163: Living an Optimal Life w/ Lee Rankinen of Optimal Living Daily
What makes self help stick? Lee Rankinen is the co-founder of the Optimal Living Daily podcast, along with Justin Malik. Lee spends four hours a day reading self help content, so he's figured out what works and what doesn't when it comes to learning how to live an optimal life.
We get an inside look into OLD's path to instant success, what it's like to run SIX podcasts simultaneously, and how to live intentionally.
In this episode we explore:
- 2:02 – The OLD podcast story: App development to personal development
- 8:50 – Why OLD became an instant success in the early podcast days
- 11:50 – Which type of personal development content sticks (and which doesn't)
- 20:09 – Mapping the trends of podcasting & the personal development industry
- 24:34 – Realistic advice if you want to quit your 9-5 but still have to pay the bills
- 27:50 – Lee's dream life, book rec, life-changing habit, best received advice & favorite part about life
- 31:19 – Lavi Love takeaways: 3 key takeaways you should reflect on today
Optimal Living Daily links:
Show notes:
- The Minimalists
- The Minimalists books, narrated by OLD co-founder Justin Malik
- The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
- Lavendaire on Optimal Living Daily
- 2021 Artist of Life Workbook
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