Tim Ferriss
Guest on My First Million · Guest on On Purpose with Jay Shetty · Guest on The Shawn Ryan Show
Tim Ferriss is an American author, entrepreneur, and investor best known for his bestselling books including *The 4-Hour Workweek* and *Tools of Titans*. He is also the host of *The Tim Ferriss Show*, a long-running interview podcast focused on world-class performers and ideas for improving performance and lifestyle. Tim Ferriss currently works as an author, podcaster, and early-stage technology investor/advisor.
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4,000 Weeks👍 Recommends
…recommending time management philosophy book for perspective on mortality and significance
“I'd recommend, I'm giving so many book recommendations. It's great. People are just like, oh God, more hard work. So 4,000 Weeks by Oliver Berkman. Oh, I love that. I think it's a phenomenal book and there's a chapter in that book specifically and you can find it online called Cosmic Insignificance Therapy and people should check this out.”
on On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Already Free👍 Recommends
…discussing philosophical approaches balancing achievement and acceptance in personal development
“there's a great book called Already Free, I think it is by Bruce Tift. That discusses kind of two complementary approaches, which are the, let's just say developmental achievement approaches that Western psychotherapy might take or self-help broadly.”
on On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Bird by Bird👍 Recommends
…tim ferriss studying writing craft through books by master authors
“Taking it seriously otherwise means that I'm reading books on writing anything I can get a hold of like on writing by Stephen King which is not even my genre right bird by bird by Anne Lamott also not my genre these are both mostly focused on fiction books on screen writing”
on My First Million
Blue Ocean Strategy👍 Recommends
…recommending business strategy book on creating uncontested market space
“Blue Ocean Strategy also, those are all related.”
on On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Built to Last👍 Recommends
…recommending jim collins research on building lasting successful organizations
“Jim Collins, the writer of, author of Good to Grace and Built to Last and these iconic books, he tracks his creative hours.”
on On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming👍 Recommends
…tim ferriss discussing his interest in lucid dreaming and stephen laberge's influential book
“Towards the end of high school, I read a book called Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming by Stephen LaBerge. And still to this day, I think it is one of the most impressive books I have found for teaching a skill in a systematic way.”
on The Shawn Ryan Show
Fierce Intimacy👍 Recommends
…tim ferriss recommending terry real's audiobook on communication and relationships
“There's an audiobook, doesn't even have a print version, called Fierce Intimacy that I really recommend people listen to. So they have a toolkit for communicating in intimate relationships.”
on The Shawn Ryan Show
Fierce Intimacy👍 Recommends
…recommending relationship therapy resource for improving communication and conflict resolution
“There's an audio book, there's no print version called Fierce Intimacy by Terry Reel who is an amazing therapist. You should have him on the show. Yeah. That guy's incredible and very opinionated.”
on On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Four-Hour Body👍 Recommends
…tim ferriss detailing his biohacking experiments and glucose monitoring research
“So I had a lot of tolerance for monotony and repetition that a lot of folks have trouble with whether that's language learning archery or just in the early days before aura before whoop before any of this like my patients with doing something like trying to find a first generation continuous glucose monitor which was in the four hour body which came out 2010 so I probably started messing around 2008 2009”
on My First Million
Honest Liar Documentary👍 Recommends
…tim ferriss recommending documentary about mentalism and stage magic skepticism
“There's a great documentary called Honest Liar that people should watch.”
on The Shawn Ryan Show
Inception👍 Recommends
…tim ferriss discussing inception movie in context of lucid dreaming and time perception
“You know, we've been talking about lucid dreaming and time dilation and all this. It's part of the reason why, like, Inception, love that movie.”
on The Shawn Ryan Show
Letters from a Stoic👍 Recommends
…tim ferriss discussing stoic philosophy and practicing fear-setting techniques
“I had been traveling almost always with a copy of Letters from a Stoic, which are the moral letters to Leuchilius by Seneca the Younger.”
