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Here is your weekly dose of 5-Bullet Friday, a list of what I’m pondering and exploring. If you enjoy it, please feel free to forward this along to friends.

Project I’m admiring

​Vanishing Asia by Kevin Kelly (@kevin2kelly), arguably the real-life most interesting man in the world. Here’s a short summary from Kevin: “I relied on my 1,000 true fans to fund a huge, oversized, 1,000-page celebration of old Asia. This 3-volume book set is titled Vanishing Asia, and it records 9,000 photographs of the festivals, costumes, architecture, and rituals that are disappearing in Asia.” This has been his passion project for 40 years. Kevin did all of the following: (a) took all the photos, (b) designed every page, (c) wrote a caption for each of the 9,000 photos, and (d) designed the covers and packaging. Watch this visual feast of a video to learn more about the project.

What I’m watching

​Arcane: Bridging the Rift. This is the behind-the-scenes story of the making of Arcane, my favorite animated (does that term even do it justice?) series in many years. It includes the mania, mess, and marvel of trying to do something nearly impossible. Here are Parts 1 (“Only Dream in Risky”) and 2 (“Persistence (Or When Your Best Still Sucks)”), with more to come.

What I just published and am excited to share with the world

“Why I’m Open-Sourcing an NFT Insider Trading Policy for the Web3 Community.”

What I’m listening to while working out

“Zero” (YouTube, Spotify) by The Smashing Pumpkins (@smashingpumpkins). Pair it with “Bullet with Butterfly Wings.”

Quote I’m pondering

“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ … You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”​
— Eleanor Roosevelt​
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You can complement this edition of 5-Bullet Friday with “Interview of Kevin Kelly, Co-Founder of WIRED, Polymath, Most Interesting Man In The World?,” my interview with the incredible Katie Haun on the magic of “nifties” (NFTs), and my recent podcast episode with Balaji S. Srinivasan on the network state and how to start a new country.
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​I began diving into the Wild West of NFTs a few years ago. For me, NFTs were a convenient, muggle-friendly onramp for learning about new technologies. It was also an excuse to break out the pencils and screw around again. I’d let my drawing languish for years, and, no matter what people said, JPEG mania was inspiring.
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After a few months of exploration, I felt confident, and still feel confident, in a few things:

• ​Web3 and blockchain will change the world in incredible ways. Before you disagree, listen to this.
• The promise is both severely overstated (Utopia! No more governments!) and severely under-appreciated (It’s just another Dutch tulip craze! Right-click and it’s game over!).
• It’s the greatest creator, resurrector, and accelerant of artists that I’ve ever seen. Graphic artist and musician friends of mine, jaded after years of barely making ends meet, touring to pay mortgages, etc., are not just excited again (no small thing) but also making good money. TBD if DALL·E 2 and related tech helps or hurts them; I suspect it will be a lot of both.
• Legions of brilliant people are dedicating most of their waking lives to it¹. This is perhaps the most compelling case for being long web3.
• Last but not least, most of web3 is still an overwhelming garbage fire of junk, grift, and bad behavior. It’s fucking ridiculous. This is the most common case cited for being short web3.

For me, this all started off as a safari to a new Weird Wide Web, a sight-seeing tour of novelty. I do this with a lot of new tech, and I was a casual spectator. Then I began doing little experiments and considering bigger projects of my own. That’s when I got more serious about research, especially risks and pitfalls.
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Some of the unsavory bits I noticed were clearly unethical and often illegal, like deliberate fraud. There are bad actors, to be sure. That said, I think the majority of folks are normally good actors, and these same people can slip up and do stupid things under certain conditions. Temptation and accidents run rampant in a world of ambiguity. Much of the mess appeared—and still appears—to be a byproduct of unclear rules, lack of agreements, or misaligned incentives.
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I often ask myself “What positive constraints can we apply here?” I apply this to myself for creative projects, and I apply it in many aspects of my professional and personal life. This question also led directly to the document in this post.

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​Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is usually my job to sit down with world-class performers of all different types to tease out the habits, routines, favorite books, and so on that you can apply and test in your own life. This time, we have a slightly different format, and I’m the guest.

As some of you know, to celebrate the 15th anniversary of The 4-Hour Workweek, which was first published on April 24th, 2007 (4/24/07), I signed 424 copies of the book. As thousands of you threw your hat in the ring to win a signed copy, I wanted to do something special for all the entrants. So, I invited those folks to a private YouTube Q&A. This episode is the recording of that session.

I answered many questions on a variety of topics, including startup investments, IFS therapy, my views on wealth and money, C.S. Lewis, lower-back pain, solitary time and its challenges, lessons from Kevin Kelly, books I’m currently reading, maintaining relationships, Japan travel tips, from whom to take advice (and how to evaluate advice), self-awareness, behavior change, my current alcohol consumption (or lack thereof), and much, much more.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform. You can watch the Q&A on YouTube here. The transcript of this episode can be found here. Transcripts of all episodes can be found here.
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Here is your weekly dose of 5-Bullet Friday, a list of what I’m pondering and exploring. If you enjoy it, please feel free to forward this along to friends.

What I’m watching

​Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin (Amazon, Apple TV). Ursula was one of a kind. It’s almost impossible to overstate how far outside of the box she was for her generation. Much of what we take for granted now was simply unheard of when she was crafting worlds. Here is a brief snippet from Ursula’s Wikipedia page (bolding and link are mine):
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​Le Guin’s writing was enormously influential in the field of speculative fiction and has been the subject of intense critical attention. She received numerous accolades, including eight Hugos, six Nebulas, and twenty-two Locus Awards. … Le Guin influenced many other authors, including Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, David Mitchell, Neil Gaiman, and Iain Banks. After her death in 2018, critic John Clute wrote that Le Guin had “presided over American science fiction for nearly half a century,” while author Michael Chabon referred to her as the “greatest American writer of her generation.”

What I’m reading (five-minute post)

“Lifestyles” by Morgan Housel (@morganhousel). Sometimes I just want to burn it all down and disappear. This helped me scratch that itch without any collateral damage.

What I’m listening to

“Surfing with the Alien” (YouTube, Spotify) by Joe Satriani (@chickenfootjoe). I’m having so much fun revisiting the greats from Joe Satriani. Perfect Friday writing music. Some song trivia from Wikipedia: “The song refers to the comic book character, Silver Surfer. The song was considered the 30th greatest guitar solo ever by readers of Guitar World magazine, and is one of Satriani’s most prominent shred-style tracks.”

What I’m rereading for a trip down memory lane

“The First-Ever Quantified Self Notes (Plus: LSD as Cognitive Enhancer?)” This is a fun slice of history. It combines my notes from the first-ever “quantified self” meetup at Kevin Kelly’s home in 2008 with a term paper I wrote in 1996… when I was ~19 years old! Despite the hilarious typo in the title (it wasn’t the final draft) and some overreach and correlation/causation mixing, I still maintain there are profound similarities between REM sleep and some psychedelic experiences, and I further believe that the implications for learning have yet to be properly explored.

