You’re Not Lazy: How To Learn Anything Faster - Cliff Weitzman Founder of Speechify

Sponsored by Huel - go to and with your first order you’ll get a free t-shirt and shaker. Sponsored by Trading 212 - download the Trading 212 app and use the promo code “ALI“ after signing up and depositing to receive a random free share worth up to £100. Sponsored by Brilliant - visit and the first 200 of you will get 20% off Brilliant’s annual premium subscription. Sponsored by WeWork - visit and use the code ‘ALI’ at checkout to redeem 50% off your first booking. Cliff Weitzman is one of the most inspiring people I’ve ever met, he’s the CEO and founder of Speechify, which is the #1 text-to-speech app that converts books and anything on the internet into an audiobook. Cliff originally built Speechify because he has dyslexia and growing up struggled to read, but after sharing it with the rest of the world the app has now been downloaded by 20 million users. Cliff is only just getting started having done all of this in his 20s and being listed in Forbes’ magazine’s 30 Under 30 list. In the conversation we talk about how Cliff developed the Speechify app, the life lessons he learned along the way, how speed listening is a superpower and why the best thing you can do is put more love out into the world. Enjoy! Season 5 Episode 5 00:00 Intro 02:12 Your childhood and growing up with dyslexia 11:09 Your ambitiousness 14:17 Building a text-to-speech program 18:12 Why listening is a superpower 24:00 Reading 100 books a year with speed listening 40:20 Do you have a note taking process for listening? 45:24 Life lessons from building Speechify 01:02:44 Expanding your network & the power of adding value 01:17:45 How to avoid procrastination 01:22:11 Organising your life and maintaining relationships 01:37:29 Tips for putting more love into the world 🔗 CONNECT WITH CLIFF 🎥 YouTube Channel - @CliffWeitzman 💻 Website - 📸 Instagram - 🐦 Twitter - 👥 Linkedin - 🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI 🎥 YouTube Channel - @aliabdaal 🐦 Twitter - 📸 Instagram - 💻 Website - 👥 Linkedin - 📚RESOURCES MENTIONED How to take over the world podcast - The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel - How To Win Friends And Influence People by Dale Carnegie - Show Your Work by Austin Kleon - Brandon Sanderson’s episode on Deep Dive - 📄SHOW NOTES & TRANSCRIPT Visit the website for the transcript and highlights from the conversation - 🎙 ABOUT THE PODCAST Deep Dive is the podcast that delves into the minds of entrepreneurs, creators and other inspiring people to uncover the philosophies, strategies and tools that help us live happier, healthier and more productive lives. 🎧 LISTEN FOR FREE Apple Podcasts - Spotify - RSS - 🙏 LEAVE A REVIEW If you enjoyed listening to the podcast, we’d love for you to leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts to help others discover the show :) 👋🏼 GET IN TOUCH You can also Tweet @AliAbdaal with any feedback, ideas or thoughts about the lessons you’ve learnt from the episodes and we can thank you personally for tuning in 🙏 PS: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links that I get a kickback from 😜