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• Total Immersion: How I Learned to Swim Effortlessly in 10 Days and You Can Too
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P.P.S. What is The Tim Ferriss Show podcast that I mentioned earlier? It’s one of the most popular podcasts in the world with more than 600 million downloads. It has been selected for “Best of Apple Podcasts” three times, it is often the #1 interview podcast across all of Apple Podcasts, and it’s been ranked #1 out of 400,000+ podcasts on many occasions.

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5-Bullet Friday

Hi All!

Here is your weekly dose of “5-Bullet Friday,” a list of what I’m pondering and exploring.

Short videos I’m studying —
“Master of camouflage hunting” and “When on course to take the #Moto2 championship lead in Misano, Fernandez suffered this dramatic crash!” Thanks to the Salsa Muppet for recommending these two.

Research I’m shocked I didn’t come across sooner —
“Cannabidiol Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 Replication and Promotes the Host Innate Immune Response.” From the abstract: “Here we report that cannabidiol (CBD), a compound produced by the cannabis plant, inhibits SARS-CoV-2 infection. CBD and its metabolite, 7-OH-CBD, but not congeneric cannabinoids, potently block SARS-CoV-2 replication in lung epithelial cells. CBD acts after cellular infection, inhibiting viral gene expression and reversing many effects of SARS-CoV-2 on host gene transcription.”

Stand-up comedy that left me laughing for days —
Humanity by Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais). Please be forewarned that this hour-long special is guaranteed to offend everyone, and that’s kind of the point. If you want something that’s more of a hug and less of a cock punch, I recommend one of my other faves, Jim Gaffigan (@jimgaffigan). Noble Ape (Amazon, Apple TV, Trailer) is a good place to start.

News I’m celebrating —
“Tech entrepreneurs pledge $2.5 million to Dog Aging Project.” (University of Washington Medicine)

Passage I’m pondering —
“How shall I live?

I want to feel both the beauty and the pain of the age we are living in. I want to survive my life without becoming numb. I want to speak and comprehend words of wounding without having these words become the landscape where I dwell. I want to possess a light touch that can elevate darkness to the realm of stars.

This vascular malformation could bleed and burst. Or I can simply go on living, appreciating my condition as a vulnerable human being in a vulnerable world, guided by the songs of birds. What is time, sacred time, but the acceleration of consciousness? There are so many ways to change the sentences we have been given.

We cannot do it alone. We do it alone.”
— Terry Tempest Williams

And, as always, please give me feedback on Twitter. Which bullet above is your favorite? What do you want more or less of? Other suggestions? Please let me know. Just send a tweet to @tferriss and put #5BulletFriday at the end so I can find it.

Have a wonderful weekend, all.

Much love to you and yours,

Tim

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Hi All,

Please find your weekly roundup email below. The “5-Bullet Friday” newsletter is coming on Friday, as always.

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🎧 New podcast episode:
John List — A Master Economist on Increasing Tipping, Strategic Quitting, Maximizing Charitable Fundraising, Baseball Cards, Theory of Mind, and Valuable Decisions on the Margin

John A. List (@Econ_4_Everyone) is the Kenneth C. Griffin Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago. His new book is The Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale.

His research has led to collaborative work with several different firms, including Lyft, Uber, United Airlines, Virgin Airlines, Humana, Sears, Kmart, Facebook, Google, General Motors, Tinder, Citadel, Walmart, and several nonprofits. For decades, his field experimental research has focused on issues related to the inner workings of markets; the effects of various incentives schemes on market equilibria and allocations; how behavioral economics can augment the standard economic model; early childhood education and interventions; and, most recently, on the gender earnings gap in the gig economy (using evidence from rideshare drivers).

His research includes more than 200 peer-reviewed journal articles and several published books, including the best seller he coauthored with Uri Gneezy, The Why Axis: Hidden Motives and the Undiscovered Economics of Everyday Life.

List was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2011 and a fellow of the Econometric Society in 2015. He received the 2010 Kenneth Galbraith Award, the 2008 Arrow Prize for Senior Economists for his research in behavioral economics in the field, and was the 2012 Yrjö Jahnsson Lecture Prize recipient. He is a current editor of the Journal of Political Economy.

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Sue Flood (IG: @suefloodphotography TW: @suefloodphotos) is a photographer and former BBC filmmaker. Her work takes her all over the world, but she has a special passion for the wildlife and icy beauty of Antarctica.

A Durham University zoology graduate, Sue spent 11 years with the BBC Natural History Unit, working on series including The Blue Planet and Planet Earth with Sir David Attenborough, before turning her focus to photography. Her most recent book, Emperor: The Perfect Penguin, with a foreword by Sir Michael Palin, was published in September 2018.

She has appeared on screen for the BBC, Discovery Channel, and National Geographic; been featured on the series Cameramen Who Dare; and has had her images in National Geographic, BBC Wildlife, Geo, and other distinguished publications.

Her work has won multiple awards in competitions including Travel Photographer of the Year, International Photographer of the Year, International Garden Photographer of the Year, and a Royal Photographic Society Silver Medal. In February 2021 she won the Climate Change category in the Science Photographer of the Year contest, run by the Royal Photographic Society.

In recognition of her photographic achievements, Sue was invited to meet Her Majesty The Queen during a special Adventurers and Explorers event held at Buckingham Palace.

Please enjoy!

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5-Bullet Friday

Hi All!

Here is your weekly dose of “5-Bullet Friday,” a list of what I’m pondering and exploring.

Treats I’m enjoying and gifting for V Day —
Hu Chocolate Variety Pack. This includes eight of Hu’s bestselling dark chocolate bars or “a full library of chocolate,” as one friend puts it. The nut butter bars (four of the eight) are easily my favorite chocolate bars on the planet. I could watch Talladega Nights and eat an entire box by myself… and perhaps I already have. On top of that, Hu has agreed to give 25% of the proceeds of any sales from the links in this bullet to my mental-health-focused nonprofit foundation, so it’s win-win-win-win for me, my girlfriend, Ricky Bobby, and the millions who suffer from conditions like PTSD, treatment-resistant depression, OCD, and more.

