doing, the challenge of living your values and the path to human progress. Show Notes * On MetaLearn’s six years and 200th episode [01:27] * When did Nasos realise the importance of knowing the difference between knowing

Learning

ML199: Questions, Curiosity & The Death of Expertise

In this episode Nasos & Andrea discuss: how to ask great questions, the role of curiosity in progress and the impact of modern media and technology on expertise, sensemaking and democracy. Show Notes * Why is asking questions a uniquely human trait? [02:15] * Why was Alex the Parrot a remarkable

Creativity

ML198: Creativity, Genius and The Gift & Market Economies

In this episode Nasos & Andrea discuss: the importance of creativity for individuals and society, the process of discovering your genius and the difference between the gift and market economies. Show Notes * What paradox about creativity does Nasos struggle with the most? [01:44] * When did Nasos first experience the

Understanding Yourself

ML197: Emotion, Human Nature & Mental Health Culture

In this episode Nasos & Andrea discuss: how to understand your emotions, the patterns driving human behaviour and why mental health culture isn't improving mental health. Show Notes * How have Nasos and Andrea been dealing with their emotions recently? [01:36] * What has been Andrea’s experience with

Understanding Yourself

ML196: Focus, ADHD & The Attention Economy

In this episode Nasos & Andrea discuss: how to focus in a world full of distractions, the challenges of ADHD and how to deal with it and why myths about attention are harming you. Show Notes * Why is attention a critical aspect to discuss? [01:39] * Nasos and Andrea on

Understanding Yourself

ML195: Andrea Domenichini on the 48 Laws of Power in Practice & How To Defend Against Manipulation

Understand how to apply the 48 Laws of Power in practice, how to avoid manipulation and learn about the true nature of power and how we misunderstand it in modern society. Andrea Domenichini is a media producer and podcaster who runs his own show Voices in the Dark, and has

Business

ML194: Raoul Pal on Russia-Ukraine, Investing in Uncertain Times & The Tokenisation of Culture

Discover 3 likely scenarios for how the war between Russia & Ukraine plays out, the outlook for different asset classes and why the tokenisation of culture through communities like Bored Ape Yacht Club is so significant.

Understanding Yourself

ML193: Visa Veerasamy on The Art of Introspection, Confronting Your Inner Tyrant and Becoming Your Own Best Friend

Learn how to develop self awareness, confront your inner tyrant to do the work you were built for and befriend yourself by earning your own self-respect and admiration.

Decision Making

ML192: Iain McGilchrist on The Matter with Things, The 4 Paths to Understanding & Answering The Big Questions

Discover the key differences between the left and right hemispheres and how they shape your view of the world, the 4 pathways to understanding and how the big problems we face as humans are all related.

Communication

ML191: Andrew Warner on Insights from 2000+ Interviews, How To Stop Asking Questions & Learning Anything from Anyone

Discover an expert interviewer's lessons on learning anything from anyone, based on 2000+ interviews. Learn how to ask tough questions & rescue bad conversations as well as strategies for building a business around interviews.

Business

ML190: Demetri Kofinas on The Rise of Financial Nihilism, Understanding Narrative Investing & Building a Modern Media Business

Discover how 9/11, the Iraq War & the 2008 Financial Crisis shaped our world, the rise of financial nihilism and how to build a profitable, honest media business in a post truth world.

Decision Making

ML189: Oliver Burkeman on Using Your 4000 Weeks, Time Management for Mortals & Overcoming Convenience Culture

Discover the time management myths that are holding you back, practical strategies that help you focus on what matters most and the true cost of convenience culture.

Learning

ML188: Armand D'Angour on How To Innovate, Lessons from the Ancient Greeks and The Philosophy of Change

Discover the 3 different types of innovation and how to use them to your advantage, how the Greeks thought about change and the relationship between innovation and ethics.

Communication

ML187: Larry Grobel on The Art of the Interview, Lessons from Hollywood Stars and Writing Great Stories

Discover the art of a great interview from one of the world's best, techniques for building rapport fast to make people feel comfortable and the principles for great storytelling.

Understanding Yourself

ML186: Gary Lachman on Lost Knowledge of the Imagination, Meme Magic in Politics and Life as a Rockstar

Learn about the lost knowledge of the imagination, the rise of meme magic in politics and the experiences of a rockstar in one of the most successful bands of the 1970s.

Learning

ML185: Andrea Domenichini on Weaponised Autism, Exploring Consciousness and Lessons from Dungeons & Dragons

Discover the role curiosity plays in learning and how to cultivate it, the thread running between the arts and sciences and insights into creativity and storytelling from Dungeons & Dragons.

Understanding Yourself

ML184: James Hollis on Creating The Life You Want, Lessons from Jung and Understanding Your Mind

Discover how to deal with competing desires and overcome paradoxes, the meaning of Jung’s big ideas like the shadow and how to truly understand yourself to create the life you want.

Technology

ML183: Sergey Young on Living to 200, Investing in the Longevity Revolution and The Science & Technology of Growing Young

Learn more about the attempts to reverse human aging, including the progress made in recent years as well as the simple things we can all do to extend our lifespans and stay healthy.

Decision Making

ML182: Tom Chatfield on Overcoming Cognitive Biases, Finding Trustworthy Sources and How To Think Better

Discover how to overcome your biases so you can be less wrong, the three characteristics of valuable information sources and how to think more clearly in a world of information overload.

Understanding Yourself

ML181: Visa Veerasamy on Reframing Your Ambition, Marketing Your Work and Becoming a Citizen of The Internet

Learn how to to reframe your ambition so you can succeed your way, how to create content that makes money & connects you to your tribe and how to market your work without selling out.

Understanding Yourself

ML180: Michael Meade on Finding Your Genius, The Transformational Power of Storytelling and Life Lessons from World Mythology

Discover how to tap into your inner genius and tell transformative stories that impact others as well as the most valuable lessons from world mythology that can help you find meaning in life.

Decision Making

ML179: Luke Burgis on The Power of Mimetic Desire, Choosing the Right Role Models and How To Want What You Need

Discover how to turn blind wanting that leaves you unfulfilled to intentional wanting that supports your own values, how different role models affect your desires and behaviour and how conflict often comes from similarities, not differences and the tactics to break the cycle in your personal life.

Business

ML178: Rob Fitzpatrick on Writing Useful Books, The Secrets of Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Disrupting the Publishing Industry

Discover a 4-part system for writing useful books that uses the principles of product testing by using beta readers, business lessons on pursuing entrepreneurship sustainably and why the publishing industry is ripe for disruption.

Decision Making

ML177: Thomas Moore on Therapy that Works, Myths for Getting Through Dark Times and How To Care for the People Around You

Discover what therapy or "soul care" is and how it works, the myths that to help you through dark times in life and the modern obsession with childhood trauma.