#103 How to Destroy Bad Ideas Without Killing Relationships [The Dionysus Program with Sean Devine​]

About this episode

In this episode, Eric Jorgenson and Sean Devine discuss how to effectively eliminate bad ideas while maintaining strong relationships.

Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:01:23) - Reading the forward to Sean’s new book (00:09:30) - What problem were you experiencing that sparked these ideas? (00:12:30) - Sean’s early arrival to AI (00:23:15) - Identity (00:27:55) - Defining Apollo and Dionysus (00:34:47) - Understanding and uncertainty (00:38:26) - Tools to deal with uncertainty (00:50:27) - Tools for metabolism (01:03:25) - Ritual time and run time (01:11:30) - Building trust to have hard conversations (01:13:40) - The key pillars of the Dionysus Program (01:37:09) - Applying this thinking across organizations and life (01:45:28) - Applying Apollo/Dionysus to investing (01:57:10) - Observing the learning rate of an organization (02:03:08) - Closing thoughts Links: The Dionysus Program - https://www.dionysusprogram.com/ To support the costs of producing this podcast: >> Buy a copy of the Navalmanack: www.navalmanack.com/ >> Buy a copy of The Anthology of Balaji: https://balajianthology.com/ >> Sign up for my online course and community about building your Personal Leverage: https://www.ejorgenson.com/leverage >> Invest in early-stage companies alongside Eric and his partners at Rolling Fun…

People in this episode

Host: Eric Jorgenson

Guest: Sean Devine

Topics covered

• bad ideas
• relationships
• AI
• identity
• uncertainty
• trust
• investing

Keywords

• Dionysus Program
• business
• entrepreneurship
• trust
• uncertainty
• AI
• identity
• investing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rolling Fun

Books & works: The Dionysus Program, Navalmanack, The Anthology of Balaji

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