Tim Ferriss, bestselling author and podcast host, joins the Huberman Lab to discuss exploration, mastery, and creativity. They delve into finding mentors, incorporating playfulness into skill mastery, the importance of location and networks, and Tim's philanthropic efforts in mental health research. They also explore topics like protein drinks, wearable technology, randomized control trials, blood and DNA tests, building a strategic network, simplifying life, the power of psychedelics, legalizing MDMA-assisted psychotherapy, the value of mentors, and exciting scientific studies in psychedelics.

Entrepreneur and author Tim Ferriss shares his ultimate productivity hack, morning routine, dealing with depression, best health exercises, thoughts on podcasting, cultivating self-belief, and high-performance secrets in an insightful podcast conversation.

Best-selling author Tim Ferriss shares his 'What's next?' framework, creativity gyms, and the art of podcasting. He discusses his perfectly optimized day, the barbell strategy for Youtube, and his unfair advantage in life. Also, he explores the importance of making things easy and the silly stories we tell ourselves.

Author and technology investor Tim Ferriss discusses the essence of Stoicism, fear setting, and exaggerating the downside of things. He shares how stoicism helped him manage success and criticism, and talks about his podcast Tim Ferriss Show, which exceeded 900 million downloads. Topics also include consciously losing money, not optimizing for money, and gaining perspective from ancient texts.

Tim Ferriss, writer, podcaster, and investor, discusses the art of interviewing, the business behind his podcast, mentorship, maintaining authenticity, and optimizing resource allocation in this podcast episode.

Entrepreneur and author Tim Ferriss shares his top writing tactics, routines, and habits. They discuss the impact of a great teacher, their approach to writing and tools used, using a newsletter to connect with the audience, overcoming fear and embracing imperfection, the impact of interview style on writing, and exploring psychedelics and mental health.

Tim Ferriss answers questions on resurrecting 'forgotten' languages, dog training, writer's block, reducing alcohol intake, AI companions, back pain, weight training, Japan travel tips, managing fear of death, and overcoming negative self-talk.

Learn lessons from Tim Ferriss's high/low quality bar, Marc Andreessen's barbell approach to consume information, and Tyler Cowen's joy in his work. Explore the importance of simplicity in writing, the concept of the shiny dime, and the art of word paintings. Discover favorite moments from the podcast and the concept of alignment in writing and career. Explore writing beyond consensus and finding unique ways to express ideas.

