
Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is usually my job to sit down with world-class performers of all different types to tease out the habits, routines, favorite books, and so on that you can apply and test in your own life. This time, we have a slightly different format, and I’m the guest.
As some of you know, I tested a “fan-supported model” in 2019, but I ended up returning to ads by request. That’s a long story, and you can read more about it at tim.blog/podcastexperiment. I recently sat down with the original supporter group for a fun and live Q&A on YouTube.
In this episode, I answer questions on marketing and product launches, premium pricing, user feedback, fasting routines, podcast advertising, my recent gardening adventures, tools for releasing tension in the iliacus and psoas muscles, my current coffee and alcohol rules, advice for artisans, animal communication, tools for adverse life moments, and more.
Please enjoy!
The transcript of this episode can be found here. Transcripts of all episodes can be found here.
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SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE
- Guerrilla Financing: Alternative Techniques to Finance Any Small Business by Bruce Jan Blechman and Jay Conrad Levinson | Amazon
- Fear-Setting: The Most Valuable Exercise I Do Every Month | Tim Ferriss
- Async Video Messaging for Work | Loom
- Classified Advertisements | Craigslist
- The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Tim Ferriss | Amazon
- The 4-Hour Chef: The Simple Path to Cooking Like a Pro, Learning Anything, and Living the Good Life by Timothy Ferriss | Amazon
- Digg | Wikipedia
- The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman by Timothy Ferriss | Amazon
- Hacker News
- Tim Ferriss | AngelList
- Same Day Handyman, Moving, & Delivery Services | TaskRabbit
- Shopify Launches Build a Business Competition | Shopify
- The Invisible Selling Machine | Fortune (via The Wayback Machine)
- Revisiting the Low-Information Diet (Revised for 2018) | Impossible HQ
- The Home for Great Writing | Substack
- Kim Kardashian on the Cover of PAPER Break the Internet | PAPER
- Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport | Amazon
- Cal Newport — The Eternal Pursuit of Craftsmanship, the Deep Life, Slow Productivity, and a 30-Day Digital Minimalism Challenge | The Tim Ferriss Show #568
- From Life Span to Health Span | Harvard Medical School
- Tools of Titans: Derek Sivers Distilled | The Tim Ferriss Show #202
- One Simple Idea, Revised and Expanded Edition: Turn Your Dreams into a Licensing Goldmine While Letting Others Do the Work by Stephen Key | Amazon
- Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You by John Warrillow | Amazon
- UFC Hall of Famer Bas Rutten on Fundamentals of Real Self-Defense, Savage Fight Stories, How He’s Handled Bullies, Breathing Techniques for Increasing Stamina and Endurance, The Art of Personal Reinvention, and Cultivating the Practice of Prayer | The Tim Ferriss Show #621
- Research Supporting Benefits of Inspiratory Muscle Training | The O2 Lung Trainer
- BJ Miller — The Man Who Studied 1,000 Deaths to Learn How to Live | The Tim Ferriss Show #153
- On Grief and Grieving by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and David Kessler | Amazon
- Dr. John Krystal — All Things Ketamine, The Most Comprehensive Podcast Episode Ever | The Tim Ferriss Show #625
- New Disease: Ketamine Bladder Syndrome: An Important Differential Diagnosis When Assessing a Patient with Persistent Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms | BMJ Case Reports
- PubMed | National Library of Medicine
- Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big by Bo Burlingham | Amazon
- The Microdose | Substack
- Dr. Gabor Maté — The Myth of Normal, Metabolizing Anger, Processing Trauma, and Finding the Still Voice Within | The Tim Ferriss Show #620
- Boyd Varty — The Lion Tracker’s Guide to Life | The Tim Ferriss Show #571
- Susan Garrett — Master Dog (and Human) Trainer | The Tim Ferriss Show #200
- World Elk Calling Championship Final Round | Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
- Equine Therapy for Mental Health: Benefits and Things to Consider | Verywell Mind
- Tim Ferriss: 3-Day Fast Method Details from Tools of Titans | Fast Life Hacks
- Electrolyte Drink Mix | LMNT
- Coastal Resilience Mapping Portal | The Nature Conservancy
- Support a Classroom. Build a Future. | DonorsChoose
