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At five years old, David Rhoiney (@fisurgi) was forced to become the “man of the house.”
30 years later he’d gone from living in a Volkswagen Jetta to attending the Naval Academy, playing Division I basketball, working in cryptology, and becoming a surgeon.
Author @edwilliam49 tells David’s story in his new book, No One’s Coming to Save You, now available for pre-order.
Ed joins us to discuss the time David was made to fight a schoolyard bully in front of his family, the note he wrote to God every night, and the English teacher who changed his life in one hour. Ed also reveals how the book was inspired by Raiders of the Lost Ark, and why his interview plan fell apart in five minutes.
Out now on Infinite Loops, with @jposhaughnessy.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
1:30 How an NFT Led to This Book
2:37 Earning David’s Trust
3:31 Interviewing People Who Don’t Like Him
5:05 “Man of the House” at Five
7:34 Living in a Volkswagen Jetta
8:53 Resilient, Not a Superhero
10:04 Nervous as Hell, Then the Center of the Room
11:54 The Chapter Ed Never Planned to Write
16:47 His Mother and the Guilt of Leaving
19:34 “Born to Fit Out”
20:32 The Coach Who Became a Father Figure
21:50 First Paycheck, Credit Cards and an IRA
23:38 From Living in Cars to Annapolis
27:40 Praying to Be Six Foot Two
29:31 Proving Himself Against Racism
31:58 “We Do Not Run in This Family”
35:25 The Childhood Photo That Drove Him
36:53 Going Deep on Finance
39:40 Ed’s First Draft and the Last 5%
42:43 Why the Book Reads Like Fiction
45:01 A Role Model for Young Men
47:06 How Ed Captured David’s Voice
49:07 Raiders, Mad Max and the “Micro Epic”
51:33 David in One Word: Relentless
53:19 Nature, Nurture or Agency?
57:16 The Teacher Who Gave Him One Hour
1:00:40 Cryptology Without a Math PhD
1:02:35 Why He Took the MD Exam Too
1:04:14 How the Navy Changed His Life
1:06:06 Spot the Problem, Then Fix It
1:08:16 From Black and White to Incremental Change
1:10:38 Where Does David Go Next?
1:12:58 David as a Father
1:15:16 Lessons From a First-Time Author
1:18:45 Two Ideas David Would Give the World
1:20:05 Release Date
Ed William (@edwilliam49) on why his interview plan fell apart within seconds.
Ed William on his first interview with Dr. David Rhoiney (@FiSurgi), and the openness that shaped No One’s Coming to Save You.
On Infinite Loops with @jposhaughnessy.
“I wanted to use a style that was unpretentious and that was direct.”
Author Ed William (@edwilliam49) on why young men tune out traditional biographies, and why capturing David Rhoiney's (@FiSurgi) real flaws, self-doubt, and relentless drive was the only way to tell his story.
On Infinite Loops with @jposhaughnessy.
“He just does it anyway.”
"No One’s Coming to Save You" author - Ed William (@edwilliam49) on the trait behind Dr. David Rhoiney’s (@FiSurgi) path from the Naval Academy to cryptology to surgery.
On Infinite Loops with @jposhaughnessy.
Prayer, practice, and the unplanned path of Dr. David Rhoiney (@FiSurgi).
No One’s Coming to Save You author Ed William (@edwilliam49) on how David’s hustle on the court caught a Naval Academy recruiter’s eye.
On Infinite Loops with @jposhaughnessy.
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"What’s his essence? Relentless. Relentless. In everything. Yeah. Relentlessly ambitious. Relentlessly determined to provide for his family. Relentlessly determined to succeed."
~@edwilliam49
Prayer, practice, and the unplanned path of Dr. David Rhoiney (@FiSurgi).
No One’s Coming to Save You author Ed William (@edwilliam49) on how David’s hustle on the court caught a Naval Academy recruiter’s eye.
On Infinite Loops with @jposhaughnessy.
Infinite Loops 🎙 retweeted
"He’s not perfect. And actually he fucks up, like, a lot, as we all do.
He does things wrong, he acts rashly, he has self-doubt, he worries that he’s in the wrong place, he worries that he doesn’t belong. But what’s so interesting about him is that he just does it anyway."
~@edwilliam49
“He just does it anyway.”
"No One’s Coming to Save You" author - Ed William (@edwilliam49) on the trait behind Dr. David Rhoiney’s (@FiSurgi) path from the Naval Academy to cryptology to surgery.
On Infinite Loops with @jposhaughnessy.
“It reads like fiction. But it’s true.”