Q&A with Tim on Wealth and Money, Book Recommendations, Advice on Taking Advice, C.S. Lewis, Relationships, Behavior Change and Self-Awareness, Why We Are All (Mostly) Making It Up as We Go, and Much More | Brought to you by MANSCAPED premium grooming products, 80,000 Hours free career advice for high impact and doing good in the world, and Helix Sleep premium mattresses. Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is usually my job to sit down with world-class performers of all different types to tease out the habits, routines, favorite books, and so on that you can apply and test in your own life. This time, we have a slightly different format, and I’m the guest. As some of you know, to celebrate the 15th anniversary of The 4-Hour Workweek, which was first published on April 24th, 2007 (4/24/07), I signed 424 copies of the book. As thousands of you threw your hat in the ring to win a signed copy, I wanted to do something special for all the entrants. So, I invited those folks to a private YouTube Q&A. This episode is the recording of that session. I answered many questions on a variety of topics, including startup investments, IFS therapy, my views on wealth and money, C.S. Lewis, lower-back pain, solitary time and its challenges, lessons from Kevin Kelly, books I’m currently reading, maintaining relationships, Japan travel tips, from whom to take advice (and how to evaluate advice), self-awareness, behavior change, my current alcohol consumption (or lack thereof), and much, much more.I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.*This episode is brought to you by MANSCAPED! MANSCAPED is bringing you the total package to ensure your package is the perfect package. No, I didn’t come up with that line… but I tested and loved their products, so I can vouch that I’m still intact and ready for my centerfold shoot. Was it scary? Yes. Was it worth it? Also yes. 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Some of the best strategies, best research, and best tactical advice I’ve seen and heard come from 80,000 Hours, a nonprofit co-founded by Will MacAskill, an Oxford philosopher and a popular past guest on this podcast.If you’re looking to make a big change to your direction, address pressing global problems from your current job, or if you’re just starting out or maybe starting a new chapter and not sure which path to pursue, 80,000 Hours can help. Join their free newsletter, and they’ll send you an in-depth guide for free that will help you identify which global problems are most pressing and where you can have the biggest impact personally. It will also help you get new ideas for high-impact careers or directions that help tackle these issues.*This episode is also brought to you by Helix Sleep! Helix was selected as the #1 overall mattress of 2020 by GQ magazine, Wired, Apartment Therapy, and many others. With Helix, there’s a specific mattress to meet each and every body’s unique comfort needs. Just take their quiz—only two minutes to complete—that matches your body type and sleep preferences to the perfect mattress for you. They have a 10-year warranty, and you get to try it out for a hundred nights, risk-free. They’ll even pick it up from you if you don’t love it. And now, Helix is offering up to 200 dollars off all mattress orders plus two free pillows at HelixSleep.com/Tim.*[09:07] Do I still invest in startups?[09:54] We’ve already got TED Talks. Why not Tim Talks?[10:49] Have I considered moving out of the US?[11:53] How do I mitigate risks in an increasingly contentious society?[13:39] Which interview has had the greatest personal impact on me?[15:38] Would I publish another volume of Tribe of Mentors or Tools of Titans?[17:17] Have I ever explored the side of IFS that helps folks explore inherited trauma/energy?[19:12] Did making more money make me happier?[24:48] What do I consider to be a healthy view of money?[26:21] Have any interviews been conducted but never published?[32:03] What do I find compelling about C.S. Lewis?[34:57] How do I get things done when I’m having a bad day?[36:39] What does my meditation practice look like these days?[37:57] Are Ivy League graduate schools worth the cost?[39:49] Most valuable lesson from The Lion Tracker’s Guide?[40:37] How do I handle overly political family and friends?[41:24] Recommended essayists (aside from John McPhee)?[42:00] Thoughts on Rudolph Steiner?[42:14] Do I have a future as a fiction author?[43:39] Best recent purchase of under $250?[44:58] Recommendations for learning more about Japanese martial arts culture?[46:01] Did I lose my razor?[46:23] If I could only recommend one book right now, what would it be?[46:44] Which one to three skills make acquiring more skills easier or irrelevant?[50:16] Favorite childhood fairy tale or folk story?[51:32] The ups and downs of learning German?[54:58] When will the world get to smell Tim Ferriss Fragrance for Men?[55:49] What role has downtime had on the severity of my depression?[59:47] Recent reading that has influenced my thoughts about parenthood?[1:04:16] Dream guests?[1:06:57] Did I take a break from investing because of market losses?[1:09:21] How do I feel about the bear market now?[1:10:48] How is my self-compassion journey going?[1:14:03] How do I manage my extensive network of relationships?[1:19:22] Advice for 21-year-old Tim?