Track I’m playing on repeat —
“Aguanta” (YouTube, Spotify) by Desta French (@destafrench). Huge thank you to SH for introducing me and my lithe, dance-prone gf to this one! Listen to just the audio before you watch any video. Some percentage of you will end up playing this on repeat over and over and over again…

Article I’m contemplating once again —
“Reality has a surprising amount of detail” by John Salvatier (@johnsalvatier). This 2017 beauty was sent to me by my dear friend, Pineapple-Eating Cat (long story). It made me recall my conversation with Tim O’Reilly and his daily habit of pausing to take a photograph of a flower. If you read this article, and it only takes 5–10 minutes, be sure to read to the end. Here are two teaser sections:

This means it’s really easy to get stuck. Stuck in your current way of seeing and thinking about things. Frames are made out of the details that seem important to you. The important details you haven’t noticed are invisible to you, and the details you have noticed seem completely obvious and you see right through them. This all makes it difficult to imagine how you could be missing something important.
…
If you wish to not get stuck, seek to perceive what you have not yet perceived.

Podcast episode I’m listening to —
“Dune: The Deeper Dimension” on Soul of Islam Radio with Ihsan Alexander (@spiritualexcellence) (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Transcript). Description: “Dune, first written by Frank Herbert in 1965, has been heralded as the most significant work of science-fiction ever written and has captured the imagination of millions since its original publication. … In this episode of Soul of Islam Radio, we take a brief dive into the deeper dimension of Dune, which takes extensive inspiration from classical Islamic spirituality and eschatology. In ‘Dune: The Deeper Dimension,’ we explore the representative meanings and values of the Fremen culture, the role of Paul Muad’Dib, spiritual asceticism, the mastery of the self, the awakening of human potential, and much more.”

Passage and verse I’m pondering: Mary Oliver meets Kanye West —

“It is six A.M., and I am working. I am absentminded, reckless, heedless of social obligations, etc. It is as it must be. The tire goes flat, the tooth falls out, there willbe a hundred meals without mustard. The poem gets written. I have wrestled with the angel and I am stained with light and I have no shame. Neither do I have guilt. My responsibility is not to the ordinary, or the timely. It does not include mustard, or teeth. It does not extend to the lost button, or the beans in the pot.

My loyalty is to the inner vision, whenever and howsoever it may arrive. If I have a meeting with you at three o’clock, rejoice if I am late. Rejoice even more if I do not arrive at all.

There is no other way work of artistic worth can be done. And the occasional success, to the striver, is worth everything.

The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time.”

— Mary Oliver
Source: “Of Power and Time,” which is included in Upstream: Selected Essays.

First off, how many alternatives did Mary consider to “mustard”? Ham sandwiches? Croutons? And if you lose your teeth, would you not want extra mustard? I’ll let you all grapple with this.

In the meantime, here comes the stretch, which might pull your lyrical hamstring.

Though I don’t think you’ll find this comparison in any Poetry 101 classes at your local college, the above brought to mind several snippets from Kanye West (@kanyewest). The vernacular is different, but the gist is the same:

“And you don’t give a fuck what they all say, right?
Awesome, the Christian in Christian Dior
Damn, they don’t make ’em like this anymore
I ask, ’cause I’m not sure
Do anybody make real shit anymore?

Bow in the presence of greatness
’Cause right now, thou hast forsaken us
You should be honored by my lateness
That I would even show up to this fake shit
So go ahead, go nuts, go apeshit.”

— Kanye West, “Stronger”

And there you have it.

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As always, please give me feedback on Twitter, especially if you have any more parallel verses from Mary Oliver and Kanye West.

Which bullet above is your favorite? What do you want more or less of? Other suggestions? Please let me know. Just send a tweet to @tferriss and put #5BulletFriday at the end so I can find it.

Have a wonderful weekend, all.

Much love to you and yours,

Tim

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Resource I’m exploring —
How to Configure Your iPhone to Work for You, Not Against You by Tony Stubblebine (@tonystubblebine). My entire team has found this article extremely helpful. It’s a complete tactical overhaul of how you use your greatest digital blessing/curse.

What I’m watching —
Dealt documentary directed by Luke Korem. This absolutely blew my mind, and I don’t want to spoil it with description. Trust me and watch the short trailer here. Truly amazing. I can’t remember the last time I finished a documentary, only to want to immediately watch it again. I also can’t remember a doc that made me as emotional as this did, pushing me from laughter to tears. It’s a masterful visual biography.

What I’m reading —
“On Needing to Find Something to Worry About.” I expected a fluff piece based on the headline. Instead, I got an incredible (and incredibly short) essay that I saved to Evernote and now read several times per month. It won’t apply to everyone, but for some of you, like me, it will have a pronounced “Oh… f*ck” realization that could change things. Once you read it, I bet you’ll be able to guess which specific line carried the most weight for me.

Gadget I’m enjoying —
Silicone Universal Lid from Made In, a 2018 TIME magazine invention of the year. For some reason, I lose pot lids. I have a motley crew of cookware, and half of them are missing covers. Perhaps it was my move from CA to TX, or perhaps it’s simply the fact that lids are easily confused with one another and a pain to store. Imagine my glee when I found a single gadget that gets rid of the headache: a one-size-fits-nearly-all silicone pot cover. Just get a few of them, and you’re set. Or put another way, no need to buy another set. Your ragtag gang of mismatched metal can now be a functional family again.

App I’m using daily —
The Sam Harris Waking Up meditation app. I absolutely love this app and have recommended it to nearly all of my closest friends. I was a beta tester for months and provided feedback, but I have no stake in it whatsoever. What makes it different? This app offers a guided meditation progression that builds multiple skills as you move from one class to the next. It’s a logical sequence, instead of a collection of ad-hoc readings. Sam has succeeded at producing a world-class program for mind training, IMHO.

Most popular post on Instagram —
My standard low-on-time breakfast for early morning flights. Don’t let travel be an excuse to eat garbage…

Article I’m rereading —
Taming the Mammoth: Why You Should Stop Caring What Other People Think. This remains one of the most empowering articles I’ve read in recent years. It’s hilarious and amazing. For double trouble, pair it with my interview with the author, Tim Urban.

New person I’m following on social —
National Geographic photographer Frans Lanting on Instagram. Here is the pic and description that caught my attention.

Purchase I’m enjoying —
Sundale indoor/outdoor floor chair. I use this for morning meditation, and its ultra-lightweight design makes it a breeze to move and store. I face it out a bay window towards grass and trees, as I’ve started meditating with open eyes occasionally per instructions from Sam Harris.

What I’m installing a second time —
Enclume Premier 36-Inch Rolled End Bar. Check out this photo to see what it looks like installed in my kitchen. As I said in the caption: “Some of the most useful things in my house are the simplest. Example: this Enclume 36" rolled end bar from Amazon. This is the second time I’ve installed one, and it immediately cleared two drawers. Tip: arrange the pans from smallest to biggest to make finding what you need faster.” The keen eye may notice that they don’t seem perfectly ordered by size in my pic. That’s because I first order by material (e.g., cast iron) and then order by size within each material. Yes, I’m a nerd making the most of OCD.