Poem I’m pondering

My work is loving the world.
Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird—
equal seekers of sweetness.
Here the quickening yeast; there the blue plums.
Here the clam deep in the speckled sand.
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Are my boots old? Is my coat torn?
Am I no longer young, and still not half-perfect? Let me
keep my mind on what matters,
which is my work,
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which is mostly standing still and learning to be
astonished.
The phoebe, the delphinium.
The sheep in the pasture, and the pasture.
Which is mostly rejoicing, since all the ingredients are here,
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which is gratitude, to be given a mind and a heart
and these body-clothes,
a mouth with which to give shouts of joy
to the moth and the wren, to the sleepy dug-up clam,
telling them all, over and over, how it is
that we live forever.​
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— Mary Oliver (“Messenger,” found in Mary Oliver’s collection Thirst.)
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You can complement this edition of 5-Bullet Friday with my longform interviews on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast with authors Neil Gaiman, Margaret Atwood, and Joyce Carol Oates. I consider all three to be among the world’s greatest fiction writers.
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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.
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Have a wonderful weekend, all.
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Much love to you and yours,
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Tim

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Andrew Weil, MD (@DrWeil) is a pioneer in the field of integrative medicine. He has been named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine.

Dr. Weil received a degree in biology (botany) from Harvard College in 1964 and an MD from Harvard Medical School in 1968. From 1971 to 1975, as a fellow of the Institute of Current World Affairs, Dr. Weil traveled widely in North and South America and Africa, collecting information on drug use in other cultures, medicinal plants, and alternative methods of treating disease. From 1971 to 1984, he was on the research staff of the Harvard Botanical Museum and conducted investigations of medicinal and psychoactive plants.

Dr. Weil is the founder and director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, where he also holds the Lovell-Jones Endowed Chair in Integrative Medicine and is Clinical Professor of Medicine and Professor of Public Health. Through its fellowship and Integrative Medicine in Residency curricula, the Center is now training doctors and nurse practitioners around the world.

A New York Times best-selling author, Dr. Weil has written 15 books on health and well-being, including Mind Over Meds; Fast Food, Good Food; True Food; Spontaneous Happiness; Healthy Aging; and 8 Weeks to Optimum Health. He is also co-founder of the restaurant chain True Food Kitchen and co-founder of Matcha.com, which offers extremely high-quality matcha that is difficult to find outside of Japan.

Please enjoy!

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, 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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Here is your weekly dose of 5-Bullet Friday, a list of what I’m pondering and exploring. If you enjoy it, please feel free to forward this along to friends.

What I’m reading

​“Is Selling Shares in Yourself the Way of the Future?” by Nathan Heller for The New Yorker.

What I’m listening to

“Playing God” (YouTube, Spotify) by Polyphia (@polyphia). Exceptional talents. I am listening to this track on repeat for working, walking, wizardry, and whatever else.

Study I’m excited to share

“Psychedelic drug helped people with alcohol use disorder reduce drinking, study shows.” From the article: “More than 80% of those who were given the psychedelic treatment had drastically reduced their drinking eight months after the study started, compared to just over 50% in the antihistamine (active placebo) control group, according to results published Wednesday in JAMA Psychiatry.” Here’s a snippet of the experience of Jon Kostas, one of the study’s participants: “When he began the psilocybin trial at age 25, he was consuming almost 23 drinks in a single bender.” Flash forward to today, and Jon “has stayed sober since the trial and founded a nonprofit organization for psychedelic mental health research.” Huge kudos to Dr. Michael Bogenschutz, Dr. Stephen Ross, and the entire team at the NYU Langone Health Center for Psychedelic Medicine.

Blog posts I’m revisiting for a personal reboot

“Real Mind Control: The 21-Day No-Complaint Experiment”
“What My Morning Journal Looks Like”
“The Painless Path to Endurance”
“How to Lose 100 Pounds on The Slow-Carb Diet – Real Pics and Stories.” Pair it with this one-pager PDF from The 4-Hour Chef.

Quote I’m pondering

“The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process, is its own reward.”​
— Amelia Earhart​
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You can complement this edition of 5-Bullet Friday with my longform interviews with addiction expert Dr. Gabor Maté, author and athlete Rich Roll, famed chef Andrew Zimmern, actor Terry Crews, and entrepreneur Jason Portnoy, all of which include and explore different facets of addiction.
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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.
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Have a wonderful weekend, all.
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Much love to you and yours,
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​Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is usually my job to deconstruct world-class performers to tease out the routines, habits, et cetera that you can apply to your own life.

This episode is something different. It’s an experimental format that I’m super excited about, and it’s back by popular demand.

This is an episode that scratches an itch I’ve had for years. I am not always able to listen to every great podcast episode out there, even when they are by some of my closest friends. The answer to my predicament was to ask them to send me a top segment from their podcast that I could listen to and—more importantly—also share with you, my dear listeners.

My team edited them together, and here we are! This episode is a compilation of 15-to-30–minute clips from some of the best podcasters—and also best interviewees—in the world and certainly some of my favorites.

At the beginning of each clip, you will hear an intro from the host and where to find their work and podcast. At the end, I’ll also share one or two of my favorite clips from episodes of The Tim Ferriss Show.

You can view this episode as a buffet, and I strongly suggest that you check out the shows included. If you like my podcast, you will very likely enjoy the featured shows in this episode.

And before you go: Do you like this format? Please let me know on Twitter at @tferriss and also mention @TeamTimFerriss.

Please enjoy!

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, 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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​In Case You Missed It: July 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 a short clip from each conversation in one place so you can easily jump around to get a feel 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 below.

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Timestamps:

LIV BOEREE: 00:03:14
​LUIS VON AHN: 00:12:27
​NOAH FELDMAN: 00:18:58
​BALAJI SRINIVASAN: 00:24:06
​DR. MATT KAEBERLEIN: 00:33:38
​DR. MARK PLOTKIN AND HAMILTON MORRIS: 00:43:39

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Included episodes:

​Liv Boeree, Poker and Life — Core Strategies, Turning $500 into $1.7M, Cage Dancing, Game Theory, and Metaphysical Curiosities (#611)​

​Luis von Ahn, Co-Founder and CEO of Duolingo — How to Be (Truly) Mission-Driven, Monetization Experiments, 10x Growth, Org Chart Iterations for Impacting Metrics, The Intricate Path to an IPO, Best Hiring Practices, Catching Exam Cheaters, The Allure of Toto Toilets, The Future of Duolingo, and How to Stand Out in Your Career (#607)​

​Balaji S. Srinivasan — 5-10-Year Predictions, How to Start a New Country, Society-as-a-Service (SaaS), Bitcoin Maximalism, Memetic Warfare, How Prices Are Born, Moral Flippenings, The One Commandment, and The Power of Missionary over Mercenary (#606)​

​Signal Over Noise with Noah Feldman — The War in Ukraine (Recap and Predictions), The Machiavelli of Maryland, Best Books to Understand Geopolitics, The Battles for Free Speech on Social Media, Metaverse Challenges, and More (#608)​

​The Life-Extension Episode — Dr. Matt Kaeberlein on The Dog Aging Project, Rapamycin, Metformin, Spermidine, NAD+ Precursors, Urolithin A, Acarbose, and Much More (#610)​

​Hamilton Morris and Dr. Mark Plotkin — Exploring the History of Psychoactive Substances, Synthetic vs. Natural Options, Microdosing, 5-MeO-DMT, The “Drunken Monkey” Hypothesis, Timothy Leary’s Legacy, and More (#605)​

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

 

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Here is your weekly dose of 5-Bullet Friday, a list of what I’m pondering and exploring. If you enjoy it, please feel free to forward this along to friends.

Podcast episode I’m listening to

​“Off Course” from This American Life. This was just what I needed this week, as my life has taken an unexpected turn. Here’s the episode description: “Three people, and one animal, who know the path their lives will take until, suddenly, they don’t.” My favorite story is the first with Yibin Li, which deeply moved me. Don’t be surprised if your eyes well up. Take 15–20 minutes and thank me later. Huge hat tip to Loni for the recommendation.