[1:19:42] Have any of the principles from The 4-Hour Workweek become obsolete?[1:22:30] Three must-sees when visiting Japan?[1:25:30] Most beautiful location visited?[1:25:50] System for choosing a business focus?[1:26:45] Strategies for coping with the sudden loss of a loved one?[1:29:50] Reasons for moving from San Francisco to Austin?[1:31:16] Do we rely too much on advice from people who don’t understand our lives?[1:36:04] Is it possible to share a life with someone whose interests don’t match ours 100 percent?[1:43:10] Self-discipline advice for ADHD folks who have already tried everything?[1:45:09] How do we develop the resilience to deal with tough times ahead of their arrival?[1:47:35] Things I’ve changed my mind about in the past year?[1:51:35] Do I still observe a slow-carb diet?[1:51:57] Advice for securing startup funding?[1:55:10] Why did I stop asking my guests who they consider to be successful?[1:58:32] Am I planning to run drunk dial shows again?[1:59:09] Podcasting tips for introverts?[2:00:35] A guest I could interview any day or every day?[2:00:55] Which of my own books would I recommend to a Ferriss first-timer?[2:01:23] Larry David?[2:01:33] Am I still using Evernote?[2:01:56] What would be on my billboard these days?[2:03:28] Parting thoughts.*For show notes and past guests on The Tim Ferriss Show, please visit tim.blog/podcast.For deals from sponsors of The Tim Ferriss Show, please visit tim.blog/podcast-sponsorsSign up for Tim’s email newsletter (5-Bullet Friday) at tim.blog/friday.For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts.Discover Tim’s books: tim.blog/books.Follow Tim:Twitter: twitter.com/tferriss Instagram: instagram.com/timferrissYouTube: youtube.com/timferrissFacebook: facebook.com/timferriss LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/timferrissPast guests on The Tim Ferriss Show include Jerry Seinfeld, Hugh Jackman, Dr. Jane Goodall, LeBron James, Kevin Hart, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Jamie Foxx, Matthew McConaughey, Esther Perel, Elizabeth Gilbert, Terry Crews, Sia, Yuval Noah Harari, Malcolm Gladwell, Madeleine Albright, Cheryl Strayed, Jim Collins, Mary Karr, Maria Popova, Sam Harris, Michael Phelps, Bob Iger, Edward Norton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Neil Strauss, Ken Burns, Maria Sharapova, Marc Andreessen, Neil Gaiman, Neil de Grasse Tyson, Jocko Willink, Daniel Ek, Kelly Slater, Dr. Peter Attia, Seth Godin, Howard Marks, Dr. Brené Brown, Eric Schmidt, Michael Lewis, Joe Gebbia, Michael Pollan, Dr. Jordan Peterson, Vince Vaughn, Brian Koppelman, Ramit Sethi, Dax Shepard, Tony Robbins, Jim Dethmer, Dan Harris, Ray Dalio, Naval Ravikant, Vitalik Buterin, Elizabeth Lesser, Amanda Palmer, Katie Haun, Sir Richard Branson, Chuck Palahniuk, Arianna Huffington, Reid Hoffman, Bill Burr, Whitney Cummings, Rick Rubin, Dr. Vivek Murthy, Darren Aronofsky, and many more.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Brought to you by LinkedIn Jobs recruitment platform with 770M+ users, Vuori comfortable and durable performance apparel, and Athletic Greens all-in-one nutritional supplement.Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is my job to deconstruct world-class performers to tease out the routines, habits, et cetera that you can apply to your own life.In this episode, past podcast guest Cal Newport interviews me for an article he ended up writing for The New Yorker titled “Revisiting ‘The 4-Hour Workweek’: How Tim Ferriss’s 2007 manifesto anticipated our current moment of professional upheaval.”Who is Cal? Cal Newport (calnewport.com) is an associate professor of computer science at Georgetown University who previously earned his PhD from MIT. His scholarship focuses on the theory of distributed systems, while his general-audience writing explores intersections of culture and technology.Cal is the author of seven books, including, most recently, Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, and A World Without Email. He is also a contributing writer for The New Yorker and the host of the Deep Questions podcast.You can find my interview with Cal at tim.blog/calnewport, and you can find the 2007 talk at SXSW that launched everything at tim.blog/sxsw.Please enjoy!This episode is brought to you by Athletic Greens. I get asked all the time, “If you could use only one supplement, what would it be?” My answer is usually AG1 by Athletic Greens, my all-in-one nutritional insurance. I recommended it in The 4-Hour Body in 2010 and did not get paid to do so. I do my best with nutrient-dense meals, of course, but AG further covers my bases with vitamins, minerals, and whole-food-sourced micronutrients that support gut health and the immune system. Right now, Athletic Greens is offering you their Vitamin D Liquid Formula free with your first subscription purchase—a vital nutrient for a strong immune system and strong bones. Visit AthleticGreens.com/Tim to claim this special offer today and receive the free Vitamin D Liquid Formula (and five free travel packs) with your first subscription purchase! That’s up to a one-year supply of Vitamin D as added value when you try their delicious and comprehensive all-in-one daily greens product.