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×This time around, we have a bit of a different format, featuring the book that started it all for me, The 4-Hour Workweek . Readers and listeners often ask me what I would change or update, but an equally interesting question is: what wouldn’t I change? What stands the test of time and hasn’t lost any potency? This episode features one of the most important chapters from the audiobook of The 4-Hour Workweek . It includes tools and frameworks that I use to this day, including Pareto’s Law and Parkinson’s Law. The chapter is narrated by the great voice actor Ray Porter. If you are interested in checking out the rest of the audiobook, which is produced and copyrighted by Blackstone Publishing, you can find it on Audible , Apple , Google , Spotify , Downpour.com , or wherever you find your favorite audiobooks. Please enjoy! Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Overcast , Podcast Addict , Pocket Casts , Castbox , YouTube Music , Amazon Music , Audible , or on your favorite podcast platform . This episode is brought to you by ExpressVPN high-speed, secure, and anonymous VPN service; Momentous high-quality supplements; and Helix Sleep premium mattresses. Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Overcast #795: The 4-Hour Workweek Revisited — The End of Time Management This episode is brought to you by ExpressVPN . I’ve been using ExpressVPN to make sure that my data is secure and encrypted, without slowing my Internet speed. If you ever use public Wi-Fi at, say, a hotel or a coffee shop, where I often work and as many of my listeners do, you’re often sending data over an open network, meaning no encryption at all. A great way to ensure that all of your data are encrypted and can’t be easily read by hackers is by using ExpressVPN . All you need to do is download the ExpressVPN app on your computer or smartphone and then use the Internet just as you normally would. You click one button in the ExpressVPN app to secure 100% of your network data. Use my link ExpressVPN.com/Tim today and get an extra three months free on a one-year package! This episode is brought to you by Momentous high-quality supplements! Momentous offers high-quality supplements and products across a broad spectrum of categories, and I’ve been testing their products for months now. I’ve been using their magnesium threonate , apigenin , and L-theanine daily, all of which have helped me improve the onset, quality, and duration of my sleep. I’ve also been using Momentous creatine , and while it certainly helps physical performance, including poundage or wattage in sports, I use it primarily for mental performance (short-term memory, etc.). Their products are third-party tested (Informed-Sport and/or NSF certified), so you can trust that what is on the label is in the bottle and nothing else. If you want to try Momentous for yourself, you can use code Tim for 20% off your one-time purchase at LiveMomentous.com/Tim . And not to worry, my non-US friends, Momentous ships internationally and has you covered. This episode is brought to you by Helix Sleep ! Helix was selected as the best overall mattress of 2024 by Forbes, Fortune , and Wired magazines and many others. With Helix , there’s a specific mattress to meet each and every body’s unique comfort needs. Just take their quiz— only two minutes to complete —that matches your body type and sleep preferences to the perfect mattress for you. They have a 10-year warranty, and you get to try it out for a hundred nights, risk-free. They’ll even pick it up from you if you don’t love it. And now, Helix is offering 20% off all mattress orders at HelixSleep.com/Tim . Want to hear another episode that features content straight from The 4-Hour Workweek ? Listen here for the three chapters preceding this one that cover how to get uncommon results by doing the opposite, aiming with precision, and aiming for the unrealistic. What was your favorite quote or lesson from this episode? Please let me know in the comments . SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Tim Ferriss | Amazon The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | Amazon How to Use Occam’s Razor without Getting Cut | Farnam Street George’s Hack for Looking Busy at Work | Seinfeld The 4-Hour Workweek DEAL Framework | Steady Compounding Tim Ferriss: Are You Being Effective or Efficient? | Modern Wisdom with Chris Williamson What Gets Measured Gets Managed? | MOPs and MOEs Manual of Political Economy by Vilfredo Pareto | Amazon 80/20 Rule (Pareto Principle) | Investopedia 5 ChatGPT Prompts to Implement The 4-Hour Workweek in Your Business | Forbes Why the 9-to-5 Schedule Has Lost Its Place in the Workplace | Fast Company Ed Zschau — The Polymath Professor Who Changed My Life | The Tim Ferriss Show #380 Parkinson’s Law: The ‘Law’ That Explains Why You Can’t Get Anything Done | BBC How to Use Parkinson’s Law to Get More Done in Less Time | Lifehack Fear-Setting: The Most Valuable Exercise I Do Every Month | Tim Ferriss Jim Rohn: You’re the Average of the Five People You Spend the Most Time With | Business Insider How to End a Friendship | Verywell Mind Fully Automated Time-Tracking Software | RescueTime Multitasking and the Brain | Brighter Minds A Simple Countdown Timer | E.ggTimer Comfort Challenge #2: Learn to Propose | Tim Ferriss SHOW NOTES [00:05:27] E is for Elimination. [00:05:46] The end of time management. [00:07:57] How you will use productivity. [00:10:36] Being effective vs. being efficient. [00:12:12] Pareto and his garden: 80/20 and freedom from futility. [00:24:01] The 9-5 Illusion and Parkinson’s Law. [00:31:41] A dozen cupcakes and one question. [00:34:47] Questions and actions. [00:35:05] Define a to-do list and a not-to-do list. [00:35:41] If you had a heart attack and had to work two hours per day, what would you do? [00:36:33] If you had a second heart attack and had to work two hours per week, what would you do? [00:36:42] If you had a gun to your head and had to stop doing 4/5 of different time-consuming activities, what would you remove? [00:37:21] What are the top-three activities that you use to fill time to feel as though you’ve been productive? [00:37:45] Who are the 20% of people who produce 80% of your enjoyment and propel you forward, and which 20% cause 80% of your depression, anger, and second-guessing? [00:40:16] If this is the only thing you accomplish today, will you be satisfied with your day? [00:41:47] Are you inventing things to do to avoid the important? [00:42:25] Do not multitask. [00:43:17] Use Parkinson’s Law on a macro and micro level. [00:44:45] Comfort challenge: Learn to propose. [00:45:39] Lifestyle design in action. PEOPLE MENTIONED Ray Porter Bruce Lee Antoine de Saint-Exupéry William of Ockham Peter Drucker Vilfredo Pareto Léon Walras Steven Wright Ed Zschau Seneca the Younger Oprah Winfrey Derek Sivers Victor Johnson The post The 4-Hour Workweek Revisited — The End of Time Management (#795) appeared first on The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss .…

1 Brandon Sanderson on Building a Fiction Empire, Creating $40M+ Kickstarter Campaigns, Unbreakable Habits, The Art of World-Building, and The Science of Magic Systems (#794)
“Always err on the side of what’s awesome.” — Brandon Sanderson Brandon Sanderson ( @BrandSanderson ) is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Stormlight Archive series and the Mistborn saga; the middle-grade series Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians ; and the young-adult novels The Rithmatist , the Reckoners trilogy, and the Skyward series. He has sold more than 40 million books in 35 languages, and he is a four-time nominee for the Hugo Awards, winning in 2013 for his novella The Emperor’s Soul . That same year, he was chosen to complete Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series, culminating in A Memory of Light . Brandon cohosts (with fellow author Dan Wells) the popular Intentionally Blank podcast and teaches creative writing at Brigham Young University. Please enjoy! Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Overcast , Podcast Addict , Pocket Casts , Castbox , YouTube Music , Amazon Music , Audible , or on your favorite podcast platform . Watch the interview on YouTube . This episode is brought to you by Cresset prestigious family office for CEOs, founders, and entrepreneurs; Seed’s DS-01® Daily Synbiotic broad spectrum 24-strain probiotic + prebiotic ; Wealthfront high-yield cash account. The transcript of this episode can be found here . Transcripts of all episodes can be found here . Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Overcast #794: Brandon Sanderson on Building a Fiction Empire, Creating $40M+ Kickstarter Campaigns, Unbreakable Habits, The Art of World-Building, and The Science of Magic Systems This episode is brought to you by Cresset Family Office ! Listeners have heard me talk about “making before you manage” for years. And for me—as a writer and entrepreneur—I definitely gravitate toward making. So it’s important that I find the right people who are great at managing. That’s why I trust this episode’s sponsor, Cresset Family Office . Cresset is a prestigious family office for CEOs, founders, and entrepreneurs. They handle the complex financial planning, uncertain tax strategies, timely exit planning, bill pay and wires, and all the other parts of wealth management that would otherwise pull me away from doing what I love most: making things, mastering skills, and spending time with the people I care about. Experience the freedom of focusing on what matters to you with the support of a top wealth management team. Schedule a call today at cressetcapital.com/tim to see how Cresset can help streamline your financial plans and grow your wealth. I’m a client of Cresset. There are no material conflicts other than this paid testimonial. All investing involves risk, including loss of principal. This episode is brought to you by Seed’s DS-01 Daily Synbiotic ! Seed’s DS-01 was recommended to me months ago by a PhD microbiologist, so I started using it well before their team ever reached out to me. Since then, it’s become a daily staple and one of the few supplements I travel with. I’ve always been highly skeptical of most probiotics due to the lack of science and the fact that many do not survive digestion. But after incorporating two capsules of Seed’s DS-01 into my morning routine, I have noticed improved digestion, skin tone, and overall health. Why is it so effective? For one, it’s a 2-in-1 probiotic and prebiotic formulated with 24 clinically and scientifically studied strains that have systemic benefits in and beyond the gut. And now, you can get 25% off your first month of DS-01 with code 25TIM . This episode is brought to you by Wealthfront ! Wealthfront is a financial services platform that offers services to help you save and invest your money. Right now, you can earn 4.00% APY—that’s the Annual Percentage Yield—with the Wealthfront Brokerage Cash Account through its network of partner banks. That’s nearly ten times more interest than a savings account at a bank, according to FDIC.gov as of December 16, 2024. It takes just a few minutes to sign up, and then you’ll immediately start earning 4.00% APY interest on your short-term cash until you’re ready to invest. And when new clients open an account today, they can get an extra fifty-dollar bonus with a deposit of five hundred dollars or more. Visit Wealthfront.com/Tim to get started . Tim Ferriss receives cash compensation from Wealthfront Brokerage, LLC for advertising and holds a non-controlling equity interest in the corporate parent of Wealthfront Brokerage. See full disclosures here . Want to hear an episode with another publishing-savvy worldbuilder? Listen to my interview with Silo author Hugh Howey in which we discussed breaking formula with a literary sleight of hand, the benefits of buying back rights and self-publishing, why authors should strive for a reader-first vs. publisher-first mindset, how authors can find deal leverage early on, fiction that inspires better writing, keys to fruitful collaboration, AI’s present-and-future impact on publishing, and much more . What was your favorite quote or lesson from this episode? Please let me know in the comments . SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE Connect with Brandon Sanderson : Website | YouTube Books The Stormlight Archive Series: The Way of Kings, Words of Radiance, Oathbringer, Rhythm of War, and Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson The Mistborn Saga: Mistborn, The Well of Ascension, The Hero of Ages, The Alloy of Law, Shadows of Self, The Bands of Mourning, and The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians: Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians, The Scrivener’s Bones, The Knights of Crystallia, The Shattered Lens, The Dark Talent, and Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson The Reckoners Trilogy: Steelheart, Firefight, and Calamity by Brandon Sanderson The Skyward Series: Skyward, Starsight, Cytonic, and Defiant by Brandon Sanderson Elantris by Brandon Sanderson The Emperor’s Soul by Brandon Sanderson Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien On Writing by Stephen King How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy by Orson Scott Card Dragonsbane by Barbara Hambly The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need by Blake Snyder Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies by Blake Snyder Writing to Sell by Scott Meredith The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary by J.R.R. Tolkien The Conan the Barbarian Stories by Robert E. Howard The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie The Epic of Gilgamesh Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay The Princess Bride by William Goldman Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare The Book of Swords Series by Fred Saberhagen Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss The Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch The Principles of Scientific Management by Frederick Winslow Taylor His Dark Materials Series by Philip Pullman Movies Avatar Blade Runner Sneakers The Sting Ocean’s Eleven The Italian Job (1969) The Italian Job (2003) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Collector’s Gift Set with Gollum Raiders of the Lost Ark The Princess Bride Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Star Wars Shows Writing Excuses (Podcast) : A podcast about the craft of writing, featuring Brandon Sanderson and other authors. Whose Line Is It Anyway? : An improv comedy show that Brandon Sanderson uses as inspiration for his writing exercises. Game of Thrones : A fantasy TV series based on the books by George R.R. Martin, known for its complex characters and unpredictable plot. Arcane : A fantasy TV series that features a magepunk aesthetic, where magic is combined with technology. The Colbert Report : A satirical news show that once featured Brandon Sanderson’s picture in a segment about zeppelins. The History Channel : A TV channel that Brandon Sanderson’s former editor, Moshe, used to watch as a form of self-medication. Institutions Brigham Young University : The university Brandon Sanderson attended and currently teaches a creative writing class. Creative Commons : The nonprofit behind the licenses and tools the world uses to share. The Hugo Awards : The Academy Awards of science fiction and fantasy, where Brandon Sanderson once received a pin from Cory Doctorow. Concepts Conlang : A constructed language, such as Klingon or Elvish, that is created specifically for a fictional world. J.R.R. Tolkien’s Languages : An examination of Tolkien’s work with conlangs in his universe. Paul Frommer On Creating the Na’vi Language for Avatar : An interview with Avatar’s conlang creator. Worldbuilder’s Disease : The tendency for fantasy writers to get bogged down in worldbuilding at the expense of the story. 