Video interview with Kevin Kelly
Below, you can see the interview in video format with the option to see it subtitled in Spanish:
«Try not to have a billion dollars, because it will not help you on your journey« – interview with Kevin Kelly.
This conversation shows why Kevin Kelly is a scholar and possibly one of the most exciting people on the planet. Kevin is a Senior Maverick at Wired and the author of 12 books, some of which became New York Times bestsellers. He is among the most influential tech voices and prominent experts on the Maker movement, tool experimentation, and project prototyping, among the many disruptive habits, skills, and activities Kevin has undertaken and developed for over 60 years.
This interview is a magnificent opportunity to learn from one of the world’s most significant disruptors, 60 minutes of genius.
«What am I doing wrong?«
Topics of reference in this interview with Kevin Kelly: be the one, great advice for living, daily wisdom, dying broke, repeating the imperfect, family rituals, working out of the way of success, and becoming yourself.
“I was attracted to the wisest, not the richest.”
Disrupt Everything podcast: Kevin Kelly’s Sparks of Life
“I have mastered gratitude and the need to change my mind” – Kevin Kelly.
Isra García interviews Kevin Kelly for the second time. This time, the conversation revolves around Kevin’s latest book: “Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom He Wishes He’d Known Sooner.” Isra and Kevin discuss various topics the book covers, including uniqueness, family or prototyping projects and ideas, AI, rituals or communication skills, and practical wisdom.
“It’s better to have 12 people who love you than 12 million fans who don’t.”
Listen to the interview here:
Interview main topics – and what can you learn in this episode with Kevin Kelly
- Introduction
- Draw and write for better understanding.
- Life lessons that Kevin Kelly has mastered.
- Kevin Kelly’s core values.
- The path to wisdom.
- Why do you need to try not to have a billion dollars?
- The flashes of wisdom that surprised Kevin Kelly.
- About being famous versus being unique and the only one.
- The ultimate life wisdom tip you won’t find in the book.
- From idea to action, from perfect to imperfect.
- Advice for the younger generations and their parents.
- Families and the power of rituals and rites of passage.
- How Kevin recommends improving our communication skills.
- The best excellent tips for living.
- Synthesizing more than 60 years in small bites.
- Routines, discipline and the most influential habit for Kevin Kelly.
- About standing out and being just you.
- Kevin’s question for listeners.
- The closing of Isra García.
- About being on time.
- Improving the way you do your thing.
- Choose the path that produces change.
- Aim to die broke.
«The game is not to stand out. It can distort you. The key is just to be you« – Kevin Kelly.
Podcast Show Notes and Selected Links and Resources
Find here interesting resources mentioned in the interview:
- Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I’d Wish I’d Known Earlier – book.
- Kevin Kelly’s first interview – how to learn how to learn and how to be the only one.
- Kevin Kelly’s first interview translated into Spanish (summary)
- Long Now Foundation.
- Cool Tools.
- Kevin Kelly’s books.
- Sweet Medicine Nation and the Rites of Passage (interview)
- 1.000 True Fans.
- Kevin Kelly video interview (2020)
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You can also listen directly from the Disrupt Everything podcast series homepage.
Kevin Kelly Interview Isra Garcia’s podcast about her latest book, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I’d Wish I’d Known Earlier.
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