- Help Bring Clean and Safe Water to Every Person on the Planet | Charity: Water
- The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing by Al Ries and Jack Trout | Amazon
- 1,000 True Fans by Kevin Kelly | The Technium
- The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More with Less by Richard Koch | Amazon
- Richard Koch on Mastering the 80/20 Principle, Achieving Unreasonable Success, and the Art of Gambling | The Tim Ferriss Show #466
- Email Newsletter by Tim Ferriss | 5-Bullet Friday
- How The Beanie Babies Frenzy Collapsed | Rise And Fall
- Selling to the Affluent by Thomas Stanley | Amazon
- Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster by Dana Thomas | Amazon
- The Art Basel Banana, Explained | Vogue
- The Price of Everything | Prime Video
- Swipe File Examples from Top Copywriters & Marketers | Swipefile.com
- Tiffany & Co. Turns CryptoPunks Into $12.5M Luxury Jewelry Sale | Blockworks
- Stay in the Great Smoky Mountains | Smoky Mountains of NC
- A Pacific Northwest Adventure: Rainforests and Waterfalls | Roadtrippers
- Moab Utah’s Official Vacation Planning Website | Discover Moab
- Beanie Mania | HBO Max
- For The Love Of Money by The BulletBoys (Video) | YouTube
- ‘We Try Harder’: The Story of Most Brilliant Ad Slogan of the 20th Century | The Denver Post
- Ryanair: The Full Story of the Controversial Low-Cost Airline by Siobhan Creaton | Amazon
- A History Of easyJet: From Two Routes to European Giant | Simply Flying
- How Herb Kelleher, Southwest Airlines Cofounder, Made the World Smaller | Texas Monthly
- Our Blades Are F***ing Great | Dollar Shave Club
- Sir Richard Branson — The Billionaire Maverick of the Virgin Empire | The Tim Ferriss Show #272
- Losing My Virginity: How I Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way by Richard Branson | Amazon
- My Semi-Buzzed Night on Hangover-Free Ketone Alcohol | MEL
- Shaved Ice in Austin, TX
- Become the Arrow: The Art of Modern Barebow Shooting by Byron Ferguson | Amazon
- Best Longbow Trick Shots by Archery Master Byron Ferguson | Gunpowder and Gasoline
- The Four Types of Archery Bows: Recurve, Longbow, Compound, and Crossbow | GearJunkie
- The Korean Women Are Unbeaten at the Olympics since 1988 | World Archery
- Steven Pressfield — How to Overcome Self-Sabotage and Resistance, Routines for Little Successes, and The Hero’s Journey vs. The Artist’s Journey | The Tim Ferriss Show
- How to Start a War by Tim Ferriss | Grails by PROOF Collective
- Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha by Tara Brach | Amazon
- Tara Brach on Meditation and Overcoming FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) | The Tim Ferriss Show #94
- Jerry Colonna — How to Reboot Yourself and Feel Unrushed in the New Year | The Tim Ferriss Show #554
- Jerry Colonna — The Coach with the Spider Tattoo | The Tim Ferriss Show #373
- Jack Kornfield — How to Overcome Apathy and Find Beautiful Purpose | The Tim Ferriss Show #601
- Jack Kornfield — Finding Freedom, Love, and Joy in the Present | The Tim Ferriss Show #300
- Richard Schwartz — IFS, Psychedelic Experiences without Drugs, and Finding Inner Peace for Our Many Parts | The Tim Ferriss Show #492
- Gary Keller — How to Focus on the One Important Thing | The Tim Ferriss Show #401
- The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan | Amazon
- Productivity Tip: Finding the Lead Domino | Portland Community College
- Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman | Amazon
- The Liberation of Cosmic Insignificance Therapy | The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss
- What Is the Metaverse, Exactly? | Wired
- Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson | Amazon
- Explore. Discover. Create. | Second Life
- XPO Trainer 2.0 Workout Push Sled | Armored Fitness Equipment
- Intermittent Fasting 101 — The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide | Healthline
- The Unique Results of Jump Rope Training | Crossrope
- Kettlebells | Amazon
- What is Rucking? | GORUCK
- Pso-Rite Psoas Muscle Release and Deep Tissue Massage Tool | Amazon
- The Hip Hook | Aletha
- Anatomy Of The Psoas & Iliacus Muscles | Dr. Nabil Ebraheim
- All-in-One Daily Supplement | Athletic Greens
- Tim Ferriss 2007 SXSW Presentation | YouTube
- Tim Ferriss | The Joe Rogan Experience #285
- Tim Ferriss | The Joe Rogan Experience #137
- 10 Reasons to Finally Give Backcountry Skiing a Try | goEast
SHOW NOTES
- [08:27] How I would build clientele/mitigate risk if I were opening a restaurant.
