Alexis Ohanian

Aside from listening to my podcast, the good news is there are more avenues than ever because there are more and more people talking about this than ever. What book are we reading tonight? Like, what are you most excited about? And then when I'm on the clock for weekends in particular, I really try to lock in. And so it can be whatever you need to do.

Aside from listening to my podcast, the good news is there are more avenues than ever because there are more and more people talking about this than ever. What book are we reading tonight? Like, what are you most excited about? And then when I'm on the clock for weekends in particular, I really try to lock in. And so it can be whatever you need to do.

Obviously, your family is going to have different prescriptions, but create those traditions, create those routines. And that's one thing I would give advice to myself at 20 about over again. When I had more free time, when I had more youthful vigor, if I had more discipline, I would have been 10 times more productive. And it shows up in sneaky ways. If

Obviously, your family is going to have different prescriptions, but create those traditions, create those routines. And that's one thing I would give advice to myself at 20 about over again. When I had more free time, when I had more youthful vigor, if I had more discipline, I would have been 10 times more productive. And it shows up in sneaky ways. If

if I had gone to bed at midnight because I knew like my, I was the diminishing marginal returns of my productivity were falling off a cliff and just gone to bed, slept for seven hours, eight hours, and then woken up and done the thing, I would have done it in 20 minutes instead of staying awake for another two and a half hours. Like, no, that's not actually the best use of your time.

if I had gone to bed at midnight because I knew like my, I was the diminishing marginal returns of my productivity were falling off a cliff and just gone to bed, slept for seven hours, eight hours, and then woken up and done the thing, I would have done it in 20 minutes instead of staying awake for another two and a half hours. Like, no, that's not actually the best use of your time.

And, and discipline is freedom. And I never would have believed that in my twenties or even in my early 30s, but becoming a parent, that's the only way I'm able to do these things. And that's not to say I'm perfect, but if you can incorporate ritual routine, even before you have kids, you're going to be even better at what you're building.

And, and discipline is freedom. And I never would have believed that in my twenties or even in my early 30s, but becoming a parent, that's the only way I'm able to do these things. And that's not to say I'm perfect, but if you can incorporate ritual routine, even before you have kids, you're going to be even better at what you're building.

And then once you have kids, it's kind of the only way to do it, frankly.

And then once you have kids, it's kind of the only way to do it, frankly.

My current purpose is... enabling a whole nother generation of entrepreneurs to do even bigger and better things than I did.

My current purpose is... enabling a whole nother generation of entrepreneurs to do even bigger and better things than I did.

And I mean, look, it's also, you sleep a lot better at night because it's not your ass on the line for every one of those companies too. So it's a blessed position to be in.

And I mean, look, it's also, you sleep a lot better at night because it's not your ass on the line for every one of those companies too. So it's a blessed position to be in.

Okay, this one, I cheated and I wanted to have one prepared. That would have been a good idea, yeah. But I think the best thing I came back with was a joke. which was everyone should be able to experience the joy of making someone they truly love happy. You talked about this earlier. Again, it's not really a practical law. No, I like that.

Okay, this one, I cheated and I wanted to have one prepared. That would have been a good idea, yeah. But I think the best thing I came back with was a joke. which was everyone should be able to experience the joy of making someone they truly love happy. You talked about this earlier. Again, it's not really a practical law. No, I like that.

But I have never felt more satisfied or happy or richer or taller. I've never felt more any positive feeling you could feel than when I get the unsolicited love i love you papa hug from my daughter and and again it doesn't have to be your daughter could be anyone but like those moments for me are like black tar heroin i am addicted to it and and so when i think back

But I have never felt more satisfied or happy or richer or taller. I've never felt more any positive feeling you could feel than when I get the unsolicited love i love you papa hug from my daughter and and again it doesn't have to be your daughter could be anyone but like those moments for me are like black tar heroin i am addicted to it and and so when i think back

Hopefully, as an old man one day, and I think about what are the things that really, really made me so incredibly happy, it's going to come back to those moments. And so I wish that for everyone as often as humanly possible. And the irony is it usually doesn't cost any money. It means time. It means intentionality. It means other humans.

Hopefully, as an old man one day, and I think about what are the things that really, really made me so incredibly happy, it's going to come back to those moments. And so I wish that for everyone as often as humanly possible. And the irony is it usually doesn't cost any money. It means time. It means intentionality. It means other humans.