"If you don't prioritize your life, someone else will." — Greg McKeown Greg McKeown ( @GregoryMcKeown ) is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less and the founder of McKeown, Inc, a company with a mission to teach Essentialism to millions of people around the world. Their clients include Adobe, Apple, Airbnb, Cisco, Google, Facebook, Pixar, Salesforce.com, Symantec, Twitter, VMware and Yahoo!, among others. McKeown is an accomplished public spea...
Jan 09, 2019•2 hr 16 min•Ep. 355
"I think the role of the entrepreneur in the world is to find ways to do things better or more efficiently and then try to do that as many times over with the help of other people." — Santiago Nestares Benedict Dohmen and Santiago Nestares of Benitago Group , both 21, met as computer science students at Dartmouth College. Both worked very long hours in the library and suffered from back pain. They began collaborating on a prototype for a product that ended up being called the Supportiback , gath...
Dec 27, 2018•2 hr 59 min•Ep. 354
"If people around you don't think what you're doing is a bit strange, maybe it's not strange enough." — Patrick Collison Patrick Collison ( @patrickc ) is chief executive officer and co-founder of Stripe , a technology company that builds economic infrastructure for the internet. After experiencing firsthand how difficult it was to set up an online business, Patrick and his brother John started Stripe in 2010. Their goal was to make accepting payments on the internet simpler and more inclusive. ...
Dec 20, 2018•2 hr 26 min•Ep. 353
"Unhappiness is at the root of more pain, I would suspect, than any ailment that falls in the 'physical' body. And to think that we have compounds that could play such an important role that are really facing challenges in getting approved, I just find that really frustrating." — Dr. Peter Attia This is a special episode and features one of my dear friends. A number of guests have started incredible podcasts after being on this show as their first-ever podcast interview, including legendary Navy...
Dec 13, 2018•3 hr 47 min•Ep. 352
“And then I wake up at 7:00 a.m., and I roll over and look at my phone. And I have a notification from Shopify saying that I made my first sale for $149. And I let out this huge, orgasmic noise of relief. I was like, 'Wow. Everything’s going to be okay.'” — Allen Walton This episode is by popular request! In detail, we uncover a real-world case study of someone who built a seven-figure business after reading The 4-Hour Workweek (and other resources, of course). Two important people j...
Dec 10, 2018•2 hr 54 min•Ep. 351
Andrew Weil, M.D. ( @DrWeil ) is a world-renowned leader and pioneer in the field of integrative medicine. Dr. Weil received a degree in biology (botany) from Harvard College in 1964 and an M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1968. After completing a medical internship at Mt. Zion Hospital in San Francisco, he worked a year with the National Institute of Mental Health, then wrote his first book, The Natural Mind . From 1971-75, as a Fellow of the Institute of Current World Affairs, Dr. Weil trav...
Dec 06, 2018•2 hr 43 min•Ep. 350
This episode represents the first time that LeBron James has been interviewed alongside his very below-the-radar, some might say top-secret, athletic trainer about details of training, recovery, diet, and even how much longer he hopes to play in the NBA. LeBron James ( @KingJames ) is widely considered one of the greatest athletes of his generation and regarded by some as the best basketball player of all time. James' accomplishments on the court include four NBA Most Valuable Players Awards, th...
Nov 27, 2018•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 349
"Slow down. Do it again." — Dave Elitch Dave Elitch (IG: @daveelitch ) first garnered attention with his band Daughters of Mara's debut album I am Destroyer in 2007, but his time touring with the American progressive rock band The Mars Volta in 2009-2010 is what really put him on the map. He has since worked with Miley Cyrus, Justin Timberlake, M83, The 1975, Juliette Lewis, Big Black Delta, as well as many others. Dave conducts master-class lectures worldwide and is a regular in the L.A. sessio...
Nov 26, 2018•2 hr 15 min•Ep. 348
"I realized people were not having LSD experiences; they were having experiences of themselves. But they were coming from depths that psychoanalysis didn't know anything about." — Stanislav Grof Stanislav Grof, M.D., ( stanislavgrof.com ) is a psychiatrist with more than 60 years of experience in research of "holotropic" states of consciousness, a large and important subgroup of non-ordinary states that have healing, transformative, and evolutionary potential. Previously, he was Principal Invest...
Nov 20, 2018•3 hr 51 min•Ep. 347
"Hope is not a strategy. Luck is not a factor. Fear is not an option." — James Cameron James Cameron ( @jimcameron ) is a filmmaker and deep sea explorer. He is writer, director and producer of The Terminator , Aliens , The Abyss , Terminator 2 , True Lies , Titanic , and Avatar . Both Titanic and Avatar (the highest grossing film of all time) won the Golden Globe for Best Director and Best Picture and were nominated for a record number of awards. Cameron was also at the vanguard of the 3D renai...
