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January 11, 2024
Chris Beresford-Hill — A Master Ad Man on Superbowl Confessions, How to Come Up with Great Ideas, Cold Emailing Mark Cuban, Doing Naughty Things, Poetic Mind Control, Creative Process and Insider Tips, How to Negotiate with Bosses and Clients, and The Powe
Illustration via 99designs“The best ideas are when you’re like, ‘We can never do this. We’re going to get in big trouble. This is so wrong.’ When you feel that, you’ve got to stay there. You absolutely have to. That’s where all the interesting stuff happens.”
— Chris Beresford-Hill
Chris Beresford-Hill is one of the most sought-after creative leaders in advertising and has led brands with a combined market cap of over $1 trillion. He was recently named Chief Creative Officer of the Americas at BBDO Worldwide.
Previously, Chris served as North America President and Chief Creative Officer at Ogilvy and Chief Creative Officer at TBWA\Chiat\Day. His work for clients like Guinness, Mtn Dew, Dove, Workday, Adidas, FedEx, McDonalds, HBO, and Foot Locker has driven sales while putting dent after dent into pop culture.
Chris and his teams have won every award for creativity and effectiveness many times over, including five campaigns in the permanent collection at MoMA. He has been named to Adweek’s list of best creatives — Adweek’s Creative 100 — Business Insider’s Most Creative People in Advertising, and the Ad Age 40 Under 40, back when he was under 40.
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SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODEConnect with Chris Beresford-Hill:BBDO WorldwideModernista! | WikipediaTimeline: The Rise, Fall, and Return of the Hummer | Visual CapitalistThe Dallas MavericksTBWA\Chiat\DayA Safe Place For Brave Ideas | ArnoldHow to Increase Your Luck Surface Area | Codus OperandiThe Media Business: Advertising; Volkswagen Campaign Presents Driving as a Metaphor for Life | The New York TimesVolkswagen Da Da Da Commercial Spot | The Ad ClubTested Advertising Methods by John Caples | AmazonA Father Teaches His Son the Secret of Creativity | Muse by ClioUniversal Studios HollywoodPsycho | Prime VideoBack to the Future | Prime VideoThe Ultimate ‘Back to the Future’ Filming Locations Map | L.A. CurbedJaws | Prime VideoTimeshares, Vacation Clubs, and Related Scams | Consumer AdviceMy New York Knicks: Comparing the 1993 Knicks to the Knicks of Today | Bleacher ReportPurchase College | SUNYComics and Graphic Novels | Image ComicsYoungblood | Image Comics DatabaseNew York Comic ConDave Matthews BandIt’s the Simple Things: How to Aim in Golf | The Left RoughGoodby, Silverstein & PartnersGot Milk?Hummer Ads: A Trip Down Memory Lane at $4 a Gallon | Daily KOSThe Origin of Super Bowl Ads — And How They Conquered the Game | TimeThe Essential Robert Goulet | Amazon MusicFatboy Slim ft. Bootsy Collins: Weapon Of Choice [Official 4k Video] | YouTubeRocky | Prime VideoAn Oral History of Old Spice: The Man Your Man Could Smell Like | Creative ReviewHenry Ford, Innovation, and That “Faster Horse” Quote | Harvard Business ReviewKevin Kelly — Excellent Advice for Living | The Tim Ferriss Show #669Emerald Nuts: Boogeyman | Ad AgeGild the Lily Idiom | Grammarist“I Drink Your Milkshake!” Clip | There Will Be BloodThere Will Be Blood | Prime VideoRussell Crowe Accused of Assault With Hotel Phone | The New York TimesCast Away | Prime VideoThe Shining | Prime Video‘The Shining’: Bryan Cranston Stars in Mountain Dew Commercial | Rolling StoneThe Harvard LampoonIconic Ads: iPod “1,000 Songs in Your Pocket” | Point of View“Where’s the Beef?” The Story of the Most Famous Slogan Ever | Better MarketingThe Shoe SurgeonAdidas: Billie Jean King Your Shoes | CliosA Short History of Napster | LifewireHey Whipple, Squeeze This: The Classic Guide to Creating Great Advertising by Luke Sullivan | AmazonThe Making of South Park: 6 Days to Air | Prime VideoBoardomatics | Milowerx MediaMetallica: Some Kind of Monster | NetflixMetallica by Metallica | Amazon MusicConan O’Brien Can’t Stop | Prime VideoBird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott | AmazonAnne Lamott on Taming Your Inner Critic, Finding Grace, and Prayer | The Tim Ferriss Show #522Progress Over Perfection | Tone HouseDog Tips and Training with Tim Ferriss | YouTubeAllen Carr’s Easy Way to Quit Smoking Without Willpower by Allen Carr | AmazonThe Easy Way to Quit Caffeine: Live a Healthier, Happier Life by Allen Carr | AmazonThe Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups by Daniel Coyle | AmazonConan Learns Korean And Makes It Weird | TBSLevels of the Game by John McPhee | AmazonBalthazar Restaurant New York“Always Be Closing” Clip | Glengarry Glen RossGlengarry Glen Ross | Prime VideoMessage on a Bottle: The Story Behind Dr. Bronner’s Soaps | DielineDr. Bronner’s Pure-Castile Liquid Soap (Baby, Unscented) | AmazonDerren Brown: The Push | NetflixDerren Brown: Miracle | NetflixWords That Work: It’s Not What You Say, It’s What People Hear by Dr. Frank Luntz | AmazonRepublicans Say ‘Death Tax’ While Democrats Say ‘Estate Tax’ | Business InsiderModell’s Sporting GoodsDimeMag | UPROXXFoot Locker Commercial with Mike Tyson, Dennis Rodman, Brett Favre | TYT SportsGuinness Wheelchair Basketball Commercial Breaks the Beer Industry Stereotype | SlateSHOW NOTESEditor’s Note: Timestamps will be added shortly.
