Never Say “Family Emergency”, Keeping It Professional on Social Media, and More | Office Hours Podcast

This week on Office Hours, TK and Isaac talk about why using “family emergency” as a reason to miss things can be problematic, how to balance professionalism with social media as a resource, moving away from home, and simple ways to come up with more ideas.

Questions:

• What’s the right balance between using social media for advice and being discreet to remain professional?
• I’m 17 and my parents are going to kick me out when I’m 18. What do I do?
• How can you get better at creating ideas?

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Topics Discussed:

• Being specific instead of saying “family emergency”
• Be skeptical of social media likes
• What is professional depends on the context
• Asking questions to relevant groups
• Taking ownership of whatever situation you’re in
• Being a time billionaire
• How your brain comes up with ideas
• Creativity as a discipline

Links:

• Your Lack of Income Can be an Asset by Isaac Morehouse
• Everything is a Remix
• The Act of Creation by Arthur Koestler
• Thinking as a Science by Henry Hazlitt