DiscoverThe Tim Ferriss Show#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
#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

#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

Update: 2025-05-29
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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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#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

#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