What I’m using once again for workouts

​XPO Trainer. I love the XPO Trainer. Recommended to me by elite powerlifter Mark Bell (check his other gear here; our podcast together here), it is effectively a “prowler” with mechanical resistance. I was initially skeptical, but it’s been one of my favorite torture tools for years now. The harder you push, the harder it pushes back, and the wheels allow me to easily use this anywhere. Perhaps counterintuitively, it is much more difficult to use on asphalt than soft or loose surfaces, which suits my urban environment perfectly. No weight plates are required. The XPO is not made in high volume, and it’s a bit expensive, so here are a few alternatives that are most suitable for grass or sand. I use the 1.0 version of the XPO Trainer, but there are newer models available. Bonus: If you want to see a walk-through of Mark’s incredible gym, here’s a video we shot together that showcases his favorite toys. If you have a push sled, a few kettlebells, a jump rope, and a weighted rucksack, you can get in exceptional shape quickly.

Song and album I’m enjoying

“I Know What I Know” (YouTube, Spotify) by Paul Simon with General M.D. Shirinda and The Gaza Sisters. Graceland is one of my favorite albums of all time, and it has been for decades. If there is a better feel-good album with a wider range of musical talent and style, I don’t know what it is. And don’t just take my word for it: “Graceland became Simon’s most successful studio album and his highest-charting album in over a decade; it is estimated to have sold more than 16 million copies worldwide. It was lauded by critics, won the 1987 Grammy for Album of the Year, and is frequently cited as one of the best albums of all time.”

​​What I’m watching

​Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (Amazon, Apple TV, YouTube). This was repeatedly recommended to me by my friend Kevin Rose. It was particularly reassuring that Mister Rogers basically took the good TV playbook of the time and did the exact opposite, which helped lead to mega-success. Description: “Won’t You Be My Neighbor? is a 2018 American documentary film directed by Morgan Neville about the life and guiding philosophy of Fred Rogers, the host and creator of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. The trailer for the film debuted on what would have been Rogers’ 90th birthday, March 20, 2018. It received acclaim from critics and audiences and grossed more than $22 million, making it the highest-grossing biographical documentary ever produced.” (Wikipedia)

If you don’t have time for the entire movie, please watch this short clip of a young Fred Rogers speaking before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications. It’s absolutely mesmerizing.

Quote I’m pondering

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
​— From Coraline by Neil Gaiman​
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You can complement this edition of 5-Bullet Friday with my short letter to a friend who wants to get in shape, my interview with the late strength coach Charles Poliquin, and my conversation with Pavel Tsatsouline, best known for popularizing the kettlebell in the West.
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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.
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Have a wonderful weekend, all.
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Much love to you and yours,
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​🎧 New podcast episode:
​Roelof Botha — Investing with the Best, Ulysses Pacts, The Magic of Founder-Problem Fit, How to Use Pre-Mortems and Pre-Parades, Learning from Crucible Moments, and Daring to Dream (Brought to you by Wealthfront’s high-yield savings account, Eight Sleep’s Pod Cover sleeping solution for dynamic cooling and heating, and Shopify global commerce platform providing tools to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business.)
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​​🎧 New podcast episode:
​Dr. Suresh Muthukumaraswamy — LSD Microdosing, Classical Psychedelics vs. Ketamine, Science and Speed in New Zealand, Placebo Options, and The Infinite Possibilities of Studying Mind-Altering Compounds​
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🎧 New podcast episode:
​Roelof Botha — Investing with the Best, Ulysses Pacts, The Magic of Founder-Problem Fit, How to Use Pre-Mortems and Pre-Parades, Learning from Crucible Moments, and Daring to Dream​
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Roelof Botha (@roelofbotha) has spent over 20 years building companies in Silicon Valley. He began within the walls of nascent PayPal, which he joined in March of 2000 while completing his MBA at Stanford. He became CFO in 2001 and led the company through both its IPO in early 2002 and subsequent acquisition by eBay. Roelof joined Sequoia Capital in 2003 to help founders build enduring businesses. He leads the US/Europe business as Managing Partner and serves as Senior Steward of the global Sequoia Partnership. Roelof is a director of 23andMe, Bird, Ethos, Evernote, Inside.com, Landis, mmhmm, MongoDB, Natera, Pendulum Therapeutics, Square, and Unity Technologies. Previously, he was a director of companies that include YouTube, Tumblr, Xoom, Assurex, and Eventbrite. He also led Sequoia’s investment in Instagram.

Please enjoy!

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, 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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This episode is also brought to you by Eight Sleep! Eight Sleep’s Pod Cover is the easiest and fastest way to sleep at the perfect temperature. It pairs dynamic cooling and heating with biometric tracking to offer the most advanced (and user-friendly) solution on the market. Simply add the Pod Cover to your current mattress and start sleeping as cool as 55°F or as hot as 110°F. It also splits your bed in half, so your partner can choose a totally different temperature.
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This episode is also brought to you by Shopify! Shopify is one of my favorite platforms and one of my favorite companies. Shopify is designed for anyone to sell anywhere, giving entrepreneurs the resources once reserved for big business. In no time flat, you can have a great looking online store that brings your ideas to life, and you can have the tools to manage your day-to-day and drive sales. No coding or design experience required.

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​🎧 New podcast episode:
​Dr. Suresh Muthukumaraswamy — LSD Microdosing, Classical Psychedelics vs. Ketamine, Science and Speed in New Zealand, Placebo Options, and The Infinite Possibilities of Studying Mind-Altering Compounds​
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​Dr. Suresh Muthukumaraswamy completed his PhD in Psychology at the University of Auckland in 2005, after which he joined the newly established Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre as a postdoctoral fellow. While at Cardiff, he started research work with psychedelics in 2011 in collaboration with Professor David Nutt and Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris, investigating the neuroimaging correlates of the psychedelic drugs psilocybin and LSD. In 2014, Suresh received a prestigious Rutherford Discovery Fellowship and returned to the University of Auckland where he works in the School of Pharmacy at the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences and leads the Auckland Neuropsychopharmacology Research Group.
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Suresh’s main research interests are in understanding how therapies alter brain function and behavior and in testing methodologies to measure these changes in both healthy individuals and patient groups—particularly in depressed patients.
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At the University of Auckland, he has conducted clinical trials in depressed patients involving ketamine, scopolamine, and transcranial magnetic stimulation. He has received several Health Research Council of New Zealand research grants to support this work, including a grant to investigate the effects of microdoses of LSD on brain and cognitive function. Suresh has published 117 papers, with his work receiving 8000+ citations.
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This special episode of the podcast is a live recording from an event hosted by the Edmund Hillary Fellowship (EHF). EHF began in 2016 as a pilot immigration program and has matured into a fellowship of more than 500 technologists, creatives, investors, entrepreneurs, educators, and systems designers, committed to New Zealand as a base camp for global impact. From more than 50 different nationalities, including New Zealand, fellows span a range of high-value sectors: media, education, cleantech, venture capital, and mental health initiatives/research just to name a few.
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EHF and its fellows aim to make a meaningful impact in New Zealand/Aotearoa with projects that often have global applications.
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​Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, 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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Hi All!

Here is your weekly dose of 5-Bullet Friday, a list of what I’m pondering and exploring. Please feel free to forward this along to friends.

Article I’m reading

​“Is the Psychedelic Therapy Bubble About to Burst?” by Grace Browne for WIRED. This coverage expands upon a recent paper that’s received some attention: “Preparing for the Bursting of the Psychedelic Hype Bubble” by David Yaden, PhD, James B. Potash, MD, and Roland R. Griffiths, PhD, in JAMA Psychiatry.

