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- Author: The Tim Ferriss Show
- Full Title: #439: Tools of Titans — Derek Sivers, BJ Miller, and Coach Christopher Sommer
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- URL: https://www.airr.io/episode/5ee14f96c9f1143e662e9869
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routine in an intelligent man is a sign of ambition. Wh on I’m a compulsive note taker toe wit. I have recorded nearly every workout since age 18 or so. Roughly eight feet of shelf space in my home is occupied by spine upon spine of Notebook upon Notebook that mind you is one subject. It extends to dozens. Some people would call this OCD, and many would probably consider it a manic wild goose chase. I view it simply it is the collection of my life’s recipes. My goal is to learn things once and use them forever. For instance, let’s say stumble upon a picture of myself from (Time 0:02:34)
and recommendations, and you should. Here are a few patterns, some odder than others. More than 80% of the interviewees have some form of daily mindfulness or meditation Practice. a surprising number of males but not females over 45. Never eat breakfast or eat only the scanty ist affair. For example, Layered Hamilton, Malcolm Gladwell, General Stanley McChrystal. Many use the chili pad device for cooling at bedtime. Rave reviews of the books Sapiens, Poor Charlie’s Almanac, Influence and Man’s Search for Meaning, among others. The habit of listening to single songs on repeat for Focus. Nearly everyone has done some form of (Time 0:12:14)
are they for example fasting. What good is that? Suharto? It is of great value, sir. If a man has nothing to eat, fasting is the most intelligent thing he can dio. If, for instance, Siddhartha had not learned too fast, he would have had to seek some kind of work today. Either with you or elsewhere for hunger would have driven him. But as it is, Siddhartha can wait calmly. He is not impatient. He is not in need. He can ward off hunger for a long time and laugh at it. I think of Siddharth’s answers often and in the following terms I can think equals having good rules for decision making and having good questions You can ask yourself and others I can wait, (Time 0:25:54)
as possible. Who do you think of when you hear the word successful? Quote? The first answer to any question is a much fun because it’s just automatic. What’s the first painting that comes to mind? Mona Lisa. Name a genius. Einstein Who’s a composer. Mozart. This is the subject of the book, Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. There’s the instant, unconscious automatic thinking, and then there’s the slower, conscious, rational, deliberate thinking. I’m really, really into the slower thinking, breaking my automatic responses to the things in my life and slowly thinking through a more deliberate response. Instead, then for the things in life where an automatic (Time 0:30:21)
that comes to mind? Why are they actually more successful than the first person that came to mind? In that case, the first would be Richard Branson because he’s the stereotype. He’s like the Mona Lisa of success to me. Honestly, you might be my second answer, but we could talk about that a different time. My third and riel answer after thinking it through, is that we can’t know without knowing a person’s aims. What if Richard Branson set out to live a quiet life, but like a compulsive gambler, he just can’t stop creating companies. Then that changes everything, and we can call him successful anymore. End quote. Tim Ferriss. This is genius Ricardo, similar CEO and majority owner of the Brazil based Simcoe (Time 0:31:14)
years and then do another one for a few years and then another. You’ve probably heard the fable. I think it’s Borodin’s ass about a donkey who is standing halfway between a pile of hay and a bucket of water. He just keeps looking left to the hay and right to the water, trying to decide. Hey or water Hey! Or water. He’s unable to decide, so he eventually falls over and dies of both hunger and thirst. A donkey can’t think of the future. If he did, he’d realize he could clearly go first to drink the water. Then go eat the hay. So my advice to my 30 year old self is, don’t be a donkey. You can do everything you want to do. You just need foresight and patients. (Time 0:34:54)
startup vacation starting in late 2015. I elaborate on this later, but here’s the origin story. Quote. It was time to book the ticket for a trip he’d committed to long ago, and I was thinking, I don’t really want to go to Australia right now. I’m busy with other stuff. I was on the phone with my friend Amber Room Barth, who’s a brilliant musician, and I was lamenting about this. She’s the one who pointed out. It sounds like from where you are, your decision is not between yes and no. You need to figure out whether you’re feeling like fuck, yeah or no, because most of us say yes to too much stuff, and then we let these little mediocre things fill our lives. The problem is, when (Time 0:38:00)
when that occasional Oh, my God, hell, yeah. Thing comes along, you don’t have enough time to give it the attention that you should, because you’ve said yes to too much other little half ass stuff. Right? Once I started applying this, my life just opened up. End quote busy equals out of control. Quote. Every time people contact me, they say, Look, I know you must be incredibly busy and always think, No, I’m not because I’m in control of my time. I’m on top of it. Busy to me, seems to imply out of control like Oh my God, I’m so busy I don’t have any time for this shit. To me, that sounds like a person who’s got no control over their life. End quote. Tim Ferriss. (Time 0:38:44)
priorities. If I’m busy, it is because I’ve made choices that put me in that position. So I’ve forbidden myself to reply to How are you with busy? I have no right to complain. Instead, if I’m too busy, it’s a cue to re examine my systems and rules. What would you put on a billboard quote? I really admire those places, like Vermont and Sao Paulo, Brazil, that ban billboards, but I know that wasn’t really what you were asking. So my better answer is I think I would make a billboard that says it won’t make you happy, and I would place it outside any big shopping mall or car dealer. You know what would be a fun project, actually to buy and train thousands of (Time 0:39:30)
where above average, I believe the movie Scott Pilgrim versus The World Is a Masterpiece. I believe that music and people don’t mix that music should be appreciated alone without seeing or knowing who the musicians are and without other people around just listening to music for its own sake, not listening to the people around you and not filtered through what you know about the musicians. Personal life. End quote. Treat life as a series of experiments. Quote My recommendation is to do little tests. Try a few months of living the life you think you want, but leave yourself an exit plan. Being open to the big chance that you might not like it after actually trying it. The best (Time 0:44:55)
not listening to the people around you and not filtered through what you know about the musicians. Personal life. End quote. Treat life as a series of experiments. Quote My recommendation is to do little tests. Try a few months of living the life you think you want, but leave yourself an exit plan. Being open to the big chance that you might not like it after actually trying it. The best book about this subject is stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert. His recommendation is to talk to a few people who are currently where you think you want to be and ask them for the pros and cons than trust their opinion, since they’re right in it. Not just remembering or imagining end quote. (Time 0:45:14)