How Chris landed his first job with the help of Mark Cuban.Lessons learned from first boss Lance Jensen.Writing cold emails that work.What Chris’s dad taught him about workarounds.A golf strategy that inspired Super Bowl aspirations.Good taste and the Modernista style.Portfolio building.How Chris landed his first Super Bowl ad.Editing and expectations.Critical acclaim.Working with BBDO’s David Lubars.Working fast and resisting the urge to “gild the lily.”Shining a light on the Super Bowl LIV Mountain Dew commercial.The value of the vaguely naughty mindset.Making less more with Tor Myhren.The Adidas/Billie Jean King gambit.A Napster campaign crashes.Creative industry-related reading and viewing.Overcoming creative roadblocks.What Chris does in lieu of meditation.Books and videos that save lives and inspire curiosity.Best investments of less than $100.Capturing and saving good ideas for later.What words are worth.If the idea is good enough, there’s always more money.Give Chris a Foot Locker and he’ll take a mile.An ego check.Chris’s billboard.Parting thoughts.MORE CHRIS BERESFORD-HILL QUOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW“I’m not here to do what the plan is today. I’m here to see what’s possible.”
— Chris Beresford-Hill
“The best ideas are when you’re like, ‘We can never do this. We’re going to get in big trouble. This is so wrong.’ When you feel that, you’ve got to stay there. You absolutely have to. That’s where all the interesting stuff happens.”
— Chris Beresford-Hill
“Another lesson — certainly in advertising, but anywhere — is the more ground you can cover in a room, the better because you start further ahead than if you constantly come together, and split off, and come together, and split off.”
— Chris Beresford-Hill
“The best gift you can ever get is a first boss that has great taste or high standards.”
— Chris Beresford-Hill
“It just felt like I was able to create the life of my dreams, even if the day-to-day reality didn’t totally match it. And that was fine by me.”
— Chris Beresford-Hill
“This is not the kind of idea that gets green-lit. I had a stolen Snickers in my pocket, and I wanted out of that store.”
— Chris Beresford-Hill
“I liked my climb. I liked working my way up slowly and learning my craft and not doing something that might’ve made me very sought after and might’ve gotten me a bigger, better job faster. So it was a heartache, but it put me right on the path that I needed to have, which was the long path.”
— Chris Beresford-Hill
“If the idea is good enough, there’s always more money.”
— Chris Beresford-Hill
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January 5, 2024
A Glimpse of the Future: Electroceuticals for 70%–90% Remission of Depression, Brain Stimulation for Sports Performance, and De-risking Ibogaine for TBI/PTSD (#714)
Illustration via 99designs“What’s so hard about this scientifically, and to get the scientific community fully on board with these ideas, is that we’re likely going to figure out this works before we have any idea on how it works.”
— Dr. Nolan Williams
Welcome to a very special episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, an episode that might be an example of peeking around corners and catching a glimpse of the future of mental health treatments in the next five to ten years.
My guest is Nolan Williams, MD (@NolanRyWilliams). Nolan is an associate professor within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine and director of the Stanford Brain Stimulation Lab. He has a broad background in clinical neuroscience and is triple board certified in general neurology, general psychiatry, and behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry. Themes of his work include examining spaced learning theory and neurostimulation techniques, development and mechanistic understanding of rapid-acting antidepressants, and identifying objective biomarkers that predict neuromodulation responses in treatment-resistant neuropsychiatric conditions.
Nolan specializes in looking at cutting-edge treatments and new technologies that can be applied to treatment-resistant psychiatric disorders—so, treatment-resistant depression, disorders that are notoriously difficult to address, such as OCD, and many others.
Nolan’s work resulted in an FDA clearance for the world’s first noninvasive, rapid-acting neuromodulation approach for treatment-resistant depression. And I’ve tested this myself, and we get into this in the conversation. He has published papers in Brain, American Journal of Psychiatry, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Results from his studies have gained attention in Science and NEJM Journal Watch. He has received two NARSAD Young Investigator Awards, the Gerald L. Klerman Award, and the National Institute of Mental Health Biobehavioral Research Award for Innovative New Scientists.
We also discuss things like ibogaine that are seemingly unrelated to neuromodulation, as Nolan is very well-versed in multiple disciplines and in multiple toolkits, both pharmacological and non-invasive neuromodulatory. It’s this combination, actually, this rare Venn diagram, that makes him incredibly interesting to me.
I really enjoyed this conversation. I think it is very important, highly tactical, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
P.S. “Magnesium–Ibogaine Therapy in Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injuries” is now live in Nature Medicine.
Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform. Watch the interview on YouTube here.
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The transcript of this episode can be found here. Transcripts of all episodes can be found here.
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Want to hear another episode that explores the frontier of ibogaine therapy? Listen to my conversation with Hamilton Morris in which we discussed Alexander Shulgin’s psychedelic research at the height of the War on Drugs, concerns about psychedelic research in the for-profit sector, how ibogaine’s usefulness for treating opioid addiction was discovered, sustainable alternatives to popularly used compounds, required reading, and much more.
#511: Hamilton Morris on Iboga, 5-MeO-DMT, the Power of Ritual, New Frontiers in Psychedelics, Excellent Problems to Solve, and MoreWhat was your favorite quote or lesson from this episode? Please let me know in the comments.
