Q&A with Tim — Revisiting 15+ Years of PR and Marketing Lessons, Time Dilation for Deep Relaxation, The Art of Setting Ultra-High Prices, The Low-Information Diet, Studying Animal Communication, My 3-Day Fasting Protocol, Tools for Handling Adversity, Selling to the Affluent, My Current Coffee and Alcohol Rules, Risk Mitigation, and Much More (#628)

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13 Replies to “Q&A with Tim — Revisiting 15+ Years of PR and Marketing Lessons, Time Dilation for Deep Relaxation, The Art of Setting Ultra-High Prices, The Low-Information Diet, Studying Animal Communication, My 3-Day Fasting Protocol, Tools for Handling Adversity, Selling to the Affluent, My Current Coffee and Alcohol Rules, Risk Mitigation, and Much More (#628)”

1. 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!

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2. 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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4. 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!

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5. 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

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6. 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

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7. 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

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8. Tim – how could one (me) contact you non-publicly. not a pitch, sale, or spam, just a personal (and positive) note? thank you!

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9. 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.

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10. 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

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11. Hey Tim, when will the 555 premints winners be selected?

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    1. 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

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12. 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

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