Pencil Problems
Conversations on getting started, and finishing.
Displaying 7 items of Pencil Problems with the tag "books".
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Episode 47: Season 2 Premiere: Let The Past Die
January 14th, 2020 | 1 hr 34 mins
books, side projects
In this Season 2 Premier, Kent and Nick talk about what is here, what was and what is to come.
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Episode 44: Nick's Book is Done, Finishing off Details, Setting Goals for 2019
January 2nd, 2019 | 1 hr 51 mins
books, business, finishing
Nick's Book is done, like done done. Kent and Nick talk about that and what's next. Kent is worried Able Cells isn't a business but gets over it.
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Episode 41: Essays, SEO, Project Updates, The New Rap, The Coddling Of The American Mind and more
November 26th, 2018 | 1 hr 6 mins
books, project update, seo, writing
Nick and Kent talk about the new rap these days, The Coddling Of The American Mind and how we might be messing up a generation of kids, Nick talks about essays and how his book is nearly done. Kent talks Able Cells and SEO.
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Episode 40: Screen time, Project Update, and Ramblings of a Dystopian Future
November 4th, 2018 | 1 hr 23 mins
books, e-commerce, ketones, nootropics, selling, side-projects, writing
As part of a long overdue project update, we talk about: Screen time in our household, procrastination, and holding too much inventory.
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Episode 32: The Dip
June 6th, 2018 | 1 hr 30 mins
books, e-commerce, hustle, podcasts, projects, side-projects, startup
We hit a dip in our projects! Kent's e-commerce store, Nick's book project, even the podcast. It's starting to feel like work and not like fun. We talk through it all and we hope you can relate!
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Episode 18: Book Club
February 16th, 2018 | 2 hrs 7 mins
books
Nick and Kent talk about the books they love and how they shape their actions, worldview, and their kids' future. Full of tangential goodness.
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Episode 17: State of our Unions
February 2nd, 2018 | 1 hr 1 min
able cells, books, domains, free speech, lumens, picking a name, project update, side projects, trump, twitter, wordpress
Kent and Nick talk about whether Jack should kick Donald off Twitter, then roll right into an extended project update with a snazzy new transition sound effect. Kent rails about Able Cells, while Nick tries to figure out a broader context for his book project. In the end, they sell it all and buy XLM, Spoilers!! Just kidding. Enjoy.