What I’m watching —
My philosophy for a happy life | Sam Berns | TEDxMidAtlantic. This video hit me really hard. Despite some tears, it was exactly the reset I needed. This kid is a total stud. Just watch it, and do not rush. Also, do *not* read the description beforehand, only afterward.

Quote I’m pondering —
"Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness."
— Yousuf Karsh

Thanks again for subscribing and have a wonderful week (or weekend).

Pura vida,

Tim

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Hi All,

Please find your weekly roundup email below. The “5-Bullet Friday” newsletter is coming on Friday, as always.

🎧 New podcast episode:
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Cal Newport (calnewport.com) is an associate professor of computer science at Georgetown University who previously earned his PhD from MIT. His scholarship focuses on the theory of distributed systems, while his general-audience writing explores intersections of culture and technology.

Cal is the author of seven books, including, most recently, Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, and A World Without Email. He is also a contributing writer for The New Yorker and the host of the Deep Questions podcast.

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This episode is also brought to you by Athletic Greens. I get asked all the time, “If you could only use one supplement, what would it be?” My answer is usually AG1 by Athletic Greens, my all-in-one nutritional insurance. I recommended it in The 4-Hour Body in 2010 and did not get paid to do so. I do my best with nutrient-dense meals, of course, but AG further covers my bases with vitamins, minerals, and whole-food-sourced micronutrients that support gut health and the immune system.

Right now, Athletic Greens is offering you their Vitamin D Liquid Formula free with your first subscription purchase—a vital nutrient for a strong immune system and strong bones. Visit AthleticGreens.com/Tim to claim this special offer today and receive the free Vitamin D Liquid Formula (and five free travel packs) with your first subscription purchase! That’s up to a one-year supply of Vitamin D as added value when you try their delicious and comprehensive all-in-one daily greens product.

🎧New podcast episode:
ESPN Co-Founder Bill Rasmussen — Fear{less} with Tim Ferriss

Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is my job to deconstruct world-class performers to tease out the routines, habits, et cetera that you can apply to your own life.

You’ll get plenty of that in this special episode, which features my interview with Bill Rasmussen from my 2017 TV Show Fear{less}. The “less” is in parentheses because the objective is to teach you to fear less, not to be fearless.

Fear{less} features in-depth, long-form conversations with top performers, focusing on how they’ve overcome fears and made hard decisions, embracing discomfort and thinking big.

It was produced by Wild West Productions, and I worked with them to make both the video and audio available to you for free, my dear listeners. You can find the video of this episode on YouTube.com/TimFerriss, and eventually you’ll be able to see all episodes for free at YouTube.com/TimFerriss.

Spearheaded by actor/producer and past podcast guest Vince Vaughn, Wild West Productions has produced a string of hit movies including The Internship, Couples Retreat, Four Christmases, and The Break-Up.

In 2020, Wild West produced the comedy The Opening Act, starring Jimmy O. Yang and Cedric The Entertainer. In addition to Fear{less}, their television credits include Undeniable with Joe Buck, ESPN’s 30 for 30 episode about the ’85 Bears, and the Netflix animated show F is for Family.

Please enjoy!

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Stitcher, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform. You can watch the interview on YouTube here. The transcript of this episode can be found here. Transcripts of all episodes can be found here.

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5-Bullet Friday

Hi All!

Here is your weekly dose of “5-Bullet Friday,” a list of what I’m pondering and exploring.

What I’m watching and loving —
Arcane: League of Legends. This series is absolutely spectacular. It is set in the fictional universe of League of Legends, but you don’t need to know anything about LoL to enjoy it. I came to it blind and was absolutely blown away. Huge thanks to the one and only Tobi Lütke (@tobi) for recommending it to me. The series has a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes and ranked #1 on Netflix’s global charts for the week of November 15th. At the very least, you should watch the trailer here.

Here is the official description: “Amid the stark discord of twin cities Piltover and Zaun, two sisters fight on rival sides of a war between magic technologies and clashing convictions.” The show’s official Twitter account (@arcaneshow) features news, trailers, and more. I think this series is a taste of next-generation entertainment, film, and anime, both from a quality and production/process perspective. If you end up liking this series, you might also like The Lies of Locke Lamora from the Gentleman Bastard series by Scott Lynch (@scottlynch78), as well as The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (@PatrickRothfuss).

Mask I’m wearing —
Seirus Innovation MagneMask. I first came across this in Antarctica, where a fellow visitor to Union Glacier Camp was sporting one. This ended up solving a long-standing problem for me. The conundrum is as follows: If I don’t wear a balaclava in very cold weather, my face and neck freeze. However, if I do wear a balaclava, the portion covering my nose and mouth gets wet and gross and often freezes over. This Seirus balaclava-like mask fixes this entirely, as a section can be flipped up or down with ease using a magnetic release. This has been an absolute godsend for skiing and other winter sports.

Wine I’m dreaming of —
Estate Carmenere 2019 — Errázuriz. This little devil was fantastic. It also clocks in at an affordable $11–20 USD. My friends and I had it in Punta Arenas, Chile, at La Marmita restaurant, which also punches above its weight class. The wine connoisseurs among you can find a detailed description here. Wine to Ship offers a number of Carmenere options from Errázuriz. For international options, try Wine-Searcher. I have not personally used those services, so your mileage may vary, but I did enjoy this juice.

What I’m reading and partially planning around —
“Yuval Noah Harari argues that what’s at stake in Ukraine is the direction of human history” (The Economist). This article is very short, excellently written, and well worth the time. It’s also worth a few minutes of trouble to get to. To read this for free without a subscription, you will need to create an account here or use a service like Archive.is. We may be at a critical crossroads, and I encourage everyone to take this seriously. Hat tip to Dr. Mark Plotkin, who sent me this article.

Quote I’m pondering —
“The realization that life is absurd cannot be an end, but only a beginning.”
— Albert Camus

And, as always, please give me feedback on Twitter. Which bullet above is your favorite? What do you want more or less of? Other suggestions? Please let me know. Just send a tweet to @tferriss and put #5BulletFriday at the end so I can find it.

Have a wonderful weekend, all.