Nov 12, 2018•33 min•Ep. 346
Doug McMillon (IG: @dougmcmillon ) is president and chief executive officer of Walmart, a company that, if it were a country, would be the 25th largest economy in the world. Walmart serves 265 million customers weekly in 27 countries across more than 11,000 stores and online, and the company employs roughly 2.2 million associates worldwide, which would equate to the second largest army in the world (behind China) if it were tasked with defending that 25th largest economy. 75 percent of Walmart's...
Nov 08, 2018•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 345
A.J. Jacobs ( @ajjacobs ) takes over the show for a special episode. A.J. is a kindred guinea pig of self-experimentation who chronicles his shenanigans in books that seem to keep winding up as New York Times best sellers. The Know-It-All was about his quest to learn everything in the world. In The Year of Living Biblically , he tried to follow all the rules of the Bible as literally as possible. Drop Dead Healthy followed his well- (and ill-) advised experiments to become the healthiest pe...
Nov 05, 2018•54 min•Ep. 344
Seth Godin ( @thisissethsblog , seths.blog ) is the author of 18 bestselling books that have been translated into more than 35 languages. He was inducted into the Direct Marketing Hall of Fame in 2013 and has founded several companies, including Yoyodyne and Squidoo. His blog (which you can find by typing “Seth” into Google) is one of the most popular in the world. Seth writes about marketing, strategic quitting, leadership, the way ideas spread, and challenging the statu...
Nov 01, 2018•2 hr 44 min•Ep. 343
This is a companion episode to episode #342 ("Sam Harris, Ph.D. — How to Master Your Mind"), and it features guided meditations and lessons from Sam's meditation app Waking Up . Please note that it includes bonus content not found in the longer episode. Enjoy! *** If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts /iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. I al...
Oct 29, 2018•43 min•Ep. 342
Sam Harris ( @SamHarrisOrg ) received a degree in philosophy from Stanford University and a Ph.D in neuroscience from UCLA. Sam is the host of the Waking Up podcast , and he is the author of multiple books including The End of Faith , Letter to a Christian Nation , The Moral Landscape , Free Will , Lying , Waking Up , and Islam and the Future of Tolerance (with Maajid Nawaz). This experimental episode came about because a few months back Sam asked me to be a beta tester for his Wakin...
Oct 29, 2018•2 hr 39 min•Ep. 342
Nick Kokonas (IG: @nkokonas , TW: @NickKokonas ) is the co-owner and co-founder of The Alinea Group of restaurants, which includes Alinea, Next, The Aviary, Roister, and The Aviary NYC. He is also the founder and CEO of Tock, Inc , a reservations and CRM system for restaurants with more than 2.5M diners and clients in more than 20 countries. Alinea has been named the Best Restaurant in America and Best Restaurant in The World by organizations and lists as diverse as The James Beard Foundation, W...
Oct 18, 2018•3 hr 5 min•Ep. 341
Paul Stamets ( @PaulStamets ) is an intellectual and industry leader in the habitat, medicinal use, and production of fungi. Part of his mission is to deepen our understanding and respect for the organisms that literally exist under every footstep taken on this path of life. Paul is the author of a new study in Nature's Scientific Reports , which details how mushroom extracts—specifically extracts from woodland polypore mushrooms—can greatly reduce viruses that contribute to bee colony collapse....
Oct 11, 2018•2 hr 26 min•Ep. 340
Samin Nosrat ( @ciaosamin ) is a writer, chef, and teacher who is masterful at turning complexity into simplicity. Her first book, Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking , is a New York Times bestseller, was a James Beard Award-winner for Best General Cookbook , was named as Cookbook of the Year by the International Association of Culinary Professionals, and is soon to be a Netflix original documentary series produced by Jigsaw Productions . Samin has been called "The next...
Oct 01, 2018•2 hr 23 min•Ep. 339
Howard Marks ( @howardmarksbook ) is co-chairman and co-founder of Oaktree Capital Management , a leading investment firm with more than $120 billion in assets. He is the author of the new book Mastering the Market Cycle: Getting the Odds on Your Side , and his previous book on investing, The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor , was a critically acclaimed bestseller. Warren Buffett has written of Howard Marks: "When I see memos from Howard Marks in my mail, they're ...
Sep 25, 2018•2 hr 59 min•Ep. 338
Hamilton Morris (TW: @hamiltonmorris , IG: @hamiltonmorris ) is a writer, documentarian, and scientific researcher who currently studies the chemistry and pharmacology of tryptamines at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. His writing has been featured in Harper’s Magazine , Playboy , and Vice , and he is the creator of the television series Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia , which recently completed its second season, and it is absolutely one of my fa...