Ed William (@edwilliam49), author of No One’s Coming to Save You, on writing the life of Dr. David Rhoiney (@FiSurgi) in a direct, unpretentious style built on David’s own voice.
On Infinite Loops with @jposhaughnessy.
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In 6 weeks my book gets released.
Y'all in or out?
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At five years old, David Rhoiney (@fisurgi) was forced to become the “man of the house.”
30 years later he’d gone from living in a Volkswagen Jetta to attending the Naval Academy, playing Division I basketball, working in cryptology, and becoming a surgeon.
Author @edwilliam49 tells David’s story in his new book, No One’s Coming to Save You, now available for pre-order.
Ed joins us to discuss the time David was made to fight a schoolyard bully in front of his family, the note he wrote to God every night, and the English teacher who changed his life in one hour. Ed also reveals how the book was inspired by Raiders of the Lost Ark, and why his interview plan fell apart in five minutes.
Out now on Infinite Loops, with @jposhaughnessy.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
1:30 How an NFT Led to This Book
2:37 Earning David’s Trust
3:31 Interviewing People Who Don’t Like Him
5:05 “Man of the House” at Five
7:34 Living in a Volkswagen Jetta
8:53 Resilient, Not a Superhero
10:04 Nervous as Hell, Then the Center of the Room
11:54 The Chapter Ed Never Planned to Write
16:47 His Mother and the Guilt of Leaving
19:34 “Born to Fit Out”
20:32 The Coach Who Became a Father Figure
21:50 First Paycheck, Credit Cards and an IRA
23:38 From Living in Cars to Annapolis
27:40 Praying to Be Six Foot Two
29:31 Proving Himself Against Racism
31:58 “We Do Not Run in This Family”
35:25 The Childhood Photo That Drove Him
36:53 Going Deep on Finance
39:40 Ed’s First Draft and the Last 5%
42:43 Why the Book Reads Like Fiction
45:01 A Role Model for Young Men
47:06 How Ed Captured David’s Voice
49:07 Raiders, Mad Max and the “Micro Epic”
51:33 David in One Word: Relentless
53:19 Nature, Nurture or Agency?
57:16 The Teacher Who Gave Him One Hour
1:00:40 Cryptology Without a Math PhD
1:02:35 Why He Took the MD Exam Too
1:04:14 How the Navy Changed His Life
1:06:06 Spot the Problem, Then Fix It
1:08:16 From Black and White to Incremental Change
1:10:38 Where Does David Go Next?
1:12:58 David as a Father
1:15:16 Lessons From a First-Time Author
1:18:45 Two Ideas David Would Give the World
1:20:05 Release Date
Infinite Loops 🎙 retweeted
"I found writing a book is just a series of existential crises punctuated by, like, brief moments of self-belief, which evaporate the moment you sort of get to the next page."
~@edwilliam49
“It reads like fiction. But it’s true.”
Ed William (@edwilliam49), author of No One’s Coming to Save You, on writing the life of Dr. David Rhoiney (@FiSurgi) in a direct, unpretentious style built on David’s own voice.
On Infinite Loops with @jposhaughnessy.
Infinite Loops 🎙 retweeted
Success. I’ve been chasing it for so long, I’m not sure I even know which way is up sometimes.
A lot of it was just born out of fear.
In fact there are days I am still afraid.
But I push nonetheless.
At five years old, David Rhoiney (@fisurgi) was forced to become the “man of the house.”
30 years later he’d gone from living in a Volkswagen Jetta to attending the Naval Academy, playing Division I basketball, working in cryptology, and becoming a surgeon.
Author @edwilliam49 tells David’s story in his new book, No One’s Coming to Save You, now available for pre-order.
Ed joins us to discuss the time David was made to fight a schoolyard bully in front of his family, the note he wrote to God every night, and the English teacher who changed his life in one hour. Ed also reveals how the book was inspired by Raiders of the Lost Ark, and why his interview plan fell apart in five minutes.
