9 Underrated Apps, Twitter Accounts & Tools You're Missing Out On (#360)

MFM Listener

Hey sam and sean this is colby from woodbridge virginia it seems like you

Hubspot

Guys are always finding cool stuff, whether that's media or cool tools. So anyway, my question is: what have you been into recently? Thanks!

Shaan Puri

Okay, so the question from the one question Friday we got was basically around what are some of the random things we seem to be into right now. What are some of these random things that we really like? It could be a podcast, a video, a book, an app, or a tool—anything like that. What are we into? It's kind of like our info diet or the tools in our tool belt that we really like right now. So, Sam, what do you have?

Sam Parr

Alright, I'll write off all three of mine because they're all related. So the first one, both of these might sound... all three might sound a little obvious, but hear me out. So, YouTube Premium. Are you a subscriber to YouTube Premium?

Shaan Puri

I am a long time youtube premium subscriber

Sam Parr

Most people aren't. So, I actually unsubscribed from Spotify. I don't use paid Spotify anymore; I only use YouTube. The reason being is, a) I watch all my TV on there, and b) you can listen to any music. They make playlists for you, and then you can lock your phone and put it in your pocket while listening to music playlists. It's way better than Spotify because they have live versions, unreleased versions, and even illegal stuff, you know, like things that aren't copyrighted. So, I like YouTube Premium. The second one: do you ever listen to Audible?

Shaan Puri

I am not an audiobook guy I always found it boring and a little slow I kinda tuned it out

Sam Parr

So, there's this thing called **Audible Originals**. First of all, there's **Audible+**, which, if you pay for it, you get all these free audiobooks. I'm always clicking around, but they've got some that are as short as 30 minutes, like short stories or a short class. Then they have **Audible Originals**, where they do courses. Remember YouTube or iTunes University? It's almost like that. They put whole Stanford lectures on there, so I just click on one of the lectures and listen for a few minutes. On **Audible Originals**, they also do this other thing where they have huge productions. It's an audiobook, but there are famous actors and multiple of them, so it's almost like a play or a movie, but only on Audible. It's free if you're a subscriber, so I like that. And the last thing, all related: have you ever used the app **Libby**? Have you heard of Libby?

Shaan Puri

never heard of this do you

Sam Parr

Do you have a library card? No? Okay, so if you go to your local library and get a card, which is free, you can enter your library card into this app called Libby. You can access unlimited amounts of eBooks and audiobooks, as long as the library in your town has them.

Shaan Puri

and what oh oh only from that one library

Sam Parr

No, no, no, no. It's like everything, like anything you could imagine, it's likely there. But listen, there's one major downside. Some things, like the popular titles, they're only allocated a certain amount—like 10 copies. For example, there's this book called "Catch Me If You Can" that I wanted to read. It was pretty popular, so I had to click "request hold," and then I got it like 3 days later. You can request like 10, 20, 30, or even 50 things, and each item is released every couple of days. So it's not always instantaneous, but a lot of times it is. It's called Libby—free audiobooks and free eBooks. It's pretty sick!

Shaan Puri

That's kind of amazing! I had never heard of that, and I feel like nobody knows about it, so they're not going to be checked out when I go do it, or at least where I'm from. Okay, so I'm going to give you a few things that I'm really into right now. I'm just going to go quick because none of these are super revolutionary, but they're just things I like. First, sending voice notes in iMessage. I went from never sending a voice note to wondering, "Why is this feature even here?" I heard that people in China and Asia love to do it because it's slow to type there. I think now that I'm a dad, I'm always just on the go or I'm not by my computer all the time. I can't type while holding a kid in one arm, so I've gone all in on voice notes. It's basically how I run my business now, as I'm just sending voice notes all day to my team.

Hubspot

this data is wrong every freaking time

Hubspot

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Hubspot

Woah! I can see the client's whole history: calls, support tickets, emails. And here's a task from three days ago that I totally missed.

Hubspot

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Sam Parr

dude I hate voice notes I hate them

Shaan Puri

well you hate receiving them you hate

Sam Parr

If you and I are in friend mode, I'm not listening to one. If you and I are in work mode—well, no, not even you or me. If I’m with an employee and we’re in work mode, I expect they’re going to listen to mine if I’m the boss. I get why that’s cool, but if we’re peers and you send me one, I just automatically default to, “Uh-uh.”

Shaan Puri

Yeah, there's definitely a response. It's definitely an "F you" to the receiver. It's like, "Yeah, sit here and listen to me talk slowly and ramble for a minute." But like, hey, that's kind of what this podcast is too, so you know, whatever. Alright, my second one: this app that's called, I think it's called Compounding. I think you use this too, Compound or Compounding?

Sam Parr

you have this app the personal finance one

Shaan Puri

Yeah, it's basically just one app that lets you plug in basic metrics. For example, if you started with $100 and it's compounding at a 6% rate, in 10 years it'll be here, in 15 years it'll be here, and in 25 years it'll be here. The reason I do this is not because I need to run a compounding interest calculation every day, but as a reminder of the power of simple compounding. I think Warren Buffett has said, "Compounding interest is the 8th wonder of the world," or something like that. That's 100% true. I think compounding interest basically breaks your brain. It's very hard to foresee how a simple change between 5% or 8% will matter over 10 or 15 years. But it matters in a big way.

