Illustration via 99designs Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is usually my job to sit down with world-class performers of all different types to tease out the habits, routines, favorite books, and so on that you can apply and test in your own life. This time, we have a very […]
Illustration via 99designs Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is usually my job to sit down with world-class performers of all different types to tease out the habits, routines, favorite books, and so on that you can apply and test in your own life. This time, we have a very […]
“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.”— John Muir “The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long, and you have burned so very, very brightly, Roy.”— Blade Runner There are few or no biological free lunches. This short post will […]
Happy New Year! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for listening to The Tim Ferriss Show, which will hit its 10th anniversary soon. Below are some of my favorite TFS moments from 2023. I’m using them, and I believe you can use them, as launching points to become healthier, wealthier, and wiser in […]
Illustration via 99designs “I’m not interested in anything that’s not sustainable. Friendships, investing, careers, podcasts, reading habits, exercise habits. If I can’t keep it going, I’m not interested in it.“ — Morgan Housel Morgan Housel (@morganhousel) is a partner at The Collaborative Fund. His book The Psychology of Money has sold more than three million copies and has been […]
Illustration via 99designs “Evaluate danger. Don’t nurture fear.” — Guy Laliberté Guy Laliberté (@guylalibertedj) is the founder of Cirque du Soleil, One Drop Foundation, and Lune Rouge. He was named by Time Magazine as one of the most influential personalities in the world and has been recognized as one of the most creative and innovative minds by Condé Nast. An artist, […]
Illustration via 99designs “Outcome over ego.” — Shane Parrish Shane Parrish (@ShaneAParrish) is the entrepreneur and wisdom seeker behind Farnam Street and the host of The Knowledge Project podcast, where he focuses on mastering the best of what other people have already figured out. Shane’s popular online course, Decision by Design, has helped thousands of executives, leaders, and managers around the world […]
Illustration via 99designs “If you must panic, panic early.” — Nassim Nicholas Taleb “Uncertainty is actually a reason for precaution rather than just throwing caution to the wind and just saying, ‘Well, we don’t know, so what the hell? Let’s just keep going.’” — Scott Patterson Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) spent 21 years as a risk-taker (quantitative […]
Illustration via 99designs “So I played for a little while and I noticed that there were only probably two students in the room, and I said, ‘Well, what are they doing on the computer, because it doesn’t look like they’re playing?’ He goes, ‘Oh, no, they’re programming.’ And I’m like, ‘What is that?’ He said, […]
Illustration via 99designs “M. Scott Peck wrote a book which starts, ‘Life is difficult.’ This is one of the great things about life. If you understand this, you can transcend it, because you anticipate that things are going to be difficult, and you can take pride in overcoming difficulties. But if you expect there are […]