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SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODEConnect with Dr. Nolan Williams:Brain Stimulation Lab | Twitter
Magnesium–Ibogaine Therapy in Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injuries | Nature Medicine Clinical Trials (Ongoing and Upcoming Studies) | Brain Stimulation LabA Life-Saving Treatment for the Severely Depressed | Magnus MedicalAccelerated TMS: Moving Quickly into the Future of Depression Treatment | NeuropsychopharmacologyWe Do Coffee Differently | Philz CoffeeDr. Nolan Williams: Psychedelics and Neurostimulation for Brain Rewiring | Huberman LabAnterior Cingulate Cortex | Neuroscientifically ChallengedDorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex (DLPFC or DL-PFC ) | WikipediaIs the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Actually Several Different Brain Areas? | Journal of NeuroscienceTargeted Neurostimulation Reverses a Spatiotemporal Biomarker of Treatment-Resistant Depression | Proceedings of the National Academy of ScienceResting-State Functional MRI: Everything That Nonexperts Have Always Wanted to Know | American Journal of NeuroradiologyThe Psychiatry Milestones 2.0: How Did We Get from 1.0 to 2.0 and What Can Users Expect? | Academic PsychiatryThorazine (Chlorpromazine) | RxListHow Viagra Was Discovered by Accident | BBCSome Practical Thoughts on Suicide | Tim FerrissStanford Accelerated Intelligent Neuromodulation Therapy (SAINT) for Treatment-Resistant Depression | American Journal of PsychiatryTranscranial Magnetic Stimulation: A Review of Its Evolution and Current Applications | Industrial Psychiatry JournalWhat is Faraday’s Law? | Khan AcademyElectroconvulsive Therapy: A History of Controversy, but Also of Help | The ConversationOne Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest | Prime VideoCould I Lose My Job If I Admitted Myself to a Hospital (Having a Mental Crisis)? | QuoraFDA Clears SAINT Rapid-Acting Brain Stimulation Approach for Those Suffering From Resistant Major Depression | Brain & Behavior Research FoundationDoes TMS Therapy Cause Headaches? | Principium PsychiatryTMS for Migraine: Benefits, Effectiveness, Precautions, and More | HealthlineEndogenous Opioids Mediate Left Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex rTMS-Induced Analgesia | PubmedPersonalized (N-of-1) Trials: A Primer | JAMA PediatricsNSAIDs (Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs) | Cleveland ClinicMontgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) | MDCalcAnhedonia | Cleveland ClinicWhat Is Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease? | Verywell HealthParkinson’s vs. Parkinsonism | Davis Phinney FoundationParkinson’s UK Brain Bank | Parkinson’s UKDeep Phenotyping: The Details of Disease | NatureSubstantia Nigra (SN) | Cleveland ClinicSequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR*D) | WikipediaLexapro (Escitalopram) | Cleveland ClinicCelexa (Citalopram) | Cleveland ClinicEffexor (Venlafaxine) | Cleveland ClinicKetamine versus ECT for Nonpsychotic Treatment-Resistant Major Depression | NEJMA Trip into the Future | American Physiological SocietyInside Ibogaine: A Promising and Perilous Drug for Addiction | TimeFighting for Those Who Fought for Us | VETSFormer GOP Texas Governor Promotes Psychedelics Research for Veterans at Event with Leading Experts | Marijuana MomentHuman Subjects Institutional Review Board | Research Compliance Office, StanfordThe Bachelorette | ABCTorsades de Pointes | Cleveland ClinicHoward Lotsof Dies at 66; Saw Drug Cure in a Plant | The New York TimesBreaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism by Daniel Pinchbeck | AmazonWhat is an Open-Label Clinical Trial? | News-Medical.NetAlexithymia Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments | HealthlineBiden Signs Defense Spending Bill Funding Psychedelic Research | ForbesDr. Deborah Mash: Ibogaine Can Make You Review Your Life | The New Health Club with Anne PhilippiListen: Neil Gaiman Reads ‘A Christmas Carol’ | The New York Public LibraryMinority Report | Prime VideoComparing Iboga to other Psychedelics and Entheogens | Root HealingGlial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF) | WikipediaBrain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) | Wikipedia5-HT2A Receptor | WikipediaControversial Drug Shown to Act On Brain Protein to Cut Alcohol Use | UC San FranciscoThe Anti-Addiction Drug Ibogaine and the Heart: A Delicate Relation | MoleculesNoribogaine | WikipediaFrom Bwiti to Ibogaine and Back: A Transnational History of Tabernanthe iboga | ChacrunaTreatment | Ibogaine Safety GuidelinesWoman Dies While Being Treated for Drug Addiction | NZ HeraldTikosyn (Dofetilide) | Cleveland ClinicWalmart’s Food Sales Are Rapidly Dropping — Is Ozempic to Blame? | Eat This, Not ThatDr. Gül Dölen on Rethinking Psychedelics, New Applications (Autism, Stroke, and Allergies), The Neurobiology of Beginner’s Mind, Octopuses on MDMA, and The Master Key of Metaplasticity | The Tim Ferriss Show #667Concussion/Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) | CDC Injury CenterWhy Ibogaine for TBI? | VETSFive Myths about Using Suboxone to Treat Opiate Addiction | Harvard HealthWhat is Naltrexone? | SAMHSAKentucky Eyes Ibogaine, a Psychedelic, to Treat Opioid Addiction | The EconomistCan Brain Ultrasound Treat Addiction? Study at WVU, UVA May Hold Answers | WV NewsDeep Brain Stimulation for Severe Opioid Addiction | NIH HEAL InitiativeFinding the Cure for Scurvy | Naval History MagazineChris Palmer, MD, of Harvard Medical School — Optimizing Brain Energy for Mental Health, The Incredible Potential of Metabolic Psychiatry, Extraordinary Case Studies, and Harnessing Mitochondria for