The Return of Drunk Dialing (#192)

Loved this episode! Slightly cringed when he pronounced Melbourne wrong (I’m 100% guilty of doing this until I visited there) but otherwise I learned a lot from this! Killed it as always Tim

I really liked this Podcast. It feels like the booze infused you with the confidence to give very direct answers to some of the more unusual but still very relevant questions that emerged, which actually produced some gems!

To the gentleman who is tired of reinventing the wheel, it sounds like the bids/proposals are your primary pain point. Based on what I’ve seen in government contracting, most sections of these responses are very formulaic, interspersed with very specific details. Would it be possible to create a template or group of templates with free-form fields? It wouldn’t eliminate all the grunt work, but you might be able to get this to a point where you could either manually complete it yourself, or somehow automate it.

I would suggest comparing a bunch of your proposals, both by using the compare documents feature and by manually matching up the various sections. This will enable you to determine areas where you can create boilerplate response, and what custom data you need.

You may even find that you could hand off the custom language to a tech writer and only have to review a draft proposal.

Great show Tim – lots of great info, and that sounded like very good gin(

Tim, I just finished listening to your drunk podcast. I loved it. I thought you were brilliant, funny, sexy & endearing. I listen to you all the time. You are a true Renaissance man. Thank you so much for making me think, as well as laugh at loud. Stay well.

Tim,

Fun podcast. The stories about your mom are great. She sounds like an incredible woman.

The last caller had smooth questions. I do agree with your slurred response about dating and life. (Audio1:41:30)

And Congrats on your new relationship. You tend to use less profanity and mellow out when you’re dating someone.

I wish you the best.

I thought this was a great episode, very raw and to the point. The booze is a great lubricator for us all, it just cuts through all the BS. I would like to hear more of this type of thing please.

I think the next drunk dialling episode could even be more interesting if the person receiving the call had to do shots in line with there call number 1st call one shot 2nd call 2 shots and so on. That would mix things up a little and make it even more interesting!

Corrected age post.

I am on an android phone. I can’t download the podcast ( that’s my first choice. ) because I cannot right-click. Please get your webtech to clear this up by writing something that does work for us Android users?

Thanks.

I used to be able to use your link to play it on a page that had very cool buttons, one for for 30 seconds forward and another for 30 seconds back. That was better by far than the 1 inch long play or stop I see now. This is because I like to go back to rehear some part, and clarify what I missed.

I also might only get a half-hour of listening at a time and the tiny-inch player won’t let me find my place.

If I had a player I would want if to have this review / ff option.. But if I had a player, I think would need how to call it, or know how to refer to the stream so I could tap the podcast off that page.

(note to self: read about players.)

This is heady stuff to describe.

I am a fan – at 70 yo.

Thanks, and I will find the time to listen.

…her name was McGill but she called herself Lil.

Tim – Thank you for the walk through an evening of gin and gregariousness. I am a longtime fan, having founded (and later sold) my company in 2008 based on the 4HWW. I recently rediscovered you as a catalyst for inspiring my 14, 15. 17 and 18 year olds (mixed family) to be productive and spend their time valuably. 2 questions: 1) I am very interested in suggesting your Tim Ferris experiment to my kids, but I find for example, the golf to be too short. You mention hours of “behind the scenes” footage but my purchase only links to one 10 min. behind the scenes video for golf. Can someone please point me to the hours of video? Happy to pay extra, just cannot find the additional footage. 2) I noticed there were no women on the drunken dialing, I’d like to be on the list for a call. Will you do this again imminently, and how can I add my name to the list? Thanks. Thanks for your inspiration, particularly to the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders much more likely to listen to you than Mom 🙂

My favorite bit was when you answered the question about podcasts, because I’ve been wanting to start a podcast for a while but had no idea how to get going. Thanks! That was really, really helpful!

“LONG DISTANCE MOVES” – Did I miss this part of the episode?

Can someone let me know where this was discussed in the episode? I was listening while driving and may have spaced out!

Thanks

Hi, Tim! I fell asleep to the sound of your voice as I was listening to this podcast last night. This could seriously qualify as a lullaby. I particularly loved your tips on long distance move, was pretty excited about that – my work requires me to move all the time. Hope all is well!

I preferred the end when you clearly had enough gin. I think that’s where you should start but that’s just me. It’s impressive that you can communicate so intelligently deep into the bottle. It kind of made me laugh as I did my walking tonight so it was entertaining.

Hey Tim, last caller here. Since we spoke I think I’ve listened to our conversation dozens of times behind a cringed look on my face from hearing my own voice on a podcast. However, it was really cool to develop an open dialogue with you in the last twenty minutes, even though I broke your rule of being courteous of your time (sorry). I misinterpreted the “Drunk dialing episode” as an excuse to get drunk myself and forgot I signed up for such a phone call. What a surprise it was. In any environment though, it’s a really cool place I have to go back to and reference a conversation I had with “Tim Fucking Ferriss” and extrapolate first hand advice. Just wanted to say thank you man and hope to run into later down the road.

P.S. : Started my own podcast and loving every second.