on The Shawn Ryan Show
Letters from a Stoic👍 Recommends
…recommending stoic philosophy book for guidance on life questions and values
“the book right behind me, Letters from a Stoic, Seneca the Younger, that's the Penguin's Classic Edition. I've probably given away a hundred copies of that book. Stoicism and Buddhism also, a lot of parallels, a lot of overlap.”
on On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Moonwalking with Einstein👍 Recommends
…recommending memory training book and discussing cognitive performance techniques
“He trained, I think it was Joan Allaire, a writer, to become national memory champion in the U.S. in a book called Moonwalking with Einstein. I mean, the guy's a stud.”
on On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Nonviolent Communication👍 Recommends
…recommending structured communication method for learning healthy relationship conflict resolution
“his name is Marshall Rosenberg, might be getting the name wrong, but nonviolent communication, read the book. Yes, it is schlocky in the sense that there's a format and it can feel a little repetitive, but guess what? In the beginning, if you're coming from an upbringing that didn't teach you anything helpful on the conflict resolution side, you need a format, you need a template, and it's incredibly, incredibly helpful.”
on On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Of Wolves and Men👍 Recommends
…tim ferriss recommending a book about wolves and human-wolf relationships across cultures
“There's a great book I recommend to everyone. It's a beautiful book called Of Wolves and Men, about effectively the, the history of wolves and man, but it dives into the biology of wolves, their mythological significance, how they're viewed by various indigenous cultures. It's by someone named Barry Lopez.”
on The Shawn Ryan Show
On Writing👍 Recommends
…tim ferriss studying writing craft through books by master authors
“Taking it seriously otherwise means that I'm reading books on writing anything I can get a hold of like on writing by Stephen King which is not even my genre right”
on My First Million
On the Shortness of Life👍 Recommends
…tim ferriss recommending seneca essay on making best use of limited time
“But until then, read on the shortness of life by Seneca. And it's like, make every minute count.”
on The Shawn Ryan Show
Outlive👍 Recommends
…tim ferriss recommending peter attia's book on longevity and health optimization
“You certainly have a copy of Outlive by Peter Attia on your shelf. I would recommend people check that out. Oh, yeah.”
on The Shawn Ryan Show
Procreate👍 Recommends
…tim ferriss rediscovering digital art and childhood passions through procreate software
“I wanted to be a comic book penciler forever and just getting into digital painting on an iPad and taking, walking through some tutorials on YouTube with Procreate. It's like, oh, wow, how did I forget about this? This is just so nourishing for me.”
on My First Million
The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing👍 Recommends
…recommending marketing strategy framework for business differentiation and positioning
“The Law of Category is a chapter from the 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing. I think I put it, I think I excerpted it in Tools of Titans or Tribe of Mentors because that chapter had a huge impact.”
on On Purpose with Jay Shetty
The 4-Hour Chef👍 Recommends
…referencing another of tim ferriss books about habit formation and motivation strategies
“I talked a lot about that in the four hour chef, like how do you actually set up incentives so that it's harder to quit?”
on On Purpose with Jay Shetty
The 4-Hour Work Week👍 Recommends
…tim ferriss discussing his seminal book about work-life optimization
“And trying to find something that's a lighter lift than Dungeons and Dragons seemed like a fun challenge... And trying to find something that's a lighter lift than Dungeons and Dragons seemed like a fun challenge. And then to come back to your question Sean I figured out pretty early on... my philosophy was always pretty tightly aligned with Kevin Kelly's 1000 True Fans... the four hour work week was the book I couldn't find for myself right you go to the bookstore and either it was how to run a fortune 500 company by Jack Welch or it was the minimalist guide to convincing yourself that money doesn't matter and it was like okay well I'm not going to recycle my lint...”
on My First Million
The 80-20 Principle👍 Recommends
…tim ferriss recommending pareto principle book for optimizing effort and impact
“There's a book called The 80-20 Principle by Richard Koch, K-O-C-H. Read that. And this comes back to what I mentioned earlier, which is you really don't have to get a lot of things right to have an amazing life.”
