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Michael Smoak

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Modern Wisdom
#1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious People

It's the criticism of all style and no substance, right?

Modern Wisdom
#1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious People

But I think all substance and no style doesn't tend to get listened to.

Modern Wisdom
#1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious People

James Smith had this fucking unbelievable line about his first podcast.

Modern Wisdom
#1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious People

He's now on his second one.

Modern Wisdom
#1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious People

He's like a guy with multiple wives.

Modern Wisdom
#1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious People

I think he might be on his third one now.

Modern Wisdom
#1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious People

Did you say multiple wives?

Modern Wisdom
#1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious People

He's like a guy with multiple wives.

Modern Wisdom
#1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious People

It's like serially dating his own podcast and renaming them and then fucking flipping the channels.

Modern Wisdom
#1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious People

I was like, damn, you're putting James on blast right now.

Modern Wisdom
#1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious People

No, no, no, not at all.

Modern Wisdom
#1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious People

No, he's fucking living a dad life in Australia.

Modern Wisdom
#1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious People

And he had this line and he said,

Modern Wisdom
#1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious People

On my podcast, I speak to people who are far smarter than me, but much more boring.

Modern Wisdom
#1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious People

It's so true, dude.

Modern Wisdom
#1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious People

Or another way to look at it is everything worth saying has been said before, but nobody was listening, so it has to be said again.

Modern Wisdom
#1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious People

Has to be said with more clarity and conviction.

Modern Wisdom
#1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious People

And...

Modern Wisdom
#1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious People

I think that's where James got it really right was that a lot of people's ideas are fucking fantastic, but they just haven't yet quite worked out how to package them or promote them fully.

Modern Wisdom
#1083 - Michael Smoak - 16 Brutal Life Lessons for Ambitious People

And if you can, lots of people feel like they're,