Please welcome my friend Julio Froment Castellvi to the show. Julio is the "brains and brawn" behind Picking Nuggets, one of my favorite YouTube channels that is just about to crack 150k subs. And "The Little Almanack", a weekly newsletter where he shares timeless ideas (from influential doers) with handmade infographics to 16,000 plus subscribers.

His three defining values are curiosity, truth, and freedom. Please welcome Julio to the show!

- Julio Froment Castellvi

"You can't connect the dots looking forward. You can only connect them looking backwards."

- Julio Froment Castellvi

"I also don't like to be in a box, right? Because I feel like it could constrain my growth or where my curiosity wants to take me."

- Julio Froment Castellvi

• Picking Nuggets YouTube Channel
• The Little Almanack - Julio's monthly newsletter!
• Am I Being Too Subtle?: Straight Talk From a Business Rebel, by Sam Zell
• Julio Froment Castellvi's personal website
• Julio Froment Castellvi on X
• Julio Froment Castellvi on LinkedIn
• Jim Rohn's "How to Have Your Best Year Ever!"

• 0:00 - Introduction to Julio Froment Castellvi
• 1:04 - How Julio Got Started with Curation
• 4:45 - Navigating Copyright and Learning Fair Use
• 6:53 - The Checklist for Fair Use Compliance
• 10:29 - Naval’s Philosophy on Content Sharing
• 13:05 - The Rule of Substantiality
• 17:20 - Choosing a Nontraditional Career Path
• 20:02 - “Professional Opportunist” Philosophy
• 25:10 - Execution Over Planning
• 26:22 - The Role of Luck and Connecting Dots
• 30:34 - Choosing English for Access to the Best Ideas
• 33:33 - Crafting Contrarian, Timeless Content for YouTube
• 35:49 - The Lindy Effect and Content Longevity
• 39:44 - The Curation Workflow: Readwise and Python
• 44:00 - Podcast Listening as a Walking Ritual
• 45:20 - Doing It All Himself for the Sake of Quality
• 48:01 - Content as Craft, Not Just Business

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