Who Is Danny Miranda?

I've never told my story like this before.

Childhood: I always felt average (school, social, sports). But the one place I didn't feel "normal" was when I was writing. I started a newsletter - The Sunny Times - before I was a teenager as a way to take over The New York Times (🤣). I started a time management blog at 13. Then I started a Knicks blog at 15. Spreading messages through the Internet was always my passion.

May 2018: I graduated college. Number 1 mission? Make money without having to work for anyone. I stumbled across people like Nate Schmidt and Scotty, who had "made it" in the online world and followed their lead. I set up dropshipping stores and learned online marketing.

December 2018: I was talking to my cousin. She started to cry. I asked myself, "why did this happen?" It's because I was regurgitating what I heard on Twitter. It turns out I had a lack of empathy for other perspectives. I had a lot of room to grow.

June 2019: Move out to San Diego with a few friends to live the good life. Quickly realized that basing your happiness on the place you reside is a losing proposition...

September 2019: Became aware of how deeply unfulfilled I was in "making money online." Had everything I thought I wanted. And it wasn't making me feel good. In fact, just the opposite. It was making me depressed! So I quit the job. Started 75 Hard and meditating every day.

March 2020: Noticed the domain (dannymiranda dot com) was available. I started writing 2 blog posts per week since that's what I was doing as a child. This filled me with so much joy.

May 2020: Started doing daily 60-minute meditations. In the first week, one situation popped up where I was shoved into a locker (senior year of high school). I understood how emasculated I felt. How much resentment I held. That was the reason why I started lifting weights with anger! And then the mere act of noticing it, forgiving the person who shoved me, and forgiving myself for holding onto it allowed me to become free from it. I became a different person after that moment!

July 2020: Started doing phone calls with people from Twitter. People loved these phone calls. And I did too. So I figured, why not record them and post them for other people to hear?

September 2020: Launched The Danny Miranda Podcast. Started living in purpose every day. I asked myself, "What could I do for the next 10 years that could be just as fun as it is today?" Finding the thing you would do even if you weren't getting paid is the cheat code to life.

The most important skill that I've learned along this journey: presence. My mother and grandmother always taught me this growing up. But it wasn't until I started meditating that I could consciously tap into presence myself. Presence is how you become a better interviewer. Presence is how you become a better human being.

Thank you to Tiger for creating this wonderful production. What I admire most about Tiger is his ability to spot the light. He was the first person to notice how much I changed from my tweets in 2018 to my tweets in 2020. And that recognition, of noticing the light, is a skill worth celebrating. He put in so much time, energy, and effort to make this documentary a reality. I got to witness his skills in asking questions, finding b-roll shots, and leading a production. Super talented!

Also, it's worth noting...

This was recorded on October 7, 2023 (107 days ago). I look at the person in this documentary with so much love, but also knowing he has so much to let go of. And it's wild to think of all the ways I've grown since then (like meeting my friend Talia, running marathon, discovering David Hawkins work, writing a letter to my dad). Over the next few weeks, I'm going to do videos on key days from the last three months to let you in on how I've grown.

Would love to know your favorite part of this documentary in the replies.

Thank you for watching! Sending you love.

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