Jordan Peterson

cut clips from podcasts and put them on your podcast channel and see if you can learn how to pick the minute two minutes three minutes where something is like a whole story is told in a compelling way see if you can learn to do that because if you can learn to do that and you can do that with a hundred clips and they have some viral some virality about them even on a relatively small scale the probability that you're going to be able to find a job is very very high

cut clips from podcasts and put them on your podcast channel and see if you can learn how to pick the minute two minutes three minutes where something is like a whole story is told in a compelling way see if you can learn to do that because if you can learn to do that and you can do that with a hundred clips and they have some viral some virality about them even on a relatively small scale the probability that you're going to be able to find a job is very very high

cut clips from podcasts and put them on your podcast channel and see if you can learn how to pick the minute two minutes three minutes where something is like a whole story is told in a compelling way see if you can learn to do that because if you can learn to do that and you can do that with a hundred clips and they have some viral some virality about them even on a relatively small scale the probability that you're going to be able to find a job is very very high

Because good editors are ridiculously hard to find. Because you have to have that eye for quality and that eye for micro-narrative. And you just have an unlimited opportunity to do that on YouTube because you can take all the content there and reshape it. So were you involved in the editing? Are you involved in the editing?

Because good editors are ridiculously hard to find. Because you have to have that eye for quality and that eye for micro-narrative. And you just have an unlimited opportunity to do that on YouTube because you can take all the content there and reshape it. So were you involved in the editing? Are you involved in the editing?

Because good editors are ridiculously hard to find. Because you have to have that eye for quality and that eye for micro-narrative. And you just have an unlimited opportunity to do that on YouTube because you can take all the content there and reshape it. So were you involved in the editing? Are you involved in the editing?

And that's crucial too. That's a crucial thing for people to understand is that You want a bad, expansive first draft. So you have way more material than you need, and then you cut and you cut. And you're not throwing away, you're conserving the best, right? And so you do that when you're writing, too.

And that's crucial too. That's a crucial thing for people to understand is that You want a bad, expansive first draft. So you have way more material than you need, and then you cut and you cut. And you're not throwing away, you're conserving the best, right? And so you do that when you're writing, too.

And that's crucial too. That's a crucial thing for people to understand is that You want a bad, expansive first draft. So you have way more material than you need, and then you cut and you cut. And you're not throwing away, you're conserving the best, right? And so you do that when you're writing, too.

Assume if you're going to write something, you have to write four times more than you're going to keep. And then why? Well, how about so you can keep the best 25%? That's a good deal. And so, and editing, you develop an eye for editing. That's really that ability to separate the wheat from the chaff. It's crucially important.

Assume if you're going to write something, you have to write four times more than you're going to keep. And then why? Well, how about so you can keep the best 25%? That's a good deal. And so, and editing, you develop an eye for editing. That's really that ability to separate the wheat from the chaff. It's crucially important.

Assume if you're going to write something, you have to write four times more than you're going to keep. And then why? Well, how about so you can keep the best 25%? That's a good deal. And so, and editing, you develop an eye for editing. That's really that ability to separate the wheat from the chaff. It's crucially important.

And I also think if you develop that in any domain, video editing, for example, that generalizes. It's one of those few complex cognitive skills that actually seems to generalize. You know, because I found that once I had learned to edit writing,

And I also think if you develop that in any domain, video editing, for example, that generalizes. It's one of those few complex cognitive skills that actually seems to generalize. You know, because I found that once I had learned to edit writing,

And I also think if you develop that in any domain, video editing, for example, that generalizes. It's one of those few complex cognitive skills that actually seems to generalize. You know, because I found that once I had learned to edit writing,

That's a good disciplinary training. And I think when you're editing properly, we tried to teach people that in this essay app that I developed with my son. It's like, well, how do you edit? Well, here's one way to make your writing 50% better immediately. Take your first draft and cut it by 25%. Just shorten the sentences. Keep the content. Shorten the sentences.

That's a good disciplinary training. And I think when you're editing properly, we tried to teach people that in this essay app that I developed with my son. It's like, well, how do you edit? Well, here's one way to make your writing 50% better immediately. Take your first draft and cut it by 25%. Just shorten the sentences. Keep the content. Shorten the sentences.

That's a good disciplinary training. And I think when you're editing properly, we tried to teach people that in this essay app that I developed with my son. It's like, well, how do you edit? Well, here's one way to make your writing 50% better immediately. Take your first draft and cut it by 25%. Just shorten the sentences. Keep the content. Shorten the sentences.

Can you get the same place more efficiently? That's a great thing to learn. And then, well, every word. Is that the right word? And length is a consideration. And poetic flow. And you want to edit at the word level and at the...

Can you get the same place more efficiently? That's a great thing to learn. And then, well, every word. Is that the right word? And length is a consideration. And poetic flow. And you want to edit at the word level and at the...