Sep 20, 2018•2 hr 1 min•Ep. 337
Scott Belsky ( @scottbelsky ) is an entrepreneur, author, investor, Chief Product Officer of Adobe, and venture partner with venture capital firm Benchmark. Scott co-founded Behance in 2006 and served as CEO until Adobe acquired the company in 2012. Millions of people use Behance to display their portfolios, as well as track and find top talent across the creative industries. Scott is an early investor and advisor in Pinterest, Uber, and Periscope among many other fast-growing startups, and his ...
Sep 13, 2018•2 hr 22 min•Ep. 336
Doris Kearns Goodwin ( @DorisKGoodwin ) is a biographer, historian, and political commentator who found her curiosity about leadership sparked more than half century ago as a professor at Harvard. Her experiences working for LBJ in the White House and later assisting him on his memoirs led to her first book, Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream . She followed up with the Pulitzer Prize-winning No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II . She earned the Linc...
Sep 07, 2018•2 hr 44 min•Ep. 335
"Write an interesting story, not a perfect story." — Drew Houston Drew Houston ( @DrewHouston ) is co-founder and CEO of Dropbox . Since founding the company in 2007 with Arash Ferdowsi, Drew has led the company's growth from a simple idea to a service used by 500 million people around the world. Drew received his bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT in 2006. After graduating, he turned his frustration with carrying USB drives and emailing files to himself in...
Aug 27, 2018•2 hr 53 min•Ep. 334
Serial entrepreneur, world-class investor, eagle scout, and all around wild and crazy guy Kevin Rose ( @KevinRose ), rejoins me for another episode of The Random Show. We discuss Kevin’s new diet obsession that may just save his life for many decades to come, fatherhood, minimalism, lifetime learning, ways to dial back alcohol consumption, lessons learned from Tony Robbins, most recommended books, and much more. Enjoy! This episode is brought to you by LinkedIn and its job recruitme...
Aug 17, 2018•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 333
Coach George Raveling ( @GeorgeRaveling ) is an 80-year-old living legend and Nike's former Director of International Basketball. Coach Raveling was the first African American head basketball coach in the PAC-8 (now PAC-12), and he is often referred to as the "Human Google." Coach Raveling has held head coaching jobs at Washington State, The University of Iowa, and USC. Following a prolific basketball coaching career, he joined Nike at the request of Phil Knight, where he played an integral role...
Aug 09, 2018•2 hr 13 min•Ep. 332
Ann Miura-Ko ( @annimaniac ) has been called "the most powerful woman in startups" by Forbes and is a lecturer in entrepreneurship at Stanford. The child of a rocket scientist at NASA, Ann is a Palo Alto native and has been steeped in technology startups from when she was a teenager. Prior to co-founding Floodgate , she worked at Charles River Ventures and McKinsey and Company . Some of Ann's investments include Lyft, Ayasdi, Xamarin, Refinery29, JoyRun, TaskRabbit, and Modcloth. Given the succe...
Aug 02, 2018•2 hr 20 min•Ep. 331
This episode is a rare exception to the rule — unlike my usual long-form interviews, this is a drunk-dialing Q&A with you guys, which I’ve done a few times in the last few years, including for the celebration of the 100th episode of this podcast. In preparation for this episode, I solicited phone numbers from listeners who wanted to receive a call from me, and then I started drinking and dialing, answering questions and getting a little frisky along the way. This time, I came in ...
Jul 30, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 330
Jason Fried ( @jasonfried ) is the co-founder and CEO at Basecamp , and the co-author of Rework , Remote: Office Not Required , and Getting Real: The Smarter, Faster, Easier Way to Build a Successful Web Application . The upcoming It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work will be out later this year. Jason writes a regular column for Inc. magazine and is a frequent contributor to Basecamp's popular blog Signal v. Noise , which offers "strong opinions and shared thoughts on design, business, and tech."...
Jul 23, 2018•2 hr 17 min•Ep. 329
This episode of The Tim Ferriss Show showcases two chapters from Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown ( @GregoryMcKeown ), one of my favorite books of the past few years. The first chapter explains how to say "no" gracefully (and why most of us have trouble doing this in the first place), and the second one gives us ways to cut our losses and uncommit in the aftermath of a premature "yes." This should help you shorten your to-do list and lengthen your not-to-do list. Enj...
Jul 19, 2018•51 min•Ep. 328
Aisha Tyler (@aishatyler on Twitter , Instagram , and Vimeo ) is an award-winning director, actor, comedian, bestselling author, podcaster, and activist. She’s amazing. If you enjoyed my episodes with Brandon Stanton , Debbie Millman , or Adam Robinson , among others, you will love this one. Whether you do any type of creative work, want to be too complex to categorize, or want to overcome rejection and beat the odds, this one has something for you. Aisha voices superspy Lana Kane on F/X's ...
Jul 16, 2018•2 hr 24 min•Ep. 327
