Instead of focusing on what you're going to do today, how about deciding "what am I NOT going to do?" That's one of many pieces of productivity advice that Oliver Burkeman brings to the basement table today. He's studied productivity over his long career and has now written a new hit book on the topic. Oliver shares lessons from Four Thousand Weeks: Time Man ... Show More
Aug 22
Estate Planning, Charitable Giving, and Financial Hot Takes (SB1725)
If you’ve ever wondered whether you should pass on your money now or make your heirs wait for the “big reveal” (cue the dramatic reading of your will), this is your episode. Joe Saul-Sehy, OG, and Neighbor Doug welcome Paula Pant from Afford Anything and Jesse Cramer from Persona ... Show More
1h 1m
Aug 20
Donor Advised Funds 101 (with Adam Nash) SB1724
What if there were a way to make charitable giving easier, more strategic, and—dare we say—more satisfying? In this episode of The Stacking Benjamins Show, Joe Saul-Sehy, OG, and Len Penzo welcome Adam Nash, founder and CEO of Daffy, to demystify donor-advised funds. Whether you’ ... Show More
1h 15m
Aug 18
3 Questions You're Dying To Know about Estate Planning (with attorney Tim Semro) SB1723
Estate planning might not sound like the most thrilling topic—but skipping it can create a real mess for the people you care about most. In this episode of The Stacking Benjamins Show, Joe Saul-Sehy, OG, and Neighbor Doug sit down with attorney Tim Semro to cut through the noise ... Show More
1h 1m
Oct 2024
How to Beat Distraction and Still Enjoy Life (ft. Nir Eyal)
Why can’t we just do the things we know we should do? It’s a simple question with a very complex answer.To help us answer it, I sat down with my old friend, Nir Eyal, a behavioral design expert and author of the best-selling book, Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and ... Show More
1h 3m
Aug 2018
#39 Tyler Cowen: Thinking About Thinking
There are only a handful of websites that I read religiously. One of those is MarginalRevolution.com, started by my next guest, Tyler Cowen. Other than hosting one of the most popular economic blogs in the world, Tyler is also an economics professor at George Mason University, a ... Show More
59m 50s
Apr 2025
How To Be Sanely Productive | Oliver Burkeman
The liberation that comes from realizing that you’re never going to get everything done. Oliver Burkeman is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling Four Thousand Weeks, The Antidote, and most recently, Meditations for Mortals. His work has also appeared in the New York Times ... Show More
1h 12m
Feb 2025
493. How to Stop Wasting Time
Brian Gubernick dives into a concept that affects all of us—Parkinson’s Law. If you’ve ever noticed that a task expands to take up all the time you give it, you’re not alone. Brian revisits a lesson from Episode 102 and explores how this principle impacts business, productivity, ... Show More
11m 28s
Jul 2024
TIP646: How To Understand A Business Like A Pro w/ Kyle Grieve
On today’s episode, Kyle Grieve discusses a book that is near and dear to Warren Buffett’s heart, Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits by Philip Fisher. He’ll discuss why the book was so influential on Warren’s transition towards quality businesses, why going deep into a business i ... Show More
1h 9m
Sep 2024
Lessons from the Rowdy VIX
Three hundred odd years ago, Sir Isaac Newton told us that “no great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.” My sense is he didn’t have the order book in Emini futures in mind, but his words do translate well to our world of financial instruments. In this short pod, I revi ... Show More
15m 5s