Book · recommended on 3 episodes
The Work
Byron Katie
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Byron Katie
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This book by Byron Katie has come up 3 times on Tim Ferriss. 3 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Diana Chapman, Tim Ferriss. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2021-10-06 and the most recent from 2023-12-29. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“I think The Work by Byron Katie and doing turnarounds and interrogating your beliefs is very valuable.”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Matt Mullenweg: Co-founder of WordPress (runs over a third of all websites) and founder/CEO of Automattic, the open-source company behind WooCommerce, Tumblr, Day One, and the Texts messaging app. Matt Mullenweg on open-source freedom, an AI-shaped future, his first-ever sabbatical, and tools for life's darkest hours.
“There's something called "The Work" by Byron Katie, which is very much this. And I found personally very useful. Super, super useful.”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Derek Sivers: Entrepreneur turned author who founded and sold CD Baby; minimalist writer known for books like Anything You Want, now living in New Zealand. Derek Sivers walks Tim Ferriss through escaping the cloud, the unoptimized life, and his radical-skepticism worldview of 'Useful Not True.'.
“I'm a huge fan of Byron Katie and I really love her work. And I do the work with myself and I do the work with my clients”— Diana Chapman
The guest here is Diana Chapman: Co-founder of the Conscious Leadership Group and co-author of The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership. A facilitator who has worked with more than 1,000 CEOs and with the Young Presidents' Organization to eliminate drama in workplaces and relationships. Diana Chapman teaches Tim Ferriss how to leave the drama triangle, trust the body's whole-body yes, and take radical responsibility.
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