Tim Ferriss | Anne Lamott and Josh Waitzkin — The Tim Ferriss Show @timferriss | Uploaded July 2024 | Updated October 2024, 2 days ago.
This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s because the podcast recently hit its 10-year anniversary and passed one billion downloads. To celebrate, I’ve curated some of the best of the best—some of my favorites—from more than 700 episodes over the last decade. I could not be more excited. The episode features segments from episode #522 "Anne Lamott on Taming Your Inner Critic, Finding Grace, and Prayer" and #148: "Josh Waitzkin, The Prodigy Returns"
Please enjoy!
This episode is brought to you by:
Momentous high-quality supplements: livemomentous.com/tim (code TIM for 20% off)
Helix Sleep premium mattresses: HelixSleep.com/Tim (25–30% off all mattress orders and two free pillows)
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Timestamps:
[00:00] Start
[05:05] Notes about this supercombo format.
[06:07] Enter Anne Lamott.
[06:37] What is it about Bird by Bird that has affected so many people so deeply?
[07:34] Where the title of Bird by Bird originated.
[09:56] How Neal Allen helps people tame (but not discard) their inner critic.
[11:01] Who controls the dial when you're tuned in to KFKD radio?
[12:07] How Anne recommends I pursue my fiction writing aspirations.
[12:53] The pros and cons of Anne's upbringing.
[19:24] What does being "spiritually fit" mean to Anne?
[24:56] How radical self-care became an imperative for Anne.
[32:41] The dark night that turned Anne's son Sam's life around.
[38:26] Enter Josh Waitzkin.
[38:59] On Dreaming Yourself Awake by B. Alan Wallace and Brian Hodel.
[40:14] Casual exercise.
[41:08] Josh's terrifying experience with the Wim Hof method.
[46:08] How Josh uses "flow" as therapy.
[48:35] Initiating a flow state.
[51:01] Cognitive biases and armchair professors.
[55:23] Developing high-level sensitivity and listening to your senses.
[58:09] Strategies for on-boarding newcomers to mindfulness training.
[1:02:56] Paddlesurfers in peril.
[1:03:52] Embracing the funk.
[1:06:19] On parenting.
[1:15:23] Fixed perspectives and growth mindsets.
[1:17:50] On training somatic sensitivity.
[1:22:22] On mitigating the dangers of a fixed identity.
[1:24:48] Marcelo Garcia and the principle of cultivating quality as a way of life.
[1:30:35] Quality and presence in parenthood.
[1:33:58] The fire-walking process.
[1:40:27] Translating techniques learned from martial arts to less obvious activities (like investing).
[1:42:35] Building slack into the system.
[1:46:33] Scarcity in the learning process.
[1:54:43] Josh's daily journaling process.
[1:56:41] Thematic interconnectedness in the context of education.
[2:04:24] The Art of Learning Project.
[2:06:15] Parting thoughts.
Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ other companies. He is also the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors. The Observer and other media have named him “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 900 million downloads and been selected for “Best of Apple Podcasts” three years running.
Sign up for "5-Bullet Friday" (Tim's free weekly email newsletter): https://go.tim.blog/5-bullet-friday-yt/
Follow the Tim Ferriss Podcast: https://tim.blog/podcast/
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This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s because the podcast recently hit its 10-year anniversary and passed one billion downloads. To celebrate, I’ve curated some of the best of the best—some of my favorites—from more than 700 episodes over the last decade. I could not be more excited. The episode features segments from episode #522 "Anne Lamott on Taming Your Inner Critic, Finding Grace, and Prayer" and #148: "Josh Waitzkin, The Prodigy Returns"
Please enjoy!
This episode is brought to you by:
Momentous high-quality supplements: livemomentous.com/tim (code TIM for 20% off)
Helix Sleep premium mattresses: HelixSleep.com/Tim (25–30% off all mattress orders and two free pillows)
Shopify global commerce platform, providing tools to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business: shopify.com/tim (one-dollar-per-month trial period)
Timestamps:
[00:00] Start
[05:05] Notes about this supercombo format.
[06:07] Enter Anne Lamott.
[06:37] What is it about Bird by Bird that has affected so many people so deeply?
[07:34] Where the title of Bird by Bird originated.
[09:56] How Neal Allen helps people tame (but not discard) their inner critic.
[11:01] Who controls the dial when you're tuned in to KFKD radio?
[12:07] How Anne recommends I pursue my fiction writing aspirations.
[12:53] The pros and cons of Anne's upbringing.
[19:24] What does being "spiritually fit" mean to Anne?
[24:56] How radical self-care became an imperative for Anne.
[32:41] The dark night that turned Anne's son Sam's life around.
[38:26] Enter Josh Waitzkin.
[38:59] On Dreaming Yourself Awake by B. Alan Wallace and Brian Hodel.
[40:14] Casual exercise.
[41:08] Josh's terrifying experience with the Wim Hof method.
[46:08] How Josh uses "flow" as therapy.
[48:35] Initiating a flow state.
[51:01] Cognitive biases and armchair professors.
[55:23] Developing high-level sensitivity and listening to your senses.
[58:09] Strategies for on-boarding newcomers to mindfulness training.
[1:02:56] Paddlesurfers in peril.
[1:03:52] Embracing the funk.
[1:06:19] On parenting.
[1:15:23] Fixed perspectives and growth mindsets.
[1:17:50] On training somatic sensitivity.
[1:22:22] On mitigating the dangers of a fixed identity.
[1:24:48] Marcelo Garcia and the principle of cultivating quality as a way of life.
[1:30:35] Quality and presence in parenthood.
[1:33:58] The fire-walking process.
[1:40:27] Translating techniques learned from martial arts to less obvious activities (like investing).
[1:42:35] Building slack into the system.
[1:46:33] Scarcity in the learning process.
[1:54:43] Josh's daily journaling process.
[1:56:41] Thematic interconnectedness in the context of education.
[2:04:24] The Art of Learning Project.
[2:06:15] Parting thoughts.
Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ other companies. He is also the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors. The Observer and other media have named him “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 900 million downloads and been selected for “Best of Apple Podcasts” three years running.
Sign up for "5-Bullet Friday" (Tim's free weekly email newsletter): https://go.tim.blog/5-bullet-friday-yt/
Follow the Tim Ferriss Podcast: https://tim.blog/podcast/
Visit the Tim Ferriss Blog: https://tim.blog/
Follow Tim Ferriss on Twitter: twitter.com/tferriss
Follow Tim Ferriss on Instagram: instagram.com/timferriss
Like Tim Ferriss on Facebook: facebook.com/TimFerriss
