Jack Kornfield ( @JackKornfield ) trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India, and Burma, shortly thereafter becoming one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974. Jack has had a profound and direct impact on my life, and I'm thrilled to finally have him on the podcast to share our history, his incredible stories, and practical tactics and techniques that you can use. Jack co-founded the I...
Mar 05, 2018•2 hr 55 min•Ep. 300
In this episode, I answer the most up-voted questions from subscribers to 5-Bullet Friday, the free newsletter I send out every week. In this Q&A, I reveal: The top five health markers I check and watch regularly. Strategies to prevent or minimize binge eating during times of stress. The most valuable skills for securing financial freedom. My philospophy on having children. Productivity advice And much, much more. Want to ask me your own questions? Just subscribe to 5-Bullet Friday , which —...
Mar 01, 2018•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 299
Dr. Gabor Maté ( @DrGaborMate ) is a physician who specializes in neurology, psychiatry, and psychology. He's well known for studying and treating addiction. Dr. Maté has written several books, including the award-winning In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction . His work has been published internationally in 20 languages, and he's received the Hubert Evans Prize for Literary Non-Fiction; an Honorary Degree (Law) from the University of Northern British Columbia; an Outstan...
Feb 20, 2018•2 hr 31 min•Ep. 298
Bob Metcalfe ( @BobMetcalfe ) is an MIT-Harvard-trained engineer-entrepreneur who became an Internet pioneer in 1970, invented Ethernet in 1973, and founded 3Com Corporation in 1979. About 1.2B Ethernet ports were shipped last year — 400M wired and 800M wireless (Wi-Fi). 3Com went public in 1984, peaked at $5.7B in annual sales in 1999, and after 30 years became part of HP last year. Bob was a publisher-pundit for IDG-InfoWorld for about 10 years and a venture capitalist for about 10 years with ...
Feb 14, 2018•2 hr 10 min•Ep. 297
Many of you have asked me how I have built a popular blog and podcast. I've contemplated writing a long post about this, and then Mari Takahashi ( @atomicmari ) -- a successful ballerina, gamer, and content creator -- sent me some very good questions that I decided to answer in this episode. The Tim Ferriss Show has almost 300 million downloads and is the first business interview podcast to cross a hundred million downloads -- but with its fair share of mistakes and trials by fire along the way....
Feb 10, 2018•58 min•Ep. 296
My first book, The 4-Hour Workweek, recently celebrated its 10th anniversary. Thousands of you have asked me how I would update it today -- and many have asked why I haven't updated it since 2009. For this episode, I discuss common questions and misperceptions, and how I would adjust certain chapters and recommendations. As always, thank you for listening! This episode is brought to you by WeWork . I haven't had an office in almost two decades, but working from home and coffee shops isn't always...
Feb 03, 2018•1 hr•Ep. 295
This episode sets a new record with five guests -- each considered among the best in their field. It features Adam Robinson ( @IAmAdamRobinson ), Debbie Millman ( @debbiemillman ), Neil Strauss ( @neilstrauss ), Scott Belsky ( @scottbelsky ), and Veronica Belmont ( @Veronica ). This roundtable discussion covers topics including best investments, favorite failures, and bad advice to avoid. I really enjoyed all of the answers from the guests as there's lots of actionable advice. I hope you enjoy t...
Jan 26, 2018•50 min•Ep. 294
Catherine Hoke ( @catherine_hoke ) is the founder of Defy Ventures , a national nonprofit organization that "transforms the hustle" of currently and formerly incarcerated people. Defy's vision is to end mass incarceration by using entrepreneurship as a tool to transform legacies and human potential. Cat was named a #MakeTechHuman Agent of Change by WIRED and Nokia for being one of 17 Global Influencers Expanding Human Possibility Through Technology. She has received the MDC Partners Humanitarian...
Jan 21, 2018•2 hr 19 min•Ep. 293
This is a special episode of the podcast, which features three guests: author Soman Chainani ( @SomanChainani ), author Susan Cain ( @susancain ), and East Rock Capital co-founder and investor Graham Duncan . All three are featured in my latest book, Tribe of Mentors , and all three share something in common: they're experts at mitigating risk. I don't view them as a throw-caution-to-the-wind; nonetheless, they've been good at capping downsides and making various career decisions that have paid ...
Jan 18, 2018•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 292
Welcome to another edition of The Tim Ferriss Radio Hour, where I share the habits and patterns of world-class performers revealed over nearly 300 interviews. In this episode, we'll explore fear. Specifically, how to manage, mitigate, and overcome fear, which is something I've battled for decades. This has been such a focal point of my life that my last TED Talk focused on an exercise called fear setting , which is something I practice at least one a month and have found to be a life raft. In ad...