10 of the Best Cures for Writer’s Block : Trying to get unstuck? Different strategies work for different writers. Some of these may help. The Hero’s Journey : A common narrative structure in fiction, where a hero goes on a quest, faces challenges, and ultimately triumphs over evil. Three-Act Play : A common narrative structure in plays and films, where the story is divided into three acts: setup, confrontation, and resolution. Worldbuilding 101 as Taught by Robert Jordan : How Robert Jordan created a fully realized world for his The Wheel of Time series. “Yes, But” or “No, And” : First, decide whether or not your protagonist is going to achieve the scene goal. Yes or No. The answer will determine where to go next. Plot Points: What They Are, and How to Use Them Well : Once you have mastered these, everything else should fall neatly into place. The Sunk-Cost Fallacy : Following through with something that we’ve already invested heavily in (be it time, money, effort, or emotional energy), even when giving up is clearly a better idea. The Ultimate Guide to Fantasy Sub Genres : They are legion. Magepunk : A subgenre of fantasy where magic is combined with technology. Hextech : A magic-based technology that uses runes and gemstones to power devices in the Arcane universe. What Is Discovery Writing, Anyway? : Brandon says he “discovery wrote” his Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series. What does that mean? The Cosmere : The shared universe that connects many of Brandon’s fantasy novels. The MCU : The Marvel Cinematic Universe The Death Spiral : When a book’s sales decline with each subsequent printing, leading to fewer copies being ordered and less visibility in bookstores. Allomancy : One of the three magic systems in the Mistborn trilogy. “Allomancers” have the ability to use metals to fuel a variety of physical and mental enhancements. Isaac Newton’s Secret Alchemy : John Maynard Keynes declared that Newton “was not the first of the age of reason. He was the last of the magicians.” Scientific Method : A way of demarcating scientific activity from non-science. Taylor and the Gilbreths : How Frederick Winslow Taylor and Frank and Lillian Gilbreth attempted to maximize human productivity while minimizing the wear and tear of physical toil around the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries — with science! Was Arthur C. Clarke Right? An Exploration of the Magical Nature of Technology : “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” The Use of Magic in Tolkien’s Universe — Building a World : Magic serves to further the plot in Tolkien’s works, but it is used in a conservative way in order to focus on the courage and willpower of the characters to make the world safe from the Shadow. Sanderson’s Laws of Magic : Three rules that Brandon follows when creating magic systems for his fantasy novels. 10 Things Harry Potter Taught Us About a Mother’s Love : The courage and selflessness of mothers ultimately save the entire wizarding world from Voldemort’s evil reign. Deus Ex Machina : A plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem in a story is suddenly or abruptly resolved by an unexpected and unlikely occurrence. What’s the Difference Between Young Adult and Adult Books? : If you’re writing a book and you’re not sure if it should be categorized as Middle Grade, Young Adult, New Adult, or Adult, then this is the post for you! Feruchemy : The second magic system in the Mistborn series. While an Allomancer burns metal to gain power, a Feruchemist must provide the power for the magic from their own body. Hemalurgy : The third magic system in the Mistborn Series. To use Hemalurgy, a metal spike must be driven through someone’s heart. Then the spike is taken and stabbed into the body of another person. Yikes! Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics : If two thermodynamic systems are both in thermal equilibrium with a third system, then the two systems are in thermal equilibrium with each other. Asimov’s Zeroth Law of Robotics : A robot may not harm humanity, or, through inaction, allow humanity to come to harm. Sanderson’s Zeroth Law of Magic : Always err on the side of what’s awesome! Companies and Organizations Dragonsteel : Brandon’s company, which handles the production and distribution of his books and merchandise. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints : The religious organization to which Brandon belongs, which influenced his decision to go on a mission to Korea. Celsius : A science fiction and fantasy convention in Spain that Brandon has attended. Macmillan : The parent company of Tor, which was involved in a dispute with Amazon over ebook pricing. Tor : Brandon’s primary publisher for his fantasy novels. Kickstarter : A crowdfunding platform that Brandon has used to successfully fund the publication of his books. USA Today : A national newspaper that once featured a story about zeppelins, which led to Brandon’s picture appearing on The Colbert Report . Book Talk : A book review website that has helped drive sales of Brandon ‘s book, Tress of the Emerald Sea . Reactor : Tor’s publicity website where Brandon releases chapters of his work in progress. Hacker News : Y Combinator’s social news website focusing on computer science and entrepreneurship. ACX : An all-in-one marketplace for independent audiobook creators. Random House Audio : The audiobook publisher that Brandon works with. Discord : A social media platform that Brandon uses to communicate with his beta readers. Steam : A digital distribution platform for video games, which Brandon uses to play games in his free time. Additional Helpful Items Brandon Sanderson’s BYU Lectures on Writing Fantasy : This YouTube playlist contains Brandon’s lectures on writing fantasy, which cover topics such as worldbuilding, magic systems, and character development. Notes on Brandon’s Sci-Fi and Fantasy Creative Writing Course : Extensive notes on the aforementioned lectures, courtesy of Grant Skaggs. Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll: The poem Mary Robinette Kowal uses for soundcheck. Fifty Nifty United States : The song Brandon uses for soundcheck. Seoul, South Korea : Where Brandon found inspiration for worldbuilding. Hangul : The Korean writing system, its history, and structure. Learn to Read Korean in 15 Minutes by Ryan Estrada: This webcomic provides a basic introduction to the Korean writing system. Esperanto : A constructed language that is intended to be easy to learn and use as a universal second language. George R.R. Martin on the Two Types of Writers : Gardeners vs. architects. Writing Excuses : The website companion to Brandon’s Writing Excuses podcast. Lincoln, Nebraska, USA : Where Brandon grew up. Reading Dragonsbane Was My Ultimate Eureka Moment : A Guardian article about how young Brandon caught the reading/writing bug. Michael Whelan’s Cover Illustration for Dragonsbane : An image that helped capture the imagination of “reluctant reader” Brandon. Will You Sign My Book? : How to get Brandon to sign your book (even if you’re not Joe Abercrombie). Is 2010 the New 1984? Amazon Can Cut Off Your Access to Books Any Time It Wants : When Amazon cut off Mcmillan and flexed its power in the publishing world. What Is a Remainder? : Book copies that experience sluggish sales and can be procured from the publisher at a discounted rate. How Brandon Sanderson’s Kickstarter Project Broke the Bookish Internet : Here’s why the author’s record-smashing Kickstarter campaign performed so phenomenally well. George R.R. Martin Admits He May Never Finish Game of Thrones Book Series : Fans have already been waiting for over a decade, and he’s in his late 70s. It’s Time to Come Clean : Brandon’s COVID-era confession/new writing revelation video. Impressionism : Not everybody’s cup of tea, but there’s no denying it’s art. An Agent Explains the Ins and Outs of Book Deals : How do advances work? When do you get royalties? How long until you can quit your job? A pro demystifies the money part of writing. Author’s Perspective: Pros and Cons of Investing in an Audiobook : It’s a lot of work, but is it worth it? Can No-Advance Ebook Contracts Be a Good Deal? : If you’re going to play the game, it pays to know the rules. EUOLogy: Goodbye Mr. Jordan : Brandon’s kind words on the passing of The Wheel of Time author Robert Jordan. Mistborn: The Final Empire Covers : Not all illustrations are created equal. Which one would make you give Mistborn a second look at the bookstore? Extra-Terrestrial Relays: Can Rocket Stations Give World-Wide Radio Coverage ? by Arthur C. Clarke Brandon Sanderson’s First Law of Magic : An author’s ability to solve conflict with magic is directly proportional to how well the reader understands said magic. Brandon Sanderson’s Second Law of Magic : Limitations > Powers. Brandon Sanderson’s Third Law of Magic : The author should expand what already exists before adding something new. Explore John Ronald Reuel Tolkien’s Oxford : A walk around the interesting Tolkien sites at Oxford with local guide Rob Walters. Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall and Procedural Generation — Finding Beauty in the Mundane : What if The Elder Scrolls VI went back to this ancient technology? Hmm… Quickbase is the software that Brandon and team use for tracking feedback. SHOW NOTES [00:00:00] Who is Brandon Sanderson? [00:07:10] How “50 Nifty United States” became Brandon’s default soundcheck. [00:08:14] Brandon’s unusual memory. [00:09:12] Optimizing productivity. [00:11:20] Brandon’s Seoul connection and how it informed his creative process. [00:13:03] Why Korean is an ideal starter Asian language for Westerners. [00:16:32] Creating worlds’ worth of conlangs (constructed languages) without succumbing to worldbuilder’s disease. [00:20:34] The game-changing influence of David Farland. [00:25:27] Brandon’s approach to teaching creative writing and publishing insights. [00:25:27] Brandon’s approach to teaching creative writing and publishing insights. [00:28:23] Writing styles: gardeners vs. architects. [00:30:34] Helping students navigate past writing roadblocks. [00:33:51] Brandon’s average daily word count. [00:37:57] What made Brandon want to become a writer? [00:45:32] Brandon’s journey from a C Student to an A Student. [00:46:45] We trade stories about the influence of great teachers. [00:48:48] Teaching students how to understand narrative and plot. [00:54:38] Recommended reading for narrative building. [00:56:05] Brandon is part gardener, part architect who takes inspiration from improv. [00:56:47] The art of character development — what happens when it goes right (and wrong). [01:09:41] Finding a balance between personal and professional life. [01:14:14] Why did Brandon and his wife build the Dragonsteel company? [01:18:20] What characterizes an epic fantasy? [01:19:38] Aside: Brandon’s Joe Abercrombie story. [01:22:55] Brandon’s financial realities as a prolific but relatively unknown writer. [01:25:57] Hitting the bestseller list and adapting to an Amazon-dominated publishing world. [01:29:03] Brandon’s DIY approach to changing an inflexible industry on his own terms. [01:33:21] Sure, time is money. But how much is that worth? [01:36:43] Team building, remainder recycling, runaway crowdfunding success, and lessons learned. [01:47:48] The escape velocity of attention. [01:52:22] How COVID helped Brandon reclaim creative freedom and family time. [02:00:32] Brandon’s viral video “confession.” [02:02:53] The Colbert Report (sort of) cameo. [02:03:48] Outperforming Kickstarter expectations and shipping limited run subscription boxes. [02:09:01] Test readers and the feedback process. [02:15:36] Warbreaker and the Creative Commons experiment. [02:22:50] Navigating the sordid world of publishing deals and platforms. [02:33:26] How Brandon got tapped to complete the celebrated Wheel of Time series. [02:43:57] How Mistborn went from floundering to flourishing. [02:45:02] Building an audience that would follow Brandon anywhere in The Cosmere. [02:48:26] The dreaded publishing Death Spiral. [02:52:16] Why Brandon finds magic systems to be an integral part of his worldbuilding. [03:00:32] Sanderson’s Three Laws of Magic. [03:14:12] The Zeroth Law and final thoughts. MORE BRANDON SANDERSON QUOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW “Something changed in me that day. I went from a C student to an A student over summer. … Why that change? Because I discovered stories about wizards. I discovered there was something I wanted to do. There was now a reason to get good grades.” — Brandon Sanderson “Promise, progress, payoff. That is what makes people love stories and read through on a macro scale.” — Brandon Sanderson “One important mindset that is kind of a ground rule is remembering, as a writer, that the piece of art is not necessarily just the story you’re creating, that you are the piece of art. The time you spend writing is improving you as a writer and that is the most important thing. The book is almost a side product … to the fact that you are the art. And if you know that, it helps a lot.” — Brandon Sanderson “My superpower is to be an artist raised by an accountant, and I’ve always had a bit of that entrepreneurial sense.” — Brandon Sanderson “I heard that your first five books are generally terrible. I said, ‘Well, that’s good. I don’t have to be good yet.’ It took a lot of pressure off me. I said, ‘I’m going to write six, and the first five I’m not going to send out to any publishers.'” — Brandon Sanderson “If you even want to reach your own audience, you have to have an escape velocity of attention. You have to break through these barriers preventing even your fan base from seeing what’s happening.” — Brandon Sanderson “Can you dig a little deeper into who this character is, instead of adding a new one to make your story wider, but more shallow?” — Brandon Sanderson “What are you going to get when you come to one of my books? You’re going to get science-fiction worldbuilding and a fantasy story. You’re going to get people discovering how magic works that’s repeatable, and they’re going to be able to use it in order to solve problems and make their lives better.” — Brandon Sanderson “Always err on the side of what’s awesome.” — Brandon Sanderson PEOPLE MENTIONED Isaac Asimov Mary Robinette Kowal Emily Sanderson Sejong the Great George Washington J.R.R. Tolkien Paul Frommer George R.R. Martin David Farland Stephen King Orson Scott Card Steven Soderbergh Gail M. Reeder Barbara Hambly Michael Whelan Hayao Miyazaki Michael Jordan Barbara Sanderson Karen Dress Masatoshi Shimano Robert Jordan Scott Meredith Frodo Baggins Sauron Kelsier Rashek Vin The Artful Dodger Patrick Rothfuss Terry Pratchett Michael Moorcock Tom Doherty Howard Tayler Becky Wilson Adam Horne Kara Stewart Guy Gavriel Kay William Goldman William Shakespeare Stephen Colbert Peter Ahlstrom Karen Ahlstrom Cory Doctorow Hugh Howey Harriet McDougal Rigney Fred Saberhagen Moshe Feder Elise Matthesen Jane Yolen Hoid Robin Hobb Jim Butcher Scott Lynch Isaac Newton Frederick Winslow Taylor Arthur C. Clarke Superman/Clark Kent Gandalf J.K. Rowling Obi-Wan Kenobi Luke Skywalker Durin’s Bane Peter Jackson Boromir Samwise Gamgee Philip Pullman Lyra Belacqua Sazed Lois Lane The post Brandon Sanderson on Building a Fiction Empire, Creating $40M+ Kickstarter Campaigns, Unbreakable Habits, The Art of World-Building, and The Science of Magic Systems (#794) appeared first on The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss .…
