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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)
Do not think that what is hard for you to master is humanly impossible; and if it is humanly possible, consider it to be within your reach. —Marcus Aurelius Enter Robert Greene The path to greatness is simple. It’s the path followed by everyone from Renaissance artists to the entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley. In writing …
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As a teenager, future Hall-of-Famer Bill Bradley practiced from 9 to 5 every Saturday, taped cardboard to his eyeglasses to sharpen his court vision, and wore 10-pound lead weights in shoes to improve his strength. Do not think that what is hard for you to master is humanly impossible; and if it is humanly possible, …
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Deep within the Amazonian rainforest live the Pirahã, who speak a language so isolated that it has become the subject of intense controversy within the linguistic community. That debate was sparked by the findings of one man: a Christian missionary named Daniel Everett. Do not think that what is hard for you to master is humanly …
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NSFW: Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glen Ross. This film has a 96% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The above video was first sent to me by a star EMC sales rep in 2000. EMC was then the 800-pound gorilla of data storage, and I was fresh out of college at my first job. Sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with …
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(Photo by graziedavvero) The following post is co-authored by Ben Casnocha and Reid Hoffman. In the conclusion, there is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be mentored by both of them. Ben Casnocha is an award-winning author and serial company-builder, whom BusinessWeek has labeled “one of America’s best young entrepreneurs.” Reid Hoffman is Co-founder and Executive Chairman …
Photo: 401K. The following article is a guest post by Chris Guillibeau, who’s traveled to 150+ countries and studied more micro-businesses than anyone I know. I hope you love this piece as much as I did. Enjoy! Enter Chris Over the past several years, I’ve been on a quest to study micro-businesses—small operations (typically one …
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Chad Mureta runs his seven-figure app business from his iPhone. (Photo: Jorge Quinteros). I first met Chad Mureta in Napa Valley in 2011. Two years prior, he had been in a horrible car accident. He’d lost control of his truck in at attempt to avoid a deer, hit a median, and flipped four times, nearly …
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Tobi Lutke, CEO of Shopify. How did they turn a $100,000 prize into $12,000,000 in transactions? In the world of magazine articles, one of my all-time favorite headlines is “Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Meta” from the MIT Technology Review, a feature about billionaire programmer, Charles Simonyi. Charles designed Microsoft Office and is …
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Bonus Chapters for The 4-Hour Workweek How to Learn Any Language in 3 Months Muse Math: Predicting the Revenue of Any Product Licensing: From Tae Bo to Teddy Ruxpin (Another option) Real Licensing Agreement with Real Dollars Online Round-the-World (RTW) Trip Planner Racier New Rich Case Studies and Interviews How to Get $700,000 of Advertising …
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Hanoi toddler and b-boy, from a trip Ma.tt and I took in 2009. (Photo: Matt Mullenweg) The next post will be an interview on writing process with the inimitable Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist and Aleph, among many others. His work been translated into 71 languages. In the meantime, I’d like make a few …
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