Episode #68 with Dylan—Today he's talking to Steph Smith, author of Standing Out in 2020: Doing Content Right.

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🕘Timestamps:
- 00:00 - Introduction
- 03:15 - Life lessons from chess
- 19:03 - A nomadic lifestyle in Bali
- 24:27 - Meeting Pieter Levels and learning to code
- 31:59 - The value of understanding how technology works
- 37:25 - Quality content, Twitter, and the Power of DM
- 50:24 - The truth: No one knows what they’re doing
- 53:20 - Steph’s goal and decision to write a book
- 01:01:50 - Parkinson’s Law: Writing a book in 50 days
- 01:10:23 - Content creation tips and exciting trends

🔎Links:
- Connect with Steph Smith:
- Website: https://stephsmith.io/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephsmithio
- Trends: https://trends.co/
- Steph Articles:
- The Guide to Remote Work That Isn't Trying to Sell You Anything: https://blog.stephsmith.io/the-guide-to-remote-work/
- How to Be Great? Just Be Good, Repeatably: https://blog.stephsmith.io/how-to-be-great/
- Antifragility at Work: Change is the Only Constant: https://blog.stephsmith.io/change-is-the-only-constant/
- Don’t Snooze on these Sleep Industry Trends: Why Sleep Could Be the Next Mindfulness Revolution: https://trends.co/articles/sleep-industry-trends/
- Standing Out in 2020: Doing Content Right: https://gumroad.com/l/doing-content-right
- The Big Business of Drug Patent Expirations: https://trends.co/articles/the-big-business-of-drug-patent-expirations/
- #114 with Steph Smith - The Head of Trends Talks Insider Trading and The Gen-Z Mafia: https://podcasts.apple.com/ma/podcast/114-steph-smith-head-trends-talks-insider-trading-gen/id1469759170?i=1000492483214
- Brandon Zhang: The Student Mindset, Growth Hacking, and Building Community: https://www.smartnonsense.com/brandon/
- All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-in-with-chamath-jason-sacks-friedberg/id1502871393
- https://www.nocsdegree.com/pieter-levels-learn-coding/#:~:text=Pete Codes,-18 Aug 2020&text=Pieter Levels is a digital,interview but an analysis piece.): https://www.nocsdegree.com/pieter-levels-learn-coding/#:~:text=Pete%20Codes,-18%20Aug%202020&text=Pieter%20Levels%20is%20a%20digital,interview%20but%20an%20analysis%20piece.)
- Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: https://amzn.to/3k9sq8Q
- Wait But Why: https://waitbutwhy.com/
- Thinking in Bets: https://amzn.to/315fVTX
- The Hustle: https://thehustle.co/
- Sam Parr: https://twitter.com/theSamParr
- Nomad List: https://nomadlist.com/
- Pieter Levels: https://levels.io/
- Ghost: https://ghost.org/
- John O'Nolan: https://twitter.com/JohnONolan
- Leave Me Alone: https://leavemealone.app/
- Danielle Johnson: https://twitter.com/dinkydani21
- James Ivings: https://twitter.com/JamesIvings
- Shaan Puri: https://twitter.com/ShaanVP
- Paul Jarvis: https://twitter.com/pjrvs
- Tim Ferris: https://twitter.com/tferriss
- Gary Vaynerchuk: https://twitter.com/garyvee
- Toptal: https://www.toptal.com/
- Gumroad: https://gumroad.com/
- Dojo Bali Coworking: https://www.dojobali.org/
- Fortune 500: https://fortune.com/fortune500/
- The Web Developer Bootcamp: https://www.udemy.com/course/the-web-developer-bootcamp/
- Udemy: https://www.udemy.com/
- Fiverr: http://www.fiverr.com/s2/e912812c28
- Hims: https://www.forhims.com/
- Peloton: https://www.onepeloton.com/
- Cubii: https://www.cubii.com/

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