The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Chris Beresford-Hill — A Master Ad Man on Superbowl Confessions, How to Come Up With Great Ideas, Cold Emailing Mark Cuban, Doing Naughty Things, Poetic Mind Control, Creative Process and Insider Tips, How to Negotiate with Bosses and Clients, and The Power of a Stolen Snickers (#715)

Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Chris Beresford-Hill (LinkedIn), one of the most sought-after creative leaders in advertising. Chris has led brands with a combined market cap of over $1 trillion, and he was recently named Chief Creative Officer of the Americas at BBDO Worldwide. Previously, Chris served as North America President and …

The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Niall Ferguson, Historian — The Coming Cold War II, Visible and Invisible Geopolitics, Why Even Atheists Should Study Religion, Masters of Paradox, Fatherhood, Fear, and More (#634)

Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Niall Ferguson (@nfergus), MA, DPhil, FRSE, the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a senior faculty fellow of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard. He is the author of 16 books, including The Pity of War, The House of Rothschild, Empire, Civilization, and Kissinger, …

The Random Show, Ice Cold Edition (#146)

“We were in the locker room getting naked and two guys were like ‘Tim! I love your book!’”  — Kevin Rose This is not going to be a long-form interview where I dissect and deconstruct a world-class performer. Instead, this is a special edition of The Random Show. I am joined by Kevin Rose (@KevinRose), serial entrepreneur, …

Cold Remedy: 18 Real-World Lifestyle Design Case Studies (Now It’s Your Turn)

If not in 2010, then when? (Photo: jphilipson) The video case studies that I asked for in the last post really caught me unprepared. I…am…so happy that it’s hard to put it into words. From Denmark to India, from college students to retirees, from yoga instructors to engineers, the stories poured in. Narrowing them down …

Cold Remedy: Free Flights Anywhere in the World

Where would you go if you had a free ticket anywhere? The island of Bohol in the Philippines? (source: WisDoc) Not long ago, I received the following comment — edited for length — from Ryan N.: I hate you Tim. I had a secure future ahead of me, and I left my job, my reasonably …

4 Anti-Cold Cocktails That Work: From Ancient China to German Alcoholics and Modern Labs

The 2,000-year old cocktail: it tastes as bad as it looks… but it works. My back hurts. So does my throat, and I feel like a sumo wrestler is sitting on my head trying to pop my eyes out. Alas, the common cold has got me. Fortunately, I expect to be rid of it in …

The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Martha Beck — The Amazing and Brutal Results of Zero Lies for 365 Days, How to Do a Beginner “Integrity Cleanse,” Lessons from Lion Trackers, and Novel Tactics for Reducing Anxiety (#732)

Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Dr. Martha Beck (@themarthabeck). Martha has been called “the best-known life coach in America” by NPR and USA Today. She holds three Harvard degrees in social science and has published nine non-fiction books, one novel, and more than 200 magazine articles. The Guardian and other media have …

The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Dr. David Spiegel, Stanford U. — Practical Hypnosis, Meditation vs. Hypnosis, Pain Management Without Drugs, The Neurobiology of Trance, and More (#731)

Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Dr. David Spiegel, Willson Professor and Associate Chair of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Director of the Center on Stress and Health, and Medical Director of the Center for Integrative Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine, where he has been a member of the academic faculty since …