on The Shawn Ryan Show
The Art of Possibility👍 Recommends
…recommending orchestral conductor's book on possibility and overcoming limiting beliefs
“One of my favorite short books, I can't remember who recommended this to me, might've been Seth Godin. It's called The Art of Possibility by, I want to say Benjamin Zander, I'm blanking on his wife's name, which is embarrassing, but Zander, Z-A-N-D-E-R. And it's a conductor, very high level, like orchestral conductor. And it is a wonderful book. It ties into everything that we're talking about.”
on On Purpose with Jay Shetty
The Artist's Way👍 Recommends
…tim ferriss recommending julia cameron's book on morning pages practice for creativity
“There's an alternative approach called morning pages, which is slightly different, but I'll explain it. That's from Julia Cameron who wrote the artist's way. Really, really incredible practice.”
on The Shawn Ryan Show
The Biography of a Dollar👍 Recommends
…tim ferriss recommending book on history and nature of money as abstraction
“There's a book called The Biography of a Dollar about the history of money, which is worth reading. Like it's a very useful abstraction, but it's an abstraction.”
on The Shawn Ryan Show
The Comfort Crisis👍 Recommends
…tim ferriss recommending book on benefits of stress and adversity in life
“There's a book called The Comfort Crisis, I believe, that really delves into this, but it's like, there is a great argument to be made for engineering certain stress into your life.”
on The Shawn Ryan Show
The Effective Executive👍 Recommends
…recommending peter drucker management classic on effectiveness versus efficiency
“Efficiency, and I'm borrowing from Peter Drucker here, also, The Effective Executive, everybody should read that. Holy cow, what a great book.”
on On Purpose with Jay Shetty
The Great Nerve👍 Recommends
…discussing scientific research on vagus nerve and its role in health and inflammation
“if you talk to certain scientists like Dr. Kevin Tracy who wrote a great book. I think it's from a great book called The Great Nerve, all about the vagus nerve, which is really like two transatlantic cables on either side of the neck with roughly 90,000 to 100,000 fibers on either side.”
on On Purpose with Jay Shetty
The Obstacle Is The Way👍 Recommends
…tim ferriss discussing stoicism and recommending ryan holiday's book on the topic
“So the philosophy of stoicism and people can certainly find a lot of great books written contemporary, you know, in a contemporary sense by Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle is the Way. I actually produced the audio book for that book.”
on The Shawn Ryan Show
The Order of Time👍 Recommends
…tim ferriss recommending carlo rovelli's book on physics and time perception
“I would encourage, it can be hard. You can watch his TED, not TED Talks. You can watch his YouTube videos and so on before digesting videos. But Carlo Rovelli is a physicist. I believe he's most focused on quantum gravity. And he has some really thought-provoking writing on time. I think one of his books is called The Order of Things.”
on The Shawn Ryan Show
Tribe👍 Recommends
…tim ferriss recommending book about social cohesion and community in context of happiness
“There's a great book by Sebastian Junger called Tribe. Mm-hmm. I really recommend everyone read this. Sebastian has been through some shit.”
on The Shawn Ryan Show
Tribe of Mentors👍 Recommends
…referencing tim ferriss collection of advice from influential thinkers and entrepreneurs
“I think I put it, I think I excerpted it in Tools of Titans or Tribe of Mentors because that chapter had a huge impact.”
on On Purpose with Jay Shetty
What to Make of a Life👍 Recommends
…recommending new jim collins book profiling late-life achievement and purpose
“Jim Collins actually has a new book. I don't know if it's out yet, but What to Make of a Life profiles something like 30 people and these are incredible examples of success and a lot of them did their most important work in their 50s, 60s, and 70s.”
on On Purpose with Jay Shetty
When Things Fall Apart👍 Recommends
…citing pema chodron buddhist teachings on embracing difficulty and human relationships
“Pema Chodron has a really great poem who Henry Schuchman introduced me to actually and I won't be able to recite it because it's pretty long, but it effectively, it's from when things fall apart and talks about ascending the mountaintop.”
on On Purpose with Jay Shetty