The Cultural Tutor: From McDonald's to Twitter Stardom | How I Write Podcast

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  • Опубліковано 23 гру 2024

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  • @DavidPerellChannel
    @DavidPerellChannel  Рік тому +41

    Eighteen months ago, The Cultural Tutor was working at McDonald’s. Now, he has one of the world's fastest-growing accounts on Twitter.
    He publishes every day, has ~100,000 email subscribers, and 1.5 million Twitter followers.
    Here are some of the Cultural Tutor’s go-to writing maxims:
    1. Don't read anything published within the past 50 years.
    2. You don’t lack ideas, you lack deadlines.
    3. By forcing yourself to be creative, you generate better ideas.
    4. Be disciplined about your output but loose with your process.
    5. You don’t need to be an expert before you start writing; you just need to be curious. You’ll become an expert by writing about what you learn.
    6. The best time to write about an idea is when it first strikes you.
    7. Your voice is what you write about, not just how you write about it.
    8. You can’t just sit in an empty room and write. You have to engage with the world and notice things. Then write about that.
    9. Your best writing comes not when you decide to write but when you are compelled to write.
    10. You have enough time to write. If you’re not writing, then it’s not your priority.
    11. Keep a notebook because great ideas disappear as quickly as they appear.
    12. If you can get the introduction right, the rest of what you’re working on will write itself.
    13. Sometimes there are truths that emerge in our writing that feel like they come from outside of us, and we feel like conduits and vessels for the ideas. An idea can take you over, where you’re just in service of it.
    A friend once told The Cultural Tutor: "With all those books you've read, you must have something to share with people.”
    Now, he wakes up every day with a single goal: publish one high-quality Twitter thread.

    • @AttcThe
      @AttcThe 11 місяців тому

      What brand of cigarettes does he smoke?

  • @lammoth82
    @lammoth82 4 місяці тому +7

    Met him in Sofia, Bulgaria, amazing guy to talk to, with great perspectives about the world we live in, he is always trying to learn from different people with different background and cultures. Glad that such people still exist in our world :) Greetings!

  • @iamjasonlevin
    @iamjasonlevin Рік тому +108

    This man is so unbelievably based. Wakes up at 4:37 PM, smokes a pack of cigarettes, his only goal is to write 1 thread everyday, and he gets to 1.5 million followers. A true rebel.

    • @jodawgsup
      @jodawgsup 10 місяців тому

      if you think that is rebellious, you are indeed quite dumb

    • @kingkefa7130
      @kingkefa7130 9 місяців тому +1

      Cigarettes are a weakness.

    • @jodawgsup
      @jodawgsup 9 місяців тому +1

      @@kingkefa7130imagine calling this guy a "true rebel", very sad indeed

    • @kingkefa7130
      @kingkefa7130 9 місяців тому

      @@jodawgsupeh, he seems like an ok kid, a bit pretentious, but I appreciate most of what he said.

    • @drts6955
      @drts6955 4 місяці тому +1

      He hasn't read much Joyce so he ain't based. Also he needs 25k a year to live. That ain't a real bohemian

  • @diana1833
    @diana1833 Рік тому +16

    I'd love to listen to another 10 episodes with you and TCT! Please have him on your podcast again.

  • @vernonwright7904
    @vernonwright7904 Рік тому +9

    Well, that has shattered my illusions! I had an old Etonion in my mind - probably a septuagenarian -as I read the Areopagus every week. Fascinating interview!

  • @Wildenhaven
    @Wildenhaven 10 місяців тому +1

    A real artist. You can read any book, but not every book. The quality of reading.

  • @michaelman4473
    @michaelman4473 Рік тому +14

    Incredible story. Most enjoyable interview I've watched in a long time. Thank you!

  • @alejandroarizaz.5796
    @alejandroarizaz.5796 Рік тому +4

    I don't remember how long it's been since I didn't enjoy an interview as much as it is. David: Thank you very much for interviewing this very interesting man. I am passionate about following the call of the true vocation, the calling, and today this interview has been a delight in that situation. One of the best spent minutes of my time.