Out now on Infinite Loops, with @jposhaughnessy.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
1:30 How an NFT Led to This Book
2:37 Earning David’s Trust
3:31 Interviewing People Who Don’t Like Him
5:05 “Man of the House” at Five
7:34 Living in a Volkswagen Jetta
8:53 Resilient, Not a Superhero
10:04 Nervous as Hell, Then the Center of the Room
11:54 The Chapter Ed Never Planned to Write
16:47 His Mother and the Guilt of Leaving
19:34 “Born to Fit Out”
20:32 The Coach Who Became a Father Figure
21:50 First Paycheck, Credit Cards and an IRA
23:38 From Living in Cars to Annapolis
27:40 Praying to Be Six Foot Two
29:31 Proving Himself Against Racism
31:58 “We Do Not Run in This Family”
35:25 The Childhood Photo That Drove Him
36:53 Going Deep on Finance
39:40 Ed’s First Draft and the Last 5%
42:43 Why the Book Reads Like Fiction
45:01 A Role Model for Young Men
47:06 How Ed Captured David’s Voice
49:07 Raiders, Mad Max and the “Micro Epic”
51:33 David in One Word: Relentless
53:19 Nature, Nurture or Agency?
57:16 The Teacher Who Gave Him One Hour
1:00:40 Cryptology Without a Math PhD
1:02:35 Why He Took the MD Exam Too
1:04:14 How the Navy Changed His Life
1:06:06 Spot the Problem, Then Fix It
1:08:16 From Black and White to Incremental Change
1:10:38 Where Does David Go Next?
1:12:58 David as a Father
1:15:16 Lessons From a First-Time Author
1:18:45 Two Ideas David Would Give the World
1:20:05 Release Date
Infinite Loops 🎙 retweeted
"A powerful and deeply moving account of a boy forced to grow up too soon and the man he fought to become." - @robkhenderson
Pre-order here infinitebooks.com/products/n…
Infinite Loops 🎙 retweeted
Congratulations @edwilliam49 🔥 🚀
Can’t wait to read the book!
At five years old, David Rhoiney (@fisurgi) was forced to become the “man of the house.”
30 years later he’d gone from living in a Volkswagen Jetta to attending the Naval Academy, playing Division I basketball, working in cryptology, and becoming a surgeon.
Author @edwilliam49 tells David’s story in his new book, No One’s Coming to Save You, now available for pre-order.
Ed joins us to discuss the time David was made to fight a schoolyard bully in front of his family, the note he wrote to God every night, and the English teacher who changed his life in one hour. Ed also reveals how the book was inspired by Raiders of the Lost Ark, and why his interview plan fell apart in five minutes.
Out now on Infinite Loops, with @jposhaughnessy.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
1:30 How an NFT Led to This Book
2:37 Earning David’s Trust
3:31 Interviewing People Who Don’t Like Him
5:05 “Man of the House” at Five
7:34 Living in a Volkswagen Jetta
8:53 Resilient, Not a Superhero
10:04 Nervous as Hell, Then the Center of the Room
11:54 The Chapter Ed Never Planned to Write
16:47 His Mother and the Guilt of Leaving
19:34 “Born to Fit Out”
20:32 The Coach Who Became a Father Figure
21:50 First Paycheck, Credit Cards and an IRA
23:38 From Living in Cars to Annapolis
27:40 Praying to Be Six Foot Two
29:31 Proving Himself Against Racism
31:58 “We Do Not Run in This Family”
35:25 The Childhood Photo That Drove Him
36:53 Going Deep on Finance
39:40 Ed’s First Draft and the Last 5%
42:43 Why the Book Reads Like Fiction
45:01 A Role Model for Young Men
47:06 How Ed Captured David’s Voice
49:07 Raiders, Mad Max and the “Micro Epic”
51:33 David in One Word: Relentless
53:19 Nature, Nurture or Agency?
57:16 The Teacher Who Gave Him One Hour
1:00:40 Cryptology Without a Math PhD
1:02:35 Why He Took the MD Exam Too
1:04:14 How the Navy Changed His Life
1:06:06 Spot the Problem, Then Fix It
1:08:16 From Black and White to Incremental Change
1:10:38 Where Does David Go Next?
1:12:58 David as a Father
1:15:16 Lessons From a First-Time Author
1:18:45 Two Ideas David Would Give the World
1:20:05 Release Date
Infinite Loops 🎙 retweeted
You can watch or listen to my whole chat with @edwilliam49 about his experience of writing a biography on the inimitable @FiSurgi right here on the app 👇🏻
At five years old, David Rhoiney (@fisurgi) was forced to become the “man of the house.”
30 years later he’d gone from living in a Volkswagen Jetta to attending the Naval Academy, playing Division I basketball, working in cryptology, and becoming a surgeon.
Author @edwilliam49 tells David’s story in his new book, No One’s Coming to Save You, now available for pre-order.
Ed joins us to discuss the time David was made to fight a schoolyard bully in front of his family, the note he wrote to God every night, and the English teacher who changed his life in one hour. Ed also reveals how the book was inspired by Raiders of the Lost Ark, and why his interview plan fell apart in five minutes.