What I’m using for sleep

​Protekt REST (Protekt, Amazon). This was given to me by a friend after I mentioned I was avoiding melatonin due to its effects on gonadal function and next-day sluggishness. From the description: “While other sleep aids leave you groggy in the morning, we’ve chosen valerian root, theanine, and gamma-aminobutyric acid, or GABA.” Pro tip #1: If you have trouble opening the packets, just use scissors. Pro tip #2: Mix the packets with water. Do *not* skip that step and chug it alone. This REST cocktail has worked well for me over the last few weeks, so I plan to continue using it as part of my sleep toolkit. As with any supplement, I tend to cycle off at least 1–2 days a week.

Audiobook I’m recommending

​A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin. First and foremost, huge thanks to everyone who recommended their favorite novels from Ursula on Twitter. I’m now three deep, but this was my first, and it is still absolutely my favorite. This is also a favorite of Neil Gaiman and countless other writers who were deeply influenced by Ursula. One could argue that without A Wizard of Earthsea, there is no Harry Potter or Hogwarts. Last but not least, Rob Inglis is the perfect narrator for this book. To listen at faster than 1x speed would be sacrilege! Savor instead of optimizing. He also narrated the unabridged The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien.

​​What I’m listening to

“Bad Horsie” (YouTube, Spotify) by Steve Vai (@stevevai). Pair it with “Steve Vai - Vinnie Colaiuta’s Sight Reading,” which is hilarious. Before you watch the sight-reading video, read the following sight-reading definition from Wikipedia: “In music, sight-reading, also called a prima vista (Italian meaning ‘at first sight’), is the practice of reading and performing a piece in a music notation that the performer has not seen or learned before. Sight-singing is used to describe a singer who is sight-reading. Both activities require the musician to play or sing the notated rhythms and pitches.” Thanks to Dave Elitch (@daveelitch) for the video recommendation.

Quote I’m pondering

“There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.”
​— Louis L'Amour​
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You can complement this edition of 5-Bullet Friday with this video on my evening routine, my interview with neurobiologist Dr. Andrew Huberman on improving sleep (among other things), and my conversation with physicist Safi Bahcall, which touched on Safi’s self-hypnosis techniques for relaxing and falling asleep.
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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.
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Have a wonderful weekend, all.
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Much love to you and yours,
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Tim

P.S. Deal of the Week — Maui Nui Venison, wildly delicious venison. Don’t miss the last paragraph…

I’ve been eating Maui Nui Venison for the past two years, and there’s no going back. My pantry and freezers are full of it, and I restock every month. Why? (1) If I combine Maui Nui Venison with even a little exercise, I drop body fat unbelievably quickly. (2) It tastes delicious and isn’t gamey. (3) Ethically, I feel great about Maui Nui protein, as axis deer are an invasive species on Maui, where their population needs to be managed in order to protect vulnerable ecosystems. The damage from overpopulation looks like wildfire damage and even disrupts coral systems with runoff.
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Harvested using stress-free methods, Maui Nui’s fresh venison is clean-tasting, tender, and one of the most nutrient-dense meats on the planet. Maui Nui is a nearly daily go-to for me, both as a supplement to my daily diet (with broth, jerky snacks, etc.) and through main courses (via their fresh-meat subscription program). I fell in love with this company so much that I ended up investing, which is a rarity.
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​Remarkably, Maui Nui has nearly stabilized Maui’s Axis deer population, which means the door to one of the most exclusive proteins on the market will soon be closed. The list of people waiting for invitations to become a Fresh Subscriber is long, which is why I am excited to offer 5-Bullet Friday subscribers an exclusive opportunity to bypass the waitlist (until EOD Monday) and get instant access to one of the few remaining subscriptions. Visit MauiNuiVenison.com/Tim to take advantage of this limited-time offer and secure your subscription today. If you are currently on the waitlist, you will get immediate access. Maui Nui will stop offering subscriptions when they reach 8,000 subscribers—when the Axis deer population will have reached equilibrium—so act fast.

 

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​🎧 New podcast episode:
​Dr. Gabor Maté — The Myth of Normal, Metabolizing Anger, Processing Trauma, and Finding the Still Voice Within (Brought to you by Tommy John premium underwear, Athletic Greens all-in-one nutritional supplement, and ButcherBox premium meats delivered to your door.)
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🎧 New podcast episode:
​Dr. Gabor Maté — The Myth of Normal, Metabolizing Anger, Processing Trauma, and Finding the Still Voice Within​
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Dr. Gabor Maté (@DrGaborMate) is a renowned speaker and bestselling author, highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics that includes addiction, stress, and childhood development. Dr. Maté has written several bestselling books, including the award-winning In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction, When the Body Says No: Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection, and Scattered: How Attention Deficit Disorder Originates and What You Can Do About It. He has also coauthored Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers. His works have been published internationally in nearly thirty languages.

His new book is The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture.

Please enjoy!

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, 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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Here is your weekly dose of 5-Bullet Friday, a list of what I’m pondering and exploring. Please feel free to forward this along to friends.

Profile I’m reading

​“Billionaire No More: Patagonia Founder Gives Away the Company” by David Gelles (New York Times). I’ve loved Yvon ever since I first read Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman in 2005. Here are a few colorful bits from the NYT piece that make me love Yvon even more: “In some ways, the forfeiture of Patagonia is not terribly surprising coming from Mr. Chouinard. As a pioneering rock climber in California’s Yosemite Valley in the 1960s, Mr. Chouinard lived out of his car and ate damaged cans of cat food that he bought for five cents apiece. Even today, he wears raggedy old clothes, drives a beat up Subaru and splits his time between modest homes in Ventura and Jackson, Wyo. Mr. Chouinard does not own a computer or a cellphone.”

Blog posts I’m reading

“The NFT Mint ‘Sweet Spot’: Data on Early Decisions” by Daren Matsuoka. I’m a fan of Daren’s analysis in the NFT space. This is a great primer on some fundamental mint decisions, and the matrices are very thought-provoking. It tackles many good questions, points out some important negative correlations, and also raises a lot of good questions. This was published on 3/31/22 (the date is somewhat hidden in the URL and at the very bottom of the piece), and I hope Daren posts a further exploration of potential confounders (e.g., What’s the likelihood that 10x returns for projects with 0.5–1.0 ETH mint prices are partially or wholly a byproduct of many more projects launching in that range?) and updated market/landscape commentary. It seems really challenging to isolate variables in this space. What follows are a few wishlist questions, and I think the first one is the pink elephant in the room: How do project outcomes appear to be affected by the price/USD value of ETH at any given point in time? What new patterns can you decipher using the overall larger data set now available? How much do you think projects can bank on secondary royalties in the current conditions of a bear market, and what trends can you parse related to secondaries using a larger and more current data set? How might the piece be updated given some of the post-publication successes like Moonbirds, which set new records (plus had a 10x return on ETH for a period of months) with a 2.5 ETH mint price? If I could put in another blog post request, I would love to see something like “Testing NFT Dogma: Exceptions That Prove The Rule?,” wherein you can look at lots of questionable “rules” that get repeated often on NFT Twitter and elsewhere. For instance, “You absolutely must have a Discord” used to be gospel, but then mfers, Goblintown, and others showed (or did they?) that successful projects can do without them, although “successful” can be squirrely and needs to be narrowly defined. “You can’t set mint price above ___ or you’ll squash secondary volume” is another that seems to have counterexamples. Sartoshi has a dogma starter list towards the bottom of this page, and despite the debate about his departure from NFT land, there are lessons to be learned. And even if the data support one of these consensus maxims, are there a handful of projects that have proven to be exceptions? Those could be worth studying, as could ultra-hyped projects whose teams “did the right things” but ended up failing, regardless. So many questions!

