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This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s because the podcast recently hit its 10-year anniversary and passed one billion downloads. To celebrate, I’ve curated some of the best of the best—some of my favorites—from more than 700 episodes over the last decade. I could not be more excited. The episode features segments from episode #332 " Coach George Raveling — A Legend on Sports, Business, and The Great Game of Life " and #724 " Claire Hughes Johnson — How to Take Responsibility for Your Life, Create Rules That Work, Stop Being a Victim, Set Strong Boundaries, and More . " Please enjoy! Sponsors: Wealthfront high-yield cash account: https://Wealthfront.com/Tim (Start earning 5.00% APY on your short-term cash until you’re ready to invest. And when you open an account today, you can get an extra fifty-dollar bonus with a deposit of five hundred dollars or more.) Terms apply. AG1 all-in-one nutritional supplement: https://drinkag1.com/tim (1-year supply of Vitamin D (and 5 free AG1 travel packs) with your first subscription purchase.) Shopify global commerce platform, providing tools to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business: https://shopify.com/tim (one-dollar-per-month trial period) Timestamps: [00:00] Start [05:14] Notes about this supercombo format. [06:17] Enter George Raveling. [06:48] The most important conversation is the one you have with yourself. [09:03] The only two choices George has when he gets out of bed in the morning [11:13] A personal audit once per week. [11:40] Retirement at 80? [12:10] George's controversial collection. [14:50] George's less controversial collections. [15:44] Relationships as a privilege. [17:28] Most of George’s best friendships started by mistake. [18:20] The importance of maintaining friendships with younger people. [19:22] Relationships as a patnership. [19:52] A voracious reading habit. [23:28] How George selects his next book. [25:17] How George continues to grow in his 80s. [29:09] Recommended reading. [30:42] Kindness as an opportunity. [33:32] The 1984 Olympics. [37:32] Enter Claire Hughes Johnson. [37:54] Say the thing you think you cannot say. [43:26] Detoxifying your left-hand column. [51:11] Victim versus player. [58:43] Recommended reading. [1:05:32] The case for reading fiction. [1:12:57] Crafting a working-with-me document. [1:20:47] Make the implicit explicit. [1:26:07] An Irish Goodbye. [1:27:13] Email policies. [1:32:37] Renegotiating the terms of expectations. [1:34:41] Listening for the quiet no. [1:37:06] Money versus time. [1:38:53] Good rules can be liberating. [1:41:39] Leadership and disappointment. [1:46:38] Renegotiating past disappointment. [2:05:45] Asking a question versus stating an opinion. [2:09:37] Training wheels for a "no." [2:11:06] Time, talent, treasure, and testimony. [2:15:16] Spotting bad apples while hiring. [2:17:16] If you're not self-aware, how would you know? [2:20:01] Work style assessments for self-awareness building. [2:27:17] Paragons of no. [2:29:30] No more boards. [2:33:37] Pushers and pullers. [2:40:32] Parting thoughts. * For show notes and past guests on The Tim Ferriss Show , please visit tim.blog/podcast . For deals from sponsors of The Tim Ferriss Show , please visit tim.blog/podcast-sponsors Sign up for Tim’s email newsletter ( 5-Bullet Friday ) at tim.blog/friday . For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts . Discover Tim’s books: tim.blog/books . Follow Tim: Twitter : twitter.com/tferriss Instagram : instagram.com/timferriss YouTube : youtube.com/timferriss Facebook : facebook.com/timferriss LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/timferriss Past guests on The Tim Ferriss Show include Jerry Seinfeld , Hugh Jackman , Dr. Jane Goodall , LeBron James , Kevin Hart , Doris Kearns Goodwin , Jamie Foxx , Matthew McConaughey , Esther Perel , Elizabeth Gilbert , Terry Crews , Sia , Yuval Noah Harari , Malcolm Gladwell , Madeleine Albright , Cheryl Strayed , Jim Collins , Mary Karr, Maria Popova , Sam Harris , Michael Phelps , Bob Iger , Edward Norton , Arnold Schwarzenegger , Neil Strauss , Ken Burns , Maria Sharapova , Marc Andreessen , Neil Gaiman , Neil de Grasse Tyson , Jocko Willink , Daniel Ek , Kelly Slater , Dr. Peter Attia , Seth Godin , Howard Marks , Dr. Brené Brown , Eric Schmidt , Michael Lewis , Joe Gebbia , Michael Pollan , Dr. Jordan Peterson , Vince Vaughn , Brian Koppelman , Ramit Sethi , Dax Shepard , Tony Robbins , Jim Dethmer , Dan Harris , Ray Dalio , Naval Ravikant , Vitalik Buterin , Elizabeth Lesser , Amanda Palmer , Katie Haun , Sir Richard Branson , Chuck Palahniuk , Arianna Huffington , Reid Hoffman , Bill Burr , Whitney Cummings , Rick Rubin , Dr. Vivek Murthy , Darren Aronofsky , Margaret Atwood , Mark Zuckerberg , Peter Thiel , Dr. Gabor Maté , Anne Lamott , Sarah Silverman , Dr. Andrew Huberman , and many more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .