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Podcast: Audience of One
Episode: #050 - Billy Oppenheimer on Writing, Research, Boredom, & Putting in The Work
Description: Billy Oppenheimer writes the Six at 6 newsletter, and has been a writing and research assistant for Ryan Holiday, Robert Greene, and Rick Rubin. We talk about research, naive optimism, working for legendary writers and creatives, boredom, his newsletter, curation and creation, how “the work is the win”, and his first book.
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(00:52) Naive optimism & turning what you're already doing into a job
(03:31) Researching is where he gets his dopamine
(05:30) Combine timeless works with popular ones; triangulate stories
(10:48) His note taking system (adapted from Ryan Holiday & Robert Greene)
(15:19) The evolution of Six at 6; finding your niche & learning the wrong lesson...