Description

Have you found yourself surprised when you were laid off from your company? Or have that nagging feeling you might lose your job when the economy takes a turn for the worse?

In this short episode, Vikram breaks down his 2-year framework for staying prepared, honing your skills, staying sharp and being ever prepared for your next gig or interview. With the proper mindset, you will notice when your job stops providing you value or realize how you can elevate yourself to the best version of you. Avoid walking in the footsteps of others and stay on the path of true success and personal fulfillment.

Chapters

00:00 Intro
00:57 Story of the Thanksgiving Turkey
01:57 Layoffs in tech companies
04:15 The near layoff experience
05:29 Average employment tenure
06:39 The 2-year employment framework
08:53 Going beyond your job description
09:57 Read textbooks
10:51 Ask questions to learn
11:20 Keep a work journal
12:15 Outro

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Description

In part part of this two-part series on rebooting health, Subbu and Vikram talk about the importance of diet and nutrition for health, and share their methods for keeping calories under check, getting enough protein, foods to absolutely avoid, how to get back on track when our diets fall off the wagon, and how to deal with challenges and temptations that arise regarding foods in our day to day lives.

Links

Subbu's diet and nutrition spreadsheet
Open Food Facts

Chapters

00:00 Intro
04:30 Setting diet and nutrition goals
10:10 Designing a practical diet you can follow
16:41 Learning intuitive eating
20:14 Protein, fat and fiber
34:50 Reasons to use a nutrition spreadsheet
39:00 Cutting sugar intake
41:15 Falling off the bandwagon
43:20 Enjoying cuisines
47:20 Supplementation
52:40 Outro

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In part one of this two-part series on rebooting health, Vikram and Subu talk about the importance of consistent exercise as we age, describe tools and frameworks that they use to get started on exercise especially strength training, and ways to develop consistency. They talk about workout programs that work, and those that do not, and why, how different programs are suited to different people, and how to design a 21-day workout challenge for yourself.

Links

BowTiedOx - Your guide to baseline optimization
Peter Attia - Outlive
Fitbod.me - App for workouts

Chapters

00:00 Introduction
04:35 Getting started with exercise
09:56 Frameworks for being consistent
21:11 Designing a 21 day challenge
25:47 Walks are under appreciated as exercise
28:33 Why strength training is essential
31:57 Starting strength training: The buddy system
39:55 Starting strength training: Join a 1hr strength session
43:32 Starting strength training: Fitbod app
45:10 Starting strength: Other considerations
48:21 Conclusion

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