The Hastings Harvest

#36: Eric Wei - A Harvard Graduate And $30M Startup Founder Explains Why Success Makes You Miserable

Eric Wei ( @erictway  [https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCGDMcgLb89_NSbRFTQi1VgA] ) is the Co Founder of Karat Financial, A company that helps creators and influencers with their very own credit card, taxes, and bookkeeping. The company has raised over $30M from from Union Square Ventures and Y Combinator, and previous founders/CEOs from Twitch, Twitter, and YouTube. Before Founding Karat, he worked at Instagram and Facebook, and graduated from Harvard University. In this podcast, we go over why formal education (and a perfect SAT score) doesn't translate well to the real world, how his competitiveness formed due to a lack of validation, learning to untie your self worth to external accomplishments, improving communication skills and making friends, and why he started his financial company. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-hastings-harvest/support [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-hastings-harvest/support]

#35: How To Beast - The Problems With The Manosphere, How To Improve Social Skills, and YouTube Growth Strategies

David de las Morenas ( @howtobeast  [https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCtQEjfEFzba37ozoXK40r3w] ) is an entrepreneur and YouTuber with over 1.2 million subscribers. He is the founder of the "EDGE" clothing line, the Beastly Fitness App, and now, GAINS CLUB fitness supplements. In this podcast, we go over his early days with Computer Science (and what that taught him), the importance of building wealth slowly, keeping your passion going even after you reach success, tips for improving on YouTube, losing relatability, the pros and cons of self improvement's new popularity, traditional Masculinity vs modern Masculinity, and much more... Follow David here: https://youtube.com/howtobeast https://instagram.com/howtobeast --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-hastings-harvest/support [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-hastings-harvest/support]

#34: Amir Odom - The Death Of Critical Thinking, Being Politically Homeless, and Handling Criticism Online

Amir Odom (@amirxodom) is a public speaker committed to providing objective truth, and giving people the tools they need to rationally share their opinion. He initially started to gain traction for his more conservative takes on his instagram, which eventually led to him meeting President Trump, and participating in a Prager U video on YouTube that now has over a million views, which might surprise many of you since he is both black and gay. But only a couple years ago, Amir was the complete opposite. He was a very left leaning, BLM supporter who had his world shaken up after just a few instances in his life.  Today, I talk to him about:  His upbringing and how his failed suicide attempts changed him  What made him start leaning more towards the conservative side of the political spectrum  How he has handled criticism throughout his life  Why critical thinking is dying  Why I disagree with some of his political beliefs  My New Podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thehastingsharvest --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-hastings-harvest/support [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-hastings-harvest/support]

#33: Matt Vs Japan - Learning Fluent Japanese Through Watching Anime, How Language Shapes Our Perception, and Staying Disciplined

Matt Vs Japan is a YouTuber and Cofounder of the Refold website, a language learning roadmap that teaches people how to make language fluency straightforward, fast and fun. His YouTube channel consists of interviews and tutorials on how to master learning any language, but specifically as his name might suggest, the japanese language. He has now achieved near native level fluency in Japanese using his teaching methods, one of which includes simply just watching anime. In this podcast, we talk about: * Matt’s rough experience living in Japan for the first time (and how it changed him) * How language shapes your perception of the world * The “refold” strategy to learning any language effectively * How he stays disciplined and what keeps him motivated to learn more Follow Matt: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MATTvsJapan Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattvsjapan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattvsjapan_/?hl=e --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-hastings-harvest/support [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-hastings-harvest/support]

#32: TheTalentlessWriter - Dropping Out Of College, Having Faith In God, and Pursuing YouTube Full Time

TheTalentlessWriter is an animation YouTuber with over 345,000 subscribers. He has been making animation videos for 6 years on his channel, where he makes short storytime/trending comedy related videos. In this podcast, we talk about: * His journey with self help * Why he dropped out of college and tried to become a game developer * The keys to his success on YouTube * How he created a cult of bird profile pictures on YouTube Follow Dimitri here: https://youtube.com/c/TheTalentlessWriter [https://youtube.com/c/TheTalentlessWriter] https://instagram.com/thetalentlesswriter [https://instagram.com/thetalentlesswriter] --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-hastings-harvest/support [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-hastings-harvest/support]