#614: 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

Q&A with Tim on Wealth and Money, Book
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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.


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[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.


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Past 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.


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