67: Swizec Teller on Hustle and Focus

This week we sit with Swizec Teller and learn how to get more done in every day.

Swizec has an incredible work ethic — regularly blogging, vlogging, live streaming, and writing books on your favorite web technologies React and D3.

How does he do all that and keep a full-time job at a startup?

Today, we try to find out what his secret is and how to mimic that focus.

Featuring

• Swizec Teller — Twitter, Website, GitHub
• Michael Chan — Twitter, Website, GitHub

Swizec's projects

• es6cheatsheet.com
• Nightowls book — Why programmers work at night
• learnwhileyoupoop — No pressure learning at 2 minutes per day. Start with the basics, become a React 16.3
• Data Visualization with d3.js — Mold your data into beautiful visualizations with d3.js
• React+d3.js — Build data visualizations with React and d3.js
• Serverless Handbook — Serverless for frontend engineers

Other links

• Rocks, Pebbles, Sand Story — on YouTube
• ["We would worry less about what others think of us if we realized how seldom they do." — Ethel Barrett
• Candid @swizec tweets on "income"
• FIRE movement — on Wikipedia
• Mr. Money Mustache
• Peak Performance — by Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness
• Sun Conure
• Teachable — Create and sell beautiful online courses
• podia — The easiest way to turn your passion into income
• Force multiplication
• JAMStack

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