Tim Ferriss – Productively Frivolous – Think Again Podcast #76
Spontaneous talk on surprise topics. Author, Podcaster, and “Human Guinea Pig” Tim Ferriss on death, ignoring most of the news, and sake as a secret weapon for podcasting.
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Since 2008, Big Think has been sharing big ideas from creative and curious minds. The Think Again podcast takes us out of our comfort zone, surprising our guests and Jason Gots, your host, with unexpected conversation starters from Big Think’s interview archives.
Above all else, Author, Podcaster, and “Human Guinea Pig” Tim Ferriss is focused on learning how to learn, then applying those lessons to everyday life — aiming at increased productivity, efficiency, and success, however you may define it. His books The Four Hour Workweek, the Four-Hour Body, and the Four-Hour Chef shared his learning experiments in the culinary, physical, and business realms. His latest book “Tools of Titans” distills lessons learned from guests like Maria Popova, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Rick Rubin in conversation on his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show.
Surprise conversation starter interview clips in this episode:Tim Wu on “the attention merchants” of social media, Simon Sinek on the idea of having “a vision”
About Think Again – A Big Think Podcast: You’ve got 10 minutes with Einstein. What do you talk about? Black holes? Time travel? Why not gambling? The Art of War? Contemporary parenting? Some of the best conversations happen when we’re pushed outside of our comfort zones. Each week on Think Again, we surprise smart people you may have heard of with short clips from Big Think’s interview archives on every imaginable subject. These conversations could, and do, go anywhere.
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