
This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s because the podcast recently hit its 10-year anniversary and passed one billion downloads. To celebrate, I’ve curated some of the best of the best—some of my favorites—from more than 700 episodes over the last decade. I could not be more excited.
The episode features segments from episode #332 “Coach George Raveling — A Legend on Sports, Business, and The Great Game of Life” and #724 “Claire Hughes Johnson — How to Take Responsibility for Your Life, Create Rules That Work, Stop Being a Victim, Set Strong Boundaries, and More.”
Bios of guests may be found at tim.blog/combo.
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Transcript for the full George Raveling episode | Transcript for the full Claire Hughes Johnson episode | Transcripts for all episodes
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SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE
Connect with George Raveling:
Website | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | LinkedIn
- The “I Have A Dream” Speech by Martin Luther King Jr. | YouTube
- Pioneering Coach George Raveling’s Surprising Connection to MLK | Sports Illustrated
- George Raveling Delivers 2016 Villanova Commencement Address | George Raveling
- Why I Collect Racist Objects | Jim Crow Museum
- Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe | Amazon
- Two Minute History: Aunt Jemima | Black&Sexy.TV
- Literacy as Freedom | Smithsonian American Art Museum
- You Are What You Read | Barnes & Noble
- Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson | Amazon
- Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson | Amazon
- Einstein: The Man, the Genius, and the Theory of Relativity by Walter Isaacson | Amazon
- Kissinger: A Biography by Walter Isaacson | Amazon
- Walter Isaacson on CRISPR, Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race | The Tim Ferriss Show #503
- “The Negro Question.” Albert Einstein’s 1946 Statement on Racism and Civil Rights by Dr. Albert Einstein | Global Research
- Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers by Tim Ferriss | Amazon
- The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph by Ryan Holiday | Amazon
- Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday | Amazon
- 1984 United States Men’s Olympic Basketball Team | Wikipedia
- Remembering Michael Jordan and the 1984 Olympic Trials by Sean Deveney | Sporting News
Connect with Claire Hughes Johnson:
- Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building by Claire Hughes Johnson | Amazon
- Ideas for Progress | Stripe Press
- Conscious Business: How to Build Value through Values by Fred Kofman | Amazon
- Conscious Business | Axialent
- What Is a 360 Review in the Workplace? | The Balance Careers
- Tiger Team Explained: How It Helps to Solve Critical Issues | Timeular
- Fred Kofman: Be a Player, Not a Victim | LinkedIn Speaker Series
- Five Whys Technique: Root Cause Analysis (With Examples) | Indeed
- What Is the Meaning of the Phrase “Be That as It May?” | Quora
- Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality by Anthony de Mello | Amazon
- To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf | Amazon
- A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf | Amazon
- Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf | Amazon
- The Passion by Jeanette Winterson | Amazon
- Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson | Amazon
- Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson | Amazon
- What’s the Truth about Bloomsbury and the Jews? | The Jewish Chronicle
- ‘I Am Going Mad Again’: The Tragic Tale of Virginia Woolf’s Suicide | ATI
- John Wick | Prime Video
- Little, Big by John Crowley | Amazon
- The Neverending Story by Michael Ende | Amazon
- Complete Dune Series by Frank Herbert | Amazon
- Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein | Amazon
- Exhalation: Stories by Ted Chiang | Amazon
- What is Magical Realism? A Guide to the Literary Genre | Oprah Daily
- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez | Amazon
- The Three-Body Problem Boxed Set by Cixin Liu | Amazon
- Contact: A Novel by Carl Sagan | Amazon
- Wasting Years by Not Wasting Hours | Sam Radford
- Working with Claire: An Unauthorized Guide | Claire Hughes Johnson
- The Six Levels of Craic You Can Reach | Irish Central
- High Growth Handbook: Scaling Startups from 10 to 10,000 People by Elad Gil | Amazon
- An Irish Goodbye | Floodlight Pictures
- What Is An Irish Goodbye, And What Makes It ‘Irish’? | Babbel Magazine
- Financial Infrastructure for the Internet | Stripe
- The Most Founder-Focused Event on Earth | Slush
- Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the Dangers of Change by Martin Linsky and Ronald A. Heifetz | Amazon
- Chief Operating Officer (COO): Definition, Types, and Qualifications | Investopedia
- Sophie’s Choice | Prime Video
- Six Steps for Successful Postmortem Meetings | Asana
- B2C: How Business-to-Consumer Sales Works, 5 Types and Examples | Investopedia
- Glengarry Glen Ross | Prime Video
- Time, Talent, Treasure, and Testimony: The Four Ts of Philanthropy | Equip To Thrive
- What Is Self-Awareness and How Does It Develop? | Verywell Mind
- I Was VP at Google for 10 Years. Here’s the No. 1 Skill I Looked For at Job Interviews — Few People Had It | CNBC
- Myers–Briggs Type Indicator | Wikipedia
- What is the DiSC Assessment? | DiSC Profile
- Enneagram of Personality | Wikipedia
- Insights Discovery
- Personality Tests That Predict Performance | Hogan Assessments
- Big Five Personality Test | Open-Source Psychometrics Project
- StrengthsFinder 2.0 | Gallup
- Skepticism of Astrology Isn’t Particularly Smart | Quartz
- The Skeptic’s Horoscope | Math with Bad Drawings
- Online Rorschach Inkblot Test
- Patrick Collison — CEO of Stripe | The Tim Ferriss Show #353
- Pulp Fiction | Prime Video
- The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Tim Ferriss | Amazon
- The Atlantic
- How to Work with Pushers and Pullers Effectively (Clip) | Grit Podcast #128
PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Ryan Holiday
- Kevin Eastman
- Alex Cervasio
- Walter Isaacson
- Benjamin Franklin
- Albert Einstein
- Henry Kissinger
- Abraham Lincoln
- Bob Knight
- Fred Kofman
- Sheryl Sandberg
- Jack Welch
- Anthony de Mello
- Jeanette Winterson
- John Crowley
- Robert A. Heinlein
- Ted Chiang
- Jorge Luis Borges
- Gabriel García Márquez
- Neal Stephenson
- Isabel Allende
- Daniel Kahneman
- Amos Tversky
- Urs Hölzle
- Patrick Collison
- Dustin Moskovitz
- Elad Gil
- Kevin Kelly
- Peter Thiel
- Mark Twain
- Ronald Heifetz
- Marty Linsky
- Steve Jobs
- Hermann Rorschach
- Gregg Popovich
- Winston Wolf




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If Tim is at all interested in the craft of writing, as he said in 5 Bullet Friday, I highly suggest Strunk and White’s short classic Elements of Style–particularly chapters 2 and 5. There isn’t a pithier or more impactful book on how to write.
I like how he was talking about most of his best friendships started with mistakes. We all need truth tellers in our lives he said and I find that to be true.