Anxiety, Depression, OCD, PTSD, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show #633I Feel Love: MDMA for Autism and Social Anxiety by Rachel Nuwer | Tim FerrissThe Psychoactive Drug Ibogaine Could Save Lives — And Everyone Wants to Cash In | National GeographicAn Urgent Plea to Users of Psychedelics: Let’s Consider a More Ethical Menu of Plants and Compounds | Tim FerrissVoacanga: An Alternative, Sustainable Source of Ibogaine Treatment | Psychedelic TimesVoacangine | WikipediaHamilton Morris on Iboga, 5-MeO-DMT, the Power of Ritual, New Frontiers in Psychedelics, Excellent Problems to Solve, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show #511Bufo Alvarius: The Psychedelic Toad of the Sonoran Desert by Ken Nelson, Expanded and Updated Edition by Hamilton Morris | Department of InformationOpen-Label Study of Consecutive Ibogaine and 5-Meo-Dmt Assisted-Therapy for Trauma-Exposed Male Special Operations Forces Veterans: Prospective Data from a Clinical Program in Mexico | The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol AbuseU-M Study Investigating If Magic Mushrooms Can Help Fibromyalgia | WXYZDr. Nora Volkow — Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) | The Tim Ferriss Show #673Scientists Use High-Tech Brain Stimulation to Make People More Hypnotizable | Stanford MedicineClinical Translation of Ultrasonic Ketamine Uncaging for Non-Opioid Therapy of Chronic Pain | NIH RePORTERSnow Crash by Neal Stephenson | AmazonCorpus Callosotomy Surgery | Children’s Hospital of PhiladelphiaAaron Rodgers Pushes for Acceptance of Psychedelics | ESPNSHOW NOTES[07:49] How SAINT helped Deirdre Lehman.[13:59] Typical vs. atypical sequences of activation.[21:00] Psychiatry 1.0, 2.0, 3.0.[26:41] How SAINT (Stanford Accelerated Intelligent Neuromodulation Therapy) came to be.[34:00] TMS vs. ECT.[35:26] Rewards and risks of shortening treatment timeframe.[43:43] Numbers treated and common side-effects.[46:32] Patient demographics.[49:51] Where to find current open trials.[51:01] Observed benefits of SAINT over more conventional treatments.[52:45] Adapting treatment when symptoms prove misleading.[58:03] SAINT remission numbers versus those of alternative therapies.[1:02:50] Delayed remission speculation.[1:07:06] How Nolan became The Ibogaine Bachelorette.[1:11:37] The origin of Nolan’s interest in ibogaine.[1:12:40] Amazing results of the quickest-recruiting study Nolan has ever run.[1:15:19] Dealing with alexithymia and self-reporting inaccuracies in research.[1:19:41] Ibogaine research gets federal funding (approved since this conversation took place)![1:21:09] Isolating the ibogaine effect.[1:21:49] The value of life review on ibogaine.[1:25:56] How ibogaine differs from other psychedelic treatments.[1:30:05] The challenge behind synthesizing naturally occurring compounds.[1:31:54] Coping with ibogaine’s cardiac risks.[1:39:37] Understanding habitual action through ibogaine, Ozempic, caffeine, and alcohol.[1:45:43] Ibogaine for TBI.[1:50:08] Ibogaine for alleviating opioid withdrawal symptoms.[1:51:34] Ibogaine in Kentucky.[2:00:59] Weighing ethics with potential outcomes in research.[2:04:31] Can ibogaine be sourced (or synthesized) sustainably?[2:08:24] Does 5-MeO-DMT complement ibogaine enough to justify its collection?[2:16:48] What might Psychiatry 4.0 look like?[2:25:12] Could we develop therapies to change hand dominance?[2:28:08] Boosting performance.[2:34:01] Parting thoughts.UPDATE FROM BRYAN HUBBARD:
Since Dr. Williams’ interview, a new Attorney General has assumed office in Kentucky. In a letter dated December 26th, 2023, Bryan Hubbard resigned from the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission due to the new Attorney General’s opposition to the use of its funds for ibogaine research.
MORE DR. NOLAN WILLIAMS QUOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW“You’re actually sending a memory signal into the brain. The stimulation pattern you’re sending into the brain, this kind of Morse code, is really a ‘Turn on, stay on, remember to stay on’ memory signal that’s going into the brain. You’re just basically taking the hippocampus, the part of the brain that’s involved in memory and that signaling that comes out of there, and you’re playing that back through the prefrontal cortex in a way to try to tell the prefrontal cortex to ‘Turn on, stay on, and remember to stay on.'”
— Dr. Nolan Williams
“I’m a pragmatist … for me, the patient’s the most important thing. I have this view of psychiatry that it’s going to look like in-patient cardiology in 20 years where we’re going to use drugs, we’re going to use devices, we’re going to be able to figure out what the best thing is for that patient.”
— Dr. Nolan Williams
“If we gave one of the big pharma companies a hundred billion dollars and said, “Don’t just re-synthesize ibogaine, but make a drug that works like ibogaine,” … I think they’d have a hard time doing it because we don’t have the neuroscience to understand what’s going on there.”
— Dr. Nolan Williams
“What’s so hard about this scientifically, and to get the scientific community fully on board with these ideas, is that we’re likely going to figure out this works before we have any idea on how it works.”
— Dr. Nolan Williams
“If people think it’s really weird, it’s a positive signal that I need to do it.”
— Dr. Nolan Williams
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The New Frontiers of Mental Health — Dr. Nolan Williams on Brain Stimulation, Ibogaine, Rapid-Acting Tools for Depression, Enhancing Sports Performance, and More (#714)
Illustration via 99designs“What’s so hard about this scientifically, and to get the scientific community fully on board with these ideas, is that we’re likely going to figure out this works before we have any idea on how it works.”