Much love to you and yours,

Tim

P.S. Deal of the Week — UCAN. When I have a full day ahead—which was unexpectedly most days this week—UCAN is one of my go-to solutions for lasting energy and focus. I use UCAN’s low-sugar bars to stay sharp throughout the day and their powders to power my workouts. UCAN is used by 9 of the 14 playoff teams this American football season, who rely on UCAN products to improve their athletes’ daily performance both on and off the field.

What’s unique about UCAN is its remarkable ability to provide a steady release of energy without spiking blood sugar levels. It keeps my energy levels up while keeping my hunger in check. They have a variety of products to help you unlock better health and performance, including their award-winning Edge training fuel, sugar-free energy powders, and delicious healthy snacks.

For a limited time, UCAN is offering 30% off your first order when you use code TIMUCAN at checkout. If you’re looking for a place to start, check out UCAN.co/Tim to see some of my favorite products and learn more.

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Hi All,

Please find your weekly roundup email below. The “5-Bullet Friday” newsletter is coming on Friday, as always.

I’m also including a short video regarding the Hu chocolate bars I recommended in “5-Bullet Friday” on Feb. 4th. Some of you ordered them for Valentine’s Day, but due to unexpected carrier delays, things got screwed up and many of the orders are not arriving in time for V Day. I reached out to Hu management as soon as I found out this past Saturday, and the above short video explains a few things both Hu and I are doing to make it up to people who ordered. If you ordered, please do see this video today! For reference, any questions for Hu can be directed to support@hukitchen.com.

🍫 Hu chocolate issues and fixes:
A short update video from me (3 minutes)

🎧 New podcast episode:
Marine Biologist Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson on How to Catalyze Change with Awe and Wonder, How to Save the Planet, Finding Your Unique Venn Diagram of Strength, and Seeking the Minimum Effective Dose (Brought to you by Helium 10 all-in-one software suite to sell on Amazon, Pique Tea premium tea crystals, and Athletic Greens all-in-one nutritional supplement.)

✍️ New blog post:
The Surprising Path to Life on Mars: First, Go Underground?

Short descriptions for each are below.

Enjoy! Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!

🎧 New podcast episode:
Marine Biologist Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson on How to Catalyze Change with Awe and Wonder, How to Save the Planet, Finding Your Unique Venn Diagram of Strength, and Seeking the Minimum Effective Dose

Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (@ayanaeliza) is a marine biologist, policy expert, writer, and Brooklyn native. She is co-founder of Urban Ocean Lab, a think tank for coastal cities, and co-creator of the Spotify/Gimlet podcast How to Save a Planet, on climate solutions. She co-edited the bestselling climate anthology All We Can Save and co-founded The All We Can Save Project.

Recently, she co-authored the Blue New Deal, a roadmap for including the ocean in climate policy. Previously, she was executive director of the Waitt Institute, developed policy at the EPA and NOAA, and taught as an adjunct professor at New York University. Dr. Johnson earned a BA in environmental science and public policy from Harvard University and a PhD in marine biology from Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

She publishes widely, including in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Scientific American. She is on the 2021 TIME100 Next List and was named one of Elle‘s 27 Women Leading the Charge to Protect Our Environment. Outside magazine called her “the climate leader we need.”

Please enjoy!

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Stitcher, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform. The transcript of this episode can be found here. Transcripts of all episodes can be found here.

This episode is brought to you by Helium 10! Helium 10 is an all-in-one software suite designed to help entrepreneurs launch, manage, and scale a profitable e-commerce business on Amazon and Walmart.com. Whether you are an entrepreneur who wants to start a business on your own terms or you want to scale your existing e-commerce operations, Helium 10 is here to help. They process more than 2 billion data points daily, have a robust 450+ million ASIN database, and provide at-a-glance analytics like seasonal trends for products, profit estimates, and more.

Join more than 1 million Helium 10 users worldwide by signing up for a free account at Helium10.com/Tim!

This episode is also brought to you by Pique Tea! I first learned about Pique through my friends Dr. Peter Attia and Kevin Rose, and now Pique’s fermented pu’er tea crystals have become my daily go-to. I often kickstart my mornings with their Pu’er Green Tea and Pu’er Black Tea, and I alternate between the two. Their crystals are cold-extracted, using only wild-harvested leaves from 250-year-old tea trees. Plus, they triple toxin screen for heavy metals, pesticides, and toxic mold—contaminants commonly found in tea. I also use the crystals for iced tea, which saves a ton of time and hassle.

Pique is offering up to 20% off of their pu’er teas, exclusively to my listeners. Simply visit PiqueTea.com/Tim, and the discount will be automatically applied. They also offer a 30-day satisfaction guarantee, so your purchase is completely risk free. Just go to PiqueTea.com/Tim to learn more.

This episode is also brought to you by Athletic Greens. I get asked all the time, “If you could use only one supplement, what would it be?” My answer is usually AG1 by Athletic Greens, my all-in-one nutritional insurance. I recommended it in The 4-Hour Body in 2010 and did not get paid to do so. I do my best with nutrient-dense meals, of course, but AG further covers my bases with vitamins, minerals, and whole-food-sourced micronutrients that support gut health and the immune system.

Right now, Athletic Greens is offering you their Vitamin D Liquid Formula free with your first subscription purchase—a vital nutrient for a strong immune system and strong bones. Visit AthleticGreens.com/Tim to claim this special offer today and receive the free Vitamin D Liquid Formula (and five free travel packs) with your first subscription purchase! That’s up to a one-year supply of Vitamin D as added value when you try their delicious and comprehensive all-in-one daily greens product.

✍️ New blog post:
The Surprising Path to Life on Mars: First, Go Underground?

Before we live on Mars, will we need to prove that we can live underground?

This thought experiment and possible path is found in futurist Amy Webb‘s (@amywebb) new book The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology, coauthored with microbiologist and geneticist Andrew Hessel. Renowned computer scientist Rana el Kaliouby describes the book as a “roadmap for this interdisciplinary field of synthetic biology that is forever reshaping life as we know it.”

Part Three of the book explores different futures in the form of fictional, speculative scenarios.

These scenarios describe how the world may develop, given what we know to be true today. These are near-term plausible developments, reasonable extensions of current trend lines, not sci-fi. They are also opportunities to rehearse the future, and these structured thought exercises are used by everyone from military strategists to CEOs.

Scenario #4, “The Underground,” is excerpted from The Genesis Machine with permission and with light edits for length.

Please enjoy!

CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING...

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Hi All,

Please find your weekly roundup email below. The “5-Bullet Friday” newsletter is coming on Friday, as always.