*This episode is also brought to you by Vuori clothing! Vuori is a new and fresh perspective on performance apparel, perfect if you are sick and tired of traditional, old workout gear. Everything is designed for maximum comfort and versatility so that you look and feel as good in everyday life as you do working out.Get yourself some of the most comfortable and versatile clothing on the planet at VuoriClothing.com/Tim. Not only will you receive 20% off your first purchase, but you’ll also enjoy free shipping on any US orders over $75 and free returns.*This episode is also brought to you by LinkedIn Jobs. Whether you are looking to hire now for a critical role or thinking about needs that you may have in the future, LinkedIn Jobs can help. LinkedIn screens candidates for the hard and soft skills you’re looking for and puts your job in front of candidates looking for job opportunities that match what you have to offer.Using LinkedIn’s active community of more than 770 million professionals worldwide, LinkedIn Jobs can help you find and hire the right person faster. When your business is ready to make that next hire, find the right person with LinkedIn Jobs. And now, you can post a job for free. Just visit LinkedIn.com/Tim.*Some of the first cracks in my post-Princeton life that hinted at the unsustainable nature of Silicon Valley workaholic culture and led me toward a realization that The 4-Hour Workweek might be a book worth writing. [07:36]The fatal flaw in my first startup that ensured I wouldn’t be able to easily sell it. [17:22]A snapshot of Silicon Valley in the early 2000s: a prototyping and testing ground for new technologies and a hotbed of hustling. [22:16]Cal says I mentioned email four times in the opening six minutes of my first South by Southwest talk. In retrospect, what bigger problems did this portend, and how was my approach somewhat transgressive, considering the audience? [26:44]Defying the cult of productivity to be more effective than efficient with the 80/20 principle (aka Pareto’s law). [39:43]On slow productivity and playing your own game while understanding the rules by which other people play theirs.[44:33]How the launch of this podcast was, in a sense, a reexamination of what my own game was after working on The 4-Hour Chef turned out to be more a labor of labor than love. [47:57]My mindset going into that first South by Southwest speech in 2007 and how I tried to make the pain points of efficiency relatable rather than presenting them as judgment against my go-getting, startup-hustling audience. [50:41]If prioritizing your own self-care inconveniences other people from time to time, so be it. (To the people pleasers in the audience, please reread that last sentence to yourself a little louder until it sticks.) [53:50]After the South by Southwest speech, what was the general reception like? What points seemed to resonate most with people? [56:44]How a mutual friend put concepts presented in The 4-Hour Workweek to work and changed his own life, how some of those concepts that were radical when the book was published 15 years ago are now considered commonplace, and which concepts I hope continue to gain momentum. [1:00:56]How the COVID-19 pandemic suddenly made the work-disrupting scenarios posited in The 4-Hour Workweek viable alternatives to the status quo rather than intangible, impossible thought experiments, though some challenges remain. [1:06:40]Pop culture references to The 4-Hour Workweek and common misinterpretations of its primary tenets that come from casual skimming and second-hand sources. [1:10:38]Digging deeper, why do so many readers who pick up the bestselling productivity and time management books seem to miss the points they’re really trying to make? [1:15:57]Cal’s optimistic parting thoughts that society is finally catching up with what The 4-Hour Workweek was trying to convey. [1:20:58]*For show notes and past guests on The Tim Ferriss Show, please visit tim.blog/podcast.For deals from sponsors of The Tim Ferriss Show, please visit tim.blog/podcast-sponsors.Sign up for Tim’s email newsletter (5-Bullet Friday) at tim.blog/friday.For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts.Discover Tim’s books: tim.blog/books.Follow Tim:Twitter: twitter.com/tferriss Instagram: instagram.com/timferrissYouTube: youtube.com/timferrissFacebook: facebook.com/timferriss LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/timferrissPast guests on The Tim Ferriss Show include Jerry Seinfeld, Hugh Jackman, Dr. Jane Goodall, LeBron James, Kevin Hart, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Jamie Foxx, Matthew McConaughey, Esther Perel, Elizabeth Gilbert, Terry Crews, Sia, Yuval Noah Harari, Malcolm Gladwell, Madeleine Albright, Cheryl Strayed, Jim Collins, Mary Karr, Maria Popova, Sam Harris, Michael Phelps, Bob Iger, Edward Norton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Neil Strauss, Ken Burns, Maria Sharapova, Marc Andreessen, Neil Gaiman, Neil de Grasse Tyson, Jocko Willink, Daniel Ek, Kelly Slater, Dr. Peter Attia, Seth Godin, Howard Marks, Dr. Brené Brown, Eric Schmidt, Michael Lewis, Joe Gebbia, Michael Pollan, Dr. Jordan Peterson, Vince Vaughn, Brian Koppelman, Ramit Sethi, Dax Shepard, Tony Robbins, Jim Dethmer, Dan Harris, Ray Dalio, Naval Ravikant, Vitalik Buterin, Elizabeth Lesser, Amanda Palmer, Katie Haun, Sir Richard Branson, Chuck Palahniuk, Arianna Huffington, Reid Hoffman, Bill Burr, Whitney Cummings, Rick Rubin, Dr. Vivek Murthy, Darren Aronofsky, and many more.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.