— Dr. Nolan Williams
Welcome to a very special episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, an episode that might be an example of peeking around corners and catching a glimpse of the future of mental health treatments in the next five to ten years.
My guest is Nolan Williams, MD (@NolanRyWilliams). Nolan is an associate professor within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine and director of the Stanford Brain Stimulation Lab. He has a broad background in clinical neuroscience and is triple board certified in general neurology, general psychiatry, and behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry. Themes of his work include examining spaced learning theory and neurostimulation techniques, development and mechanistic understanding of rapid-acting antidepressants, and identifying objective biomarkers that predict neuromodulation responses in treatment-resistant neuropsychiatric conditions.
Nolan specializes in looking at cutting-edge treatments and new technologies that can be applied to treatment-resistant psychiatric disorders—so, treatment-resistant depression, disorders that are notoriously difficult to address, such as OCD, and many others.
Nolan’s work resulted in an FDA clearance for the world’s first noninvasive, rapid-acting neuromodulation approach for treatment-resistant depression. And I’ve tested this myself, and we get into this in the conversation. He has published papers in Brain, American Journal of Psychiatry, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Results from his studies have gained attention in Science and NEJM Journal Watch. He has received two NARSAD Young Investigator Awards, the Gerald L. Klerman Award, and the National Institute of Mental Health Biobehavioral Research Award for Innovative New Scientists.
We also discuss things like ibogaine that are seemingly unrelated to neuromodulation, as Nolan is very well-versed in multiple disciplines and in multiple toolkits, both pharmacological and non-invasive neuromodulatory. It’s this combination, actually, this rare Venn diagram, that makes him incredibly interesting to me.
I really enjoyed this conversation. I think it is very important, highly tactical, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
P.S. “Magnesium–Ibogaine Therapy in Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injuries” is now live in Nature Medicine.
Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform. Watch the interview on YouTube here.
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Want to hear another episode that explores the frontier of ibogaine therapy? Listen to my conversation with Hamilton Morris in which we discussed Alexander Shulgin’s psychedelic research at the height of the War on Drugs, concerns about psychedelic research in the for-profit sector, how ibogaine’s usefulness for treating opioid addiction was discovered, sustainable alternatives to popularly used compounds, required reading, and much more.
#511: Hamilton Morris on Iboga, 5-MeO-DMT, the Power of Ritual, New Frontiers in Psychedelics, Excellent Problems to Solve, and MoreWhat was your favorite quote or lesson from this episode? Please let me know in the comments.
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Since Dr. Williams’ interview, a new Attorney General has assumed office in Kentucky. In a letter dated December 26th, 2023, Bryan Hubbard resigned from the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission due to the new Attorney General’s opposition to the use of its funds for ibogaine research.
MORE DR. NOLAN WILLIAMS QUOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW“You’re actually sending a memory signal into the brain. The stimulation pattern you’re sending into the brain, this kind of Morse code, is really a ‘Turn on, stay on, remember to stay on’ memory signal that’s going into the brain. You’re just basically taking the hippocampus, the part of the brain that’s involved in memory and that signaling that comes out of there, and you’re playing that back through the prefrontal cortex in a way to try to tell the prefrontal cortex to ‘Turn on, stay on, and remember to stay on.'”
— Dr. Nolan Williams
“I’m a pragmatist … for me, the patient’s the most important thing. I have this view of psychiatry that it’s going to look like in-patient cardiology in 20 years where we’re going to use drugs, we’re going to use devices, we’re going to be able to figure out what the best thing is for that patient.”
— Dr. Nolan Williams
“If we gave one of the big pharma companies a hundred billion dollars and said, “Don’t just re-synthesize ibogaine, but make a drug that works like ibogaine,” … I think they’d have a hard time doing it because we don’t have the neuroscience to understand what’s going on there.”
— Dr. Nolan Williams
“What’s so hard about this scientifically, and to get the scientific community fully on board with these ideas, is that we’re likely going to figure out this works before we have any idea on how it works.”
— Dr. Nolan Williams
“If people think it’s really weird, it’s a positive signal that I need to do it.”
— Dr. Nolan Williams
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January 3, 2024
24 Highlights from The Tim Ferriss Show to Make You Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise in 2024
Happy New Year!
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for listening to The Tim Ferriss Show, which will hit its 10th anniversary soon.
Below are some of my favorite TFS moments from 2023. I’m using them, and I believe you can use them, as launching points to become healthier, wealthier, and wiser in 2024. I’ve thrown in a few laughs, too, as those are perhaps most important of all.
The clips below cover a wide range of topics—the very tactical and practical (exercise routines, optimizing to-do lists, building habits, goal setting), life-transforming decisions and big-picture moves (rites of passage, personal reinvention), and much more.
