The Price of Becoming
About this episode
Ryan Hawk discusses his writing process and the principles of personal growth in his new book, 'The Price of Becoming'.
In 1852, a mid-level postal surveyor named Anthony Trollope gave Britain its iconic red pillar mailbox. He also wrote 47 novels, most of them before breakfast, 250 words every 15 minutes with a pocket watch on his desk. When he told the truth about his method in his autobiography, critics wrote him off for decades. People wanted genius to descend like weather. Trollope knew it was assembled, a small daily task at a time. My guest today wrote his newest book exactly the same way: 100 words every morning before his family woke up, no misses, even on a cruise ship. Ryan Hawk is the host of The Learning Leader Show , one of the most listened-to business podcasts in the world with more than 650 conversations behind it. His new book, The Price of Becoming , starts with a question borrowed from Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger: if compounding can turn boring, consistent deposits into extraordinary wealth, what happens when you apply the same math to your life? In this conversation, we talk about: The nightly question Ryan borrowed from Charlie Munger: did I go to bed a little wiser than I woke up? Ryan's learning flywheel: fuel the intake engine, run experiments, pause and reflect…
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