Optimize Yourself
Hosted by Zack Arnold · Zack Arnold
4.9from 147 ratings
- 594
- Episodes
- 33
- Transcribed
- 147
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2014
- First episode
- 74K
- YouTube views
About Optimize Yourself
Hi I'm Zack! If you want to make things that matter, I want to help you. I’m a former award-winning Hollywood film editor, producer, and documentary director turned writer, podcaster, and creative career coach who loves having deep conversations with interesting, highly creative humans to better understand how we can survive and thrive in this crazy, chaotic world we call reality. I’m excited to share with you the hundreds of deep, honest, and vulnerable conversations I’ve had over the years to help you navigate the next act of work and life on your terms, build genuine relationships, better manage your well-being, overcome your fears and limiting beliefs, and build better habits and systems so you can stay focused on creating sh*t that matters. You're in the right place if: You live to create. Your work isn't just a job but an expression of who you are. You create to live. Your livelihood depends on your creativity. You love making cool shit. Whether you identify as introverted or neurodivergent (or both, like me)... No matter if you're a misfit, a rebel, an outlier, or a troublemaker... If you've been called weird, nerdy, dorky, quirky, or awkward... Or if you’re an over-thinker, procrastinator, or perfectionist… You are welcome here. 😊
- Publisher
- Zack Arnold
- Category
- arts · business · education · health & fitness
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 8 May 2014
- Latest episode
- 19 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
33 of 594 episodes have a transcript.
19 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Re:Thinking What It Means to "Connect" | with Adam Grant
12 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Information Is Worthless...Until You Know How to Connect It (With or Without AI) | with Nick Milo
5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why Books Matter More In the Age of AI (And How to Read Better) | with Alex Wieckowski
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Re:Thinking What It Means to "Connect" | with Adam Grant
Published 19 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So givers are people who are always trying to figure out what can I do for you? They enjoy helping others with no strings attached. Takers are doing the exact opposite. They're on a mission to find out what can you do for me? And they want to get ahead. Matchers are people who are afraid of being too selfish or too generous. So they follow the law of reciprocity and they say, I'll do something for you if you do something for me. I was interested in the success of each of those groups. And so I looked at data on engineers, productivity, salespeople's revenue, medical students' grades, very different professions. […]
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- Adam Grant
- Nick Milo
- Alex Wieckowski
- Allison Sweet Grant
- Steve Kamb
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- YouTube views
- 73,972
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 123 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 24 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 92 / 100
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- Quality
- 97
- Social presence
- 91
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 96
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