Related: “Introducing OpenRarity.” I suggest reading this page first to get a simple, illustrated walk-through of the problem, then the short FAQ here, then the above link. It shows how something that seems simple at face value is anything but. Define thy terms, lest your decisions be defined by confusion and delusion.

What I’m watching to temper and educate all this enthusiasm

​Beanie Mania on HBO Max. Thanks to Adam Locklin for the recommendation. Some people compare NFTs to the Dutch tulip craze of the 1630s, but it’s a poor comparison for a lot of reasons. If you’re an NFT bear (get it?), a much, much better analog might be Beanie Babies. From the description: “Beanie Mania is a layered and riveting look at how a children’s toy spawned an unprecedented investment bubble and a frenzy of American greed. The documentary features illuminating interviews with passionate collectors, notable influencers, and company insiders.” At the very least, you gotta watch the trailer on YouTube. If you don’t have, or don’t want, HBO Max, “How The Beanie Babies Frenzy Collapsed,” an 11-minute YouTube video by Business Insider, is excellent and worth the watch. And if you don’t have 11 minutes because you have 107 priorities, here’s a musical hairband summary in three minutes and 39 seconds.

​​Podcast episode I’m listening to

​Ep. 207: “Getting Free with Karma Yoga” (Apple Podcasts, Spotify) on the Ram Dass Here And Now podcast. This was sent to me by a close friend, and it is exceptional. I was extremely skeptical given the title of the episode. Now that I’ve finished listening, it could just as easily be titled “Finding Freedom Through The Everyday.” The host intro is roughly four minutes long, if you want to skip to the meat. Ram Dass also takes a little while to warm up, but it all adds up to a wonderfully useful and sometimes laugh-out-loud funny recording. I will be listening to this one again.

Quote I’m pondering

“There’s no difference between a pessimist who says, ‘Oh, it’s hopeless, so don’t bother doing anything,’ and an optimist who says, ‘Don’t bother doing anything, it’s going to turn out fine anyway.’ Either way, nothing happens.”
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You can complement this edition of 5-Bullet Friday with my conversation with Chris Dixon and Naval Ravikant on the wonders of Web3 as well as with my interviews with refreshingly unconventional entrepreneurs, including Basecamp co-founder David Heinemeier Hansson, billionaire investor Ray Dalio, and Ricardo Semler, author of The Seven-Day Weekend.
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P.S. Deal of the Week — Pique!

I first learned about Pique through my friends Dr. Peter Attia and Kevin Rose, who gave me some as a gift years ago. I’ve been hooked ever since. Their fermented pu’er tea has become an essential part of my daily routine. I drink both their black and green pu’er nearly every morning, and I take packets with me when I travel. This rare type of naturally fermented tea is more concentrated in polyphenol antioxidants than any other tea—it supports focus and mental clarity, healthy digestion, metabolism, and a healthy immune system.
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​Pique’s fermented pu’er tea crystals are cold-extracted using wild-harvested leaves from 250-year-old tea trees. Critically, they also triple toxin screen all their teas to ensure one of the highest levels of purity. Their cutting-edge extraction technology maximally preserves antioxidants, so you reap the health benefits with zero prep, brewing, or waiting required. The fermented pu’er black tea is rich and earthy, and the fermented pu’er green tea has a slightly tangier kick. I often combine the two in a large, insulated mug and sip the cocktail on long walks. Combining both allows me to get the full spectrum of tea antioxidants and active ingredients in one easy and enjoyable drink. Another favorite of mine is their Daily Radiance Vitamin C. Maximized for absorption using liposomal encapsulation technology, Daily Radiance is a great way to support your immune system and protect your skin health. The packets actually taste really good—think black European elderberries—so you might choose to take it once or twice a day, as I often do. ​
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Sebastiaan “Bas” Rutten (@BasRuttenMMA) is a Dutch-American actor, former mixed martial artist, kickboxer, and professional wrestler. He was a UFC Heavyweight Champion and a three-time King of Pancrase world champion, finishing his career on a 22-fight unbeaten streak with a strike accuracy of 70.6%, the highest ever recorded by FightMetric.

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Here is your weekly dose of 5-Bullet Friday, a list of what I’m pondering and exploring. Please feel free to forward this along to friends.

Ketone supplement I’m experimenting with

​KETOSTART, exogenous ketones. This is a product that past podcast guest and ketosis expert Dr. Dominic “Dom” D’Agostino (@DominicDAgosti2) loves, has tested, and recommends to others. It was developed by Csilla Ari D’Agostino. I’m personally testing the version without caffeine for help with altitude acclimation and exercise with hypoxia.

What I’m studying

​Antidepressant and Psychedelic Drug Interaction Chart. I found this while digging around on Google, and I sent it to several psychiatrists and doctors I know, as I’d never seen all of these combinations presented in one easy-to-read chart. Extremely important disclaimer: “This chart is not intended to be used to make medical decisions and is for informational purposes only. It was constructed using data whenever possible, although extrapolation from known information was also used to inform risk. Any decision to start, stop, or taper medication and/or use psychedelic drugs should be made in conjunction with your healthcare provider(s). It is recommended to not perform any illicit activity.”

Judo I’m enjoying

​Top 10 Ippons from Zagreb Grand Prix 2022. I’d never seen #6 before in competition, and #5 wins my heart for pure elegance. Gorgeous.

​​What I’m reading

“If Everything Is ‘Trauma,’ Is Anything?” by Jessica Bennett (The New York Times). From the article: “Call it post-traumatic hyperbole. Or TikTok pseudo-psychology. Or even therapy-speak. There are plenty of horrible things going on in the world, and serious mental health crises that warrant such severe language. But when did we start using the language of harm to describe, well, everything?”

Quote I’m pondering

“The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them.”
​— George Bernard Shaw ​
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You can complement this edition of 5-Bullet Friday with my video on the Slow-Carb Diet vs. keto and this one-pager on the Slow-Carb Diet as well as my 2014 interview with Dr. Peter Attia and the follow-up keto-heavy Q&A with Peter, both of which cover his extended experience with ketosis.
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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.
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Have a wonderful weekend, all.
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Much love to you and yours,
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P.S. Deal of the Week — Vuori Clothing!

Vuori is a new species of performance apparel. Their combination of comfort and durability is unmatched. Since the summer of 2020, I’ve practically lived in my Vuori gear. Now that we are approaching the fall season, my go-to pieces are the Sunday Performance Jogger (I’m wearing them as I type this) and their Sunday Short, which is cut from the same fabric. The Performance Jogger is also hugely popular with women and comes in sizes from XXS to XXL. Everything is designed for maximum versatility so you can look and feel as good in everyday life as you do working out. Try it for yourself. Get some of the most comfortable and versatile clothing on the planet at VuoriClothing.com/TimFerriss. As a 5-Bullet Friday subscriber, you get a triple bonus: receive 20% off your first purchase, free shipping on any US orders over $75, and free returns. Take a look here: VuoriClothing.com/TimFerriss.

 

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​A Rare In-Person Random Show with Kevin Rose — VR Workouts, I Bonds, Excellent Movies, Recent Books, Lessons from Amy Tan, How to Shape Your Mind, and More​
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​Technologist, serial entrepreneur, world-class investor, self-experimenter, and all-around wild and crazy guy Kevin Rose (@KevinRose) rejoins me for another episode of The Random Show.