“If you want to make change happen, you have to create tension on purpose. —Seth Godin Seth Godin is the author of 21 internationally bestselling books, translated into more than 35 languages, including Linchpin , Tribes , The Dip , and Purple Cow . His latest book, This Is Strategy , offers a fresh lens on how we can make bold decisions, embrace change, and navigate a complex, rapidly evolving world. Seth is the founder of the altMBA and the Akimbo Workshops , transformative online programs that have helped thousands of people take their work to the next level. His blog ( seths.blog ) is one of the most widely read in the world. Seth is also the creator of The Carbon Almanac , a global initiative focused on climate action. Please enjoy! Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Overcast , Podcast Addict , Pocket Casts , Castbox , YouTube Music , Amazon Music , Audible , or on your favorite podcast platform . Watch the interview on YouTube . 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SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE Connect with Seth Godin : Website | Seth’s Blog | Instagram | Facebook This Is Strategy: Make Better Plans by Seth Godin | Amazon Other Books by Seth Godin | Amazon “Nobody Gets Fired For Buying IBM.” But They Should. | Forbes Yahoo’s Billion-Dollar Blunders with Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Netflix | YourStory Howard Schultz: The King of Coffee Who Transformed Starbucks | Quartr Thinking in Systems by Donella H. Meadows | Amazon Time Travel: A History by James Gleick | Amazon The Time Machine by H.G. Wells | Amazon Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Letters to Shareholders | Peter Fisk 1,000 True Fans by Kevin Kelly | The Technium All Chocolate Bars | Askinosie Chocolate How 20 Years of Google’s AdSense Changed the Internet | Fast Company Rebel without a Crew: Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker With $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player by Robert Rodriguez | Amazon El Mariachi | Prime Video Negative and Positive Feedback Loops | HubSpot What Is the Network Effect? | Wharton Online How Krispy Kreme Became a National Treasure | Smithsonian Channel The Big Lebowski | Prime Video The World’s Premier Trading Card Game | Magic: The Gathering “These Go to 11.” | Spinal Tap Richard Garfield | Think Like a Game Designer Podcast Middlemarch by George Eliot | Amazon The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger | Amazon The Dakota | Wikipedia NASCAR Game of Thrones | HBO The Official Home of Harry Potter | Wizarding World Tina Brown Shares Her Lean in Story. | Lean In Alcoholics Anonymous Netflix and Binge: How the Streaming Giant Got Us Hooked | Future Platforms Succession | HBO Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear | Amazon The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Tim Ferriss | Amazon The KJV Holy Bible | Amazon Find Volunteer Firefighter Jobs | Make Me a Firefighter Community Platform, Courses, and Memberships | Mighty Networks “Time to Make the Donuts” Commercial | Dunkin Donuts 2015-2024 | altMBA Facts. Connection. Action. | The Carbon Almanac A Community of Practice | Purple Space How Did Google Scale? The Untold Story. | LinkedIn Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect by Will Guidara | Amazon Madison Square Garden Uses Facial Recognition to Ban Its Owner’s Enemies | The New York Times Eleven Madison Park Restaurant How Scaffolding Transforms Barriers into Stepping Stones | Career Insight Studio Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things by Adam Grant | Amazon 3D CAD, CAM, CAE, & PCB Cloud-Based Software | Autodesk The Strategy Deck | Porchlight Book Promotions Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts by Annie Duke | Amazon Seahawks’ Pete Carroll Explains Ill-Fated Call In Super Bowl XLIX | NFL What Is Claude AI, and How Does It Compare to ChatGPT? | Pluralsight AI-Powered Answer Engine | Perplexity Too Big to Care. Enshittification Is a Choice. by Cory Doctorow | Medium SHOW NOTES [00:06:08] A home run for Seth? [00:06:35] What the word “strategy” means to Seth. [00:08:33] Real-world examples of good business strategies. [00:11:31] The core ingredients of enacting a successful strategy. [00:12:21] Systems. [00:19:00] Time. [00:23:06] Games. [00:27:30] Empathy. [00:33:04] Don’t try to burn big logs if you only have a little bit of kindling. [00:35:09] Systems don’t start out selfish, but resilient ones often end up that way. [00:40:40] Shortcut shortcomings. [00:43:30] Feedback loops. [00:45:52] The network effect. [00:52:15] Tension. [00:53:40] Affiliation status. [01:00:43] How early successes make later successes more likely. [01:06:05] Volunteer firemen. [01:07:05] Expanding the circle of now and circle of us. [01:09:41] Freedom from the feeling of fear. [01:11:02] Picking customers and competitors. [01:14:24] Guaranteeing attendance while building community. [01:20:45] Community leadership. [01:27:32] Perspective-changing exercises and scaffolding. [01:32:16] The Strategy Deck. [01:35:06] Good decisions vs. good outcomes. [01:39:51] How Seth avoids false proxies in the hiring process. [01:42:10] Gauging acceptance of feedback. [01:45:27] How Seth uses AI. [01:50:25] Enshittification. [01:52:41] Parting thoughts. MORE SETH GODIN QUOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW “When you pick your customers, you pick your future, and when you pick your competitors, you pick your future.” — Seth Godin “You don’t get better clients by doing a good job for bad clients; you get better clients by becoming the freelancer good clients want to hire.” — Seth Godin “Systems don’t start out selfish, but resilient ones often end up that way.” — Seth Godin “If you do average work for average pay, AI is going to be able to do it cheaper than you.” — Seth Godin “If you want to make change happen, you have to create tension on purpose. Not stress. Stress is bad. Stress is you’re trapped. Stress is life is bad. Stress is you want to leave, but you can’t. Tension is what happens if I pull a rubber band back and then let go.” — Seth Godin PEOPLE MENTIONED Bill Gates Howard Schultz Marissa Mayer Donella Meadows James Gleick H.G. Wells Stephen Breyer Sergey Brin Jeff Bezos Jack Welch Shawn Askinosie Ilana Glazer Robert Rodriguez Richard Garfield Helene Godin Taylor Swift Tim Cook Stephen King Elmore Leonard Tina Brown Ted Sarandos James Clear Gina Bianchini Jim Killoran Ayn Rand Ray Kroc Henry Ford Frederick Winslow Taylor Larry Page Will Guidara James L. Dolan Annie Duke Pete Carroll Chip Kidd Cory Doctorow The post Seth Godin on Playing the Right Game and Strategy as a Superpower (#792) appeared first on The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss .…
“I’m starting to believe more and more that trouble is actually one of those things that informs all the other things that we do.” — Chris Sacca Chris Sacca is the co-founder of Lowercarbon Capital and manages a portfolio of countless startups in energy, industrial materials, and carbon removal. If it’s unf**king the planet, he’s probably working on it. Previously, Chris founded Lowercase Capital , one of history’s most successful funds ever, primarily known for its very early investments in companies like Twitter, Uber, Instagram, Twilio, Docker, Optimizely, Blue Bottle Coffee, and Stripe. But you might just know him as the guy who wore those ridiculous cowboy shirts for a few seasons of Shark Tank . To purchase Chris’s ranch, schedule a viewing at FivePondsRanch.com . Please enjoy! P.S. This episode features a special, one-of-a-kind introduction that Chris recorded of yours truly. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Overcast , Podcast Addict , Pocket Casts , Castbox , YouTube Music , Amazon Music , Audible , or on your favorite podcast platform . This episode is brought to you by MUD\WTR energy-boosting coffee alternative—without the jitters, Helix Sleep premium mattresses, and AG1 all-in-one nutritional supplement. The transcript of this episode can be found here . Transcripts of all episodes can be found here . Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Overcast #790: Chris Sacca — How to Succeed by Living on Your Own Terms and Getting Into Good Trouble This episode is brought to you by MUD\WTR ! With only a fraction of the caffeine found in a cup of coffee, MUD\WTR gives me all the energy I need without the jitters or crash. Their original blend contains four different mushrooms: lion’s mane for focus, cordyceps to promote energy, and both chaga and reishi to support a healthy immune system. And it’s delicious—like cacao and chai had a beautiful child. I drink MUD\WTR in the morning, and I’ll also sometimes add milk and ice for a 2 p.m. iced latte pick-me-up. I also love that they make monthly donations to support psychedelic therapeutics and research, including organizations such as the Heroic Hearts Project and The UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics (BCSP). Now you can get 15% off plus a free rechargeable frother and free shipping by going to mudwtr.com/tim . Enjoy MUD\WTR and get a better morning routine. This episode is brought to you by AG1 ! I get asked all the time, “If you could use only one supplement, what would it be?” My answer is usually AG1 , my all-in-one nutritional insurance. I recommended it in The 4-Hour Body in 2010 and did not get paid to do so. I do my best with nutrient-dense meals, of course, but AG1 further covers my bases with vitamins, minerals, and whole-food-sourced micronutrients that support gut health and the immune system. Right now, you’ll get a 1-year supply of Vitamin D free with your first subscription purchase —a vital nutrient for a strong immune system and strong bones. Visit DrinkAG1.com/Tim to claim this special offer today and receive your 1-year supply of Vitamin D (and 5 free AG1 travel packs) with your first subscription purchase! That’s up to a one-year supply of Vitamin D as added value when you try their delicious and comprehensive daily, foundational nutrition supplement that supports whole-body health. This episode is brought to you by Helix Sleep ! Helix was selected as the best overall mattress of 2024 by Forbes, Fortune , and Wired magazines and many others. With Helix , there’s a specific mattress to meet each and every body’s unique comfort needs. Just take their quiz— only two minutes to complete —that matches your body type and sleep preferences to the perfect mattress for you. They have a 10-year warranty, and you get to try it out for a hundred nights, risk-free. They’ll even pick it up from you if you don’t love it. And now, Helix is offering 20% off all mattress orders at HelixSleep.com/Tim . Want to hear the first time Chris Sacca was on this show? Listen to our conversation here , in which we discussed early-stage investing advice, traits of successful founders, two differentiators that shifted the nature of Chris’ business, what Chris looks for when hiring, and much more . What was your favorite quote or lesson from this episode? Please let me know in the comments . SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE Connect with Chris Sacca : Website | Instagram | Five Ponds Ranch Chris Sacca on Being Different and Making Billions | The Tim Ferriss Show #79 Chris Sacca on Shark Tank, Building Your Business, and Startup Mistakes | The Tim Ferriss Show #132 Fixing the Planet Is Just Good Business | Lowercarbon Capital Among the Best Funds Ever | Lowercase Capital Shark Tank | ABC.com City of Lockport, New York Polarization, Democracy, and Political Violence in the United States: What the Research Says | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Boiler Room | Prime Video Trading Places | Prime Video Venture Capitalist (VC) | Investopedia WarGames | Prime Video What Is the Stochastic Oscillator and How Is It Used? | Investopedia Money Never Sleeps | Quotron Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money — That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert T. Kiyosaki | Amazon Charms Blow Pops, Assorted Flavors | Amazon Meet the Mafia: Celebrating Bills Fanatics | WGRZ The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness by Eric Jorgenson How is the Democratic Party Different from the Republican Party? | Britannica Five Teachings from the Japanese Wabi-Sabi Philosophy That Can Drastically Improve Your Life | Omar Itani Another Seattle Power Couple Commits to Giving Away Their Fortune as Part of the Giving Pledge | GeekWire Creating Hope for People in Despair | Barton Family Foundation Ask Dr. Gramma Karen: The Secret Word to Avoid Spoiling Your Kids | Mommybites Kevin Rose: “Sadly Lost Everything…” | Instagram Spotlight on Wilson, Wyoming | Jackson Hole Traveler How Super Angel Chris Sacca Made Billions, Burned Bridges, and Crafted the Best Seed Portfolio Ever | Forbes The Jerk | Prime Video Zillow | Saturday Night Live The Latest Wild Zillow Listings | Zillow Gone Wild The Big Lebowski | Prime Video Amy Schumer Talks Being an Introvert | People The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer | Amazon The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness by Morgan Housel | Amazon The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America’s Wealthy by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko | Amazon Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) A Brief History of Forest Schools Around the World | Growing Wild Forest School What Is a 360 Review in the Workplace? | The Balance Careers Hang In There, Baby | Know Your Meme Kiss Off | Violent Femmes Gen X on the Edge: Surviving Childhood | Bridgeworks ‘It’s 10 P.M. Do You Know Where Your Children Are?’ | Fox 5 New York Why Gen Z Needs to Learn How to Negotiate | AACSB Stranger Things | Netflix H-1B Program | US Department of Labor I Didn’t Think I Was a ‘Free-Range’ Parent…Until the Police Called | Today Class C: The Only Game in Town | Montana PBS Why Do Cattle Produce Methane, and What Can We Do About it? | CLEAR Center America Has a Loneliness Epidemic. Here Are 6 Steps to Address It | NPR The Addictiveness of Social Media: How Teens Get Hooked | Jefferson Health ‘Rawdogging’: A Wildly Obscene Term’s Path to Mainstream Usage | The New York Times Rivers and Tides | Prime Video Leaning into the Wind — Andy Goldsworthy | Prime Video The Apprentice | IMDb I Seem to Be a Verb by R. Buckminster Fuller | Amazon A New Kind of AI Copy Can Fully Replicate Famous People. The Law Is Powerless. | Politico The Moth Podcast Mother American Night: My Life in Crazy Times by John Perry Barlow and Robert Greenfield | Amazon Gambledore: The Wizard Who Conquered Poker | PokerNews Podcast #866 The Godmother of AI on What AGI Means for Humanity | Possible Will We Reach the Singularity by 2035? | Longevity Technology Scientists Use AI to Create Completely New Anti-Venom Proteins | Popular Science The Broken Social Contract | Harvard Magazine The 2008 Housing Crisis | Center for American Progress Companies Will Do Almost Anything to Stop Workers Unionizing | Time Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) | Bob Marley & The Wailers What White-Collar Jobs Are Safe from AI — And Which Professions Are Most at Risk? | Forbes Jobs of the Future: Jobs Lost, Jobs Gained | McKinsey Vinod Khosla: 12 Predictions for the Future of Technology | TED Talk The Real Human Network | World The Artificial Intelligence Revolution: Part 1 | Wait But Why The Artificial Intelligence Revolution: Part 2 | Wait But Why The Race to Q>1 | Lowercarbon Capital Claude AI | Anthropic The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Tim Ferriss | Amazon Interview: Tyler Cowen, Economist and Public Intellectual | Noahpinion We Tried a $60 Massage Done By AI Robots — It Felt Surprisingly Human | Fortune Magazine We’re Engineering the Humanoid to Make Humans Capable of More | Figure Is It Cancer? Artificial Intelligence Helps Doctors Get a Clearer Picture | AAMC Autonomous Vehicle Ride-Hailing | Waymo The First AI Legal Assistant, Made for Lawyers | CoCounsel Automatic Bullseye, Moving Dartboard | Mark Rober Eight Best Listening Bars in Tokyo for Vinyl Music | Time Out Five Key Findings from the 2022 UN Population Prospects | Our World in Data Yacht Rock | Spotify Billy Billy Billy Scene | Caddyshack “Old Tony’s” | Tony’s on the Pier Prefered Nomenclature (Clip) | The Big Lebowski The Extremely Offline Joy of the Board Game Club | The New York Times The Montana State Runout | Big Sky Conference What Makes TikTok so Addictive?: An Analysis of the Mechanisms Underlying the World’s Latest Social Media Craze | Brown Undergraduate Journal of Public Health GLP-1 Agonists | Cleveland Clinic CrossFit is for You | CrossFit How Copenhagen Became a Cycling City | Tools of Change We (Used to) Do It Late | Restaurant Barabba Homemade Limoncello | Justin Bariball via ARK Media Butlerian Jihad | Dune Wiki The Medium is the Massage by Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore | Amazon Unfuck the Planet | Lowercarbon Capital A Guide to Talking to the Climate Change Deniers, Skeptics, Worriers, and Newbies in Your Life | Rare Protesters Throw Soup at Da Vinci Painting | BBC Protester Glues Himself to Floor at US Open | Newsweek Russia Tries to Use California Fires to Discredit Ukraine | NPR After the Fires: How to Rebuild Los Angeles | Council on Foreign Relations Not Your Typical Chemical Company | Solugen Wildfire Risk Reduction Solutions | BurnBot What is Prescribed Fire and Why is it Important for Forest Health? | National Forest Foundation Protecting the Grid Today, Preparing the Grid for Tomorrow | Gridware California Utility’s Role in Wildfires Under Scrutiny | CNN California Insurers Will Survive Fires — But FAIR Plan Faces Big Questions | Newsweek Rams Paid Tribute to Los Angeles While Taking over State Farm Stadium in Arizona | Sports Illustrated We Protect and Insure High-Value Property | Stand Insurance The AI Platform for Insuring Uncovered Flood Risk | Floodbase Jon Stewart Calls Out GOP Hypocrisy with L.A. Wildfire Disaster Relief | The Daily Show A Messy History of Egging and Toilet-Papering Houses | Mel Magazine Car Thief Gets Instant Karma (The Final Glitterbomb 6.0) | Mark Rober Martial Arts Supplies | AWMA McLovin Scene | Superbad Abandoned Places in Nevada: The Sundowner Motel | Living in Las Vegas Player’s Ball (Official HD Video) | Outkast Never Lose a Game of Rock Paper Scissors Again! | Abstract Away The Hangover | Prime Video Four Easy Magic Card Tricks for Kids | AboutMagic Seven Easy Magic Tricks for Kids | About Magic The Rise of the Rest: How Entrepreneurs in Surprising Places are Building the New American Dream by Steve Case | Amazon GOP Gets 85% of the Benefit of Climate Law. Some Still Hate It. | Investigate Midwest The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt | Amazon The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt | Amazon Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents — And What They Mean for America’s Future by Jean M. Twenge | Amazon The Coming Wave by Mustafa Suleyman and Michael Bhaskar | Amazon The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization by Peter Zeihan | Amazon We Are in a “Fourth Turning.” What Does That Mean? | Van Neistat The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy — What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America’s Next Rendezvous with Destiny by William Strauss and Neil Howe | Amazon Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism by Jeffrey Toobin | Amazon Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention — And How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari | Amazon Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman | Amazon Rejection: Fiction by Tony Tulathimutte | Amazon The Every: A Novel by Dave Eggers | Amazon Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey | Amazon Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs by Johann Hari | Amazon Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression — And the Unexpected Solutions by Johann Hari | Amazon Jon Ronson Four Books Bundle Collection Set | Amazon Moonbound: A Novel by Robin Sloan | Amazon Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan | Amazon Silo | Apple TV+ Wool: Book One of the Silo Series by Hugh Howey | Amazon Hugh Howey, Author of Silo and Wool — A Masterclass on Writing, Unorthodox Self-Publishing, and Living in The AI Age | The Tim Ferriss Show #726 Kelly Corrigan Wonders Podcast The Pirates! Series by Gideon Defoe | Amazon Stone Paper | Karst Goods The Elevated Aperitivo | Doladira Luxury Tequila, Refined | Tequila Komos Mullet Wigs | Amazon The Property | Five Ponds Ranch ZZ’s Clam Bar | Major Food Group Lord of the Flies by William Golding | Amazon SHOW NOTES [00:06:47] Chris introduces me. [00:11:07] Some Sacca background. [00:18:32] Raising pre-teen gamblers and tailgating troublemakers. [00:19:54] Conscious changes and rethoughts since our first interview. [00:26:12] The personal and professional influence of Rich and Sarah Barton. [00:30:18] Property management and the Zen of Kevin Rose. [00:35:12] Zillow Gone Wild. [00:36:58] Simplifications. [00:45:03] Remaining optimistic despite being in the business of saying no. [00:51:33] Living in the finite without +1 obligations. [00:56:54] “Wait, what’s hustle culture?” [00:59:48] The (lack of) trouble with kids today. [01:09:53] Raising kids to solve problems and eschew smartphones. [01:14:15] Rawdogging? You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. [01:16:05] An Andy Goldsworthy aside. [01:16:30] Taking advice from R. Buckminster Fuller GPT. [01:19:13] Assigned reading. [01:20:10] Humans vs. AI. [01:26:20] What happens to people stuck between AI job displacement and a broken social contract? [01:42:38] Counting on the human craving to convene and connect. [01:56:30] What kind of business would a younger Chris start today? [02:00:44] The prescience of The Medium is the Massage . [02:01:39] What does Lowercarbon Capital do? [02:08:44] Projects Chris is most excited about. [02:18:59] Youthful mischief and flim-flammery. [02:24:51] The premise for Chris’ upcoming No Permanent Record . [02:35:25] Cultivating the ability to face (and maybe win over) a tough crowd. [02:39:19] Chris expresses some concerns about this episode. [02:40:24] Recommended reading. [02:45:07] A worthwhile purchase of $100 or less. [02:48:03] Deez Crocs. [02:50:48] Sabotaging potential dates with authenticity. [02:59:11] Parting thoughts. MORE CHRIS SACCA QUOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW “I feel very lucky to have grown up in a place where I had opportunities to commit small misdemeanors. And I had more than one detention. I definitely appeared before the principals on many occasions. Just some light mischief.” — Chris Sacca “The American social contract is that if you show up, you will get yours. And when you don’t give somebody that opportunity or you take it away from them and you take that ownership away from them and you take their house or you take their store and you take their farm, then you get the pitchforks.” — Chris Sacca “The number one thing you can be in this business is unpredictable. … I am known as mercurial. I burn bridges. I will not hesitate to fucking fight you. I wear the stupid shirts. I don’t give a shit about much. I’ve been known to just light it on fire. And guess what? People take me seriously as a result.” — Chris Sacca “Most climate investing and green investing … had been basically charitable, concessionary … But we started to actually see the math change to where the unit economics of making shit in climate, making shit clean, were starting to pay off.” — Chris Sacca “I think the biggest danger of raising kids with privilege is that they turn out to be assholes.” — Chris Sacca “The shit you own does own you. Every single object, at some point, has commanded some of your attention.” — Chris Sacca “I’m starting to believe more and more that trouble is actually one of those things that informs all the other things that we do.” — Chris Sacca “It just turns out that digging up and burning old dinosaur bones is fucking expensive, and using the sun to power the economy is just fucking cheaper. And that’s not a political statement.” — Chris Sacca “Clean, abundant power that is almost free is single digit years away, so that’s fucking great. I don’t even bother fighting with the oil and gas people. It doesn’t fucking matter. In fact, I actually want them to work with us more on carbon capture and sequester, putting more carbon back into the ground. Because they’ve got the trucks and they’ve got the pipes and they’ve got the engineering know-how, and they’re great at it. And so we do a lot of work with oil and gas companies going in reverse. I don’t have political battles with those guys.” — Chris Sacca “When you take away agency from somebody, you back them into a corner. So now do that for all the fucking white collar employees. Do that for everyone who stayed in and did their fucking homework and went to college and took out all those fucking student loans and who feel like they have played by the rules. They are the pride and joy of their families, who actually got their degree—in some cases, a master’s degree—who saw their career path laid out for them. And now they see that their life’s work is obviated by a machine that’s just better than them this fucking fast and costs $20 a month.” — Chris Sacca PEOPLE MENTIONED Seneca the Younger Bob Haas Ken “Pinto Ron” Johnson Pete “Pizza Pete” Papagelis Oprah Winfrey Naval Ravikant Bill Gates Melinda French Gates Rich Barton Sarah Barton Crystal English Sacca Donald Trump Elon Musk Eric Schmidt Kevin Rose Steve Martin Amy Schumer Morgan Housel Paul Graham Jay-Z Ted Rheingold Harsh Dubey Santa Claus Jonathan Haidt Clay Dumas Barack Obama John Kerry Phil Jackson Andy Goldsworthy Chuck Klosterman R. Buckminster Fuller Billy Collins Garrison Keillor Kelly Corrigan John Perry Barlow Vladimir “Gambledore” Korzinin Bob Marley Vinod Khosla Sam Altman Tim Urban Judd Apatow Tyler Cowen Noah Smith Derek Thompson Ethan Mollick Brian Sacca Mark Rober Lamar Jackson Walter Sobchak Titian Diego Velázquez Riccardo Marcon Action Bronson Quentin Fiore Marshall McLuhan Kenny Chesney Chris Wright Jon Stewart Britney Spears Christina Aguilera Rudy Giuliani Michael Bloomberg Steve Case JD Vance Jean Twenge Mustafa Suleyman Peter Zeihan Van Neistat Jeffrey Toobin Timothy McVeigh Johann Hari Oliver Burkeman Tony Tulathimutte Dave Eggers Matthew McConaughey Jon Ronson Robin Sloan Richard Betts Joe Marchese Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Chapman Willie Nelson Bob Ross Peter Pan Jesus The post Chris Sacca — How to Succeed by Living on Your Own Terms and Getting into Good Trouble (#790) appeared first on The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss .…

1 Naval Ravikant and Aaron Stupple — How to Raise a Sovereign Child, A Freedom-Maximizing Approach to Parenting (#788)