I’m also including a short video regarding the Hu chocolate bars I recommended in “5-Bullet Friday” on Feb. 4th. Some of you ordered them for Valentine’s Day, but due to unexpected carrier delays, things got screwed up and many of the orders are not arriving in time for V Day. I reached out to Hu management as soon as I found out this past Saturday, and the above short video explains a few things both Hu and I are doing to make it up to people who ordered. If you ordered, please do see this video today! For reference, any questions for Hu can be directed to support@hukitchen.com.

🍫 Hu chocolate issues and fixes:
A short update video from me (3 minutes)

🎧 New podcast episode:
Marine Biologist Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson on How to Catalyze Change with Awe and Wonder, How to Save the Planet, Finding Your Unique Venn Diagram of Strength, and Seeking the Minimum Effective Dose (Brought to you by Helium 10 all-in-one software suite to sell on Amazon, Pique Tea premium tea crystals, and Athletic Greens all-in-one nutritional supplement.)

✍️ New blog post:
The Surprising Path to Life on Mars: First, Go Underground?

Short descriptions for each are below.

Enjoy! Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!

🎧 New podcast episode:
Marine Biologist Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson on How to Catalyze Change with Awe and Wonder, How to Save the Planet, Finding Your Unique Venn Diagram of Strength, and Seeking the Minimum Effective Dose

Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (@ayanaeliza) is a marine biologist, policy expert, writer, and Brooklyn native. She is co-founder of Urban Ocean Lab, a think tank for coastal cities, and co-creator of the Spotify/Gimlet podcast How to Save a Planet, on climate solutions. She co-edited the bestselling climate anthology All We Can Save and co-founded The All We Can Save Project.

Recently, she co-authored the Blue New Deal, a roadmap for including the ocean in climate policy. Previously, she was executive director of the Waitt Institute, developed policy at the EPA and NOAA, and taught as an adjunct professor at New York University. Dr. Johnson earned a BA in environmental science and public policy from Harvard University and a PhD in marine biology from Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

She publishes widely, including in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Scientific American. She is on the 2021 TIME100 Next List and was named one of Elle‘s 27 Women Leading the Charge to Protect Our Environment. Outside magazine called her “the climate leader we need.”

Please enjoy!

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Stitcher, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform. The transcript of this episode can be found here. Transcripts of all episodes can be found here.

This episode is brought to you by Helium 10! Helium 10 is an all-in-one software suite designed to help entrepreneurs launch, manage, and scale a profitable e-commerce business on Amazon and Walmart.com. Whether you are an entrepreneur who wants to start a business on your own terms or you want to scale your existing e-commerce operations, Helium 10 is here to help. They process more than 2 billion data points daily, have a robust 450+ million ASIN database, and provide at-a-glance analytics like seasonal trends for products, profit estimates, and more.

Join more than 1 million Helium 10 users worldwide by signing up for a free account at Helium10.com/Tim!

This episode is also brought to you by Pique Tea! I first learned about Pique through my friends Dr. Peter Attia and Kevin Rose, and now Pique’s fermented pu’er tea crystals have become my daily go-to. I often kickstart my mornings with their Pu’er Green Tea and Pu’er Black Tea, and I alternate between the two. Their crystals are cold-extracted, using only wild-harvested leaves from 250-year-old tea trees. Plus, they triple toxin screen for heavy metals, pesticides, and toxic mold—contaminants commonly found in tea. I also use the crystals for iced tea, which saves a ton of time and hassle.

Pique is offering up to 20% off of their pu’er teas, exclusively to my listeners. Simply visit PiqueTea.com/Tim, and the discount will be automatically applied. They also offer a 30-day satisfaction guarantee, so your purchase is completely risk free. Just go to PiqueTea.com/Tim to learn more.

This episode is also brought to you by Athletic Greens. I get asked all the time, “If you could use only one supplement, what would it be?” My answer is usually AG1 by Athletic Greens, my all-in-one nutritional insurance. I recommended it in The 4-Hour Body in 2010 and did not get paid to do so. I do my best with nutrient-dense meals, of course, but AG further covers my bases with vitamins, minerals, and whole-food-sourced micronutrients that support gut health and the immune system.

Right now, Athletic Greens is offering you their Vitamin D Liquid Formula free with your first subscription purchase—a vital nutrient for a strong immune system and strong bones. Visit AthleticGreens.com/Tim to claim this special offer today and receive the free Vitamin D Liquid Formula (and five free travel packs) with your first subscription purchase! That’s up to a one-year supply of Vitamin D as added value when you try their delicious and comprehensive all-in-one daily greens product.

✍️ New blog post:
The Surprising Path to Life on Mars: First, Go Underground?

Before we live on Mars, will we need to prove that we can live underground?

This thought experiment and possible path is found in futurist Amy Webb‘s (@amywebb) new book The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology, coauthored with microbiologist and geneticist Andrew Hessel. Renowned computer scientist Rana el Kaliouby describes the book as a “roadmap for this interdisciplinary field of synthetic biology that is forever reshaping life as we know it.”

Part Three of the book explores different futures in the form of fictional, speculative scenarios.

These scenarios describe how the world may develop, given what we know to be true today. These are near-term plausible developments, reasonable extensions of current trend lines, not sci-fi. They are also opportunities to rehearse the future, and these structured thought exercises are used by everyone from military strategists to CEOs.

Scenario #4, “The Underground,” is excerpted from The Genesis Machine with permission and with light edits for length.

Please enjoy!

CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING...

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5-Bullet Friday

Hi All!

Here is your weekly dose of 5-Bullet Friday, a list of what I’m pondering and exploring.

Book I’m rereading —
The Lion Tracker’s Guide to Life by Boyd Varty (@boydvarty). This is a short and wonderful book. It found me at exactly the right time, and I read it in two afternoons. I’ve reread my highlights many times since. My favorite tracker maxim from its pages is from Renias Mhlongo: “I don’t know where we are going, but I know exactly how to get there.” I reread the book in preparation for my podcast interview with Boyd, which turned out better than I ever could have hoped. You can find the full interview here. If you want just one hilarious story, here’s a clip that won’t disappoint.

What I’m watching —
The Young Pope (Amazon, HBO, Hulu), starring Jude Law. The writing in this blew me away, the direction and cinematography are gorgeous, and even the costume design will grab your attention, especially Jude’s “Ferraris.” Above all, perhaps, the whole series is very odd, which makes it extra mesmerizing. I found the first 5–6 episodes to be the strongest, and even if you have no intention of watching the whole shebang, the first two episodes are well worth the time. One has to imagine that Jude had the time of his life playing this character.