Jan 14, 2018•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 291
Gretchen Rubin is the author of several books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Four Tendencies , Better Than Before , The Happiness Project , and Happier at Home . She has an enormous readership, both in print and online, and her books have sold three million copies worldwide, in more than thirty languages. On her popular weekly podcast, Happier with Gretchen Rubin , she discusses good habits and happiness with her sister Elizabeth Craft; they've been called the "Click and Clack of ...
Jan 10, 2018•2 hr 17 min•Ep. 290
After reading Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentor s, many of you have asked me how I process all of the information I receive. This episode will help you manage information overwhelm, recommend a few techniques for dealing with social media, and answer a few questions that have been frequently asked about building a world-class network and writing books. I hope this information strengthens the signal, discards the noise, and helps you make every piece of information that you choose to receive ea...
Jan 04, 2018•36 min•Ep. 289
Bozoma Saint John ( @badassboz ) is the Chief Brand Officer at Uber. Until June 2017, she was a marketing executive at Apple Music after joining the company in its acquisition of Beats Music. In 2016, Billboard named her Female Executive of the Year , she appeared on Fortune's 40 under 40 , and Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People . Bozoma was featured in Tribe of Mentors , but this conversation covers topics that go far beyond what was covered in the book. Enjoy! This podcast is brought to y...
Dec 27, 2017•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 288
Terry Crews ( @terrycrews ) is an actor and former NFL player (Los Angeles Rams, San Diego Chargers, Washington Redskins, and Philadelphia Eagles). His wide-ranging credits include the original viral Old Spice commercials, television series such as The Newsroom, Arrested Development, and Everybody Hates Chris , and films including White Chicks , the Expendables franchise, Bridesmaids , and The Longest Yard . He now stars on the Golden Globe award-winning Fox sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine . In 2014, ...
Dec 20, 2017•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 287
Mike Maples, Jr. ( @m2jr ) is the man who taught me how to invest. He's one of my favorite people and a personal mentor. He is a partner at Floodgate , a venture capital firm that specializes in micro-cap investments in startups. He has been on the Forbes Midas List since 2010 and named one of Fortune magazine's " 8 Rising VC Stars." Before becoming a full-time investor, Mike was inolved as a founder and operating executive at back-to-back starup IPOs, including Tivoli Systems (acquired by IBM) ...
Dec 16, 2017•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 286
M. Sanjayan ( @msanjayan ) is a global conservation scientist specializing in how nature preserves and enhances human life. He serves as CEO for Conservation International , having joined CI in 2014 as executive vice president and senior scientist. He has led several key divisions including Oceans, Science, Development, Brand and Communications and Strategic Priorities. Sanjayan holds a doctorate from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and his peer-reviewed scientific work has been publis...
Dec 07, 2017•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 285
This is an unusual episode. Instead of the typical interview format where I ask other people questions, I did what thousands of you have requested; I answered the 11 questions that are the foundation of Tribe of Mentors (and add in a few bonus answers). From beliefs that have changed my life to how I cope with feelings of overwhelm, I go into depth on all of my answers. I also recorded some of the answers on video, which you can watch on my YouTube channe l. I hope you enjoy this solo episode, a...
Dec 03, 2017•51 min•Ep. 284
Tim Urban ( @waitbutwhy ) is the author of the blog Wait But Why and has become one of the Internet's most popular writers. According to Fast Company , Tim has "captured a level of reader engagement that even the new-media giants would be envious of." Wait But Why receives more than 1.5 million unique visitors per month and has over 550,000 email subscribers. Tim has gained a number of prominent readers as well, like authors Sam Harris (page 365 in Tribe of Mentors ) and Susan Cain (page 10), Tw...
Nov 30, 2017•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 283
This is a special episode of the podcast. In writing Tribe of Mentors, I reached out to many people to be featured in the book. More than 130 people said yes -- but many others said no. This episode covers rejection, and -- more specifically -- how to reject other people and opportunities (even if they seem great). How you can you say no to seemingly burdensome "obligations," and say yes to the critical few opportunities. Understanding the difference -- and how to do it -- can make a significant...
Nov 25, 2017•18 min•Ep. 282
Stewart Brand ( @stewartbrand ) is the president of The Long Now Foundation , established to foster long-term thinking and responsibility. He leads a project called Revive & Restore , which seeks to bring back extinct animal species such as the passenger pigeon and woolly mammoth. Stewart is very well known for founding, editing, and publishing The Whole Earth Catalog (WEC), which changed my life when I was a little kid. It also received a national book award for its 1972 issue. Stewart is t...