“I want to preserve interests. A kid that’s interested in something—that is absolutely precious, and I want to cultivate that. I want to pour fuel on that fire.” — Aaron Stupple This episode is more of a debate than my usual interviews. I hope you enjoy the extra spice, and if you like it, please let me know at @tferriss on X . This is a sharp contrast with the Dr. Becky Kennedy episode , and I encourage you to listen to both. Aaron Stupple ( @astupple ) is a board-certified internal medicine physician. He focuses on reviving the non-coercive parenting movement derived from the philosophy of Popper and Deutsch called Taking Children Seriously. His book, The Sovereign Child: How a Forgotten Philosophy Can Liberate Kids and Their Parents , gives practical examples of this freedom-maximizing approach to parenting, gleaned from his experience as a father of five. Naval Ravikant ( @naval ) is the co-founder of AngelList . He has invested in more than 100 companies, including many mega-successes, such as Twitter, Uber, Notion, Opendoor, Postmates, and Wish. Please enjoy! This episode is brought to you by Sundays for Dogs ultra-high-quality dog food, Seed’s DS-01® Daily Synbiotic broad spectrum 24-strain probiotic + prebiotic , and ShipStation shipping software. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Overcast , Podcast Addict , Pocket Casts , Castbox , YouTube Music , Amazon Music , Audible , or on your favorite podcast platform . Watch the interview on YouTube . The transcript of this episode can be found here . Transcripts of all episodes can be found here . Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Overcast #788: Naval Ravikant and Aaron Stupple — How to Raise a Sovereign Child, A Freedom-Maximizing Approach to Parenting This episode is brought to you by Seed’s DS-01 Daily Synbiotic ! 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SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE Connect with Aaron Stupple : Website | Twitter Connect with Naval Ravikant : Website | Twitter | Airchat The Sovereign Child: How a Forgotten Philosophy Can Liberate Kids and Their Parents by Aaron Stupple and Logan Chipkin | Amazon Advancing Critical Rationalism | Conjecture Institute A New View of Children | Taking Children Seriously Dr. Becky Kennedy — Parenting Strategies for Raising Resilient Kids, Plus Word-for-Word Scripts for Repairing Relationships, Setting Boundaries, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show #784 David Deutsch and Naval Ravikant — The Fabric of Reality, The Importance of Disobedience, The Inevitability of Artificial General Intelligence, Finding Good Problems, Redefining Wealth, Foundations of True Knowledge, Harnessing Optimism, Quantum Computing, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show #662 Epistemology | Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy What Is Feminism? | International Women’s Development Agency The Lindy Effect | ModelThinkers Orajel Kids Paw Patrol Anti-Cavity Fluoride Toothpaste | Amazon The Scientist in the Crib: What Early Learning Tells Us About the Mind by Alison Gopnik , Andrew N. Meltzoff, and Patricia K. Kuhl | Amazon How Experience Changes Brain Plasticity (Neuroplasticity) | Verywell Mind Your Fat Cells Never Disappear — Making Future Weight Gain More Likely | Discover Magazine Summerhill School: A New View of Childhood by A.S. 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And I Know Nothing About Music.” | 60 Minutes Cocolemon — We Are Lemon! | YouTube CoComelon — Nursery Rhymes | YouTube Elon Musk Streams His ”Totally Not Boosted” ‘Path of Exile 2’ Character, Proves He Has No Idea What He’s Doing | Vice Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Symptoms and Causes | Mayo Clinic Breastfeeding vs. Formula Feeding Information | Mount Sinai Is the Food Pyramid Obsolete? | NPR Herd Immunity and COVID-19: What You Need to Know | Mayo Clinic New Pentagon Report on Ufos Includes Hundreds of New Incidents but No Evidence of Aliens | AP News SHOW NOTES [00:08:40] Who is Aaron, and what makes him qualified to dispense parenting advice? [00:13:44] Taking Children Seriously (TCS) and The Sovereign Child philosophies. [00:17:49] The David Deutsch influence on these tenets. [00:22:57] Supporting evidence and long-term case studies. [00:27:17] Ways Naval and Aaron have incorporated these philosophies into their own parenting. [00:31:13] How rules work while parenting for freedom-maximizing. [00:37:42] Why building knowledge beats coercion. [00:43:41] Non-negotiables. [00:46:35] Is this method of parenting only accessible to the educated elite? [00:50:05] Handling sibling conflict. [00:54:41] How do freedom-maximized kids adapt to an adulthood of endless societal rules? [00:58:55] When kids present counter-accountability. [01:00:41] One tool does not fix all. [01:03:52] Putting mistakes to good use. [01:08:00] Homeschooling, unschooling, and socialization challenges. [01:15:56] Building resilience. [01:20:23] Coping with food and drink cravings. [01:25:54] Avoiding the terminology of confirmation bias. [01:31:37] Sports. [01:35:09] Organically cultivating interests. [01:38:11] The pros and cons of traditional schooling. [01:47:24] Parental disagreements and avoiding hypocrisy. [01:57:18] Four categories of harm that come from rules. [02:00:38] The benefits of optional constraints. [02:05:32] Body Electric . [02:07:03] Things you should know before visiting the emergency room. [02:13:18] A hierarchy of knowledge and lessons learned from this conversation. [02:17:19] Tactics for addressing sibling (and spousal) conflict. [02:19:47] Tactics to foster learning. [02:22:54] The best baby (and adult) sitter. [02:26:07] Parenting into the teen years. [02:27:54] Tactics for forming good sleep habits. [02:31:20] Tactics for encouraging good eating habits. [02:37:34] Tactics for freedom-maximizing. [02:42:56] Tactics for minimizing screen and social media obsession. [02:55:29] Too cool for rules. [03:00:14] All information is subject to challenge. [03:03:10] Happiness and creativity cannot be forced. MORE AARON STUPPLE QUOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW “I think rules give kids a reason to present a false persona to their parents. … It’s a disaster for their own self-confidence. I think it’s a disaster for the parents because kids are entering into this kind of dark contraband world where they’re keeping their parents in the dark.” — Aaron Stupple “I want to preserve interests. A kid that’s interested in something—that is absolutely precious, and I want to cultivate that. I want to pour fuel on that fire.” — Aaron Stupple “Once a problem gets solved to the kid’s own understanding, it’s solved for the rest of their life.” — Aaron Stupple “Resilience comes from passion. It comes from an interest. When someone is just absolutely obsessed with some problem, they have the fortitude, the stick-to-it-iveness. Nothing approaches the stick-to-it-iveness of somebody who is just hell-bent on achieving something, building something, creating something.” — Aaron Stupple “The typical way of looking at parenting is the question of what do you allow and what do you disallow? … What my wife and I do is we step away from that question altogether and instead view problems as they arise and try to find solutions to those problems rather than appealing to rules.” — Aaron Stupple “Every time you force your child to do something, you inevitably set yourself up as an adversary to your kid. … If broccoli is really important, then it’s really important that broccoli is not confused by what your [parental] expectations are.” — Aaron Stupple “I think there’s a huge middle ground to relaxing rules. And one easy thing people can do right now is just say that instead of enforcing a rule, we think about it for 60 seconds. Just spend 60 seconds and think ‘Is there some solution to this that gets around this problem?'” — Aaron Stupple PEOPLE MENTIONED Dr. Becky Kennedy David Deutsch Karl Popper Sarah Fitz-Claridge Molly Ferriss Bryan Johnson Jordan Peterson Isaac Newton Albert Einstein Willy Wonka Lulie Tanett Elon Musk Osho Jalal al-Din Rumi Jorge Luis Borges Judith Rich Harris Klaus Teuber The Wright Brothers William Shakespeare William Butler Yeats Rick Rubin Abraham Lincoln Donald Trump Joe Biden The post Naval Ravikant and Aaron Stupple — How to Raise a Sovereign Child, A Freedom-Maximizing Approach to Parenting (#788) appeared first on The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss .…
“I think all of us are prisoners to the way our mind currently works, and we’re prisoners until we become observers to it.” — Greg McKeown Greg McKeown ( @GregoryMcKeown ) is the author of two New York Times bestsellers, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less and Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most . He is also a speaker, host of The Greg McKeown Podcast , and founder of The Essentialism Academy , with students from 96 countries. 200,000 people receive his weekly 1-Minute Wednesday newsletter, and he recently released The Essentialism Planner: A 90-Day Guide to Accomplishing More by Doing Less . Please enjoy! This episode is brought to you by Momentous high-quality supplements, Eight Sleep’s Pod 4 Ultra sleeping solution for dynamic cooling and heating, and Wealthfront high-yield cash account. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Overcast , Podcast Addict , Pocket Casts , Castbox , YouTube Music , Amazon Music , Audible , or on your favorite podcast platform . Watch the conversation on YouTube here . The transcript of this episode can be found here . Transcripts of all episodes can be found here . Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Overcast #786: Tactics and Strategies for a 2025 Reboot — Essentialism and Greg McKeown This episode is brought to you by Momentous high-quality supplements! Momentous offers high-quality supplements and products across a broad spectrum of categories, and I’ve been testing their products for months now. I’ve been using their magnesium threonate , apigenin , and L-theanine daily, all of which have helped me improve the onset, quality, and duration of my sleep. 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Listen to our walk and talk conversation here where we discussed Greg’s system for effortless execution of daily tasks, poetic mysticism and matchmaking introspection, Maslow’s forgotten pinnacle of self-transcendence, why self-actualization is an insufficient foundation for meaningful relationships, the benefits of treating social media as an option rather than an obligation, blocking time for top priorities, why AI is a good servant but a poor master, and much more . What was your favorite quote or lesson from this episode? Please let me know in the comments . SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE Connect with Greg McKeown : Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram The Essentialism Planner: A 90-Day Guide to Accomplishing More by Doing Less by Greg McKeown | Amazon Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most by Greg McKeown | Amazon Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown | Amazon Inspired Weekly Conversations | The Greg McKeown Podcast Join the “Less, But Better” Free 30-Day Email Course | Greg McKeown Walk & Talk with Greg McKeown — How to Find Your Purpose and Master Essentialism in 2024 | The Tim Ferriss Show #719 Greg McKeown — The Art of Effortless Results, How to Take the Lighter Path, the Joys of Simplicity, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show #510 Greg McKeown — How to Master Essentialism | The Tim Ferriss Show #355 How to Say “No” Gracefully and Uncommit | The Tim Ferriss Show #328 The Listener by James Christensen | The Collection Shop Essential Trade-offs and Saying Yes with Sam Bridgstock (Part 1) | The Greg McKeown Podcast #310 Essential Trade-offs and Saying Yes with Sam Bridgstock (Part 2) | The Greg McKeown Podcast #311 Meditation, Mindset, and Mastery | The Tim Ferriss Show #201 What My Morning Journal Looks Like | Tim Ferriss The Artist’s Way Morning Pages Journal: A Companion Volume to the Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron | Amazon How to Cage the Monkey Mind | The Tim Ferriss Show #175 David Allen — The Art of Getting Things Done (GTD) | The Tim Ferriss Show #384 Want to Know What Your Brain Does When It Hears a Question? | Fast Company Trends in Counseling and Psychotherapy | American Psychologist Top 10 Influential Psychotherapists | Mind Hacks Carl Rogers Bot | ChatGPT The Fresh Start Effect: Temporal Landmarks Motivate Aspirational Behavior | Management Science Whenever Resolutions: How to Use Temporal Landmarks to Pursue Your Goals | Getting Simple Personal Quarterly Offsite Meetings | DennisKennedy.Blog Let’s Unpack the Notion of Courage | The Ethics Centre Microbursts: One Key to Getting Things Done | Susan Kelley Are You an Insecure Overachiever? | BBC The Stoic Art of Negative Visualization | Daily Stoic Premortem Analysis: Anticipate Failure to Achieve Success | SkillPacks The Collapse of Complex Societies by Joseph A. 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Lewis | Amazon Thoughts on A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis | Novel Insights Sonder: The Realization That Everyone Has A Story | A Lust For Life Did Robin Williams Say, ‘Everyone You Meet Is Fighting a Battle You Know Nothing About’? | Snopes.com Chris Bosh on How to Reinvent Yourself, The Way and The Power, the Poison of Complaining, Leonardo da Vinci, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show #515 Memorial Church & Companion Spaces | Stanford University The Power of True Connection with Erik Newton | The Greg McKeown Podcast #271 SHOW NOTES [00:05:12] Handling destabilizing events and personal turmoil. [00:10:47] Writing as therapy and “screaming onto the page.” [00:13:35] Using Morning Pages and AI tools for personal reflection. [00:17:52] Carl Rogers and the power of deep listening. [00:20:33] Reviewing the core concepts of Essentialism and Effortless . [00:24:54] Temporal landmarks and the fresh start effect. [00:29:25] Personal quarterly offsites and the importance of direction over speed. [00:31:13] The three essential questions for quarterly reviews. [00:34:16] Making essential tasks effortless — practical examples and strategies. [00:37:03] The law of inverse prioritization — why important things don’t get done. [00:38:45] Strategies for making tasks simpler — the microburst concept. [00:44:37] The courage to be rubbish. [00:47:09] Pre-mortems and anticipating obstacles. [00:52:37] Michael Phelps’ preparation and routine. [01:07:31] The 1-2-3 method and defining what “done” looks like. [01:15:19] Meaning over productivity, and making vs. managing. [01:23:14] Radical gratitude and finding meaning in suffering. [01:36:43] Parting thoughts on deep connection and listening. MORE GREG MCKEOWN QUOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW “I think all of us are prisoners to the way our mind currently works, and we’re prisoners until we become observers to it.” — Greg McKeown “That process of screaming into the page, of letting it all out, separating ourselves from that discombobulating internal state, is extremely powerful because it helps us to go from prisoner to observer. And then from observer, I think once we start observing, we are better able to become a creator, so I think that’s the shift.” — Greg McKeown “Changing the ratio of consumption to creation is one self-evident shift that I think a lot of people would benefit in.” — Greg McKeown “Insecure overachievers can endlessly complicate any task to an infinite degree. … If you don’t know what done looks like, you cannot be done.” — Greg McKeown “Radical gratitude is expressing thanks for things you’re not thankful for, because that’s what gratitude actually is.” — Greg McKeown “ Essentialism , in one word, would be ‘focus.’ Effortless , in one word, would be ‘simplification.'” — Greg McKeown “ Essentialism is figuring out what the right thing is to do, and Effortless is to do it in the right way.” — Greg McKeown “One of the principles in Effortless is the courage to be rubbish and doing it in a shorter period of time.” — Greg McKeown “I think most addictions really are, at the core, to avoid the experience of being alive. And that’s because it’s so painful to be alive.” — Greg McKeown “We live in a time where it’s so easy to have what I would describe as counterfeit agility. So you’re moving fast, life feels fast, life is fast, and you’re taking messages, you’re sending messages, and you’re doing things, but actually, they don’t add up to a lot of progress toward what matters.” — Greg McKeown “What I have learned is this strange law of inverse prioritization. … The most important thing in our lives at any given time is the least likely thing to get done, which is really strange.” — Greg McKeown “Courage is a virtue, but courage always feels terrible. It is an awful feeling. It’s not like you imagine when you see other people being courageous.” — Greg McKeown “If you think about the future as only a perfect, best-case scenario, you are setting yourself up for really frustrating, stressful, poor execution.” — Greg McKeown PEOPLE MENTIONED Sam Bridgstock David Allen Carl Rogers Sigmund Freud Scrooge McDuck Anna McKeown Rob Dyrdek Warren Buffett John D. Rockefeller Joseph Tainter Michael Phelps Bob Bowman Trung T. Phan Jerry Seinfeld Ichiro Suzuki Viktor Frankl Eve McKeown C.S. Lewis Chris Bosh Erik Newton The post Tactics and Strategies for a 2025 Reboot — Essentialism and Greg McKeown (#786) appeared first on The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss .…