Sam Parr

yeah it's really fun it because I just have a compound interest one

Shaan Puri

Yeah, this is all... that's all it does. Okay, but it's simple, and it's my reminder that **slow and steady wins the race**. I'm pretty ADD when it comes to investments, ideas, things like that, so I need to remind myself of the power of **compound interest** over the long term. Related, there's a Twitter account that you should follow, and I think everybody should follow, called "I Never Give Twitter Accounts." It's kind of a shame because we do have that influence; this is going to blow them up. But this person deserves it. Their name is **10K Diver**. Have you ever seen this account?

Sam Parr

love them love 10 k

Shaan Puri

10K Diver is just basic personal finance. So, it's not just personal finance; it's basic financial knowledge. It'll be like, "Hey, if you're ever looking at a company, have a cup of coffee and sit down," because this Sunday we're talking about balance sheets—how to look at them, what to learn, and blah blah. He just breaks it down so simply and beautifully. Every simple finance concept is being broken down by this person. They've shot up; they have like 250,000 followers now, and after this, they'll have at least 252,000 followers, I believe. This account is, to me, one of my favorite high-signal things. I normally hate Twitter threads, but I love this guy's Twitter threads. I find a lot of benefit in just reviewing the basics or learning the basics for the first time of something that I didn't really understand or know. So, 10K Diver is my next one.

Sam Parr

There are 1,000,000,000 websites on Chrome, but most people are using it ineffectively. Here are the 5 best plugins that you need to be using right now.

Shaan Puri

Shout out to that guy, Jack! Did you see he did a mock thread on this? He goes, "There are 26 letters in the alphabet, but most people don't know how to use them. Here's my favorite letters and how to use them." A is an awesome letter! He did this thing and got like a group of a thousand. I sent it to him right when he did it. I go, "This is amazing!" That thread did over 100,000... maybe 200,000, something like that.

Sam Parr

like hilarious insane

Shaan Puri

Alright, the second thing, the next one is I talked about this before: the trigger massage ball. When we were at Camp MFM, I had an Achilles problem. You were like, "Hey, you need to use this Theragun to loosen it up." Then this other guy was like, "Yo, use this," and he threw me a lacrosse ball. He said, "Use this to roll out your calf." I did, and it was amazing! I went from not being able to play to being able to play, you know? Just because that thing loosened it up so well. I forgot to give it back to the guy, so I ended up bringing this lacrosse ball home. Two things happened...

Sam Parr

start playing lacrosse

Shaan Puri

I fucking love... no, I love just having a ball in my hand at all times. Like, I was walking through the airport, and I was just bouncing it around. Dude, I'm like a little child; having a ball just makes my life 15% better. I love fiddling with, like, you know, a lacrosse ball. It's amazing! I had it through the airport, on the airplane, and I have it at home all the time now. I'm playing with this thing, and I'm also using it for these trigger massages for this, like, you know, fascia release or whatever they call it. It's like this thing that helps you feel more limber and loose. Okay, I have another fitness-related one that sounds gross, but for somebody out there, this might be helpful: goat milk. You ever drink goat milk?

Sam Parr

Not much. I eat a lot of that goat cheese, but goat milk kind of grosses me out.

Shaan Puri

Oh, well, goat cheese is the **crème de la crème**. We all know that. The goat milk? Most people are a little bit grossed out about it, or they just don't know about it. I got put onto this by my trainer. He said, "Hey, if you want to put something in your smoothies or shakes, protein shakes or whatever, instead of using normal milk, use goat milk." For most adults, you're able to digest goat milk better. I think also the enzymes in goat milk don't block the protein. So if you're drinking a protein shake and you drink normal, lactose-based milk, I think there's some inhibition where it doesn't work as well. It tastes better but doesn't work as well. So, goat milk has been a little trick. My last fitness tip is walking backwards, which is from the "Knees Over Toes" guy's playbook. I have had knee problems in both knees. I've torn my MCL on both sides and dislocated both kneecaps before. I do not have good knees in general, and I'm trying to work on that. One of the things that's helped me feel better and run better is doing what they call regression movements. Basically, going in the opposite way that you normally go. For example, if you always sit hunched over at a computer, then you need to do specific exercises going in the opposite direction to counterbalance this other movement you've been habituated to. Most of us only run and walk forward, so backpedaling is an amazing way to strengthen and push blood flow into the parts of your body that need it. I feel better doing this 5-minute backwards walk every single day. It looks goofy as hell walking around the neighborhood backwards, but it's a thing that I'm doing and I enjoy right now.

Sam Parr

Chad, purr. You're talking about the cross balls and walk it backwards.

Shaan Puri

chuck and coak mills yeah goddamn

Sam Parr

okay chaddington

Shaan Puri

chad's worried that's hilarious

Sam Parr

Yeah, my first name's Sean, middle name Tucker. I'm here. Alright, well that's one question for Friday.