• #1: Introduction, Catholic Productivity Hacks and Lifestyle Design

  • Sep 24 2024
  • Length: 10 mins
  • Podcast

#1: Introduction, Catholic Productivity Hacks and Lifestyle Design

  • Summary

  • Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano: I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.


    Rule of St. Benedict Prologue:

    Let us therefore now at length rise up as the Scripture incites us when it says: “Now is the hour for us to arise from sleep.” And with our eyes open to the divine light, let us with astonished ears listen to the admonition of God’s voice daily crying out and saying: “Today if ye will hear His voice, harden not your hearts.” And again: “He who has the hearing ear, let him hear what the Spirit announces to the churches.” And what does the Spirit say? “Come, children, listen to me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord. Run while ye have the light of life, that the shades of death envelop you not.”


    Warning: You should probably not listen to this podcast. There are many dangerous ideas and edgy concepts in these episodes that may (and hopefully will) completely wreck your life. Listen at your own risk. Exposure to this podcast may result in you saying and thinking weird things, doing stranger things, and even being called insane. You may even become a threat to society. You have been warned …

    Read more from Scott at www.thescottsmithblog.com and www.holywaterbooks.com.

    My project for the last decade: I wanted to be able to work from home, work from anywhere, with my family. I did this by becoming an author and an attorney and developing multiple passive revenue streams.

    I want to red pill dads. Help dads break out of the 8-5 wage slavery. Give ideas to restructure family life around prayer and service to the Church.

    This podcast will include ideas from the Rule of St. Benedict and monasticism. How to make your home into, not just a domestic church, but a domestic monastery.

    I'll will use ideas from modern, secular writers to adapt St. Benedict to our lives. Writers like:

    • Tim Ferris, Four Hour Workweek, here’s your Catholic Four-Hour Workweek
    • Pareto’s 80/20 rule
    • Charlie Mounger, Warren Buffet’s business partner

    • Getting Things Done by David Allen – here’s your Catholic Getting Things Done

    • The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin,

    • Start with Why by Simon Sinek,

    • I Will Teach You to be Rich by Ramit Sethi

    • The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

    • Others: Peter Diamandis, Jocko Willink,



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