2024 is going to be very big! Secret plans are already in the works…
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1. Arthur Brooks explains how to create lasting satisfaction:
2. Dr. Peter Attia on his personal rules for alcohol consumption:
3. Derek Sivers goes into when and why you should stop playing “the game“ you’re playing:
4. Dr. Andrew Huberman addresses the importance of neck strength training:
5. Dr. Shirley Sahrmann recorded her exercise routine after discussing it on the podcast:
6. Sam Corcos explains his approach to getting things done (and ditching the standard to-do list approach):
7. Kevin Kelly on cultivating a strong rest ethic:
8. Atomic Habits author James Clear on how to build good habits in 2024:
9. Professor John Vervaeke on reading for personal transformation:
10. My thoughts on AI companions, and how they will reshape society (from a recent Q&A):
11. Live demo with famous pickpocket Apollo Robbins:
12. Neuroscientist David Eagleman explains how to “stretch time” with novelty:
13. Founder of Shake Shack Danny Meyer on the four quadrants of performance:
14. Famed explorer Wade Davis on the importance of rites of passage:
15. Why We Sleep author Dr. Matthew Walker on the impact of coffee on sleep:
16. Investor Bill Gurley on the superpowers of Jeff Bezos:
17. Award-winning game designer Justin Gary on the art of goal setting and how to make progress:
18. Director of the Harvard Negotiation Project Sheila Heen on inviting (and giving) feedback:
19. My friend Kevin Rose on his magic rice cooker:
20. Dr. Willoughby Britton on how to choose your next meditation retreat:
21. Co-Creator of Exploding Kittens Elan Lee on the keys to creating a great game:
22. Neuroscience professor Dr. Gül Dölen on whether psychedelics can help with autism:
23. Seth Godin on why we need meaning:
24. Jake Muise on becoming a lava cowboy and rescuing cows with a helicopter:
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December 29, 2023
Matt Mullenweg — The Art of Crafting a Sabbatical, Tips for Defending Against Hackers, Leveraging Open Source, Thriving in an AI World, and Tips for Life’s Darkest Hours (#713)
Illustration via 99designs“Companies don’t die from competition. They usually die from suicide.”
— Matt Mullenweg
Matt Mullenweg (@photomatt) is co-founder of the open-source publishing platform WordPress, which now powers over 40 percent of all sites on the web. He is the founder and CEO of Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Tumblr, WPVIP, Day One, Texts, and Pocket Casts. Additionally, Matt runs Audrey Capital, an investment and research company. He has been recognized for his leadership by Forbes, Bloomberg Businessweek, Inc., TechCrunch, Fortune, Fast Company, Wired, University Philosophical Society, and Vanity Fair.
Matt is originally from Houston, Texas, where he attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and studied jazz saxophone. In his spare time, Matt is an avid photographer. He currently splits his time between Houston and San Francisco.
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Want to hear the episode Matt Mullenweg and I did from Antarctica? Listen to our conversation here, in which we discussed whisky, perpetual daylight, living with zero internet access, the “patient” landscape of Antarctica, witnessing a total solar eclipse, the grieving process, podcast tech specs, existential revelations, bucket list items, and much more.
#578: Tim Ferriss and Matt Mullenweg in Antarctica: Exploring Personal Fears, Bucket Lists, Facing Grief, Crafting Life Missions, and Tim’s Best Penguin ImpressionsWhat was your favorite quote or lesson from this episode? Please let me know in the comments.
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They can pull the rug, and will pull the rug, at any point. In open source, one, the rug can’t be pulled. Two, typically, they’re ultra pluggable. You can really change every line of WordPress.”
— Matt Mullenweg
“How do we help bend the long arc towards more freedom, more liberty across the world? Technology does that better than, I think, any sort of diplomacy or anything else that I could work on.”
— Matt Mullenweg
“Companies don’t die from competition. They usually die from suicide.”
— Matt Mullenweg
“If you have the people on your side, I feel like that’s what truly matters in the long term.”
— Matt Mullenweg
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December 27, 2023
The Random Show — 2024 New Year’s Resolutions, Tim’s 30-Day No-Caffeine Experiment, Mental Health Breakthroughs, AI Upheaval, Dealmaking and Advising for Startups, The Next-Gen of Note-Taking, Digital Security Tips, and Much More (#712)
Illustration via 99designs Technologist, serial entrepreneur, world-class investor, self-experimenter, and all-around wild and crazy guy Kevin Rose (@KevinRose) rejoins me for another episode of The Random Show!
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Want to hear the last time Kevin and I put on a Random Show? Listen to our conversation here, in which we discussed brain stimulation, 21st-century dating, phone data strategies for international travelers, carrot-free martinis, synchronous book clubs, creative CØCKPUNCH collaboration, overcoming delegation consternation, and much more.
#690: The Random Show, Rare Drinking Edition — Affordable Luxuries, Brain Stimulation, Sampling the Future (and Some Previews), Recharging with Creative Experiments, Tokenizing Humans with a Bonding Curve, Poetry for People Who Hate Poetry, and Much MoreWhat was your favorite quote or lesson from this episode? Please let me know in the comments.
