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 —
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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🎧 New podcast episode:
Morgan Housel — The Psychology of Money, Picking the Right Game, and the $6 Million Janitor

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.

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. 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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