Myth I’m considering in modern-day circumstances —
A Procrustean bed: “Something designed to produce conformity by unnatural or violent means. In Greek mythology, Procrustes was a robber who tied his victims to a bed, either stretching or cutting off their legs in order to make them fit it.” (Source: Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms). Nassim Taleb (@nntaleb) has a related book of aphorisms titled The Bed of Procrustes. He explains the title thusly: “Every aphorism here is about a Procrustean bed of sorts—we humans, facing limits of knowledge, and things we do not observe, the unseen and the unknown, resolve tension by squeezing life and the world into crisp commoditized ideas, reductive categories, specific vocabularies, and prepackaged narratives, which, on the occasion, has explosive consequences.” For more, see this animated YouTube video: The Bed of Procrustes.

What I’m listening to once again —
“Nothing At All” (Spotify, YouTube) by Santana (feat. Musiq). This tune helps me set the tone for the day. For that shift, it’s more about the melody than the lyrics, but the whole track is beautiful.

Quote I’m pondering —
“My mind seems to have become a kind of machine for grinding general laws out of large collections of facts, but why this should have caused the atrophy of that part of the brain alone, on which the higher tastes depend, I cannot conceive. A man with a mind more highly organised or better constituted than mine, would not, I suppose, have thus suffered; and if I had to live my life again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week; for perhaps the parts of my brain now atrophied would thus have been kept active through use. The loss of these tastes is a loss of happiness, and may possibly be injurious to the intellect, and more probably to the moral character, by enfeebling the emotional part of our nature.”
— Charles Darwin on his fading ability to find music, poetry, and art as emotionally evocative in his old age (Source: The Autobiography of Charles Darwin)

And, as always, please give me feedback on Twitter. Which bullet above is your favorite? What do you want more or less of? Other suggestions? Please let me know. Just send a tweet to @tferriss and put #5BulletFriday at the end so I can find it.

Have a wonderful weekend, all.

Much love to you and yours,

Tim

P.S. Deal of the Week — Four Sigmatic. You’ve heard me talk about these guys for years. I love their mushroom coffee with lion’s mane. It’s my solution when I need to recharge but want to avoid the jitters I sometimes get from regular coffee. Mushrooms can be incredibly nutrient dense, and Four Sigmatic does an amazing job of artfully blending them with coffee for a focus-enhancing beverage that tastes great.

Four Sigmatic is offering 5-Bullet Friday readers up to 50% OFF subscriptions to their popular mushroom coffee, making it incredibly easy to build better routines and habits. Simply visit FourSigmatic.com/Tim50. They offer a 100% money-back guarantee, and you can modify your subscription at any time. The deal goes to the swift, as this offer is only valid until February 25th.

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Hi All,

Please find your weekly roundup email below. The 5-Bullet Friday newsletter is coming on Friday, as always.

🎧 New podcast episode:
Boyd Varty — The Lion Tracker’s Guide to Life (Brought to you by Wealthfront automated investing, Athletic Greens all-in-one nutritional supplement, and Helix Sleep premium mattresses.)

🎧 New podcast episode:
In Case You Missed It: January 2022 Recap of The Tim Ferriss Show

✍️ New blog post:
30 Quotes I’m Pondering and Revisiting

Short descriptions for each are below.

Enjoy!

🎧 New podcast episode:
Boyd Varty — The Lion Tracker’s Guide to Life

Boyd Varty (@boydvarty) is the author of two books, The Lion Tracker’s Guide to Life and his memoir, Cathedral of the Wild. He has been featured in The New York Times, on NBC, and in other media and has taught his philosophy of “tracking your life” to individuals and companies around the world.

Boyd is a wildlife and literacy activist who has spent the last ten years refining the art of using wilderness as a place for deep introspection and personal transformation. He grew up in South Africa on Londolozi Game Reserve, a former hunting ground that was transformed into a nature preserve by Boyd’s father and uncle—both visionaries of the restoration movement. Under his family’s stewardship, the Reserve became renowned not only as a sanctuary for animals but as a place where once-ravaged land was able to flourish again and where the human spirit could be restored. When Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years of imprisonment, he went to Londolozi to recover.

Boyd has a degree in psychology from the University of South Africa. He is a TED speaker and the host of the Track Your Life podcast.

Please enjoy!

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Stitcher, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform. You can also watch the interview on YouTube. The transcript of this episode can be found here. Transcripts of all episodes can be found here.

This episode is brought to you by Wealthfront! Wealthfront pioneered the automated investing movement, sometimes referred to as ‘robo-advising,’ and they currently oversee $20 billion of assets for their clients. It takes about three minutes to sign up, and then Wealthfront will build you a globally diversified portfolio of ETFs based on your risk appetite and manage it for you at an incredibly low cost.

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This episode is also brought to you by Helix Sleep! Helix was selected as the #1 overall mattress of 2020 by GQ magazine, Wired, Apartment Therapy, and many others. With Helix, there’s a specific mattress to meet each and every body’s unique comfort needs. Just take their quiz—only two minutes to complete—that matches your body type and sleep preferences to the perfect mattress for you. They have a 10-year warranty, and you get to try it out for a hundred nights, risk free. They’ll even pick it up from you if you don’t love it. And now, Helix is offering up to 200 dollars off all mattress orders plus two free pillows at HelixSleep.com/Tim.

This episode is also brought to you by Athletic Greens. I get asked all the time, “If you could use only one supplement, what would it be?” My answer is usually AG1 by Athletic Greens, my all-in-one nutritional insurance. I recommended it in The 4-Hour Body in 2010 and did not get paid to do so. I do my best with nutrient-dense meals, of course, but AG further covers my bases with vitamins, minerals, and whole-food-sourced micronutrients that support gut health and the immune system.

Right now, Athletic Greens is offering you their Vitamin D Liquid Formula free with your first subscription purchase—a vital nutrient for a strong immune system and strong bones. Visit AthleticGreens.com/Tim to claim this special offer today and receive the free Vitamin D Liquid Formula (and five free travel packs) with your first subscription purchase! That’s up to a one-year supply of Vitamin D as added value when you try their delicious and comprehensive all-in-one daily greens product.

🎧 New podcast episode:
In Case You Missed It: January 2022 Recap of The Tim Ferriss Show

Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is my job to deconstruct world-class performers to tease out the routines, habits, et cetera that you can apply to your own life.