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| The New York TimesLumbosacral Transitional Vertebrae: Classification, Imaging Findings, and Clinical Relevance | American Journal of NeuroradiologyMy Skincare Routine | TikTokPeople Are Drinking Ayahuasca to Treat Physical Illnesses | ViceThe Fellowship of the River: A Medical Doctor’s Exploration into Traditional Amazonian Plant Medicine by Joseph Tafur | AmazonHealing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection by John Sarno | AmazonHolotropic Breathwork: A New Approach to Self-Exploration and Therapy by Stanislav Grof and Christina Grof | AmazonAbout Holotropic Breathwork | Grof Transpersonal TrainingBillions | ShowtimeRounders | Prime VideoCartesian Dualism | Philosophy TubeSmall Pilates Ball | AmazonSHOW NOTES[04:57] Tequila disclosures and investment discourse.[10:42] Startup advisor advice.[18:40] The hit rate of past New Year’s resolutions.[20:13] Henry Shukman’s new meditation app: The Way.[22:44] An overlooked advantage for the early investor.[24:15] Saucelessness and second brains.[27:41] Protecting your phone’s collage of schwanzes.[34:20] Privacy and liability concerns in an AI-guided world.[40:42] Minimalist delegation, foot faults, and surrender.[46:30] Quick, creative collaborations.[51:39] My post-holiday physical reboot.[59:02] Kevin’s physical reboot.[1:03:18] Taking a break from caffeine, alcohol, sex, and sweetness.[1:16:26] Cacao ceremonies and perilous tobacco cocktails.[1:22:18] Radical Acceptance and the origin of TimTim.[1:24:34] How NFTs drove Kevin to ketamine.[1:57:09] Kevin’s robot-enhanced Tyler Hobbs tattoo.[2:02:45] What kind of tattoo might I get, and why?[2:09:11] Advice for our former (and current) versions.[2:21:25] Ayahuasca agony alleviation and alternatives.[2:34:07] Gratitude and parting thoughts.PEOPLE MENTIONEDChase JarvisDon Julio GonzálezMark ZuckerbergDavid ChoeAsa AkiraChris SaccaManu GinóbiliJimmy FallonHenry ShukmanSam HarrisSohnShrekBen CasnochaMichael Alan SingerPeter AttiaGary TaubesBarack ObamaDarya RoseRhonda PatrickJohannes WilbertTara BrachArnold SchwarzeneggerAndrew HubermanMatthew PerryJennifer ElliceLeBron JamesJohn KrystalMichael JacksonRoland GriffithsJennifer StrangeParacelsusPhil WolfsonTyler HobbsEstefania MarquezPablo PicassoBanksyMolly FerrissToaster Pino RoseJess MascettiBruce WillisGay HendricksKatie HendricksMichael PollanJohn E. 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December 20, 2023
Andrew Rosener — Becoming The Hokkaido Scallop King, Leasing Blue Chip URLs, Life Tenets from Charlie Tuna, Selling 8-Figure Domains, and More (#711)
Illustration via 99designs“As far as I can tell, all greatness is achieved through novelty. It’s doing things that other people don’t want to do, doing things that other people are afraid to do, doing things that other people wouldn’t even think about doing.”
— Andrew Rosener
Andrew Rosener (@andrewrosener) is the founder and CEO of MediaOptions, which has been the #1 domain broker in the world for the last six consecutive years. Since 2008, Andrew has been involved in more than $600 million dollars in domain sales and has played a pivotal role in numerous high-profile domain-name transactions, including X.com to Elon Musk, Zoom.com to Zoom, and Prime.com and Podcast.com to Amazon, as well as thousands of others.
Andrew is an inductee of the Domain Name Hall of Fame; he was named Domain Investor of the Year by TRAFFIC; and he is the creator of the Rosener Equation, a formula for objectively valuing domain names, widely adopted by the industry.
Andrew is also the owner of DomainSherpa.com, the industry’s leading educational podcast.
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Want to hear another episode with a different kind of broker? Listen to my conversation with superstar agent Rich Paul, in which we discussed lifelong lessons learned from youthful street gambling, creating an enduring relationship with client LeBron James, beating bigger competition, entrepreneurial impulses that lead to darkness, best investments, influential confidence builders, and much more.
#697: Rich Paul — The Power Broker and Superstar Agent Behind LeBron James, Draymond Green, and OthersWhat was your favorite quote or lesson from this episode? Please let me know in the comments.
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The 10 (now 15) Tenets of Charlie Tuna:I’m not Mother Teresa; I’m here for a profit.You can’t run a whorehouse without any whores.Get your ducks in a row before you pull the trigger.Pay for the mic, say what you want (as Reagan said to Bush during a debate, “I paid for this microphone”).Don’t crowd the mourners (a reference to not overstepping your boundaries).Don’t offend my sense of logic.Play stupid and see what you can learn (go play Mickey the Dunce).Don’t be backward about going forward.When you woke up today, what did you tell yourself?Tire-kickers are like leeches, they suck your time.Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, you can’t put it back in.Pay peanuts, get monkeys.Cheap is always the most expensive option.Do what you say you are going to do.Gutter money is good money.The Industry Leading Domain Broker | Media OptionsMemento | Prime VideoForrest Gump | Prime VideoAndrew Rosener’s Amazing Ride From Historic New England to Domain Sales Nirvana | Domain Name JournalThe University of Rhode IslandExactitude Definition and Meaning | Merriam-WebsterAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand | AmazonWhat Is Arbitrage? | InvestopediaMizuhopecten Yessoensis | WikipediaTeppanyaki Restaurant | BenihanaTop Five Best Nicaraguan Cigars in 2023 | Atlantic Cigar CoJamón Ibérico | WikipediaQuiet Please Farm | Sweet House DreamsBuy, Sell, and Talk Domain Names | DN ForumThe Domain Industry News Magazine | Domain Name JournalInternet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)Confirmed: Amazon Acquires Prime.com | Domain InvestingWhat is Domain Squatting and How Can You Protect Your Brand? | Intercap RegistryUniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) | ICANNThe Net | Prime VideoMedia Options Inc Completes the Sale of Domain Name Pizza.net | PR.comBack When SCO and Pizza Hut Made Headlines with PizzaNet | Santa Cruz Tech BeatSingle-Letter Second-Level Domain | WikipediaThe Pros and Cons of Living in Panama | International LivingEverything You