In this one, we discuss conspirituality, opening the doors of perception with prescription and meditation, movies we’ve been enjoying, fictional world-building, high-interest I bonds, lessons from Amy Tan, full-body MRI scans, Austin vs. San Francisco, why I refrain from “gotcha” interviews on this show, and much, much more.

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​In Case You Missed It: August 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 a short clip from each conversation in one place so you can easily jump around to get a feel 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 below.

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Timestamps:

Roelof Botha: 00:03:17

Will MacAskill: 00:08:46

Russ Roberts: 00:14:02

Dr. Andrew Weil: 00:23:47

Tim Q&A: 00:27:54

Included episodes:

​Roelof Botha — Investing with the Best, Ulysses Pacts, The Magic of Founder-Problem Fit, How to Use Pre-Mortems and Pre-Parades, Learning from Crucible Moments, and Daring to Dream (#618)​

​Will MacAskill of Effective Altruism Fame — The Value of Longtermism, Tools for Beating Stress and Overwhelm, AI Scenarios, High-Impact Books, and How to Save the World and Be an Agent of Change (#612)​

​Russ Roberts on Lessons from F.A. Hayek and Nassim Taleb, Decision-Making Insights from Charles Darwin, The Dangers of Scientism, Wild Problems in Life and the Decisions That Define Us, Learnings from the Talmud, The Role of Prayer, and The Journey to Transcendence (#613)​

​Dr. Andrew Weil — The 4-7-8 Breath Method, Cannabis, The Uses of Coca Leaf, Rehabilitating Demonized Plants, Kava for Anxiety, Lessons from Wade Davis, The Psychedelic Renaissance, How to Emerge from Depression, Tales from 50+ Visits to Japan, Matcha Benefits, and More (#615)​

​Q&A with Tim on Wealth and Money, Book Recommendations, Advice on Taking Advice, C.S. Lewis, Relationships, Behavior Change and Self-Awareness, Why We Are All (Mostly) Making It Up as We Go, and Much More (#614)​

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Here is your weekly dose of 5-Bullet Friday, a list of what I’m pondering and exploring. Please feel free to forward this along to friends.

Short video I’m watching

“Animal: What Makes You Truly Happy?” If this week has been stressful or heavy for you, this very short video might help you decompress. #bunnyrabbit​

What I’m using

​Jakt Gear’s SLING-A-LING Magnetic Paracord Bow Sling. Huge thank you to Jedi Jordon for the recommendation!

What I’m revisiting amidst present-day craziness

“50 ways to be ridiculously generous—and feel ridiculously good.” by Alexandra Franzen. This is a great list, which I found recommended on the website of fellow Austinite Professor Raj Raghunathan, author of If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Happy?. If you feel overwhelmed or underjoyed, try this: give an extra $10 or $20 to the barista next time you buy coffee. Give $5 of that to the barista and pay for the next person or next few people behind you. Simply walk out after the drive-by karma bomb. The afterglow is incredible and can last hours. Paradoxically, the fastest path to feeling better is often this type of indirect route, and it makes me think of this quote often attributed to Henry David Thoreau: “Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will evade you, but if you notice the other things around you, it will gently come and sit on your shoulder.”

​​What I’m listening to

“Saved My Life” (YouTube, Spotify) by Andy Grammer (@andygrammer) and R3HAB (@R3HAB).

Quote I’m pondering

“It is good to come to a country you know practically nothing about. Your thoughts grow still, useless. … In a country you know nothing about, there is no reference point. You struggle to associate colors, smells, dim memories. You live a little like a child, or an animal.”
​— Andrzej Stasiuk
Hat tip to Rolf Potts, author of The Vagabond’s Way, for sharing this with me.
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You can complement this edition of 5-Bullet Friday with bestselling author A.J. Jacobs’s strategies for happiness through gratitude, angel investor Naval Ravikant’s happiness hacks, and my ultra-popular conversation with Derek Sivers on finding happiness, saying no to millions, and more.
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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.
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Have a wonderful weekend, all.
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Much love to you and yours,
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Tim

P.S. Deal of the Week — House of Macadamias delicious and nutritious nuts!

I love macadamia nuts and have been enjoying them often since keto expert Dr. Dominic D’Agostino recommended them on the podcast in 2015. They taste great, and with more healthy, monounsaturated fat than both olive oil and avocados, 27% fewer carbs than almonds, and more than 50% fewer carbs than cashews, they’re the perfect low-carb, keto-friendly, nutty snack. They’re also rich in omega-7s, which promote the natural production of collagen, an essential protein.
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​House of Macadamias produces the best-tasting macadamia nuts I’ve ever eaten. That’s due, in part, to their location in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa, which provides the ideal temperature, altitude, soil composition, rainwater, and pristine mountain water for growing macadamias. Their founders are a brother and sister team with a macadamia-nut heritage—their grandfather was a macadamia farmer, and their father distributes sustainable irrigation technology. Now, they have partnered with the single largest macadamia producer in the world, comprising 94 independent farmers in South Africa, which gets them first pick of the highest quality macadamia nuts in the region to make their one-of-a-kind snacks, like their vegan, paleo, and keto-friendly chocolate-dipped macadamias. They really took their time to get these right, folks, with more than two years of flavor testing. I absolutely love them and have to force myself not to polish off several bags at a time.
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​Now, subscribers of 5-Bullet Friday can use code TIM20 to get 20% off all orders, plus free two-day shipping across the US, UK, and African continent with the purchase of two or more boxes! Visit HouseOfMacadamias.com/Tim to discover some of the most delicious and nutritious nuts on the planet.

 

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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:
​Dr. John Krystal — All Things Ketamine, The Most Comprehensive Podcast Episode Ever (Brought to you by Athletic Greens all-in-one nutritional supplement, Helix Sleep premium mattresses, and Allform premium, modular furniture.)
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​Rolf Potts — The Vagabond’s Way, Tactics for Immersive Travel, Pilgrimages and Psychogeography, Empathy Machines, Full-Throated Love, The Slow Sense of Smell, Lessons from Thích Nhất Hạnh, Falling Upward, and More (Brought to you by Athletic Greens all-in-one nutritional supplement, Vuori comfortable and durable performance apparel, and Eight Sleep’s Pod Cover sleeping solution for dynamic cooling and heating.)
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Enjoy!
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🎧 New podcast episode:
​Dr. John Krystal — All Things Ketamine, The Most Comprehensive Podcast Episode Ever​
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​Dr. John Krystal is the Robert L. McNeil, Jr., Professor of Translational Research; Professor of Psychiatry, Neuroscience, and Psychology; Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Yale University; and Chief of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Yale-New Haven Hospital.

Dr. Krystal is a leading expert in the areas of alcoholism, post-traumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia, and depression. His work links psychopharmacology, neuroimaging, molecular genetics, and computational neuroscience to study the neurobiology and treatment of these disorders. He is best known for leading the discovery of the rapid antidepressant effects of ketamine in depressed patients.

He directs/co-directs the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (CTSA), NIAAA Center for the Translational Neuroscience of Alcoholism, and Clinical Neuroscience Division of the National Center for PTSD (VA).

Dr. Krystal is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Medicine; co-director of the Neuroscience Forum of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); and editor of Biological Psychiatry, one of the most selective and highly cited journals in the field of psychiatric neuroscience.