This is a special inbetweenisode, which serves as a recap of the episodes from last month. It features the first 15 or so minutes from each conversation in one place, so you can easily jump around to get a taste for the episode and guest.

See it as a teaser. Something to whet your appetite. If you like what you hear, you can of course find the full episodes at tim.blog/podcast.

Please enjoy!

P.S. If you have any feedback, please let me know on Twitter (@tferriss) and mention me and @TeamTimFerriss, plus #experiment, so that we can easily find it.

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Stitcher, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.

✍️ New blog post:
30 Quotes I’m Pondering and Revisiting

The below 30 quotes have shaped my thinking and changed my behavior over the last year. I revisit them often.

They were all featured in 5-Bullet Friday, my free weekly newsletter, which is a short email of five bullet points sent out each Friday to ~1.5–2M subscribers. Each edition describes the five coolest things I’ve found or explored that week, often including books, gadgets, tricks from experts, articles, and weird stuff from all over the world.

I hope you enjoy the following gems as much as I have…

“Language can become a screen which stands between the thinker and reality. This is the reason why true creativity often starts where language ends.”
— Arthur Koestler

“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”
― James Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son

“People fall so in love with their pain, they can’t leave it behind. The same as the stories they tell. We trap ourselves.”
— Chuck Palahniuk

“The truth knocks on the door and you say, ‘Go away, I’m looking for the truth,’ and so it goes away. Puzzling.”
— Robert M. Pirsig

“Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness.”
— Yousuf Karsh

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5-Bullet Friday

Hi All!

Here is your weekly dose of 5-Bullet Friday, a list of what I’m pondering and exploring.

What I’m using for recovery —
Marc Pro | Recovery Tool for Sore Muscles & Pain Relief. I recently injured my shoulder snowboarding, and nothing seemed to stem the pain and inflammation, even after a week of recovery. Kelly Starrett (@thereadystate) of The Ready State recommended the Marc Pro, and it reduced the swelling more than 50% after two two-hour sessions. The transformation was incredible. Of course, your mileage will vary, but I plan on traveling with one such device from now on. Since I can’t help but constantly break myself, I am also watching How to Fix a Pelvic Fault or Tweak for skiing-induced lower-back and SI pain. Maybe I should just grow up, but that sounds incredibly boring. My most recent interview with Kelly can be found here.

What I’m listening to —
“Una Rosa Blanca” (YouTube, Spotify) by Ibrahim Maalouf (@ibrahimmaaloufofficial). Ibrahim is widely regarded as one of the most gifted trumpeters of his generation. He is also a pioneer in fusing pop, soul, electro, hip-hop, and French chansons with the music of his Lebanese roots.

What I’m reading —
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Gwynedd M. Hudson. First Hodder and Stoughton limited edition 1982 reissue of 1922 first edition. Leather lettered and pictorially stamped in gilt. Marbled endpapers and twelve tipped-in plates. Here are some pics, which also feature Molly Puppins.

Gwynedd Hudson was a British artist and designer who created exceptional illustrations for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Peter Pan.

Inspired by Michael Schur, I decided to buy a beautiful, old book with illustrations, just for the joy of traipsing through a tactile and visual feast. I decided on this 1982 reissue of the 1922 first Hudson-illustrated edition of Alice in Wonderland. It cost me $175 (here it is for $290), but there are many vintage editions available for far less. There are also some beasts for $52,000+! Browse here using different filters to see the range.

What I’m watching —
“Fractals: Hunting the Hidden Dimension” and “Einstein’s Quantum Riddle.” I watch and read a lot more than I include in 5-Bullet Friday. These two PBS docs make the cut. They also pair together well. I suggest watching them in this order. For any fractal experts out there, what might you update as any corrections or breakthroughs since the first doc was released in 2008? Thanks for letting me know on Twitter @tferriss!

Poem I’m pondering —
“Antidotes to Fear of Death”

Sometimes as an antidote
To fear of death,
I eat the stars.

Those nights, lying on my back,
I suck them from the quenching dark
Til they are all, all inside me,
Pepper hot and sharp.

Sometimes, instead, I stir myself
Into a universe still young,
Still warm as blood:

No outer space, just space,
The light of all the not yet stars
Drifting like a bright mist,
And all of us, and everything
Already there
But unconstrained by form.

And sometime it’s enough
To lie down here on earth
Beside our long ancestral bones:

To walk across the cobble fields
Of our discarded skulls,
Each like a treasure, like a chrysalis,
Thinking: whatever left these husks
Flew off on bright wings.

— Rebecca Elson
(Many thanks to Sr. Pollo y Piña for the amazing recommendation.)

And, as always, please give me feedback on Twitter. Which bullet above is your favorite? What do you want more or less of? Other suggestions? Please let me know. Just send a tweet to @tferriss and put #5BulletFriday at the end so I can find it.

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone. My heart goes out to all in pain, all at risk, and all who are experiencing fear. We’re all in this together. It’s easy but fatal to forget that for too long.

Much love to you and yours,

Tim

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Margaret Atwood (@margaretatwood) is the author of more than 50 books of fiction, poetry, critical essays, and graphic novels. Dearly, her first collection of poetry in over a decade, was published November 2020. Her latest novel, The Testaments, is a co-winner of the 2019 Booker Prize. It is the long-awaited sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, now an award-winning TV series. Her other works of fiction include Cat’s Eye, finalist for the 1989 Booker Prize; Alias Grace, which won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy; The Blind Assassin, winner of the 2000 Booker Prize; the MaddAddam Trilogy; and Hag-Seed: William Shakespeare’s The Tempest Retold.

Margaret’s work has been published in more than 45 countries, and she is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the Franz Kafka International Literary Prize, the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize Innovator’s Award.

Burning Questions, a collection of essays from 2004–2021 will be published in March of this year. Practical Utopias: An Exploration of the Possible, an eight-week, live, online learning experience, will run later this year.

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Here is your weekly dose of 5-Bullet Friday, a list of what I’m pondering and exploring.

What I’m watching —
The River Runner (Netflix, Amazon, more options). This jumped to the top of my to-watch list, thanks to Brad Ludden of First Descents, a world-class waterman in his own right and associate producer on this film. Here’s the trailer. Kudos to director Rush Sturges (@rushsturges), writers Thayer Walker (@inkdwell), Corinna Halloran (@corinnahalloran), and the whole team. This Outside feature by Thayer and Scott Lindgren, the documentary’s protagonist, became a model for the film: “After a Hard Diagnosis, One Athlete Learns to Soften Up.”

