#813: Q&A with Tim — Three Life Commandments, 4-Hour Workweek Exercises I Still Use, The Art and Joy of Inefficiency, Stoicism Revisited, and Much More

Welcome back to another in-between-isode, with one of my favorite
formats: the good old-fashioned Q&A.


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Timestamps:


[00:00:00] Start.


[00:04:44] Instilling nostalgia in future children.


[00:06:29] Secret suspicions about success.


[00:09:50] Comfy clothes and commandments for my cult.


[00:13:20] Laying groundwork for large projects.


[00:15:12] The purpose of my No Book preview community.


[00:15:45] How I use and don’t use AI.


[00:18:56] My own success: because of strategies or despite them?


[00:19:25] Optimizing efficiency in the face of unknown
variables.


[00:21:12] Why we should all learn how to live offline.


[00:22:35] Superb Sufism sources.


[00:23:21] How a podcast episode anticipated to be good can go
bad.


[00:26:31] When inefficiency is the optimal choice.


[00:31:27] Helping rather than hurting our workaholic friends.


[00:33:42] The right time to announce a new project.


[00:37:09] Establishing partnership parameters.


[00:39:02] Spiritual speculations.


[00:41:24] Using today’s advantages to build tomorrow’s apps.


[00:43:23] Keeping audience capture from converting you to
caricature.


[00:46:18] Legends of Varlata vs. The Legend of COCKPUNCH.


[00:49:28] Hunting for Easter eggs across IPs.


[00:49:51] Coyote curiosity.


[00:53:32] 4-Hour Workweek tools I still use regularly.


[00:55:14] A favorite memory with my childhood best friends.


[00:55:48] A movie sequel I’d finance.


[00:56:41] I will (not) sell No book before its time.


[01:01:37] Archery aims.


[01:02:13] Inspirational blurbs, billboards, and tchotchkes.


[01:04:43] Does study of stoicism risk dulling positive emotions?


[01:07:29] What my Saisei Foundation is focusing on lately.


[01:13:33] Kundalini activation caution.


[01:14:17] Molly’s ideal trip with me.


[01:14:42] 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, Margaret Atwood, Mark Zuckerberg, Peter
Thiel, Dr. Gabor Maté, Anne Lamott, Sarah
Silverman, Dr. Andrew Huberman, and many more.


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