Nov 21, 2017•2 hr 40 min•Ep. 281
Alice Little ( @thealicelittle ) is considered the #1 top-earning legal sex worker in the United States. She is a 4'8" legal sex worker at Nevada's world famous Moonlite Bunny Ranch . This episode is definitely not suitable for work (NSFW). In this wide-ranging episode, we cover a lot of ground, including: Technical sex tips How Alice puts people at ease, including adult virgins BDSM and power play Threesome do’s and don’ts, plus the “Big KO” finishing move Her music playlist for getting people ...
Nov 17, 2017•2 hr 20 min•Ep. 280
Brian Grazer ( @BrianGrazer ) is an Academy Award-winning producer and New York Times bestselling author ( A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life , with Charles Fishman) who has been making movies and television programs for more than 25 years. Grazer and his longtime friend and business partner Ron Howard began their collaboration in 1985 on the hit comedies Nightshift and Splash, and in 1986 they founded Imagine Entertainment . In 2002, Grazer won an Oscar for Best Picture for A Beautiful...
Nov 12, 2017•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 279
Tim O'Reilly ( @timoreilly ) is one of the most fascinating polymaths I've ever encountered. Wired has called him "the trend spotter" in the world of tech and macrotrends. Tim is the founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, Inc . His original business plan was pretty simple: "interesting work for interesting people," and that's worked out pretty well. His company has generated hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue doing everything from online learning, book publishing, running conferences, urging...
Nov 08, 2017•2 hr 9 min•Ep. 278
Sharon Salzberg ( @SharonSalzberg ) is a central figure in the field of meditation, a world-renowned teacher, and New York Times bestselling author of Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program . Sharon has played a crucial role in bringing meditation and mindfulness practices to the West and into mainstream culture since 1974, when she first began teaching. She is the co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA, and she has written ten books -- from her seminal Lovi...
Nov 03, 2017•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 277
This episode will forever have special meaning for me. While I didn't know it at the time, this ended up being the final long-form interview with Terry Laughlin ( @TISWIM ). Terry passed away from cancer complications on October 20, just two weeks after we recorded this interview. Terry was the founder of Total Immersion Swimming and co-author of Total Immersion: The Revolutionary Way To Swim Better, Faster, and Easier . He had a profound impact on me -- teaching me to overcome a lifelong fear o...
Oct 29, 2017•2 hr 19 min•Ep. 276
Jocko Willink ( @jockowillink ) takes over the show for a special episode. As I learned during our first interview , he is one of the scariest human beings imaginable. In this episode, Jocko shares lessons from his new book Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual . Trust me, it's fantastic. In this talk he discusses: The success mindset How to stop laziness and procrastination Behaviors that lead to failure His exact workouts How he adapts his training when he's on the road And much, much more J...
Oct 20, 2017•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 275
Arianna Huffington ( @ariannahuff ) is the founder and CEO of Thrive Global and founder of The Huffington Post . She has been named to Time magazine's list of the world's 100 Most Influential People and Forbes' Most Powerful Women list. Originally from Greece, Arianna moved to England when she was 16 and graduated from Cambridge with an M.A. in economics. In late 2005, she launched The Huffington Post , a news and blog site that quickly became one of the most widely read, linked to, and frequent...
Oct 18, 2017•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 274
Walter Isaacson ( @WalterIsaacson ) is a professor at Tulane University, and the president and CEO of The Aspen Institute , a nonpartisan educational and policy studies institute based in Washington, DC. He has been the chairman and CEO of CNN and the editor of TIME magazine. He is the author of many biographies I have recommended to thousands of people, including The Innovators , Steve Jobs , Einstein: His Life and Universe , Benjamin Franklin: An American Life , Kissinger: A Biography , and hi...
Oct 14, 2017•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 273
Sir Richard Branson ( @richardbranson ), founder and chairman of The Virgin Group , is a world-famous entrepreneur, adventurer, activist, and business icon. He has launched a dozen billion-dollar businesses and hundreds of other companies. His new autobiography, Finding My Virginity , shares the candid details of a lifetime of triumphs and failures and provides an intimate look at his never-ending quest to push boundaries, break rules, and seek new frontiers. I loved our conversation, and we cov...
Oct 09, 2017•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 272
Psychotherapist Esther Perel (@estherperel) is back to answer your most requested questions. The New York Times called her the most important game-changer in sexuality and relational health since Dr. Ruth. Her TED talks on maintaining desire and rethinking infidelity have more than 17 million views, and she's tested and been exposed to everything imaginable in 34 years of running her private therapy practice in New York City. In this episode, Esther explains: How to foster relationship longevity...
Oct 08, 2017•59 min•Ep. 271
