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Tim Ferriss · 2023-08-14

Dustin Moskovitz, Co Founder of Asana and Facebook | The Tim Ferriss Show

Dustin Moskovitz, Co Founder of Asana and Facebook | The Tim Ferriss Show

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Back Buddy

The Body Back Company (inferred)

“it's my favorite among many of these kind of tools; this is the one I really love”
“this is the back buddy it's a massage tool I have my own right here as well and similarly wherever I go I have them”— Dustin Moskovitz
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Lidocaine patches

“I really like those; I just really love them I buy them probably 20 a month”
“eventually I found the these Lidocaine patches... the lidocaine ones have the same impact but they don't have a smell so I really like those”— Dustin Moskovitz
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Biofreeze

Biofreeze (inferred)

“they work great too they're basically equivalent”
“first I bought the Biofreeze ones which are Menthol based they work great too they're basically equivalent but they have a smell”— Dustin Moskovitz
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The Making of a Manager

Julie Zhuo

“a great just sort of tactical book on how to be a manager”
“the real Catalyst for me was a book... I think it's the making of a manager but it's by Julie Zoo... a great just sort of tactical book on how to be a manager”— Dustin Moskovitz
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The Beginning of Infinity

David Deutsch

“top recommendation; I find it just really fascinating and enjoyable”
“top recommendation is the beginning of infinity by David Deutsch... I find it just really fascinating and enjoyable”— Dustin Moskovitz
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The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership

Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman, Kaley Klemp

“I think 15 commitments is really great; the 15 commitments is also an excellent book”
“the first book is the 15 commitments to conscious leadership... I think 15 commitments is really great”— Dustin Moskovitz
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Nonviolent Communication

Marshall Rosenberg

“the format itself... really changed how I approach Communication in general”
“I wanted to underscore non-violent communication by Marshall Rosenberg I listen to the audiobook... really changed how I approach Communication in general”— Tim Ferriss
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Impossible Burger

Impossible Foods

“I'd much rather have that and it gives me the same sort of satiation that real meat does”
“I'm very interested in the alternative meat products especially the ones from impossible Foods where the foundation is actually taking investment”— Dustin Moskovitz
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A Lamp in the Darkness

Jack Kornfield

“it's particularly useful when going through grief; touch me in a personal way”
“the one I have in here is the lamp in the darkness you know it's particularly useful when going through grief”— Dustin Moskovitz
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Churchill: Walking with Destiny

Andrew Roberts

“his life is just extraordinary and it feels like fiction to go through”
“if I was going to reread a biography it would be Churchill... Walking With Destiny happens to be the one I read and his life is just extraordinary”— Dustin Moskovitz
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The Road Back to You

Ian Morgan Cron, Suzanne Stabile

“I just found the descriptions of the Enneagram types to be just really spot on; really felt like reading my diary”
“this book the road back to you which is about the Enneagram... I just found the descriptions of the Enneagram types to be just really spot on”— Dustin Moskovitz
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The Scout Mindset

Julia Galef

“I think it's just like a good way of getting into that way of thinking”
“Scout mindset it's booked by by Julia gallif and she's a rationalist... I think it's just like a good way of getting into that way of thinking”— Dustin Moskovitz

The guest's own work

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Asana

Asana (inferred)

“Dustin is co-founder and CEO at Asana a leading Work Management platform for teams asana's mission is to help Humanity Thrive”— Tim Ferriss
ProductBy the guest

Facebook

Facebook (inferred)

“prior to Asana he co-founded Facebook and was a key leader within the technical Staff first in the position of CTO”— Tim Ferriss
MediaBy the guest

Fortune article on AI and the future of work

Dustin Moskovitz (inferred)

“I recently published a piece in in Fortune actually that's kind of looking at this through the the work lens”— Dustin Moskovitz
MediaBy the guest

Live Well to Work Hard (Medium post)

Dustin Moskovitz (inferred)

“the title of my media posts is uh you know Live Well to work hard I think people create this false dichotomy of work-life balance”— Dustin Moskovitz

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

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TheraCane

TheraCane (inferred)

“there's other products like this like the theracane I've tried them I'm sure some of them are are almost as good but this is the one I really love”— Dustin Moskovitz
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Measure What Matters

John Doerr

“okay R stands for objectives and key results if you want to take a look at that John Dorr has a book about it”— Tim Ferriss
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The Paradox of Choice

Barry Schwartz

“on the Paradox of choice if people want to look more into that Barry Schwartz wrote a book called The Paradox of choice”— Tim Ferriss
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ChatGPT

OpenAI

“we also use more recently chat GPT and I'm sure we'll experiment with more language models but it is remarkable”— Tim Ferriss
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Claude

Anthropic

“when you have a hosted service like chat GPT or anthropics Claude you can also just like know your customer monitor what they're doing”— Dustin Moskovitz
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Getting Things Done

David Allen

“it's a it's a David Allen thing from uh getting things done... what is the next physical action you know Allah David Allen”— Dustin Moskovitz