- [13:02] Raising awareness for a new productivity tool.
- [18:33] Notable contributions during my days as a tech company advisor.
- [21:21] Biggest project/challenge at the moment.
- [22:02] Biggest takeaway from my own work that often gets overlooked.
- [24:47] Thoughts on curated newsletters for information gathering.
- [26:47] Recent spiritual shifts?
- [30:07] Derek Sivers.
- [30:50] New invention: franchise or sell the proprietary system?
- [35:41] My experience with Bas Rutten’s O2 breathing device.
- [38:19] Encouragement for a caregiver amid a chronic medical situation.
- [40:18] Ketamine and bladder damage.
- [42:56] Is it always bad to be the bottleneck to your own business?
- [44:32] Blogs or newsletters I read every day.
- [46:03] First steps on the animal communication journey.
- [49:40] Preparing, enduring, and breaking a three-day fast.
- [54:43] How to launch a successful nonprofit.
- [58:28] Building a luxury brand.
- [1:12:52] Favorite recent travel destinations.
- [1:13:37] Shredders.
- [1:14:06] Outcompeting in a saturated market.
- [1:17:43] Coffee vs. tea.
- [1:18:35] Limiting alcohol intake.
- [1:22:04] Shaved Ice Island.
- [1:22:13] Resources for the archery curious.
- [1:25:36] Fiction writing.
- [1:26:33] Past guests who have inspired me through tough times.
- [1:29:14] The mental model that most effectively helps me prioritize.
- [1:32:59] Cosmic insignificance therapy (via Four Thousand Weeks).
- [1:33:36] Marketing The 4-Hour Workweek in 2007 vs. 2022.
- [1:39:14] Metaverse musings.
- [1:41:25] How does my garden grow?
- [1:43:29] Workout routine.
- [1:48:34] Optimizing ROI on ad dollars spent.
- [2:01:59] Required reading for someone in need of self-love.
- [2:02:16] If asked, would I appear on The Joe Rogan Experience again?
- [2:02:40] Have I ever tried backcountry skiing?
- [2:03:25] What is Project 555?
PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Kevin Rose
- Leah Solivan
- Harley Finkelstein
- Tobi Lütke
- Kathy Sierra
- Kim Kardashian
- Cal Newport
- Derek Sivers
- Stephen Key
- John Warrillow
- Bas Rutten
- BJ Miller
- David Kessler
- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
- John Krystal
- Sheryl Crow
- Mick Jagger
- Bo Burlingham
- Matt Levine
- Gabor Maté
- Susan Garrett
- Kevin Kelly
- Al Ries
- Jack Trout
- Thomas J. Stanley
- Dana Thomas
- Joe Satriani
- Steve Vai
- Richard Branson
- Byron Ferguson
- Steven Pressfield
- Tara Brach
- Jerry Colonna
- Jack Kornfield
- Richard C. Schwartz
- Gary Keller
- Molly Ferriss
- Robert Scoble
- Joe Rogan
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Hey Tim! I’m a long time listener and huge fan of your books. I know this probably won’t reach you (4hr work week mentality!), but I had to at least try to reach out and THANK YOU for the impact you’ve had on my life. Your podcast and the practices you preached in the 4hr work week fundamentally changed my life. I used the principles in the 4hr work week to start working from home (before it was cool!) to save more of my time and work more efficiently. I used that extra time to work on my side hustle, which I got tons of great advice on from your countless podcast interviews with successful entrepreneurs. Fast forward 4 years and that side hustle is now my full time job. We invented a fitness product called MonkeyFeet that allows people to lift weights with their feet and did $10M in revenue last year! (Check out [Moderator: website name removed.] if you’re interested). Anyways, I just wanted to say a sincere thank you for doing what you do. You are a huge inspiration for me and an endless source of knowledge and curiosity. Keep up the amazing work, I’ll be following along!
