TMBA 500: An Entrepreneur's Trip to 'Room 101'
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Dan and Ian spend some time on today's podcast doing one of their favorite things: complaining.
This isn't just their everyday grinding of axes, though.
On this week's light-hearted episode, we are taking our own stab at a fun and unique concept popularized by the BBC in a classic television series called "Room 101".
The term "Room 101" comes from George Orwell's '1984'. In Orwell's fictional world, it was a sort of torture chamber where thought criminals are banished and forced to experience those things that disturb them most.
In this episode, Dan and Ian will each present three things that would torment them and, at the end of the episode, they are going to vote on which two terrible nightmares deserve to be banished to Room 101.
Listen to this week's show and learn:
Why we can't stand "fake it 'til you make it" entrepreneurs. (7:14)
Ian's problem with people who think they are changing the world. (15:29)
Our qualms with "Normal People". (18:23)
Why being totally invested in your business can make you boring. (24:35)
The problems with paying for advice. (29:12)
Mentioned in the episode:
Before the Exit - Our New Book
TMBA Masterminds
Sponsor the TMBA Podcast
The Dynamite Circle
The DC Podcast
DC BKK
Dynamite Jobs
1984 by George Orwell
Room 101
How to Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky)
Kyla Gardner
Against Advice by Agnes Callard
REEF Sandals
Sanuk
Rainbow Sandals
R/Austin
This week's sponsor:
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Enjoyed this podcast? Check out these:
TMBA 484: 5 Things We’ve Learned From Running a New Business for 6 Months
TMBA 493: What They Don't Tell You About Entrepreneurship
TMBA 497: Success is Solving Other People's Problems
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Dan & Ian