Episode 051 Tim Answers 10 More Popular Questions From Listeners
Summary
- Tim Ferriss answers 1020 questions from listeners in this episode of The Tim Ferriss Show.
- Tim is in Iceland and is thrilled to have seen the Northern Lights for two out of three nights.
- Tim's morning routine includes taking supplements, meditating, drinking tea, and writing or working on the podcast.
- Tim recommends screenfree Saturdays, having no notifications on his phone, and walking and talking to minimize media consumption.
- For things to purchase for less than $100 that will have the greatest immediate impact, Tim suggests using TaskRabbit or Zipcar for a Goodwill trip to donate goods, decluttering, and investing in a good mattress.
- Give away items that have a higher value to someone else than to you.
- Use The Five Minute Journal to start your writing session.
- Drink rishi, ginger, and turmeric tea.
- Read at 500700 words per minute and prioritize reading in transit.
- Take notes by creating an index at the beginning of a book or highlighting on Kindle.
- Wasting time is when you plan to do one thing and end up doing another.
- Email is a common time waster, specifically replying to things that should be ignored.
- Tools to protect time and relationships when responding to VIPs: autoresponse, Boomerang, phone calls
- Commonalities among interviewees: meditation, looking for differences of kind, leveraging unique abilities
- Tips for decreasing stress, increasing confidence, clarity of thinking, creativity: 4Hour Chef, stoicism
- Choose a market first and design a product or service around it
- Understand the psychographics, behaviors, and purchasing patterns of the chosen market
- Avoid trying to develop expertise in multiple converging trends from ground zero
- Use $35.00 to purchase a high quality food supplement such as Athletic Greens
- Listen to episode four of the podcast with Ryan Holiday for a good summary of stoic thinking
- Tim Ferriss suggests spending $35 on three items to help build a successful career: The 4Hour Workweek, a journal like The Five Minute Journal, and a membership to a businessfocused nonprofit.
- He recommends SVASE, TiE, YPO, and EO as potential nonprofits to join.
- He suggests reading pieces written by Noah Kagan and listening to his twopart interview with Ramit Sethi for more information on testing.
- He suggests using a journal to plan and review each day.
- He plans to go find Icelandic horses to ride in the few hours of daylight.