Art of Manliness Podcast #95: Follow Your Curiosity With Brian Koppelman

Originally published January 2015 Brian Koppelman is a man who’s worn many hats — music executive, screenwriter, and now host of a popular podcast. I talk with Brian about professional trajectories in the modern economy and how having a set career path at the beginning of your career just doesn’t work very well. Instead of having a rigid plan, Brian argues that we should tenaciously follow our curiosity while developing skills that will open up new doors. He gives concrete examples from his own career of how he took this path. We also discuss the importance of hard work, learning to deal with failure and rejections, and what Brian has learned about men, success, and failure from writing movies and interviewing folks on his podcast. Show Highlights The advice Brian got from a college professor that changed the way he viewed “career planning” How to handle rejection, criticism, and setbacks Why every man should know how to tell a good story Brian’s writing routine What Brian has learned about men from writing films like Rounders and Oceans Thirteen What Brian has learned from interviewing influential people on his podcast, The Moment. And much more! Show notes: https://ift.tt/2Kamhak Follow us! https://ift.tt/1FOPIX2 http://twitter.com/artofmanliness https://ift.tt/YAd15k https://ift.tt/1DUJeqE