The Chase Jarvis LIVE Show Tim Ferriss: Seriousness is Kryptonite to Creativity
Prioritize Simplicity and Sustainability
- When starting a new project, prioritize simple execution over complex plans.
- Focus on making the process sustainable and consistent to avoid burnout.
Effortless Effectiveness
- Driven individuals often mistakenly equate constant effort with effective work.
- Focusing on unique abilities and strengths leads to effortless, high-quality output.
Rig the Game to Win
- Set small, achievable goals to build momentum and avoid feeling overwhelmed.
- Celebrate small wins to maintain motivation and build confidence.
This week, I'm revisiting one of my favorite conversations with my good friend Tim Ferriss. For those of you who don't already know, Tim is an entrepreneur, angel investor, author of 3 New York Times Best Sellers, and host of "The Tim Ferriss Show," a podcast that receives millions of downloads each week. Tim is widely considered a human guinea pig and has self-experimented his way through unfamiliar territory time and time again. He has a keen ability to simplify complicated systems into tangible, actionable steps showing us we truly can learn and do anything. In this week's episode, Tim and I discuss the importance of rigging the game of life in your favor. The feeling of winning is a precursor to winning on a large scale. So how can we give ourselves more of that feeling? We also get into:
- The compound effect of positive actions
- Setting realistic goals. Tim's rule for writing is 2 crappy pages a day.
- Viewing that negative, nagging voice as an annoying roommate, one that you definitely do not have to listen to.
- Transcendental meditation, and how a medication practice can quiet that negative internal dialogue
- Positive constraints; learning to do more with less, so you'll know how to do more with more.
And much more.
Enjoy!
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