He is the co-founder and Chief Scientific Advisor of Freedom Biosciences, a clinical-stage biotechnology platform developing next-generation ketamine and psychedelic therapeutics that recently emerged from stealth in August 2022.

ONE VERY IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: I’m not a doctor, nor do I play one on the Internet. None of the content in this podcast constitutes medical advice or should be construed as a recommendation to use ketamine or psychedelics. There are psychological, physical, and sometimes legal risks with such usage. Please consult your doctor before considering anything we discuss in this episode.

Please enjoy!

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, 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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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.​
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This episode is also brought to you by Allform! If you’ve been listening to the podcast for a while, you’ve probably heard me talk about Helix Sleep mattresses, which I’ve been using since 2017. They also launched a company called Allform that makes premium, customizable sofas and chairs shipped right to your door—at a fraction of the cost of traditional stores. You can pick your fabric (and they’re all spill, stain, and scratch resistant), the sofa color, the color of the legs, and the sofa size and shape to make sure it’s perfect for you and your home.

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​🎧 New podcast episode:
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Rolf Potts (@rolfpotts) is the author of the international bestseller Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel. His newest book is The Vagabond’s Way: 366 Meditations on Wanderlust, Discovery, and the Art of Travel. He has reported from more than 60 countries for National Geographic Traveler, The New Yorker, Outside, The New York Times Magazine, and Travel Channel. Many of his essays have been selected as “Notable Mentions” in The Best American Essays, The Best American Nonrequired Reading, and The Best American Travel Writing. He also hosts his own podcast, Deviate with Rolf Potts.

He is based in north-central Kansas, where he keeps a small farmhouse on 30 acres with his wife, Kansas-born actress Kristen Bush. My 2014 interview with Rolf can be found at tim.blog/rolf.

Please enjoy!

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, 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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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.

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Hi All!

Here is your weekly dose of 5-Bullet Friday, a list of what I’m pondering and exploring. Please feel free to forward this along to friends.

What I’m listening to

“Eau Rouge, Pt. 1” (YouTube, Spotify) by Gelka (@gelka).

Audiobook I’m listening to

​Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake (@MerlinSheldrake). This is a beautifully written and deliciously thought-provoking book. The portions on lichen alone made my head spin. From the description: “In Entangled Life, the brilliant young biologist Merlin Sheldrake shows us the world from a fungal point of view, providing an exhilarating change of perspective. Sheldrake’s vivid exploration takes us from yeast to psychedelics to the fungi that range for miles underground and are the largest organisms on the planet to those that link plants together in complex networks known as the ‘Wood Wide Web’ to those that infiltrate and manipulate insect bodies with devastating precision.” Low bow to R.G. for getting this book on my radar.

TV series I’m watching

​1883 (Amazon, Apple TV, YouTube, Google Play, Paramount Plus). From Wikipedia: “The series is a prequel to Taylor Sheridan’s series Yellowstone and follows the story of how the Duttons came to own the land that would become the Yellowstone Ranch.” Taylor Sheridan is one of my favorite writers and directors out there. The series stars Academy Award nominee Sam Elliott, Tim McGraw (who was also kind enough to answer questions for Tribe of Mentors), Faith Hill, and others. Watch the trailer here. I am loving this series, and many thanks to Brother Brad for getting the trailer in front of me!

​​Short video I’m sharing for awkward laughs and pre-Halloween horror

“2022 year in the markets review.”

Quote I’m pondering once again

“Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.”
​— Mae West​
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You can complement this edition of 5-Bullet Friday with my interview with mycologist Paul Stamets, my conversation with Giuliana Furci on the wonders of mycology, and my discussion with Dr. Mark Plotkin on all things ethnobotany.
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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.
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Have a wonderful weekend, all.
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Much love to you and yours,
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Tim

P.S. Deal of the Week — Levels!

I wrote about the health benefits of using continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) more than ten years ago in The 4-Hour Body. At the time, CGMs were primitive and hard to use. Levels has now made this technology, and the unique insights that come from it, easy and available to everyone. Levels is making glucose monitoring simple, helping you see how food affects your health through real-time feedback. I started tracking my glucose years ago to learn more about what I should and shouldn’t be eating (including quantities, time of day, etc.), based on objective data from my own unique physiology. To give just one example, I was surprised to see how dramatically mildly large meals spiked my blood sugar, even when low-glycemic overall. Since keeping my blood sugar stable is critical to my daily performance and long-term health goals, these are insights I pay attention to. Poor glucose control is associated with a number of chronic conditions like diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease, and obesity. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
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​Levels has a world-class team and group of advisors backing them, including names like multi-time podcast guest Dr. Dominic D’Agostino and former SpaceX engineer Josh Clemente, who you may have heard on Kevin Rose’s podcast. For a limited time, Levels is offering 5-Bullet Friday readers 2 additional months for FREE on your annual Levels membership when you use my link here. Start measuring how food is affecting your health in real time by checking out Levels here.

 

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Hi All,
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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:
​Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase — The Art of Relentless Focus, Preparing for Full-Contact Entrepreneurship, Critical Forks in the Path, Handling Haters, The Wisdom of Paul Graham, Epigenetic Reprogramming, and Much More (Brought to you by ShipStation shipping software for ecommerce fulfillment, Athletic Greens all-in-one nutritional supplement, and Helix Sleep premium mattresses.)
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​​🎧 New podcast episode:
​Insights from Tara Brach, Ryan Holiday, Maria Popova, and Cal Newport (Brought to you by Maui Nui Venison wildly delicious venison, Eight Sleep’s Pod Cover sleeping solution for dynamic cooling and heating, and Athletic Greens all-in-one nutritional supplement.)
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​​​​Short descriptions are below.
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Enjoy!
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🎧 New podcast episode:
​Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase — The Art of Relentless Focus, Preparing for Full-Contact Entrepreneurship, Critical Forks in the Path, Handling Haters, The Wisdom of Paul Graham, Epigenetic Reprogramming, and Much More​
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Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong) is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Coinbase. Founded in 2012, Coinbase is building the crypto economy—a more fair, accessible, efficient, and transparent financial system enabled by crypto. Coinbase serves over 103 million verified users, 14,500 institutions, and 245,000 ecosystem partners in over 100 countries. In April 2021, Coinbase listed publicly on NASDAQ as COIN.

Before founding Coinbase, Brian served as a software engineer at Airbnb, where he focused on fraud prevention. Before Airbnb, Brian founded and was CEO of UniversityTutor.com, an online tutoring directory and a subsidiary of Johnson Educational Technologies LLC. Brian also previously served as a consultant for the enterprise risk management division at Deloitte & Touche LLP. Brian has a BA in computer science and economics and an MS in computer science from Rice University.

Over the last three years, Coinbase has worked with ten-time Emmy®-winning filmmaker Greg Kohs on a documentary about cryptocurrency and Coinbase. COIN is now available on Amazon, iTunes, YouTube, Vimeo on Demand, and other platforms.

Please enjoy!

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, 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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​This episode is 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.
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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.​
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This episode is also brought to you by ShipStation. Do you sell stuff online? Then you know what a pain the shipping process is. ShipStation was created to make your life easier. Whether you’re selling on eBay, Amazon, Shopify, or over 100 other popular selling channels, ShipStation lets you access all of your orders from one simple dashboard, and it works with all of the major shipping carriers, locally and globally, including FedEx, UPS, and USPS.

