The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss
Tim Ferriss's 4-Hour Workweek and Lifestyle Design Blog. Tim is an author of 5 #1 NYT/WSJ bestsellers, investor (FB, Uber, Twitter, 50+ more), and host of The Tim Ferriss Show podcast (400M+ downloads)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/runningclouds/308307778/ Last-minute packing is an art form, and most of my trips allow me to pack less than 10 pounds for a world tour. This time, 10 pounds was just the starting point. My packing list was straight out of a James Bond movie: “Shovel?” “Helmet?!” “Avalanche kit?!?” “Tracking beacon?!?!” I was seeing it for …
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The Okano Isao judo textbook I used to learn Japanese grammar. Post reading time: 15 minutes. Language learning need not be complicated. Principles of cognitive neuroscience and time management can be applied to attain conversational fluency (here defined as 95%+ comprehension and 100% expressive abilities) in 1-3 months. Some background on my language obsession, from …
In this continuation from Part 1, Josh Waitzkin further explores the “multi-tasking virus” and learning. At the end of this post, he also responds to readers’ comments and elaborates on his own experience. Bio: Josh was the subject of the book and movie Searching for Bobby Fischer and an eight-time National Chess Champion in his …
Continue reading “The Multitasking Virus and the End of Learning? Part 2”
Deconstructing Arabic in 45 Minutes Conversational Russian in 60 minutes? This post is by request. How long does it take to learn Chinese or Japanese vs. Spanish or Irish Gaelic? I would argue less than an hour. Here’s the reasoning… Before you invest (or waste) hundreds and thousands of hours on a language, you should …
Continue reading “How to Learn (But Not Master) Any Language in 1 Hour (Plus: A Favor)”
Tim Ferriss: Hello ladies and germs, this s Tim Ferris, and welcome to another episode of the Tim Ferris show, where my dog is yawning, and it is my job to deconstruct world class performs of various types from military to entertainment to academia to sports, chess, everything in between and tease out the routines, …
Tim Ferriss: Hello stoics, and epicureans, and everyone in between, this is Tim Ferris, and welcome to another episode of the Tim Ferris Show, where I usually interview folks, and deconstruct how they do what they do, whether they are just prodigies, musicians, military strategist, Navy Seals, music producers, athletes; you name it. In this …