1 The Random Show — 2025 Predictions (AI, Aliens, BTC, and More), New Year’s Resolutions and Strategies, Smart Fitness, The Spinal Engine, New Apps, and Much More (#785)
This time, we have a very special episode I recorded with my close friend Kevin Rose . We cover 2025 predictions, AI, Bitcoin, aliens, fitness goals, and much, much more. Please enjoy! This episode is brought to you by Ramp easy-to-use corporate cards, bill payments, accounting, and more; Our Place’s Titanium Always Pan® Pro using nonstick technology that’s coating-free and made without PFAS, otherwise known as “Forever Chemicals’; and Shopify global commerce platform, providing tools to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Overcast , Podcast Addict , Pocket Casts , Castbox , YouTube Music , Amazon Music , Audible , or on your favorite podcast platform . Watch the conversation on YouTube here . The transcript of this episode can be found here . Transcripts of all episodes can be found here . Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Overcast #785: The Random Show — 2025 Predictions (AI, Aliens, BTC, and More), New Year’s Resolutions and Strategies, Smart Fitness, The Spinal Engine, New Apps, and Much More This episode is brought to you by Ramp! Ramp is corporate card- and spend-management software designed to help you save time and put money back in your pocket. Ramp has already saved more than 25,000 customers—including other podcast sponsors like Shopify and Eight Sleep— more than 10 million hours and more than $1 billion through better financial management of their corporate spending. With Ramp , you’re able to issue cards to every employee with limits and restrictions and automate expense reporting, allowing you to close your books 8x faster on average. Your employees will no longer need to spend hours submitting expense reports. In less than 15 minutes, you can get started issuing virtual and physical cards and making payments, whether you have 5 employees or 5,000. Businesses that use Ramp save an average of 5% on total card spending and related expenses in the first year. And now, you can get $250 when you join Ramp . Just go to ramp.com/Tim . This episode is brought to you by Our Place’s Titanium Always Pan® Pro . Many nonstick pans can release harmful “forever chemicals”—PFAS—into your food, your home, and, ultimately, your body. Teflon is a prime example—it *is* the forever chemical that most companies are still using. Exposure to PFAS has been linked to major health issues like gut microbiome disruption, testosterone dysregulation, and more, which have been correlated to chronic disease in the long term. This is why I use the Titanium Always Pan Pro from today’s sponsor, Our Place . It’s the first nonstick pan with zero coating. This means zero “forever chemicals” and a durability that will last a lifetime. That’s right—no degradation over time like traditional nonstick pans. This pan combines the best qualities of stainless steel, cast iron, and nonstick into one product. It’s tough enough to withstand the dishwasher, open flame, heavy-duty scrubbing—even metal utensils—without losing any of its non-stick properties. Go to FromOurPlace.com/Tim and use code TIM to get 10% off sitewide . This episode is brought to you by Shopify ! Shopify is one of my favorite platforms and one of my favorite companies. Shopify is designed for anyone to sell anywhere , giving entrepreneurs the resources once reserved for big business. In no time flat, you can have a great-looking online store that brings your ideas to life, and you can have the tools to manage your day-to-day and drive sales. No coding or design experience required. Go to shopify.com/Tim to sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period. It’s a great deal for a great service, so I encourage you to check it out. Take your business to the next level today by visiting shopify.com/Tim . Want to hear the last time KevKev and I did a Random Show ? Listen to our conversation here in which we discussed Kevin’s Jess Mascetti tattoo, vampire facials, publishing strategies, romance versus radical planning, hasty oral hygiene, the mysteries of mimetic contagion, Kevin’s AI-powered investment advisor experiment, Dena Dubal’s Alzheimer’s treatment breakthrough, how small expectations for a medium turned large, and much more . What was your favorite quote or lesson from this episode? Please let me know in the comments . SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE Connect with Kevin Rose : Website | Instagram | Twitter | Threads | Bluesky How Do They Celebrate Christmas in Hawaii? | Island Essence Apple Honors 2024 App Store Award Winners | Apple AI Makes Pictures Too Perfect, Even for a Fashion Magazine | PetaPixel Deadpool & Wolverine | Prime Video Hugh Jackman on Best Decisions, Daily Routines, The 85% Rule, Favorite Exercises, Mind Training, and Much More | The Tim Ferriss Show #444 Rowing Machine Model D | Concept2 The Lie of Traditional Strength Training: Why I Moved On | Nsima Inyang The Spinal Engine by Serge Gracovetsky | Amazon Chuck Norris Flexmaster II Ad | Tumblr How to Fight Sarcopenia (Muscle Loss Due to Aging) | Healthline The Secrets of Gymnastic Strength Training | The Tim Ferriss Show #158 The Secrets of Gymnastic Strength Training, Part Two: Home Equipment, Weighted Stretches, and Muscle-Ups | The Tim Ferriss Show #180 Royal Dansk Danish Cookie Selection | Amazon The Pros and Cons of Training to Failure | The Output by Peloton The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman by Timothy Ferriss | Amazon It’s True. It Works. | Occam’s Protocol Free Weights vs. Machine Weights? Here’s How to Choose | GoodRx Iliolumbar Ligament | Physiopedia Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in the Treatment of Low Back Pain | Mayo Clinic Friction Massage | Physiopedia Scienlodic Gua Sha Massage Tool | Amazon What Are Vampire Facial and PRP Treatments? | Allure The Beginner’s Gear Guide for Ski Touring or Skinning | Business Insider Low-Intensity Continuous Ultrasound Therapies (LICUS) — A Systematic Review of Current State-of-the-Art and Future Perspectives | Journal of Clinical Medicine Is There Any Evidence That Low Intensity Continuous Ultrasound Helps with Tissue Remodeling? | Consensus Repatha: Uses, Dosage, and Side Effects | Drugs.com VO2 Max: How to Measure and Improve It | Cleveland Clinic The 4-Hour Body Tools and Resources | Tim Ferriss Functional Cable Chops and Lifts | Meauxtion Fitness Kettlebell Turkish Get Up | Zach Even-Esh What Makes Hawaiian Kona Coffee Better than Regular Coffee from Other Origins? | Quora If Dry January Is Too Much for You, Try Its More Lenient Cousin — Damp January | Fortune Well Track, Budget, Plan, and Do More with Your Money | Monarch Money Modern Financial and Retirement Planning Tools | ProjectionLab Supercharge Your Finances with Insights You Won’t Get from Your Bank | Copilot The World’s Most Modern Portfolio Tracker | Kubera VTI-Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF | Vanguard How High Will Bitcoin Go? Here’s What Prediction Markets Say | Yahoo! Finance Buy, Sell, and Store Hundreds of Cryptocurrencies | Coinbase The Energy World Is Set to Change Significantly by 2030, Based on Today’s Policy Settings Alone | IEA NLR: VanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETF | VanEck The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy Extended Edition | Prime Video Details Emerge on Jony Ive and OpenAI’s Plan to Build the ‘iPhone of Artificial Intelligence’ | The Verge Harvard Duo Modifies Meta Glasses to Grab Strangers’ Info | The Register The Terminator | Prime Video Terminator (T-800) Vision | YouTube 10 AI Music Generators for Creators in 2024 | DigitalOcean What We Know About the Mysterious Drones Buzzing over New Jersey | BBC It’s Been Nearly Two Decades Since the ‘Tic Tac’ Incident — Here’s What We Know About the Iconic UFO Encounter | 8 News Now Understanding UFOs: What Has to Happen in 2025 to Move the UAP Story Forward? | Space Report a UFO Sighting | Enigma Labs Moment of Contact | Prime Video E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial | Prime Video UFO | Prime Video Aliens Probing | The Kids in the Hall S04E11 UFOs Are Real, But Don’t Assume They’re Alien Spaceships | Space Survey of Entity Encounter Experiences Occasioned by Inhaled N,N-Dimethyltryptamine: Phenomenology, Interpretation, and Enduring Effects | Journal of Psychopharmacology America’s UFO Hotspot Map Correlates to Dark Sky Locations | Axios Wild Harvested Axis Venison | Maui Nui Venison Jake Muise — The Relentless Pursuit of Innovation, Quality, and Meaning | The Tim Ferriss Show #678 About Our Bar | David Protein Food-Sharing: Holo ‘Ai | Maui Nui Venison Protecting the Amazon in Partnership with Indigenous and Other Local Communities | Amazon Conservation Team Dr. Mark Plotkin on Ethnobotany, Real vs. Fake Shamans, Hallucinogens, and the Dalai Lamas of South America | The Tim Ferriss Show #469 Accelerated TMS: Moving Quickly into the Future of Depression Treatment | Neuropsychopharmacology Meditation Training Program | The Way Henry Shukman — Zen, Tools for Awakening, Ayahuasca vs. Meditation, Intro to Koans, and Using Wounds as the Doorway | The Tim Ferriss Show #531 Zen Master Henry Shukman — 20 Minutes of Calm, Plus the Strange and Powerful World of Koans | The Tim Ferriss Show #560 A Personalized Journey to Inner Peace, Clarity, and Wellness | Transcendental Meditation TMS Machines | MagVenture Innovative, Noninvasive Treatment | BrainsWay Deep TMS Async Video Messaging for Work | Loom The 30-Day Challenge: No Booze, No Masturbating (NOBNOM) | Tim Ferriss Anna Lembke, MD: Dopamine and Addiction: Navigating Pleasure, Pain, and the Path to Recovery | Peter Attia Drive #321 SXSW Conference & Festivals The Present Moment: A Retreat on the Practice of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh | Audible After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal About Life and Beyond by Bruce Greyson | Amazon Learnings from 1,000+ Near-Death Experiences — Dr. Bruce Greyson, University of Virginia | The Tim Ferriss Show #774 SHOW NOTES [00:04:49] Aloha and happy holidays! [00:07:35] Contemplating the societal impact of reality-bending AI. [00:16:10] Meathead vs. holistic fitness. [00:25:43] My current fitness priorities. [00:28:00] The pros and cons of training to failure. [00:37:09] Back pain causes and stem cell relief. [00:42:17] Protein’s role in my regimen. [00:43:20] LICUS (Low-Intensity Continuous Ultrasound Therapies). [00:45:50] Early adoption leads to mainstream affordability. [00:48:12] Inexpensive injury avoidance/reversal. [00:50:45] Apps for tracking and planning finances. [00:58:17] Bitcoin and other investment projections. [00:59:03] AI mobile device predictions. [01:06:07] AI’s place in the future of music creation. [01:06:49] We’re not saying it’s aliens, but… [01:18:31] David Bars, Maui Nui Venison, and ethical wild meat harvesting. [01:27:29] Alternative field trips considered. [01:28:32] From a simmering seven or eight to a chill two. [01:30:40] Aversion-defusing meditation — this is The Way. [01:37:48] Retreat! [01:38:32] Making time for friendship bonding. [01:43:50] NOBNOM complete. System reset. [01:46:43] The benefits of taking a break from alcohol. [01:49:08] A few reading recommendations. [01:53:34] Parting thoughts. PEOPLE MENTIONED Chris Sacca Chris Hutchins Hugh Jackman Nsima Inyang Mark Bell Serge Gracovetsky Chuck Norris Tony Robbins Gray Cook Adam Gazzaley Jony Ive Donald Trump Elon Musk J.J. Abrams Jake Muise Peter Attia Kamehameha V Henry Shukman Darya Rose Anna Lembke Thich Nhat Hanh Bruce Greyson Toaster Pino Rose Molly Ferriss The post The Random Show — 2025 Predictions (AI, Aliens, BTC, and More), New Year’s Resolutions and Strategies, Smart Fitness, The Spinal Engine, New Apps, and Much More (#785) appeared first on The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss .…

1 Dr. Becky Kennedy — Parenting Strategies for Raising Resilient Kids, Plus Word-for-Word Scripts for Repairing Relationships, Setting Boundaries, and More (#784)
“This feels hard because it is hard, not because I’m doing something wrong.” — Dr. Becky Kennedy Dr. Becky Kennedy ( @DrBeckyAtGoodInside ) is the founder and CEO of Good Inside , a parenting movement that disrupts conventional parenting practices by empowering parents to become sturdy, confident leaders and raise sturdy, confident kids. Good Inside currently has members across more than 100 countries and millions of followers across social media platforms, including nearly 3M followers on Instagram alone. Good Inside released a mobile app that serves as a “24/7 parenting coach,” offering personalized, age-based support and an AI Chatbot trained on Dr. Becky’s entire library of content. Dr. Becky is also behind the #1 New York Times bestselling book Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be , a chart-topping podcast , a TED talk with nearly 4 million views on the power of repair, and an upcoming children’s book, That’s My Truck! A Good Inside Story About Hitting . Please enjoy! This episode is brought to you by GiveWell.org charity research and effective giving , Wealthfront high-yield cash account , and AG1 all-in-one nutritional supplement. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Overcast , Podcast Addict , Pocket Casts , Castbox , YouTube Music , Amazon Music , Audible , or on your favorite podcast platform . Watch the interview on YouTube here . The transcript of this episode can be found here . Transcripts of all episodes can be found here . Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Overcast #784: Dr. Becky Kennedy — Parenting Strategies for Raising Resilient Kids, Plus Word-for-Word Scripts for Repairing Relationships, Setting Boundaries, and More This episode is brought to you by GiveWell.org ! For more than ten years, GiveWell.org has helped donors find the charities and projects that save and improve lives most per dollar. GiveWell spends over 30,000 hours each year researching charitable organizations and only recommends a few of the highest-impact, evidence-backed charities they’ve found. In total, more than 100,000 people have used GiveWell to donate as effectively as possible. This year, support the charities that save and improve lives most, with GiveWell . Any of my listeners who become new GiveWell donors will have their first donation matched up to $100 when you go to GiveWell.org and select “PODCAST” and “The Tim Ferriss Show” at checkout. This episode is brought to you by AG1 ! I get asked all the time, “If you could use only one supplement, what would it be?” My answer is usually AG1 , my all-in-one nutritional insurance. I recommended it in The 4-Hour Body in 2010 and did not get paid to do so. I do my best with nutrient-dense meals, of course, but AG1 further covers my bases with vitamins, minerals, and whole-food-sourced micronutrients that support gut health and the immune system. 