Ryan Holiday (@RyanHoliday) is a strategist and writer. He dropped out of college at 19 to apprentice under Robert Greene, author of The 48 Laws of Power, and later served as the director of marketing for American Apparel. His company, Brass Check, has advised clients like Google, TASER, and Complex, as well as many prominent …
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“If the best in the world are stretching their ass off in order to get strong, why aren’t you?” — Christopher Sommer If you loved the Pavel, Poliquin, or Dom D’Agostino episodes, you’ll love this one. My guest this episode is Christopher Sommer (GymnasticBodies on Instagram/Facebook), former US national team gymnastics coach. He is also the founder of GymnasticBodies, a …
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Below you’ll find the complete, unedited transcript of my interview with Edward Norton on The Tim Ferriss Show. You can listen to the entire episode here or stream it below: NOTE: You are welcome to share up to 50% of the below transcript on your own site or social, as long as you: 1) Include attribution to …
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Below you’ll find the complete, unedited transcript of my interview with Daymond John on The Tim Ferriss Show. You can listen to the entire episode here or stream it below: NOTE: You are welcome to share up to 50% of the below transcript on your own site or social, as long as you: 1) Include attribution to …
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This is my first public exploration of the business and art of podcasting. I still have much to improve, but I’m ready to share a few lessons learned. It’s my hope that they’ll save you a ton of time. I’m still flabbergasted by how this experiment took on a life of its own. It started with too much booze …
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My top-10 most popular episodes of The Tim Ferriss Show, as of September 1, 2017, are below. But achtung! I didn’t rank episodes in descending order of total downloads. Due to rapid growth, there would be a misleading recency bias — in other words, a newer decent episode could be “more popular” than an older …
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“To me, ‘busy’ implies that the person is out of control of their life.”— Derek Sivers Derek Sivers (@sivers) is one of my favorite humans, and I call him often for advice. Think of him as a philosopher-king programmer, master teacher, and merry prankster. Originally a professional musician and circus clown, Derek created CD Baby in 1998. It …
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This is another special (and short) episode of The Tim Ferriss Show. In this episode, I share my personal experiences, apps, tools, and best practices for cultivating “mindfulness,” which I’ll define. When I talk about strategies for better living, I usually focus on effectiveness and efficiency. For a good life, these are necessary but …
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“The FDA may see ketones as a drug. I see them as a fourth macronutrient. You have fats, proteins, and carbs. Ketones are an energy-containing molecule.” – Dom D’Agostino Dr. Dominic “Dom” D’Agostino (@DominicDAgosti2) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, and a Senior …
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Saying yes to too much “cool” will bury you alive and render you a B-player, even if you have A-player skills. To develop your edge initially, you learn to set priorities; to maintain your edge, you need to defend against the priorities of others.
