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Museum Hack Founder and Author of The 2-Hour Cocktail Party, Nick Gray joins the podcast for an exciting conversation on the power of hosting and the ways in which it changed his life. From giving a tour to the Saudi Arabian royal family to hanging out with a billionaire in Asia, he openly delves into all his fascinating adventures while sharing practical tips on hosting and making friends.
If you're someone who's interested in learning about the best way to host a party or simply love a good adventure, Nick's stories are sure to give you all the fun and insight you need!
00:00 - Preview
00:50 - Mateina Yerba Mate
2:56 - How Andrew First Met Nick
5:08 - Nick's Newsletter
6:01 - Starting a Software Company in India to Living in NYC
9:30 - Museum Hack
11:33 - Benefits of Having A Newsletter
14:25 - The 2-Hour Cocktail Party & Active Hosting
19:25 - The N.I.C.K. Method
23:03 - Prioritizing Adventure Over Money
24:34 - Growing Social Circles Through Hosting
28:33 - Nick's Friendship Funnel
37:55 - Tips for Hosting
41:00 - Rejection With Invites
43:23 - Nick's Favorite Hosts
44:28 - Adding Value to People You Meet
54:34 - Balancing Adventure With Routine
59:11 - Finding Interesting Experiences
1:03:01 - Nick's Views on Travel
1:05:22 - Nick's Blind Date in Tokyo
1:09:10 - Nick's Investments
1:11:02 - How Nick Enjoys His Money
1:18:15 - Nick's Daily Routine
1:22:43 - Nick's Productivity System
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look here's the most important thing I found that I could change the trajectory of My Life by becoming a host the best people learn how to make hosting a habit they host once a quarter once a month and you bring people into your orbit it wasn't really a healthy social life I lived at home I worked with my parents I had no social life no friends no dating life and eventually I was like wow I really need to make a change with this I like haven't had a girlfriend in forever and that's why I moved to New York City I'm going to give free tours for my friends I'm going to become the best tour guide the Saudi royal family will hire me and for $20,000 a tour I will be the best tour guide in the world and the funny thing is I actually gave a tour for someone in or adjacent to the Saudi royal family once and it was like the worst tour ever so Nick how you doing today well I'm ready to begin our podcast after I have a drink from my mateina yerba mate I love it so please wait is that still a thing are you doing that yeah let's promote it let's do it okay good I was ready I had my product placement come on who else has done product placement here it's embarrassing that nobody else all right good I'm number one for product placement on the Pod so far I bought two cases of it to transition off of coffee I've been drinking cold brew coffee in the mornings and I think that gives me a little bit of anxiety and I have a hunch that if I get onto the yerba mate that'll be less anxiety it's been interesting when I drink dripped coffee I'm an anxious wreck and if I drink more than one Aeropress I'm destroyed but I can have one or two of those yerba mates and I think because it contains theanine I think it mellows out the caffeine high kind of like green tea
I like the Aeropress as well and I would say that if you want to have the Aeropress you actually can supplement it with theanine beforehand have you ever done that yeah I was actually putting it in my coffee so I'd take the capsule open it up put it in my coffee I was talking to my doctor and I said you know I really haven't been sleeping well every morning I just feel sluggish I can't quite wake up and it turns out that theanine has some sort of effect on cortisol and so I was actually making myself tired so you have to be really careful with theanine dosing I think in the evening it's really good but in the morning it can actually mess you up because it'll reduce your anxiety but it'll also reduce your cortisol I feel I like the idea that we are talking about theanine and cortisol as I think we can both say that we are lay people that did not go to school for medicine and so I will add the legal disclaimer to do your own research neither Andrew or I are doctors we're just I think both you and I get into things like this because we are interested in human performance and we both want to be at the top of our game taking a proactive approach in that I think you and I both enjoy that so my first recollection of you is actually seeing you on Tumblr I remember in like 2009 or 2010 Tumblr was like where the cool kids of the internet hung out and the coolest kids on Tumblr were like you and Zach Kleine and Marin Fishinger and all these Tumblr users I was like a little 18-year-old nerd following all you guys and being like Oh my God like I have to move to Brooklyn like this looks so cool and you and I never actually met I don't think but I went to New York and I stayed in your room I rented your room while you were in Europe and I really pissed off your roommate
really yeah so I got there so I'm like 19 or something I'm kind of nervous your roommates were like late 20s early 30s they're a bunch of lawyers and stuff I get the key and I can't sleep all night I have this weird thing where I'm tossing and turning and I wake up at 5:00 a.m. and I go out and I come back to the apartment at like 10:00 a.m. and I go and put my key in the door and I turn it and it won't turn I can't get into the apartment and I'm like what the heck like they must have given me a bunk key there's a problem and so I call your roommate I don't remember which one but I think he was a lawyer or something he's busy at work and I'm like look I'm so sorry I need you to come back and let me into the apartment and he's like I'm in Manhattan I'm in a meeting okay fine so he comes and he looks at my key and I show him I turn the key in their thing and then he just puts the key in and he turns it the opposite way and I was like oh my god and so basically your roommates hated me for the month I was there and I got off on a bad start but that's how we met so random that's amazing I've never heard that story before so I never actually heard that happened what were you doing at the time were you you had started tiny or what were you doing then I was just a designer I was starting I started metalab and was designing websites for clients and stuff we were working with this startup in New York and so I came for a couple months so cool that's awesome
