#813: Q&A with Tim — Three Life Commandments, 4-Hour Workweek Exercises I Still Use, The Art and Joy of Inefficiency, Stoicism Revisited, and Much More

Welcome back to another in-between-isode, with one of my favorite formats: the good old-fashioned Q&A. Sponsors: Monarch Money track, budget, plan, and do more with your money: MonarchMoney.com/Tim (50% off your first year at monarchmoney.com with code TIM) Eight Sleep Pod Cover 5 sleeping solution for dynamic cooling and heating: EightSleep.com/Tim (use code TIM to get $350 off your very own Pod 5 Ultra.) AG1 all-in-one nutritional supplement: DrinkAG1.com/Tim (1-year supply of Vitamin D (and 5 free AG1 travel packs) with your first subscription purchase.) Timestamps: [00:00:00] Start. [00:04:44] Instilling nostalgia in future children. [00:06:29] Secret suspicions about success. [00:09:50] Comfy clothes and commandments for my cult. [00:13:20] Laying groundwork for large projects. [00:15:12] The purpose of my No Book preview community. [00:15:45] How I use and don’t use AI. [00:18:56] My own success: because of strategies or despite them? [00:19:25] Optimizing efficiency in the face of unknown variables. [00:21:12] Why we should all learn how to live offline. [00:22:35] Superb Sufism sources. [00:23:21] How a podcast episode anticipated to be good can go bad. [00:26:31] When inefficiency is the optimal choice. [00:31:27] Helping rather than hurting our workaholic friends. [00:33:42] The right time to announce a new project. [00:37:09] Establishing partnership parameters. [00:39:02] Spiritual speculations. [00:41:24] Using today’s advantages to build tomorrow’s apps. [00:43:23] Keeping audience capture from converting you to caricature. [00:46:18] Legends of Varlata vs. The Legend of COCKPUNCH. [00:49:28] Hunting for Easter eggs across IPs. [00:49:51] Coyote curiosity. [00:53:32] 4-Hour Workweek tools I still use regularly. [00:55:14] A favorite memory with my childhood best friends. [00:55:48] A movie sequel I’d finance. [00:56:41] I will (not) sell No book before its time. [01:01:37] Archery aims. [01:02:13] Inspirational blurbs, billboards, and tchotchkes. [01:04:43] Does study of stoicism risk dulling positive emotions? [01:07:29] What my Saisei Foundation is focusing on lately. [01:13:33] Kundalini activation caution. [01:14:17] Molly’s ideal trip with me. [01:14:42] 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 .