  • @thegritinstitute
    @thegritinstitute 11 місяців тому +2

    That was an absolutely fantastic conversation. Thank you for letting us listen in. So many pure and basic truths, commitments, ideas. I truly enjoyed it.

  • @pmussophilosophy
    @pmussophilosophy Місяць тому +1

    "If you write, then you are a writer"
    It's amazing how many have talked themselves out of believing this based on an idea of what a writer must look like

  • @abel.3000
    @abel.3000 Рік тому +4

    Recently got banned from twitter, literally the first account I followed when I created a new one was the cultural tutor
    Realy appreciate your content and now your story !

  • @armkho
    @armkho Рік тому +4

    a genuine breath of fresh air. thank you to you both for having this conversation!

  • @canadude6401
    @canadude6401 Рік тому +2

    My First Million brought me here. Thanks Sam Parr!

  • @dawnfmEnthusiast
    @dawnfmEnthusiast Рік тому +1

    This popped up on my recommends. Haven't heard of either of you, but wanted to give kudos on the great production value here. Cheers.

  • @cynthiahillian
    @cynthiahillian Рік тому +2

    Writing by hand. It's the spiritual connection for me. Due to my travels.. I can no longer lug around notebooks... So into writing on the computer I go. This video was ordered for me to see. Thank you!!

  • @WyndoMitraBuwana
    @WyndoMitraBuwana Рік тому +2

    Appreciate this kind of conversation. Love the background and how it is setup smoothly. The guy is defly an artist, have clear goal each day to just write againts all rules laid out by productivity gurus!

  • @taavipint3024
    @taavipint3024 Рік тому +3

    The Arch Nemesis of Productivity Gurus 🔥

  • @marina_9236
    @marina_9236 Місяць тому +1

    The beautiful tutor

  • @Lengdung
    @Lengdung Рік тому +11

    I've followed him on Twitter for some months now. His stories are incredible. His writing hooks you from the beginning, and when you reach the end, you are looking for more.

    • @chikeziecalistus2820
      @chikeziecalistus2820 10 місяців тому

      What's his handle?

    • @lMSOELITE
      @lMSOELITE 8 місяців тому

      @@chikeziecalistus2820@culturaltutor

    • @pastapalads5598
      @pastapalads5598 8 місяців тому

      @@chikeziecalistus2820 CulturalTutor

    • @BeMyArt
      @BeMyArt 7 місяців тому +1

      ​@chikeziecalistus2820 @culturaltutor
      And all his post one sentence long. I have no idea what they talking about

  • @thembaachaandongshow8594
    @thembaachaandongshow8594 Рік тому +3

    Such a beautiful podcast. I'll keep watching.

  • @maurice1765
    @maurice1765 Рік тому +3

    A star is born

  • @HarryDry
    @HarryDry Рік тому +23

    in a world of “hacks” this was real

  • @Wildenhaven
    @Wildenhaven 10 місяців тому +1

    Yay for patrons of the arts.

  • @SK-gc7xv
    @SK-gc7xv 23 дні тому

    I was one of the accounts he messages when he had a few hundred followers. I remember the conversation. I had tens of thousands at the time, but was too busy to keep at it. Then I paused the accounts I had, and when I came back a few months later, Twitter, which had changed to X over that period, up and deleted them all, and wouldn't bring them back, with no explanation, but of course they keep sending me marketing messages.

  • @ranplan
    @ranplan Рік тому +1

    He’s awesome. Great convo.

  • @cynthiahillian
    @cynthiahillian Рік тому +3

    I have written daily.. Literally.. because I have to. I must. And I get it. I get this gentleman.
    I also don't.. "enjoy it" it's kinda like enjoying air!!!

  • @cutie_machines
    @cutie_machines 6 місяців тому

    I love the clumsy cut at 1:15:46, right before he says "...and this is the art of editing..."

  • @talialavor8411
    @talialavor8411 10 місяців тому +1

    "The problem is, when you give me books, I immediately get lost in them." Lovely.

  • @jeremywyatt4981
    @jeremywyatt4981 4 місяці тому

    Great conversation. Thank you

  • @BecomingVagish
    @BecomingVagish Рік тому

    Enthralling conversation! Just Subscribed!❤

  • @JordanCarlisle
    @JordanCarlisle Рік тому +1

    This is amazing, David! I was wondering when you would produce more videos on UA-cam and this feels next level.

  • @prassanna369
    @prassanna369 Рік тому

    An absolute living example "Keep one idea and make it as your life". Even a twitter thread can be your lifeline. ❤

  • @calvinMcollins
    @calvinMcollins Рік тому

    Incredible interview!

  • @jmcabc
    @jmcabc Рік тому +2

    A long overdue calling out of the Human Optimisation & Productivity Industrial Complex

  • @sundaydrops
    @sundaydrops Рік тому +2

    This is gold

  • @frederickmusa4485
    @frederickmusa4485 Рік тому

    11:15 I have a dream like this for years now that crazy !!

  • @muddi900
    @muddi900 Рік тому +11

    This guy looks exactly like I expected him to. Sometimes I wonder if I am too judgemental and wrapped up in my pre-conceived notions.
    But I also seem to be correct all the time.

  • @janpollet
    @janpollet Рік тому +1

    NIetszche wrote his philosophy by hand, so called 'in einem fluss', but if you see manuscripts of Nietzsche it is one big 'delete key' 'backspace key' operation. I think every great writer has only one moment of grace: writing 'in einem fluss', after that it is hard labour

  • @jmcabc
    @jmcabc Рік тому

    What a man

  • @_kmCarter
    @_kmCarter 3 місяці тому +1

    As a lifelong, compulsive writer who is hating every moment of her day job, I cannot express the balm and perspective this interview has brought me. 🥹🙏🏼

  • @maxkajiwara
    @maxkajiwara Рік тому +1

    Let him pace!

  • @VipulVaibhaw
    @VipulVaibhaw Рік тому

    Loved it !!!!! ❤

  • @Anorve
    @Anorve 6 місяців тому

    one of the best twitter accounts

  • @Wildenhaven
    @Wildenhaven 10 місяців тому

    Roar. Something from the core. Like Howl by Bukowski.

  • @cboria148
    @cboria148 11 місяців тому

    where did you film this?

  • @laurencarpenter9843
    @laurencarpenter9843 Рік тому +4

    This guy sounds like every single male philosophy grad student I've ever met

    • @mayorhammondsmustache9551
      @mayorhammondsmustache9551 8 місяців тому +3

      2 likes after 7 months maybe you should type less things on the internet😂

    • @Shmyrk
      @Shmyrk 4 місяці тому +2

      Which one of them hurt you 🥹

  • @abel.3000
    @abel.3000 Рік тому +1

    Based

  • @superdupertyson
    @superdupertyson 3 місяці тому

    I can only write on an underwood champion after waking up at 430am and going on a 12 mile sprint.

  • @femacampetiquettefordummie6979

    Comedy gold!

  • @maxkajiwara
    @maxkajiwara Рік тому +1

    Feedback: Skip the music intro. it's needlessly disruptive.

  • @Wildenhaven
    @Wildenhaven 10 місяців тому

    What is his name? TWITTER accounyt?

  • @ANOOPBAL
    @ANOOPBAL 8 місяців тому +4

    Why is having a 1 million followers on Twitter a big deal?? There are people who do Crazy videos in Twitter with 2 million followers. And it says nothing about his writing. It shows his eye for culture and art. Take out the art and image from his posts and he will struggle on Twitter.

  • @kaynesheenan
    @kaynesheenan Рік тому

    enjoying this. is he on acid?

  • @scottscheper
    @scottscheper Рік тому +1

    How much money has this man generated? Answer: $0.

    • @nabub2362
      @nabub2362 Рік тому

      With 100000 email subs you can earn easy 6 figures

    • @SenorCollarbone
      @SenorCollarbone Рік тому +1

      lol he's most likely making thousands from twitter's monetization scheme