About this episode
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 #79 " Chris Sacca on Being Different and Making Billions " and #729 " Legendary Actor Scott Glenn — How to Be Super Fit at 85, Lessons from Marlon Brando, How to Pursue Your Purpose, The Art of Serendipity, Stories of Gunslingers, and More . " Please enjoy! Sponsors: Momentous high-quality supplements: https://livemomentous.com/tim (code TIM for 20% off) 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) 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.) Timestamps: [00:00] Start [05:19] Notes about this supercombo format. [06:23] Enter Chris Sacca. [06:53] Traits of founders for whom success, at massive scale, seems predestined. [08:00] Travis Kalanick and Nintendo Wii Tennis. [09:55] Resources for cultivating investing chops, emotional intelligence, and general empathy. [18:37] Chris' evolving concept of success. [22:31] What Chris and his brother Brian's parents did right. [26:47] What Chris looks for when hiring. [29:23] The prophetic notebook. [31:29] Advice to aimless college graduates. [34:06] Two differentiators that shifted the nature of Chris' business [38:16] Enter Scott Glenn. [38:44] Idaho vs. Los Angeles. [44:59] Apocalypse Now, self-confidence soon after. [49:00] Burt Lancaster's movie star lessons. [54:41] The birth and death of Wes Hightower. [1:03:56] Catching the attention of James Bridges. [1:06:12] Scarlet fever. [1:07:57] From Marine to police reporter. [1:12:42] Berghof Studios and parental advice. [1:21:12] Converting to Judaism. [1:24:04] Lao Tzu: the ultimate mystic? [1:28:44] Letting go with Killer Joe. [1:33:20] "Crazy Whitefella Thinking." [1:38:53] Getting out of the way and Erwan Le Corre. [1:42:19] Lessons from the "morally phenomenal" Marlon Brando. [1:46:54] How Scott's childhood bout with scarlet fever informed his life's course. [1:49:33] Daily routines and exercises of an in-shape 85-year-old. [2:05:46] Securing a serendipitous skill set. [2:12:41] Thailand talk. [2:16:46] Increasing surface luck. [2:17:32] How Scott met and fell in love with his wife. [2:23:32] "Just dance." [2:24:14] Mistakenly calling Rudolf Nureyev Russian. [2:26:24] Poetry. [2:30:31] What Laurence Olivier knew about the value of tenacity. [2:32:09] 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 .