
#137 - Tim Ferriss
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#137 - Tim Ferriss mentions Letters from a Stoic by Seneca, The 4-Hour Workweek, The Black Swan by Nassim Taleb, and Good Calories, Bad Calories with timestamps, quotes, and episode context.
The best guide to recognizing what's in your control, out of your control, and not emotionally over-responding to things outside of your control.
The premise behind that, I'd say, is twofold. The first is that the deferred life plan, i.e., a retirement-based career planning model, is fundamenta…
It's really about rare events and how poor humans are at predicting or even planning for rare events. It's a great book, though.
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The best guide to recognizing what's in your control, out of your control, and not emotionally over-responding to thi…
The premise behind that, I'd say, is twofold. The first is that the deferred life plan, i.e., a retirement-based care…
It's really about rare events and how poor humans are at predicting or even planning for rare events. It's a great bo…
There's a great book called Good Calories, Bad Calories, and there's one section on disease states and carbohydrates.
Born to Run is a great book. Highly recommend it. It talks about the evolution of mankind and theories related to our…
The diet that you have in here. That's the four-hour body. The diet in here says lose 20 pounds in 30 days.
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“The best guide to recognizing what's in your control, out of your control, and not emotionally over-responding to things outside of your control.”

“The premise behind that, I'd say, is twofold. The first is that the deferred life plan, i.e., a retirement-based career planning model, is fundamentally flawed in a number of ways.”

“It's really about rare events and how poor humans are at predicting or even planning for rare events. It's a great book, though.”

“There's a great book called Good Calories, Bad Calories, and there's one section on disease states and carbohydrates.”

“Born to Run is a great book. Highly recommend it. It talks about the evolution of mankind and theories related to our ability to run and hunt.”

“The diet that you have in here. That's the four-hour body. The diet in here says lose 20 pounds in 30 days.”
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The best guide to recognizing what's in your control, out of your control, and not emotionally over-responding to things outside of your control.

The premise behind that, I'd say, is twofold. The first is that the deferred life plan, i.e., a retirement-based career planning model, is fundamen…

It's really about rare events and how poor humans are at predicting or even planning for rare events. It's a great book, though.
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