Have been listening to these since their inception. Thanks for this episode Tim (and staff). I started a business in 2012 and was referred to Tim’s book by a friend. His discussions over the years have been assisted me – like many others – in bootstrapping a business from zero to an eight figure revenue. Only reason I mention that info, is to provide a point of context to let, new and/or aspiring, entrepreneurs, this episode is an absolute banger. Worth a listen (and read those books in the show notes!). Tim (and staff), thanks for all you do!
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Hello, Tim, is there any knowledge you could share on combatting osteoporosis and osteopenia? My mother in law was just diagnosed and now I am on a war path to research the best options for her that her doctor may not know about or is not incentivized to share. I am Hopeful that there is some type of body of knowledge that goes beyond prescription drugs full of side effects. I thought this would be the best first place to go given your track record with filtering inaccurate conventional wisdom. Even if you are unable to respond I am still grateful that you have committed so much of your life to helping others. I wish you the best!
Hello Tim,
I am French, excuse my handwriting…
I can only write to you here, so I ask you my question which is not the subject of this page sorry:
then can I ask you how much the video of the trailer of your book four hour body cost you.
Having this information would help me in a project that I am doing.
Thanks a lot.
Frank
Hi Tim,
A recommendation for you regarding animal communications. The wild horse community has some interesting trainers working on gentling wild-born mustangs who were gathered by the US government and put up for adoption. Madison Shambaugh (aka “Mustang Maddy”) in particular has done exceptional work in using scientifically-based, positive reinforcement methods to gentle and train wild horses, and has developed programs to teach other trainers how to do so. She’s done work with leading dolphin and dog trainers to advance her knowledge. Her background was in training horses/mustangs with a more traditional approach, and she won tons of awards, but she decided to delve deeper into horse-human relationships. She’s now at the cutting edge of the field of horse communication and definitely someone I’d recommend checking out.
Another horse trainer who has done interesting work recently is Elsa Sinclair. She has a documentary called “Taming Wild” where she explores how far a human with no tools, no treats, just time and body language can get in developing a relationship and joint communication with an ungentled wild mustang. She’s worked with horses around the world, and has continued to do some really interesting (ethical) experiments on horse-human communications.
Best of luck in your journey! I can’t wait to hear more about what you learn and discover.
~ Amanda
Hi Tim, I loved the bit about taking a 1 week holiday that feels like 3 months in order to make time feel longer. I’ve never heard anyone speak about this before and I’d love to hear more about your thinking on this. Perhaps you could do a podcast/blog/interview/haiku exploring this topic in more depth?
Joel
Tim – how could one (me) contact you non-publicly. not a pitch, sale, or spam, just a personal (and positive) note? thank you!
Hi Tim, thank you for another awesome podcast episode. I loved hearing about your success with home gardening. Do you mind sharing what solar powered electric fence you used? I’ve had wildlife challenges with my garden and would love your recommendations.
Hi Tim, I was interested to hear about your interest in animal communication. I used to do PR for a brilliant academic who specialises in that at the University of Sussex, UK. Some of her work focuses on how animals and human’s co-evolved and established communication mechanisms in concert with each other. Her name is Dr Karen McComb. Very cool lady and really interesting work: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/1752
Hey Tim, when will the 555 premints winners be selected?
Hi, Scenic –
Thank you for your interest in Tim’s “Project 555.” Per the linked-to page from the 5-Bullet Friday of October 21, 2022, “The total number of NFTs will be limited to roughly 8,500. The final count is TBD. The exact mint date is also TBD, but it’s likely somewhere between three weeks and three months from now. I’m giving away a limited number of spots on the allowlist to you, my dear subscribers, to mint (buy) the “Project 555″ NFTs on mint day.”
As the mint date is TBD, the date of the announcement of winners is also TBD, but also likely to be between three weeks and three months from October 21.
For more information, please visit https://www.premint.xyz/tim/ .
Thank you again,
Team Tim Ferriss
Hi Tim,
I have really enjoyed reading your books, I am from Suriname (South America) and was wondering if you have any advice for sustainable funding of non-profits. I started a school for autistic children in Suriname because my daughter is autistic and since Suriname is a third world country there aren’t a lot of possibilities for children with special needs here. The problem many non-profits face is having sustainable funding, it is usually through donations and that is an ending source. Would love to know if you have any advice in that area so I could set up sustainable funding and help more children since I fund it all myself now. Every child has an equal right to education and I want to make that possible.
Thanking you in advance,
Caroll