“If you learn from experience, you become wise and know what to do“ – Tim Urban.
Writing and publishing the Isra García-Isra team: Isra interviews another of the great disruptors of our times, Tim Urban, a world leader in productivity, creativity, procrastination, blogging and turning ideas into profitable projects. This interview is a treasure trove of unique, profound insights, where the interviewee generously shares his prodigious mind to enrich listeners.
Who is Tim Urban?
Tim Urban, a master of self-improvement, once shared, “I’m always playing with myself to develop systems that help me achieve things.”
Tim Urban runs one of the most successful blogs on the Internet, Wait But Why; he also has one of the most well-known and popular TED talks on productivity and procrastination. Elon Musk, a big fan of his blog, invited Tim to spend six months with him at SpaceX and Tesla. Tim is also known for his mastery of writing, productivity, managing procrastination, creating games to play with systems and creativity.
“All your values fall because you are in primitive survival mode.“
Disrupt Everything Podcast: Tim Urban, the creative procrastinator prodigy
“Why do we need enlightenment in the first place?“ -Tim Urban.
Isra García engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Tim Urban about self-help for societies, the importance of seeing the bigger picture to solve our cultural problems, and the need to overcome resistance and ego. They delve into the wisdom Tim has gained from living six months with Elon Musk, his most significant takeaways from writing and creating one of the most successful blogs that today still thrives more than some media companies, productivity and procrastination hacks, life tips, creating hacking systems lifestyle and some other little treasures.
As the interview concludes, Tim Urban leaves us with a profound statement, ‘I’m just a human searching for the truth.’ This quote encapsulates his humble approach to life and his continuous quest for knowledge and understanding.
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Index of contents and what you will learn in this episode:
- A prior warning about an unexpected ending.
- Introduction.
- What is our problem? – and Tim’s recipe for that.
- Tim Urban discovered The most surprising thing while writing his latest book.
- Crisis of ego vs value.
- Where and how Tim Urban finds daily wisdom.
- The most significant learning from writing his previous book, What’s Our Problem?
- How bias changes when you write a book about how biased we are.
- Learning by writing two posts a week for more than ten years.
- How Tim Urban sees blogs today, and not only to keep them alive but also to live.
- Best blogging practices from a master blogger. And best practices for writing a book.
- A review and update of his famous TED talk on procrastination and productivity.
- What impressed Tim Urban most about living with Elon Musk for six months was his biggest takeaway.
- Tim Urban’s best productivity hacks for daily life.
Podcast show notes
Tim Urban shares resources, links, mentions, tools and utilities in the interview. This quote encapsulates his approach to personal development and his strategies to excel in various areas of life:
- Wait But Why – blog.
- Tim Urban TED Talk: Inside the Mind of a Procrastinator.
- Wait But Why Year One – book.
- The Story of Us – book.
- What’s Our Problem – book.
- The Elon Musk blog series.
Video interview (with Spanish subtitles)
Below, you can find the video with the interview that contains subtitles in Spanish:
Additional note: unfortunately, due to technical problems that occurred on two occasions, the interview is incomplete, and the last 25 minutes are missing. On behalf of Isra and the team, we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
“If you have something to say, sitting down and writing your thoughts will be best“ – Tim Urban.
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