Short article I’m reading —
“Essential Life-Learnings from 14 Years of Brain Pickings” by Maria Popova (@brainpicker). The key takeaway is so important and yet so easy to forget. I read this twice in the past week.

What I’m listening to —
“Mangaliso” (YouTube, Spotify) by Bongeziwe Mabandla (@Bongeziwe).

Book I’m revisiting —
The Lessons of History by Will and Ariel Durant. This short and powerful book was first recommended to me by investor Ray Dalio. At fewer than 150 pages, it can be digested in a few sittings and offers an impressive overview of human nature and the rise and fall of civilizations. The prose is also beautiful. Here’s the official book description: “A concise survey of the culture and civilization of mankind, The Lessons of History is the result of a lifetime of research from Pulitzer Prize–winning historians Will and Ariel Durant. With their accessible compendium of philosophy and social progress, the Durants take us on a journey through history, exploring the possibilities and limitations of humanity over time.”

Quote I’m pondering —
“Good writing is always about things that are important to you, things that are scary to you, things that eat you up. But the writing is a way of not allowing those things to destroy you.”
— John Edgar Wideman

And, as always, please give me feedback on Twitter. Which bullet above is your favorite? What do you want more or less of? Other suggestions? Please let me know. Just send a tweet to @tferriss and put #5BulletFriday at the end so I can find it.

Have a wonderful weekend, all.

Much love to you and yours,

Tim

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Morgan Housel (@morganhousel) is a partner at the Collaborative Fund and a former columnist at The Motley Fool and The Wall Street Journal. He serves on the board of directors at Markel Corporation. He is a two-time winner of the Best in Business Award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, winner of the New York Times Sidney Award, and a two-time finalist for the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism.

His book The Psychology of Money has sold more than one million copies and has been translated into more than 30 languages.

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Here is your weekly dose of 5-Bullet Friday, a list of what I’m pondering and exploring. Make sure to see the P.P.S.…

Photos I’m revisiting —
Antarctica photos by Om Malik (@om), who was recently with me among the penguins. Pair these pics with my podcast recorded in Antarctica with Matt Mullenweg (@photomatt).

What I’m putting money into —
I am donating 100% of my past book royalties from Russia and Ukraine to Ukrainian causes. This includes everything from The 4-Hour Workweek (2007) to Tribe of Mentors (2017)—five books in total. Thank you to Ryan Holiday for the inspiration and genius idea. If this gains momentum, it will make a real impact. Do any other authors or creators want to join us?

Please share my related posts on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. I believe this can move the needle.

Credible sources have recommended donating to the following organizations:
Flexport.org
Come Back Alive
The National Bank of Ukraine
Ukraine Defense Fund

For more resources, please see this list:
More Ways to Support Ukraine

What I’m celebrating —
“Johns Hopkins, Yale, and NYU are teaming up to tackle a key bottleneck that will arise as psychedelics come to market” by Yeji Jesse Lee (@jesse_yeji).

This has been in the works for a while, and I couldn’t be more excited. Here are a few snippets from the above piece: “As psychedelics treatments move closer to regulatory approval, there’s an issue looming in the industry: the lack of trained professionals who can handle such powerful compounds. … The goal is to have the curriculum certified by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, which would create a pathway to make the program available to medical schools as an accredited specialty all across the country. … The idea is that the program will be designed in a way so that parts of the curriculum can help train other healthcare professionals—like therapists, nurses, and physician assistants—and even be provided as material in medical schools.”

The Saisei Foundation, which I started in 2018, is thrilled to be involved. For the official release from the Yale School of Medicine, please read “Grant Supports Development of Training for Psychiatrists in Psychedelic Medicine.” Special thanks to Carey and Claudia Turnbull for quarterbacking this and to the institutions jointly developing the program: the Yale University Program for Psychedelic Science, the Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research, and the NYU Langone Health Center for Psychedelic Medicine.

What I’m listening to and watching —
“Road to Nowhere” (YouTube, Spotify) by Ozzy Ozbourne (@OzzyOsbourne).
Braveheart (Amazon, YouTube, Apple TV). I came across this on DirecTV at an Airbnb while writing this edition of 5-Bullet Friday. I still remember where and when I saw Braveheart for the first time. It never gets old.

Passage I’m pondering —
“Therefore, dear Sir, love your solitude and try to sing out with the pain it causes you. For those who are near you are far away, you write, and this shows that the space around you is beginning to grow vast. And if what is near you is far away, then your vastness is already among the stars and is very great; be happy about your growth, in which of course you can’t take anyone with you, and be gentle with those who stay behind; be confident and calm in front of them and don’t torment them with your doubts and don’t frighten them with your faith or joy, which they wouldn’t be able to comprehend. Seek out some simple and true feeling of what you have in common with them, which doesn’t necessarily have to alter when you yourself change again and again; when you see them, love life in a form that is not your own and be indulgent toward those who are growing old, who are afraid of the aloneness that you trust. Avoid providing material for the drama that is always stretched tight between parents and children; it uses up much of the children’s strength and wastes the love of the elders, which acts and warms even if it doesn’t comprehend. Don’t ask for any advice from them and don’t expect any understanding; but believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far as you wish without having to step outside it.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke

And, as always, please give me feedback on Twitter. Which bullet above is your favorite? What do you want more or less of? Other suggestions? Please let me know. Just send a tweet to @tferriss and put #5BulletFriday at the end so I can find it.

Have a wonderful weekend, all.

Much love to you and yours,

Tim

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Tim Ferriss and Matt Mullenweg in Antarctica: Exploring Personal Fears, Bucket Lists, Facing Grief, Crafting Life Missions, and Tim’s Best Penguin Impressions

Matt Mullenweg (@photomatt) is a co-founder of the open-source publishing platform WordPress, which now powers more than one-third of all sites on the web. He is the founder and CEO of Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Tumblr, WPVIP, Day One, and Pocket Casts. Additionally, Matt runs Audrey Capital, an investment and research company. He has been recognized for his leadership by Forbes, Bloomberg Businessweek, Inc., TechCrunch, Fortune, Fast Company, Wired, Vanity Fair, and the University Philosophical Society.

Matt is originally from Houston, Texas, where he attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and studied jazz saxophone. In his spare time, Matt is an avid photographer. He currently splits his time between Houston and Jackson Hole.

For my first interview with Matt, way back in 2015, go to tim.blog/matt.

Please enjoy!

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Stitcher, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform. The transcript of this episode can be found here. Transcripts of all episodes can be found here.

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