Episode 65 - Chris Odell and Mark Cheng

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Intro:

  • Thank you to Chris Odell from Datsusara! If you are interested in computer bags, backpacks, gi, and other hemp products www.dsgear.com. Use the code "daniele" at checkout for a discount (here's the awesome Datsusara animation of a Drunken Taoist episode by Paul Klawiter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwQcEm6cioM
  • Thank you to Aubrey Marcus from Onnit! If you are in the market for supplements, workout gear, or great foods, use our own podcast link for a discount with Onnit by going to www.onnit.com/taoist.
  • Thank you to Bennett Grunber from Sure Design T-Shirts! Use the code "warrior" for a discount on the great t-shirts at suredesigntshirts.com.
  • DRUNKEN TAOIST T-SHIRTS!!!!! Straight from Bolelli's perverted brain, through the artistic hand of Savannah Em, here are the new Drunken Taoist t-shirts: http://www.danielebolelli.com/drunken-taoist-podcast-t-shirts-pre-order/. Thank you to the epic Savannah Em for the art and to Bennett Grunberg from Sure Design for his support with this. For any questions, email me at [email protected].
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Episode:

  • Chris Odell, a gentleman from a long lost age
  • Oddly, Chris' business model is not based on screwing people over
  • The simplicity and yet extreme rarity of kindness
  • Cultivating kindness and strength
  • Your heart will break. So what?
  • Radical honesty comes from strength
  • Neediness is not attractive
  • "You can’t shoot a cannon from a canoe"
  • Fear of failure is what prevents improvement
  • Datsusara perseverance
  • Separating good perseverance vs. stupid perseverance
  • Hook Mark up with an acting career
  • "All progress depends on the unreasonable man"
  • The process of discovering possible passions
  • Eat, sleep, fight and fuck
  • "I’m not impressed with your performance"
  • Planned obsolescence
  • Chris is a shitty capitalist, but yet he makes money
  • Peace and the art of war
  • Strategy in communication
  • Choosing to support good stuff rather than attacking bad stuff
  • Hanging out in organic time
  • The joys and pains of parenthood
  • The 'fuck you' cry
  • Links to Mark's public FB page and website:

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