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How Wolves Change Rivers
“I think it makes a good point about how the absence or presence of one species can affect everything”
“people can look at a short documentary called I think it's called How Wolves Change Rivers or Why Wolves Change Rivers”— Tim Ferriss
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The Lion Tracker's Guide to Life
Boyd Varty
“the Lion Tracker's Guide to Life by Boyd Varty is excellent”
“I would reiterate that the Lion Tracker's Guide to Life by Boyd Varty is excellent. That's a very short read”— Tim Ferriss
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Of Wolves and Men
Barry Lopez
“one of the best non-fiction books I've ever read in my life. It is incredible. It is just phenomenal”
“Of Wolves and Men by Barry Lopez one of the best non-fiction books I've ever read in my life. It is incredible. It is just phenomenal”— Tim Ferriss
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Arctic Dreams
Barry Lopez
“His non-fiction is absolutely incredible”
“Barry Lopez also wrote Arctic Dreams for which he won many many awards. His non-fiction is absolutely incredible”— Tim Ferriss
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Born Standing Up
Steve Martin
“It is spectacular. It is one of the best autobiographies I've ever had the pleasure to enjoy”
“his autobiography, I listened to an audio, which I recommend everyone do... It is spectacular. It is one of the best autobiographies I've ever had the pleasure to enjoy”— Tim Ferriss
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The Art of Learning
Josh Waitzkin
“I would suggest... pick up a book called The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin”
“I would suggest if you're looking for the translation of chess principles to many other fields, pick up a book called The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin”— Tim Ferriss
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Radical Acceptance
Tara Brach
“Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach is incredibly helpful... I think that book is spectacular”
“reading a book like Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach is incredibly helpful... I think that book is spectacular”— Tim Ferriss
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How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
Dale Carnegie
“I've yet to run into a single close friend... suffering from anxiety who has not benefited from this book... it is outstanding”
“How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie... I've yet to run into a single close friend of mine who's been suffering from anxiety who has not benefited”— Tim Ferriss
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How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan
“one first step there is to introduce them to How to Change Your Mind, the book by Michael Pollan”
“one first step there is to introduce them to How to Change Your Mind, the book by Michael Pollan. And if they're willing to read that”— Tim Ferriss
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The Black Swan
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“I found all of them to be very thought-provoking, and worth reading, and I don't say that lightly”
“Antifragile, Fooled by Randomness, and The Black Swan... I found all of them to be very thought-provoking, and worth reading, and I don't say that lightly”— Tim Ferriss
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Fooled by Randomness
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“I found all of them to be very thought-provoking, and worth reading, and I don't say that lightly”
“Antifragile, Fooled by Randomness, and The Black Swan... I found all of them to be very thought-provoking, and worth reading, and I don't say that lightly”— Tim Ferriss
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Antifragile
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“I found all of them to be very thought-provoking, and worth reading, and I don't say that lightly”
“Antifragile, Fooled by Randomness, and The Black Swan... I found all of them to be very thought-provoking, and worth reading, and I don't say that lightly”— Tim Ferriss
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Vision Quest
“Vision Quest is fantastic... fantastic movie. Loved it when I saw it”
“Vision Quest is fantastic... It's pretty cheeseball, but fantastic movie. Loved it when I saw it”— Tim Ferriss
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Dan Gable: Competitor Supreme
“It's intense and it's great. I really really really enjoyed it”
“My favorite wrestling movie is a documentary called Dan Gable: Competitor Supreme... It's intense and it's great. I really really really enjoyed it”— Tim Ferriss
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The Effective Executive
Peter Drucker
“The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker, read that. Read it at least once a year”
“So, the effective executive by Peter Drucker, read that. Read it at least once a year”— Tim Ferriss
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Essentialism
Greg McKeown
“Essentialism by Greg McKeown, read that”
“Essentialism by Greg McKeown, read that. Highlight it. Highlight it on a Kindle so you can export your highlights”— Tim Ferriss
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The 80/20 Principle
Richard Koch (inferred)
“Another would be the 80/20 principle”
“Another would be the 80/20 principle. And if you're so inclined, the 4-Hour Workweek”— Tim Ferriss
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Oura Ring
Oura
“my favorite being the aura ring... it would pay for itself a thousand times over in my life”
“many different tracking devices my favorite being the aura ring... it would pay for itself a thousand times over in my life”— Tim Ferriss
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Eight Sleep Pod
Eight Sleep
“I am a huge fan”
“I have an Eight Sleep right upstairs. I am a huge fan, especially when it's 95-plus degrees outside”— Tim Ferriss
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Lithium orotate (low-dose)
“recommended to me by a very very well-respected doctor I know... I take 5 mg before bed”
“Low-dose lithium orotate, which I purchase on Amazon. I take 5 mg before bed and if I'm starting to slip... I take 5 milligrams in the morning as well”— Tim Ferriss
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Magnesium threonate
“I followed a bunch of his recommendations and it has dramatically improved my sleep”
“Before sleep, I'm taking magnesium threonate, which selectively targets brain tissue or at least is well absorbed by brain tissue”— Tim Ferriss
The guest's own work
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The 4-Hour Body
Tim Ferriss
“Tim, it's been over a decade since the 4-Hour Body. If you had to revise it, what would you change?”— Tim Ferriss
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Tools of Titans
Tim Ferriss
“Those additions, however, were put into Tools of Titans. So, a lot of the additions that I would have made to The 4-Hour Body were put into Tools of Titans”— Tim Ferriss
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The 4-Hour Work Week
Tim Ferriss
“many of the updates that I would have put into The 4-Hour Work Week, but more so The 4-Hour Body and The 4-Hour Chef were added into Tools of Titans”— Tim Ferriss
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The 4-Hour Chef
Tim Ferriss
“I still use DS3 or DSSS as described at great length in The 4-Hour Chef in the Metalearning section”— Tim Ferriss
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Tribe of Mentors
Tim Ferriss
“I believe that Tim Urban very graciously allowed me to reproduce it in either Tools of Titans or Tribe of Mentors”— Tim Ferriss
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Theragun
Therabody (inferred)
“rolling the bottom of my feet and also using percussion devices like Theragun as an example”— Tim Ferriss
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Dave MacLeod's rock climbing training books
Dave MacLeod
“He has written a few books on training for rock climbing, as well as putting out a lot of good content on YouTube. I'll take a look”— Tim Ferriss
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Hanna
“If anyone wants to watch the trailer to Hannah. I'm saying that only half kidding”— Tim Ferriss
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Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss
Dennis McKenna
“The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss is by Dennis McKenna and that is not short, but certainly for those interested in psychedelics”— Tim Ferriss
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Chili Pad
Chili (inferred)
“there's certain things technically that are a lot easier with something like Eight Sleep or the Chili Pad things of that type”— Tim Ferriss
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Total Immersion Swimming
Terry Laughlin
“If you look at my first TED Talk, it describes how I used Total Immersion Swimming by Terry Laughlin, who's also been on the podcast”— Tim Ferriss
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One Piece
Eiichiro Oda (inferred)
“So, I chose one piece, which is a very, very popular comic book, and I had the Japanese version, and then I had the Spanish version”— Tim Ferriss
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