Episode 153: Tim Ferriss

Tim Ferriss is the author of The Four Hour Workweek and The Four Hour Body.

“If you have a fitness magazine, you can’t just write one issue, ‘Here are the rules!’ ... My job, conversely, is to make myself obsolete. The last thing I want to be is a guru, someone people come to for answers. I want to be the person people come to for better questions.”

Thanks to TinyLetter and The Great Courses for sponsoring this week's episode.

Show Notes:
@tferriss
Ferriss's blog
Ferriss's podcast
[8:00] "Brigade De Cuisine" (John McPhee • New Yorker • Feb 1979) [sub req'd]
[10:00] "How to Live Like a Rock Star (or Tango Star) in Buenos Aires…" (Four-Hour Workweek • Mar 2007)
[13:00] George Plimpton’s Longform Archive
[20:00] Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character (Richard Feynman • W.W. Norton • 1985)
[22:00] José Aldo MMA Highlights (YouTube)
[24:00] "How Choose Your Adventure Was Born" (Marketplace • Apr 2014)
[30:00] Episode #304: Heretics (This American Life • Dec 2005)
[40:00] "Some Practical Thoughts on Suicide" (Four-Hour Workweek • May 2015)
[49:00] "Tim Ferriss and Amazon Try to Reinvent Publishing" (David Streitfeld • The New York Times • Nov 2012)
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Tim Ferriss is the author of The Four Hour Workweek and The Four Hour Body.

“If you have a fitness magazine, you can’t just write one issue, ‘Here are the rules!’ ... My job, conversely, is to make myself obsolete. The last thing I want to be is a guru, someone people come to for answers. I want to be the person people come to for better questions.”

Thanks to TinyLetter and The Great Courses for sponsoring this week's episode.

Show Notes:
@tferriss
Ferriss's blog
Ferriss's podcast
[8:00] "Brigade De Cuisine" (John McPhee • New Yorker • Feb 1979) [sub req'd]
[10:00] "How to Live Like a Rock Star (or Tango Star) in Buenos Aires…" (Four-Hour Workweek • Mar 2007)
[13:00] George Plimpton’s Longform Archive
[20:00] Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character (Richard Feynman • W.W. Norton • 1985)
[22:00] José Aldo MMA Highlights (YouTube)
[24:00] "How Choose Your Adventure Was Born" (Marketplace • Apr 2014)
[30:00] Episode #304: Heretics (This American Life • Dec 2005)
[40:00] "Some Practical Thoughts on Suicide" (Four-Hour Workweek • May 2015)
[49:00] "Tim Ferriss and Amazon Try to Reinvent Publishing" (David Streitfeld • The New York Times • Nov 2012)

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