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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 one billion downloads and been selected for “Best of Apple Podcasts” three years running.
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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 one billion downloads and been selected for “Best of Apple Podcasts” three years running.
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![Selling 600+ Million Books, Success Principles, and More — Jack Canfield
Jack Canfield is the coauthor of more than two hundred books, including, The Success Principles and the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, which includes forty New York Times bestsellers and which has sold more than 600 million copies in 50-plus languages around the world.
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[00:00] Preview
[00:42] How a single “yes” from Jack shaped my career.
[03:47] A contract lesson: How Chicken Soup for the Soul sold millions in China with zero royalties.
[05:38] Jack’s background: From poverty to Harvard.
[08:35] Discovering Chinese history and the “easy A” that changed everything.
[10:00] Winning “Teacher of the Year” teaching Black history.
[13:38] High praise from Sammy Davis Jr.
[14:13] W. Clement Stone: The $600 million mentor who turned motivation into a science (and insurance).
[18:08] Stone’s challenge: Take 100% responsibility and stop watching TV (a 14-month year hack).
[19:14] From visualizing $100,000 to a million.
[22:17] Chicken Soup origins.
[24:06] Mark Victor Hansen joins.
[25:45] 144 rejections later.
[27:56] The ABA miracle.
[30:32] The Rule of Five.
[32:31] Selling The Soul and splurging on sweaters.
[33:55] The Soup sourced from the universe.
[35:58] The big break.
[37:46] Word-of-mouth magic.
[40:46] Lessons from live feedback.
[42:41] The burnout years.
[44:48] Life after Chicken Soup.
[46:32] Late-night typing marathons and pun-laden chapter transitions that led to The Success Principles.
[49:35] How Jack’s love of transformation beats any royalty check.
[50:38] Retirement reflections.
[54:59] Jack’s longevity formula: Laughter, organic food, love, and letting go.
[57:38] An ayahuasca awakening.
[59:05] The story of Rythmia Life Advancement Center and how it’s affected Jack.
[01:02:03] Breaking belief loops and understanding community as medicine.
[01:05:27] E + R = O and strategies for taking 100% responsibility of one’s life.
[01:17:47] Why “clean up your messes” is first in Jack’s list of productivity tips.
[01:24:57] Where to begin if you’re unfamiliar with Jack’s work.
[01:26:38] Ken Blanchard: “Feedback is the breakfast of champions.”
[01:27:44] 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.
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![From 9th-Grade Dropout to DCs Longest-Serving Police Chief — Cathy Lanier
Cathy Lanier is the Chief Security Officer of the National Football League, where she oversees security across the league office and all 32 clubs. Before the NFL, she served as Chief of Police of Washington, D.C., from 2007 to 2016 — the first woman in the role and the longest-serving chief in the forces history — where her strategies helped cut violent crime by 21 percent even as the citys population grew 15 percent.
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[00:00] Preview.
[00:48] Cathy Lanier: from Tuxedo to the top.
[02:28] Dad vanishes; Mom holds the line (and takes shorthand to the TV).
[07:15] Bused into DC: straight-A student turns chronic truant.
[09:48] Married at 15, signed over for $100 off child support.
[12:07] The baby-in-the-crib wake-up call.
[14:09] GED by a single point; secretary by day, waitress by night.
[17:07] The Washington Post ad that changed everything.
[17:29] 1990 MPD: into the crack cocaine wars.
[20:35] Grandmas gospel: no excuses, damned for doing.
[18:17] Mount Pleasant riots: trial by brick, and a better-way epiphany.
[30:23] Donny Exums nudge — and sergeant at 26.
[36:02] Being a woman on the 90s force: harassment and the 90-day dodge.
[44:33] Marion Barry exits, Chuck Ramsey enters.
[46:09] Lieutenant: the sweet spot. Captain: the desk (but keep the cuffs).
[52:05] 9/11 and the surprise transfer to Special Ops.
[53:26] Mentors lend confidence — and a counterterrorism bureau built from scratch.
[55:20] Live Sarin, VX, and training with bioweapons legends.
[57:40] Text the 50, get the 411: the tip line gambit.
[58:58] Cultivating sources: the white Escalade payoff.
[1:04:31] Attention to detail: OCD as a superpower.
[1:06:32] Teletubby pagers to smartphones — and the Thomas Maslin reckoning.
[1:10:58] NFL security: the scope of everything.
[1:12:57] Red teaming, explained.
[1:14:43] NFL vs. MPD: diversity and complexity that goes to 11.
[1:17:16] The book club: The Tipping Point and Blink.
[1:19:26] Decisions under pressure — and with incomplete information.
[1:24:40] Billboard wisdom: its not what happens, its what you do.
[1:27:55] 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 one billion downloads and been selected for “Best of Apple Podcasts” three years running.
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![The Random Show! Mortality, AI, Supplements, Rock Climbing, & More
In this edition of The Random Show, Tim Ferriss and Kevin Rose reunite over tequila to talk Zen retreats, learning to rock climb at (almost) 50, mortality and grief, why you should stop saying one day, AI predictions , and much more. Please enjoy!
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[00:00] Start.
[00:00] A tequila toast, and getting taxed by alcohol as you age.
[01:56] Toaster at 15: a late-night health scare.
[05:42] Losing Om Malik, and finding out on retreat.
[07:42] Matt Mullenweg, Antarctica, and gratitude.
[09:10] Coming to terms with our limited time on Earth.
[12:39] Five days of silence and the koan Mu.
[13:23] Kevins micro-insight. And a plug for The Way.
[25:42] Rock climbing after 40, and a Yosemite goal.
[27:33] Michael Eckert and finger-strength training.
[28:52] The Nug, Abrahangs, and a travel training kit.
[31:13] Free Solo and climbing with a fear of heights.
[34:54] The Blade Itself, and a friend lost in a plane crash.
[36:19] A2 protein and Pioneer Pastures.
[37:33] Maui Nui venison and the nitrate question.
[40:42] deltaG ketones: what they are and the catch.
[42:35] Ketones, dementia, and verbal fluidity.
[43:26] Pre-grieving a parents decline.
[45:23] Training not to die: the one bike I can stand and the Norwegian 4×4.
[47:52] Something beats nothing: saunas, treadmills, and Duolingo chess.
[49:59] The MM120 anxiety study — and a small-world surprise.
[53:09] Psilocybin, LSD, and dementia case reports.
[58:10] Neutonic toothpicks and Kevins AI-powered home.
[01:02:57] Spooky AI personalization and investment autopsies.
[01:14:28] Values cards, contractual bonds, and dark information.
[01:20:16] 360 reviews and child-rearing.
[01:21:45] Wispr Flow, Shokz, and my recording rig.
[01:26:28] The big three and where AI goes next.
[01:41:21] Let your winners run, and buy the company, not the product.
[01:47:50] Diggs relaunch, 5-Bullet Friday, and parting thoughts.
DISCLAIMER FROM TIM FERRISS: I am not an investment adviser. Nor is Kevin Rose. All opinions are mine alone. Or his. There are risks involved in placing any investment in securities or in Bitcoin or in cryptocurrencies or in anything. None of the information presented herein is intended to form the basis of any offer or recommendation or have any regard to the investment objectives, financial situation, or needs of any specific person, and that includes you, my dear listener or reader. Everything you’re going to hear is for informational entertainment purposes only.
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 one billion downloads and been selected for “Best of Apple Podcasts” three years running.
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