Tim Ferriss Show listeners get to try ShipStation free for 60 days by using promo code TIM. There’s no risk, and you can start your free trial without even entering your credit card info. Just visit ShipStation.com, click on the microphone at the top of the homepage, and type in TIM!
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​🎧 New podcast episode:
​Insights from Tara Brach, Ryan Holiday, Maria Popova, and Cal Newport​

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

This episode is something different. It’s an experimental format that I’m super excited about, and it’s back by popular demand.

This is an episode that scratches an itch I’ve had for years. I am not always able to listen to every great podcast episode out there, even when they are by some of my closest friends. The answer to my predicament was to ask them to send me a top segment from their podcast that I could listen to and—more importantly—also share with you, my dear listeners.

My team edited them together, and here we are! This episode is a compilation of 15-to-30–minute clips from some of the best podcasters—and also best interviewees—in the world and certainly some of my favorites.

At the beginning of each clip, you will hear an intro from the host and where to find their work and podcast. I’ll also share one or two of my favorite clips from episodes of The Tim Ferriss Show.

You can view this episode as a buffet, and I strongly suggest that you check out the shows included. If you like my podcast, you will very likely enjoy the featured shows in this episode.

And before you go: Do you like this format? Please let me know on Twitter at @tferriss and also mention @TeamTimFerriss.

Please enjoy!

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.
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​This episode is brought to you by Eight Sleep! Eight Sleep’s Pod Cover is the easiest and fastest way to sleep at the perfect temperature. It pairs dynamic cooling and heating with biometric tracking to offer the most advanced (and user-friendly) solution on the market. Simply add the Pod Cover to your current mattress and start sleeping as cool as 55°F or as hot as 110°F. It also splits your bed in half, so your partner can choose a totally different temperature.
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And now, my dear listeners—that’s you—can get $250 off the Pod Cover. Simply go to EightSleep.com/Tim or use code TIM at checkout.
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This episode is also brought to you by Maui Nui Venison. I’ve been eating Maui Nui Venison for the past two years, and there’s no going back. My pantry and freezers are full of it, and I restock every month. Why? (1) If I combine Maui Nui Venison with even a little exercise, I drop body fat unbelievably quickly. (2) It tastes delicious and isn’t gamey. (3) Ethically, I feel great about Maui Nui protein, as axis deer are an invasive species on Maui, where their population needs to be managed in order to protect vulnerable ecosystems.

Harvested using stress-free methods, Maui Nui’s fresh venison is clean-tasting, tender, and one of the most nutrient-dense meats on the planet. Maui Nui is a nearly daily go-to for me, both as a supplement to my daily diet (with broth, jerky snacks, etc.) and through main courses (via their fresh-meat subscription program). I fell in love with this company so much that I ended up investing, which is a rarity.

​Remarkably, Maui Nui has nearly stabilized Maui’s Axis deer population, which means the door to one of the most exclusive proteins on the market will soon be closed. The list of people waiting for invitations to become a Fresh Subscriber is long, which is why I am excited to offer my listeners an exclusive opportunity to bypass the waitlist and get instant access to one of the few remaining subscriptions. Visit MauiNuiVenison.com/Tim to take advantage of this limited-time offer and secure your subscription today. If you are currently on the waitlist, you will get immediate access. Maui Nui will stop offering subscriptions when they reach 8,000 subscribers—when the Axis deer population will have reached equilibrium—so act fast.
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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.

 

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Hi All!

Here is your weekly dose of 5-Bullet Friday, a list of what I’m pondering and exploring. Please feel free to forward this along to friends.

What I’m very excited about

​My NFT project, “Project 555.” “Project 555” is the codename for my upcoming NFT project. It’s going to be highly stylized and unlike anything I’ve ever done. I started buying BTC in 2012–2013, I began collecting NFTs in early 2021, I quietly launched my first stand-alone NFT (also my first published fiction) in February 2022 with PROOF/Kevin Rose, and this will be my first in-depth NFT project. It’s going to be very elaborate and unbelievably bizarre.
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​100% of primary sale proceeds will go to the Saisei Foundation. The Saisei Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit private foundation that funds cutting-edge scientific research and other initiatives related to psychedelic medicine, mental health therapeutics, life-extension technologies, ecosystem conservation, indigenous knowledge preservation, and more.
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If you’re a trader who expects free money by yelling on the Internet when you’re unhappy, please do not participate in this project. In fact, if you’re a dick online at all, please sit this one out. There are plenty of other NFT projects that will promise the moon, and you can harass them. I promise nothing other than (1) good art (IMHO), (2) perhaps some entertainment and a few laughs along the way, and (3) aiming to do some good with the Saisei Foundation. That’s it.
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​Click here for more NFT details. This link is exclusively for 5-Bullet Friday subscribers.

What I’m watching

​Isle of Dogs (Amazon, Apple TV, YouTube, Disney+). The “critics consensus” from Rotten Tomatoes, where the film has a 90% approval rating: “The beautifully stop-motion animated Isle of Dogs finds Wes Anderson at his detail-oriented best while telling one of the director’s most winsomely charming stories.” Watch the trailer here. Thanks to Cristina for the wonderful recommendation. A little bird told me this film is especially hilarious on edibles with 5–10mg of THC. I challenge you to watch the trailer and dispute this.

What I’m reading

“Haters” by Paul Graham (@paulg). Hat tip to Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong), who recommended this essay during our conversation for the podcast. Pair this with another favorite essay of mine from Paul Graham: “The Top Idea in Your Mind.”

​​Experiment I’m revisiting

“How 30 Days of Kindness Made Me a Better Person.” Click here for an easy-to-print image of the 30 acts of kindness.

Quote I’m pondering

“To learn which questions are unanswerable, and not to answer them: this skill is most needful in times of stress and darkness.”​
— Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness​
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You can complement this edition of 5-Bullet Friday with my favorite and most impactful reads from 2019, 2020, and 2021. If you’d like to learn more about how I read, keep track of things, and review highlights, you might also enjoy this YouTube video.
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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.
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Have a wonderful weekend, all.
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Much love to you and yours,
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​Q&A with Tim — Revisiting 15+ Years of PR and Marketing Lessons, Time Dilation for Deep Relaxation, The Art of Setting Ultra-High Prices, The Low-Information Diet, Studying Animal Communication, My 3-Day Fasting Protocol, Tools for Handling Adversity, Selling to the Affluent, My Current Coffee and Alcohol Rules, Risk Mitigation, and Much More (Brought to you by House of Macadamias delicious and nutritious nuts, Wealthfront high-yield savings account, and Vuori Clothing comfortable and durable performance apparel.)
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🎧 New podcast episode:
​Q&A with Tim — Revisiting 15+ Years of PR and Marketing Lessons, Time Dilation for Deep Relaxation, The Art of Setting Ultra-High Prices, The Low-Information Diet, Studying Animal Communication, My 3-Day Fasting Protocol, Tools for Handling Adversity, Selling to the Affluent, My Current Coffee and Alcohol Rules, Risk Mitigation, and Much More
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​Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is usually my job to sit down with world-class performers of all different types to tease out the habits, routines, favorite books, and so on that you can apply and test in your own life. This time, we have a slightly different format, and I’m the guest.

As some of you know, I tested a “fan-supported model” in 2019, but I ended up returning to ads by request. That’s a long story, and you can read more about it at tim.blog/podcastexperiment. I recently sat down with the original supporter group for a fun and live Q&A on YouTube.

In this episode, I answer questions on marketing and product launches, premium pricing, user feedback, fasting routines, podcast advertising, my recent gardening adventures, tools for releasing tension in the iliacus and psoas muscles, my current coffee and alcohol rules, advice for artisans, animal communication, tools for adverse life moments, and more.

Please enjoy!

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