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It takes just a few minutes to sign up, and then you’ll immediately start earning 4.00% APY interest on your short-term cash until you’re ready to invest. And when new clients open an account today, they can get an extra fifty-dollar bonus with a deposit of five hundred dollars or more. Visit Wealthfront.com/Tim to get started . Tim Ferriss receives cash compensation from Wealthfront Brokerage, LLC for advertising and holds a non-controlling equity interest in the corporate parent of Wealthfront Brokerage. See full disclosures here . Want to hear another podccast episode that focuses on education and the intricacies of parenting? Listen to my conversation with New York Times bestselling author Jessica Lahey , in which we discussed confidence vs. competence when trying to foster a child’s self-esteem, why instilling hope in a child is so crucial to their lifelong well-being, books and activities that keep Jessica aligned along the path of hope and optimism, advice for parents who get the dreaded phone call that their child has been caught up in non-ideal behavior, and much more . What was your favorite quote or lesson from this episode? Please let me know in the comments . SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE Connect with Dr. Becky Kennedy : Good Inside | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Threads | TikTok | YouTube Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be by Dr. Becky Kennedy | Amazon That’s My Truck!: A Good Inside Story About Hitting by Dr. Becky Kennedy and Joanie Stone | Amazon Parenting Podcast | Good Inside 24/7 Parenting Support | Good Inside App Becky Kennedy: The Single Most Important Parenting Strategy | TED Talk Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin | Amazon The Scariest Navy SEAL Imaginable…And What He Taught Me | The Tim Ferriss Show #107 Everyone Yells at Their Kids. How Do You Repair the Moment? | Today Dr. Becky on Activating Curiosity | Instagram Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth | Amazon Dr Becky Kennedy: It’s Not Your Job to Make Your Kid Happy | Lewis Howes Why Your Teen Needs a Sturdy Leader, Per Dr. Becky | Motherly Dr. Becky Kennedy Wants to Help Parents Land the Plane | The New Yorker The Profile Dossier: Becky Kennedy, The Parenting Guru Offering Practical Solutions | The Profile Don’t Shoot the Dog: The Art of Teaching and Training by Karen Pryor | Amazon The How and What of “The Most Generous Interpretation” Method | First Things First Dr. Becky Kennedy Is Instagram’s Favorite Parenting Guru | Romper Conscious Loving: The Journey to Co-Commitment by Gay Hendricks and Kathlyn Hendricks | Amazon Nonviolent Communication: Create Your Life, Your Relationships, and Your World in Harmony with Your Values by Marshall B. Rosenberg | Amazon Richard Schwartz — IFS, Psychedelic Experiences without Drugs, and Finding Inner Peace for Our Many Parts | The Tim Ferriss Show #492 Introduction to Internal Family Systems by Richard C. Schwartz, Ph.D. | Amazon No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model by Richard C. Schwartz, Ph.D. | Amazon Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (And More Life to Live) by Eve Rodsky | Amazon Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed | Amazon What Grandparents Need to Know About Popular Parenting Methods | More Than Grand Eating Disorders: Six Types and Their Symptoms | Healthline Dr. Becky Kennedy: Wire Your Children for Resilience | Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown Hanna | Prime Video The Bourne Identity | Prime Video Emotional Dysregulation | Cleveland Clinic The Exorcist | Prime Video The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You by Elaine N. Aron, Ph.D. | Amazon Jiro Dreams of Sushi | Prime Video SHOW NOTES [00:06:49] The power of repair. [00:09:44] “It’s never your fault when I yell at you.” [00:13:49] What does it mean to be a “good” parent? [00:15:26] Activating curiosity over judgment. [00:18:27] Alternatives to saying “Good job” as a confidence builder. [00:23:16] Making kids happy vs. building capability. [00:26:44] A pilot metaphor for sturdy leadership. [00:31:56] Role confusion. [00:34:30] Defining boundaries. [00:38:44] How parenting becomes a two-way mirror for growth. [00:43:46] The MGI (Most Generous Interpretation) approach. [00:46:29] Biggest challenges in parenting. [00:50:29] Recommended reading for someone with kids in their life. [00:55:49] Advisable prerequisites for singles who aim to build a family. [00:59:55] Setting boundaries with grandparents and dealing with different parenting styles. [01:05:18] Handling frustration when a child is pushing your buttons. [01:13:35] Lessons learned from working with eating disorders. [01:17:03] Managing troublemaker behavior. [01:21:14] Bad influence intervention. [01:26:28] Cultivating resilience in “deeply feeling” kids (DFKs). [01:32:35] The trials and errors that birthed Good Inside . [01:36:30] “Our words are not our wishes. Our words are our fears.” [01:43:44] Billboard messages and mantras. [01:51:37] Fan-favorite scripts on saying no, boundaries, and repair. [01:54:52] The tennis court metaphor for boundaries. [01:59:22] Resources and parting thoughts. MORE DR. BECKY KENNEDY QUOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW “Parenting doesn’t come naturally. The only thing that comes naturally is how you were parented.” — Dr. Becky Kennedy “What scares you does not scare me. … What a sturdy leader really does is they say to you, ‘I see what’s happening for you. I see your feelings as real and your feelings don’t overwhelm me.'” — Dr. Becky Kennedy “This feels hard because it is hard, not because I’m doing something wrong.” — Dr. Becky Kennedy “We were never meant to parent on instinct alone.” — Dr. Becky Kennedy “When we’re completely out of control and overwhelmed and we scream things out in that state, our words are not our wishes; our words are our fears.” — Dr. Becky Kennedy “Do not deprive my child of finding their capability. Do not steal it. Do not steal their capability. A kid doesn’t feel capable when they do something easy.” — Dr. Becky Kennedy “Kids develop capability after watching themselves survive something that was really difficult and just get through it.” — Dr. Becky Kennedy “Our body has this remarkable way to act out conflict if we don’t kind of understand it and resolve it.” — Dr. Becky Kennedy “The most under-utilized strategy in parenting—and this sounds like a joke, but I do want to name it to make it official—is doing nothing.” — Dr. Becky Kennedy PEOPLE MENTIONED Jocko Willink Angela Duckworth Karen Pryor Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger Eve Rodsky Cheryl Strayed Richard Schwartz Gay Hendricks Katie Hendricks Oscar Wilde Abraham Lincoln Eric Bana Jason Bourne Jiro Ono The post Dr. Becky Kennedy — Parenting Strategies for Raising Resilient Kids, Plus Word-for-Word Scripts for Repairing Relationships, Setting Boundaries, and More (#784) appeared first on The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss .…

1 The 4-Hour Workweek Revisited – How to Get Uncommon Results by Doing the Opposite, Aiming with Precision, and Aiming for the Unrealistic (#783)
Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show . This time around, we have a bit of a different format, featuring the book that started it all, T he 4-Hour Workweek , which was published in 2007. It’s crazy to think that the 20th anniversary is around the corner. Readers and listeners often ask me what I would change or update, but in my mind, an equally interesting question is: what wouldn’t I change? What stands the test of time and hasn’t lost any potency? This episode features three chapters from the audiobook of The 4-Hour Workweek that are time-tested. They represent tools and frameworks that have changed my life and that I still use today. The chapters are narrated by the great voice actor Ray Porter. The 4-Hour Workweek is written in four sections, each corresponding to a letter in the acronym DEAL, which stands for Definition, Elimination, Automation, and Liberation. The chapters you’ll hear are from the section “D is for Definition.” If you want to craft your best life and your ideal lifestyle, these chapters should help. If you want to maximize your per-hour output, whether it’s four, 40, or 100 hours per week, Definition is the also the most important first step. If you are interested in checking out the rest of the audiobook, which is produced and copyrighted by Blackstone Publishing, you can find it on Audible , Apple , Google , Spotify , Downpour.com , or wherever you find your favorite audiobooks. Please enjoy! This episode is brought to you by Seed’s DS-01® Daily Synbiotic broad spectrum 24-strain probiotic + prebiotic, Helix Sleep premium mattresses , and AG1 all-in-one nutritional supplement. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Overcast , Podcast Addict , Pocket Casts , Castbox , YouTube Music , Amazon Music , Audible , or on your favorite podcast platform . 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Seed’s DS-01 was recommended to me months ago by a PhD microbiologist, so I started using it well before their team ever reached out to me. Since then, it’s become a daily staple and one of the few supplements I travel with. I’ve always been highly skeptical of most probiotics due to the lack of science and the fact that many do not survive digestion. But after incorporating two capsules of Seed’s DS-01 into my morning routine, I have noticed improved digestion, skin tone, and overall health. Why is it so effective? For one, it’s a 2-in-1 probiotic and prebiotic formulated with 24 clinically and scientifically studied strains that have systemic benefits in and beyond the gut. And now, you can get 25% off your first month of DS-01 with code 25TIM . Want to hear another podcast episode that features The 4-Hour Workweek ? Check out this episode , in which Cal Newport interviews me for an article he ended up writing for The New Yorker titled “ Revisiting ‘The 4-Hour Workweek’: How Tim Ferriss’s 2007 manifesto anticipated our current moment of professional upheaval .” What was your favorite quote or lesson from this episode? Please let me know in the comments . SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Tim Ferriss | Amazon How to Lose 30 Pounds in 24 Hours: The Definitive Guide to Cutting Weight | Tim Ferriss 1999 Sanshou Nationals Finals Finish | Instagram Richard Douglas Fosbury | Olympics The Physics of the Fosbury Flop | Stanford University George Does the Opposite | Seinfeld Always Be Closing: Y Combinator and The Art of the Pitch | Tim Ferriss The Weekend Retirement Test Drive: Groundhog Day and the Rest of Your Life | Tim Ferriss How to Take a Mini-Retirement: Tips and Tricks | Tim Ferriss Mr. Money Mustache — Living Beautifully on $25-27K Per Year | The Tim Ferriss Show #221 Your Body Knows the Difference Between Good Stress and Bad Stress: Do You? | Mayo Clinic News Network How to Succeed in High-Stress Situations | The Tim Ferriss Show #319 Florianopolis Surf Vacation | Nexus Surf (Via The Internet Archive) Why Tim Ferriss Sold His Muse | Inc.com The Favorite Stoic Exercises of Tim Ferriss, Arianna Huffington, Robert Greene, and More | Daily Stoic How to Prioritize Your Life and Make Time for What Matters | The Tim Ferriss Show #304 Fear-Setting: The Most Valuable Exercise I Do Every Month | Tim Ferriss Why Bigger Goals = Less Competition | Tim Ferriss Tim Ferriss’ Princeton Challenge. Can You Do It? | r/Manprovement Postcard from Warren Buffett | The Real Josh (Via The Internet Archive) Seven Strange Questions That Help You Find Your Life Purpose | Mark Manson What Screams “Midlife Crisis?” | r/AskReddit How to Get George Bush or the CEO of Google on the Phone | Tim Ferriss Fail Better by Adam Gottesfeld | Princeton Alumni Weekly Ideal Lifestyle Costing (with Dreamlining Tools) | Tim Ferriss SHOW NOTES [00:00:00] Intro (D is for definition). [00:05:43] Beating the game, not playing the game. [00:10:11] Challenging the status quo vs. being stupid. [00:11:48] Retirement is worst-case-scenario insurance. [00:13:40] Interest and energy are cyclical. [00:15:06] Less is not laziness. [00:16:24] The timing is never right. [00:17:24] Ask for forgiveness, not permission. [00:18:01] Emphasize strengths, don’t fix weaknesses. [00:18:57] Things in excess become their opposite. [00:20:02] Money alone is not the solution. [00:21:24] Relative income is more important than absolute income. [00:24:13] Distress is bad, eustress is good. [00:25:59] Questions and actions. [00:27:45] Dodging bullets: fear-setting and escaping paralysis. [00:32:51] The power of pessimism: defining the nightmare. [00:36:59] Conquering fear = defining fear. [00:39:55] Uncovering fear disguised as optimism. [00:42:00] Someone call the Maître d’. [00:45:02] Questions and actions. [00:49:45] System reset: Being unreasonable and unambiguous. [00:53:13] Doing the unrealistic is easier than doing the realistic. [00:55:41] What do you want? A better question, first of all. [00:57:41] Adult-onset ADD: adventure deficit disorder. [00:59:44] The fat man in the red BMW convertible. [01:01:21] Correcting course: get unrealistic. [01:02:28] How to get George Bush or the CEO of Google on the phone. [01:08:41] Questions and actions and dreamlining calculations. PEOPLE MENTIONED Ray Porter Herbert Bayard Swope Oscar Wilde Dick Fosbury Donald Trump Joan Rivers Yoda Hans Keeling Benjamin Disraeli Seneca the Younger Yvon Chouinard James Dean Jean Cocteau Jean-Marc Hachey Mark Twain Lewis Carroll George Bernard Shaw Jennifer Lopez William J. Clinton J.D. Salinger Santa Claus Douglas Price Adam Gottesfeld Ryan Marrinan Randy Komisar Eric Schmidt Ed Zschau George H.W. Bush Taisen Deshimaru Samuel Beckett Nathan Kaplan Sharpe James Al Sharpton Viktor Frankl Michael Ellsberg The post The 4-Hour Workweek Revisited – How to Get Uncommon Results by Doing the Opposite, Aiming with Precision, and Aiming for the Unrealistic (#783) appeared first on The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss .…

1 Legendary Inventor Danny Hillis (Plus Kevin Kelly) — Unorthodox Lessons from 400+ Patents, Solving the Impossible, Real Al vs. “AI,” Hiring Richard Feynman, Working with Steve Jobs, Creating…