Out now on Infinite Loops, with @jposhaughnessy.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
1:30 How an NFT Led to This Book
2:37 Earning David’s Trust
3:31 Interviewing People Who Don’t Like Him
5:05 “Man of the House” at Five
7:34 Living in a Volkswagen Jetta
8:53 Resilient, Not a Superhero
10:04 Nervous as Hell, Then the Center of the Room
11:54 The Chapter Ed Never Planned to Write
16:47 His Mother and the Guilt of Leaving
19:34 “Born to Fit Out”
20:32 The Coach Who Became a Father Figure
21:50 First Paycheck, Credit Cards and an IRA
23:38 From Living in Cars to Annapolis
27:40 Praying to Be Six Foot Two
29:31 Proving Himself Against Racism
31:58 “We Do Not Run in This Family”
35:25 The Childhood Photo That Drove Him
36:53 Going Deep on Finance
39:40 Ed’s First Draft and the Last 5%
42:43 Why the Book Reads Like Fiction
45:01 A Role Model for Young Men
47:06 How Ed Captured David’s Voice
49:07 Raiders, Mad Max and the “Micro Epic”
51:33 David in One Word: Relentless
53:19 Nature, Nurture or Agency?
57:16 The Teacher Who Gave Him One Hour
1:00:40 Cryptology Without a Math PhD
1:02:35 Why He Took the MD Exam Too
1:04:14 How the Navy Changed His Life
1:06:06 Spot the Problem, Then Fix It
1:08:16 From Black and White to Incremental Change
1:10:38 Where Does David Go Next?
1:12:58 David as a Father
1:15:16 Lessons From a First-Time Author
1:18:45 Two Ideas David Would Give the World
1:20:05 Release Date
Infinite Loops 🎙 retweeted
At five years old, David Rhoiney (@fisurgi) was forced to become the “man of the house.”
30 years later he’d gone from living in a Volkswagen Jetta to attending the Naval Academy, playing Division I basketball, working in cryptology, and becoming a surgeon.
Author @edwilliam49 tells David’s story in his new book, No One’s Coming to Save You, now available for pre-order.
Ed joins us to discuss the time David was made to fight a schoolyard bully in front of his family, the note he wrote to God every night, and the English teacher who changed his life in one hour. Ed also reveals how the book was inspired by Raiders of the Lost Ark, and why his interview plan fell apart in five minutes.
Out now on Infinite Loops, with @jposhaughnessy.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
1:30 How an NFT Led to This Book
2:37 Earning David’s Trust
3:31 Interviewing People Who Don’t Like Him
5:05 “Man of the House” at Five
7:34 Living in a Volkswagen Jetta
8:53 Resilient, Not a Superhero
10:04 Nervous as Hell, Then the Center of the Room
11:54 The Chapter Ed Never Planned to Write
16:47 His Mother and the Guilt of Leaving
19:34 “Born to Fit Out”
20:32 The Coach Who Became a Father Figure
21:50 First Paycheck, Credit Cards and an IRA
23:38 From Living in Cars to Annapolis
27:40 Praying to Be Six Foot Two
29:31 Proving Himself Against Racism
31:58 “We Do Not Run in This Family”
35:25 The Childhood Photo That Drove Him
36:53 Going Deep on Finance
39:40 Ed’s First Draft and the Last 5%
42:43 Why the Book Reads Like Fiction
45:01 A Role Model for Young Men
47:06 How Ed Captured David’s Voice
49:07 Raiders, Mad Max and the “Micro Epic”
51:33 David in One Word: Relentless
53:19 Nature, Nurture or Agency?
57:16 The Teacher Who Gave Him One Hour
1:00:40 Cryptology Without a Math PhD
1:02:35 Why He Took the MD Exam Too
1:04:14 How the Navy Changed His Life
1:06:06 Spot the Problem, Then Fix It
1:08:16 From Black and White to Incremental Change
1:10:38 Where Does David Go Next?
1:12:58 David as a Father
1:15:16 Lessons From a First-Time Author
1:18:45 Two Ideas David Would Give the World
1:20:05 Release Date
"A powerful and deeply moving account of a boy forced to grow up too soon and the man he fought to become." - @robkhenderson
Pre-order here infinitebooks.com/products/n…
“The fact that not everyone likes you is a good thing, because it means that you have enough of a personality that people can react against that.”
WSJ Free Expression senior newsletter editor Emma Camp (@emmma_camp_) on why accepting that not everyone will like them is how people find their real friends.
On Infinite Loops with @jposhaughnessy.