“It may be easier to actually make intelligence than to understand intelligence.” — Danny Hillis Danny Hillis is an inventor, scientist, author, and engineer. While completing his doctorate at MIT, he pioneered the parallel computers that are the basis for the processors used for AI and most high-performance computer chips. He has more than 400 issued patents, covering parallel computers; disk arrays; cancer diagnostics and treatment; various electronic, optical, and mechanical devices; and the pinch-to-zoom display interface. He is a co-founder of The Long Now Foundation and the designer of its 10,000-year mechanical clock . Danny has founded multiple companies, but his only regular job was as the first Disney Fellow at Disney Imagineering. He has published scientific papers in Science , Nature , Modern Biology , and International Journal of Theoretical Physics and written extensively on technology for Newsweek , Wired , and Scientific American . He is the author of The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work and Connection Machine . He is now a founding partner with Applied Invention , working on new ideas in cybersecurity, medicine, and agriculture. Kevin Kelly ( @kevin2kelly ) is the founding executive editor of WIRED magazine, the former editor and publisher of the Whole Earth Review , and a bestselling author of books on technology and culture, including Excellent Advice for Living ; The Inevitable ; What Technology Wants ; and Vanishing Asia , his three-volume photo-book set that captures West, Central, and East Asia. Kevin is the author of the popular essay “ 1000 True Fans .” Subscribe to Kevin’s newsletter, Recomendo , at recomendo.com. Every edition features 6 brief personal recommendations of cool stuff. Please enjoy! This episode is brought to you by Momentous high-quality supplements , Eight Sleep’s Pod 4 Ultra sleeping solution for dynamic cooling and heating, and AG1 all-in-one nutritional supplement. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Overcast , Podcast Addict , Pocket Casts , Castbox , YouTube Music , Amazon Music , Audible , or on your favorite podcast platform . Watch the interview on YouTube . The transcript of this episode can be found here . Transcripts of all episodes can be found here . Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Overcast #782: Legendary Inventor Danny Hillis (Plus Kevin Kelly) — Unorthodox Lessons from 400+ Patents, Solving the Impossible, Real Al vs. 'AI', Hiring Richard Feynman, Working with Steve Jobs, Creating Parallel Computing, and Much More This episode is brought to you by Eight Sleep . Temperature is one of the main causes of poor sleep, and heat is my personal nemesis. 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SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE Connect with Danny Hillis : Applied Invention Connect with Kevin Kelly : Website | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube A Multidisciplinary Innovation Company | Applied Invention Six Brief Personal Recommendations of Cool Stuff | Recomendo Interview of Kevin Kelly, Co-Founder of WIRED, Polymath, Most Interesting Man In The World? | The Tim Ferriss Show #25, #26, & #27 Stewart Brand – The Polymath of Polymaths | The Tim Ferriss Show #281 Sierra Diablo Mountain Range | 10,000-Year Clock Natra Mogen Clamp | eBay W. Daniel Hillis: Becoming a Disney Fellow | Web of Stories Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) World Leader in Artificial Intelligence Computing | NVIDIA Moore’s Law | Intel Sun Microsystems | Wikipedia Five Facts You May Not Know About Disney and Dali’s Lost Project ‘Destino’ | Park West Gallery Disney Online | Disney Wiki How to Do a Tombstone Rubbing | ThoughtCo. The Steve Jobs Effect: Why We Need Visionary Founders and Professional Leaders (Who Are a Little of Both) | Inc. Thinking Machines Corporation | Wikipedia What Is Parallel Computing? | IBM Danny Hillis: The Biological Connection (Excerpt from Out of Their Minds) | NYU Intelligence as an Emergent Behavior or, The Songs of Eden | The Long Now Amdahl’s Law: Understanding the Basics | Splunk A New Identity-Aware Network Security Layer | ZPR Island by Aldous Huxley | Amazon Ocean’s Eleven (2001) | Prime Video Logo History | Logo Foundation W. Daniel Hillis: Programming Slot Machine | Web of Stories Tinkertoy Computer | Computer History Museum A Modern, Open-Source Smalltalk Programming System | Squeak How Feynman Diagrams Almost Saved Space | Quanta Magazine Quantum Electrodynamics | Fermilab Comprehensive Cancer Information | National Cancer Institute Danny Hillis: Understanding Cancer Through Proteomics | TED Talk David Agus: A New Strategy in the War on Cancer | TED Talk Talking with Walt Disney | The Disney Connection Life on the Pond | Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust Permaculture: You’ve Heard of It, But What the Heck Is It? | Modern Farmer TL;DR Shorts: Dr. Danny Hillis on the Automated Future of Research | Digital Science The Alliance for Learning Innovation | ALI The Big AI Research DARPA Is Funding This Year | Defense One Dr. William Hillis: Man on a Mission | Baylor College of Arts & Sciences W. Daniel Hillis: My Father Was a Doctor | Web of Stories The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet by Eleanor Cameron | Amazon The Pros and Cons of Homeschooling | Parents The Rise and Fall of Thinking Machines | Inc. The Enlightenment is Dead, Long Live the Entanglement | Journal of Design and Science The Coming Entanglement: Bill Joy and Danny Hillis | Science Talk Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, & the Economic World by Kevin Kelly | Amazon Fostering Long-Term Thinking | The Long Now Foundation The Big Picture | WIRED What is a Neural Network? | IBM The History of Artificial Intelligence: Complete AI Timeline | TechTarget W. Daniel Hillis: The Evolution of Artificial Intelligence | Web of Stories Here’s Why We Don’t Understand What Electricity Is | Ribbon Farm Plants of the Gods — Dr. Mark Plotkin on Ayahuasca, Shamanic Knowledge, the Curse and Blessing of Coca, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show #508 Mantis Shrimp | Great Barrier Reef Foundation Artificial Intelligence Concerns: Is Skynet or The Matrix Possible? | Ontario Society of Professional Engineers Duck And Cover (1951) | Nuclear Vault Smallpox and the Story of Vaccination | Science Museum 1950s: Explore a Decade in LGBTQ+ History | Pride & Progress Danny Hillis: Should We Create a Solar Shade to Cool the Earth? | TED Talk By 2060 the Total Population of Humans on Earth Will Be Less than It Is Today. | Long Bets Star Trek: The Original Series | Prime Video Smartphone History: A Complete Timeline | Textline Seven Ways the Internet Has Changed the World (for Better and for Worse) | Race Communications Babble: A Real “Cone of Silence” | Lifehacker The Jetsons | Prime Video Herman Miller Babble | The BE Collection Alzheimer’s Treatments: What’s on the Horizon? | Mayo Clinic Theranos: A Fallen Unicorn | Investopedia Danny Hillis: Breakthrough Tools for Neuroscience | BrainMind Summit W. Daniel Hillis: Seeing the Future Emerging from Dreams | Web of Stories W. Daniel Hillis: My ‘Pinch-to-Zoom’ Invention | Web of Stories Pinch-to-Zoom: Apple Versus Samsung | Canadian Intellectual Property Blog What Is a Patent in Simple Terms? | Investopedia On the 20th Anniversary, An Oral History of the Web’s First Banner Ads | Internet History Podcast Daniel Hillis Inventions, Patents, and Patent Applications | Justia Patents Search How Claude Shannon Invented the Future | Quanta Magazine W. Daniel Hillis: Why I Don’t Believe In Cause and Effect | Web of Stories Quantum Computing: Definition, How It’s Used, and Example | Investopedia The Pattern on the Stone by W. Daniel Hillis | Amazon W. Daniel Hillis: Francis Crick and Consciousness | Web of Stories Something That Goes Beyond Ourselves | Edge Neuroscientist David Eagleman — Exploring Consciousness, Sensory Augmentation, The Lazy Susan Method of Extraordinary Productivity, Dreaming, Improving Hearing with a Wristband, Synesthesia, Stretching Time with Novelty, Lessons from Titans of Science, and Much More | The Tim Ferriss Show #674 The “Long Tail” of Research Impact Is Engendered by Innovative Dissemination Tools and Meaningful Community Engagement | LSE The Clock of the Long Now | The Long Now Foundation Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Prime Video SHOW NOTES [07:56] How Danny and Kevin first met through Stewart Brand. [09:58] The funniest person who ever opened Danny’s interview box of unusual objects. [14:01] Danny’s transition to Disney as a Disney Fellow and Vice President of Imagineering. [19:12] The contrast between engineering and artistic approaches to problem-solving. [28:56] The development of parallel computing and founding Thinking Machines. [37:15] The three criteria by which projects are chosen at Applied Invention. [40:36] Zero-trust packet routing (ZPR) and the future of cybersecurity. [46:46] Learning by “hanging out” with experts like Seymour Papert, Marvin Minsky, and Richard Feynman. [59:20] Danny’s work in biotechnology and cancer research with David Agus. [01:07:44] Staying sustainable with systems-oriented thinking in agriculture — as nature intended. [01:16:10] Danny’s superpower. [01:17:48] Homeschooling, education on the move, and the influence of Mrs. Wilner. [01:22:00] The failure of Thinking Machines and other regrets/surprises. [01:26:00] The “Entanglement” that blurs natural and technological boundaries. [01:30:54] The current state of AI versus true intelligence. [01:34:34] How AI may help humanity better understand its place on the intelligence spectrum. [01:39:42] What the future looks like to a short-term pessimist/long-term optimist. [01:50:50] The cone of silence we never heard from again. [01:53:10] Debugging dementia and other diseases. [01:58:05] The MRI alternative Danny’s tackling. [02:00:51] Why don’t we have a freezer version of the consumer microwave oven? [02:01:23] Danny’s place in pinch-to-zoom iPhone innovation history. [02:04:51] The pros and cons of patents for inventors and society. [02:08:01] Inventors Danny finds inspiring. [02:10:04] Danny’s cause-and-effect heresy. [02:14:47] Quantum computing and its implications. [02:18:34] The scientific pursuit of understanding consciousness. [02:23:00] The question Danny asks himself before investing time in a project. [02:25:26] Danny’s 10,000-year billboard. [02:29:49] Parting thoughts. MORE DANNY HILLIS QUOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW “What the inventor does is actually a very small piece of it. What society does is it creates these preconditions for invention. And once those preconditions are in place, then it’s just a matter of putting together the puzzle pieces and making it work.” — Danny Hillis “I’ve also developed the ability to search out the people who really know the thing and hang out with them. … It’s not that I know things other people don’t, but maybe I know a different combination of things that other people do know, and I’m kind of willing to learn the things I don’t know and have a technique of doing it by just hanging out with people who are smarter than I am.” — Danny Hillis “Intelligence is a very complicated multifactored thing like life. It’s not just one thing. At the beginnings of AI, we thought the things that were hard for us to do were the intelligence. … As it turns out … the hard part was the stuff that we were so good at, we didn’t even notice—like recognizing a face, jumping to a conclusion, having an intuition about something.” — Danny Hillis “It’s much harder to imagine solutions to problems than it is to imagine problems.” — Danny Hillis “Maybe I’ve kept a superpower that kids have. … They’re not afraid to go in and see something new and strange and start playing with it.” — Danny Hillis “I try to ask the question, ‘Will this make a difference over how much time and how long will that difference matter?’ If it makes a lot of difference after I’m dead, I’d rather do that.” — Danny Hillis “I read enough papers that I have questions, because you’re wasting the time of a Marvin Minsky or a Richard Feynman if you don’t ask them something that makes them think. So I would say most of my learning was from the people, not the papers. But I always do homework beforehand to see where the interesting questions are.” — Danny Hillis “Great teachers … see where you are and they stretch you to someplace you can get to.” — Danny Hillis “A lot of people’s use of computers is now, they kind of know the magic incantations that cause this library to do that, but they don’t really know all the things that are going on underneath that that make it work. And so it’s becoming more like nature. Nature, we used to kind of know, ‘Well, here’s the magic incantations we use for making beer. We don’t know really why this makes good beer, this makes bad beer, or this makes champagne, but we know when we do this, it does that,’ and that’s kind of becoming our relationship with computers. So I think that what’s happening … the distinction between the natural and the artificial is becoming entangled. … It may just kind of go away because there almost is no pure nature and there almost is no pure technology that we fully understand.” — Danny Hillis “I have a granddaughter [who] can sit and talk to an electrician as if she knows what electricity is, just by using the right words and saying phrases that she’s heard before and so on. And she can kind of fake it pretty well, but she has no idea what she’s talking about. And that’s mostly where AI is right at this moment.” — Danny Hillis “It may be easier to actually make intelligence than to understand intelligence.” — Danny Hillis “I think humans, as we know them today, are kind of halfway between monkeys and what we’re going to become. … We’re in this transitional phase. We’ve still got a lot of monkey in us, and I’m really excited by that thing that we’re going to become.” — Danny Hillis “In general, I’m a short-term pessimist and a long-term optimist.” — Danny Hillis “Much better to be a peasant today than to be a king a couple of centuries ago in terms of your health, food that you ate, how you spend your time … your comfort, everything.” — Danny Hillis “I don’t believe in cause and effect.” — Danny Hillis “An idea has a lot more sticking power than any physical thing you could build.” — Danny Hillis PEOPLE MENTIONED Stewart Brand Walt Disney Robin Williams Bran Ferren Marvin Minsky Jerome Wiesner Salvador Dalí Frank Wells Steve Jobs Andy Hertzfeld Marc Andreessen Seymour Cray Cormac McCarthy Aldous Huxley Richard P. Feynman Murray Gell-Mann John McCarthy Groucho Marx Seymour Papert David B. Agus John Doerr Al Gore Bill Berkman Cosimo de’ Medici Dr. William Hillis Mrs. Wilner Jeff Bezos Gian-Carlo Rota Nikola Tesla Thomas Edison Michael Faraday Humphry Davy Isaac Newton Barack Obama Brian Behlendorf Claude Shannon Bill Gates Bigfoot Indiana Jones Derek Sivers The post Legendary Inventor Danny Hillis (Plus Kevin Kelly) — Unorthodox Lessons from 400+ Patents, Solving the Impossible, Real Al vs. “AI,” Hiring Richard Feynman, Working with Steve Jobs, Creating Parallel Computing, and Much More (#782) appeared first on The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss .…
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