Need to Know About Domain Name Leasing (Including Example Agreement) with Zak Muscovitch | DomainSherpaBuy and Sell Anything Safely without the Risk of Chargebacks | Escrow.comHire Freelancers and Find Freelance Jobs Online | FreelancerDiabetes and Obesity Outcomes Guaranteed | Vida HealthFacebook Paid Farm Bureau $8.5 Million To Acquire Fb.com | TechCrunchAbsolut’s Approach to Marketing: Then and Now | BanknotesDon’t Grow Your Garden in Someone Else’s Yard | Paul JunFuckyourself.com Now Points to Bob Iger’s Wikipedia Page | Kim Dotcom, TwitterThe Big Lebowski | Prime VideoJackie Treehorn’s Doodle Pad | The Big LebowskiHotel BironDr. Gabor Maté — The Myth of Normal, Metabolizing Anger, Processing Trauma, and Finding the Still Voice Within | The Tim Ferriss Show #620How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management by Seneca and James S. Romm | AmazonDe Ira | WikipediaThe Easy Way to Quit Caffeine: Live a Healthier, Happier Life by Allen Carr | AmazonAllen Carr’s Easy Way To Stop Smoking by Allen Carr | AmazonRound 2: We Test the New Gemini-Powered Bard against ChatGPT | Ars TechnicaKnow Your Client (KYC): What It Means, Compliance Requirements | InvestopediaChris Dixon and Naval Ravikant — The Wonders of Web3, How to Pick the Right Hill to Climb, Finding the Right Amount of Crypto Regulation, Friends with Benefits, and the Untapped Potential of NFTs | The Tim Ferriss Show #542One Stop Shop for Web3 Domains | Unstoppable DomainsNo, There Isn’t Child Porn on the Bitcoin Blockchain | Bitcoin NewsFive Ways You Can Use Web3 Domains | Unstoppable DomainsIn the Valley of Novelty by Terence McKenna | The Library of ConsciousnessRonald Reagan at 1980 GOP Debate: “I Am Paying for This Microphone” | Face the NationInception | Prime VideoA Summary and Analysis of the David and Goliath Story | Interesting LiteratureDots Of Thoughts On Where AI Is Headed | Agent.aiSHOW NOTES[07:06] Who is Charlie Tuna, and what are his tenets?[30:11] Presidential ham and the value of owning coveted domains.[34:35] Tess Diaz enters the picture.[39:25] A domain industry overview.[43:14] Domain investors vs. domain squatters.[46:21] Getting a late start in the game.[50:16] Brokering the sale of pizza.net.[56:50] Why relocate to Panama in the midst of building a business that needed to make $250 per day?[1:00:40] Leasing vs. buying a domain as a startup.[1:10:36] Leasing vs. selling a domain as a holder.[1:13:42] How important is securing your brand as a .com?[1:15:50] Negotiating equity in lieu of cash.[1:19:35] Are we in the early stages of a digital real estate boom?[1:22:03] Why did Andrew buy Fuckyourself.com?[1:25:29] Anger management.[1:31:18] Email management.[1:33:57] How will AI affect the domain industry and SEO business?[1:39:53] Alternative uses for domains.[1:48:35] Finding Andrew and his projects online.[1:49:28] Pursuit of happiness.[1:55:08] Avoiding attraction to unnecessary pain.[2:03:13] Three most important influences.[2:06:05] Parting thoughts.[2:08:15] Hunting bigger fish.MORE GUEST QUOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW“As far as I can tell, all greatness is achieved through novelty. It’s doing things that other people don’t want to do, doing things that other people are afraid to do, doing things that other people wouldn’t even think about doing.”
— Andrew Rosener
“Show me one meaningful piece of art that came as a result of rainbows and butterflies and happiness. Great art comes from pain, suffering, heartache, mental illness, just terrible circumstances. Great art comes from the darkness, not from the light, but you need both. And if you ignore the darkness, you will never get the light — or you’ll always be chasing the light. The light will always be in the distance, but you have to lean into the pain.”
— Andrew Rosener
“I was able to build a business that makes a lot of money and fits my lifestyle. I’ve optimized it for exactly the way I want to live. I don’t want to build, I don’t want to scale it. I don’t want to have 60 employees. I want to have four, five. I want to just keep doing what I’m doing.”
— Andrew Rosener
“I don’t necessarily pursue happiness, I pursue contentment.”
— Andrew Rosener
“I fundamentally believe that we are still in the early stages of domain names and domain value, the early stages of digital commerce and the internet.
Most people in the world have been online for less than 25 years. That’s a pretty short period of time. As we see commercial real estate sort of dying and all the distress in commercial real estate, we’re seeing digital real estate boom. And there’s a direct correlation there — I want to say a causation.”
— Andrew Rosener
“You’d be hard-pressed to tell me a company valued over $1 billion that isn’t on a .com. I think there’s only one Fortune 1000 company that is not on a .com.”
— Andrew Rosener
“I think that a long-enduring, mostly loving marriage is one of the most underrated elements of success in the world. Maybe the most underrated.”
— Andrew Rosener
PEOPLE MENTIONEDPeter MoehrkeMini-MeAyn RandBatman/Bruce WayneMother TeresaGeorge W. BushTess DiazSandra BullockElon MuskPeter ThielStephanie TileniusSeneca the YoungerDale CarnegieJack DorseyTerence McKennaJason StathamRonald ReaganGeorge H.W. BushWayne GriffinHoward HughesAndrew’s ParentsLeonardo DiCaprioDavidGoliathDharmesh ShahJeff BezosThe post Andrew Rosener — Becoming The Hokkaido Scallop King, Leasing Blue Chip URLs, Life Tenets from Charlie Tuna, Selling 8-Figure Domains, and More (#711) appeared first on The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss.
Andrew Rosener — The Path from Scallop Kingpin to Selling 8-Figure Domains, Achieving Financial Freedom, and How to Live a Contrarian Life (#711)
Illustration via 99designs“As far as I can tell, all greatness is achieved through novelty. It’s doing things that other people don’t want to do, doing things that other people are afraid to do, doing things that other people wouldn’t even think about doing.”
— Andrew Rosener
Andrew Rosener (@andrewrosener) is the founder and CEO of MediaOptions, which has been the #1 domain broker in the world for the last six consecutive years. Since 2008, Andrew has been involved in more than $600 million dollars in domain sales and has played a pivotal role in numerous high-profile domain-name transactions, including X.com to Elon Musk, Zoom.com to Zoom, and Prime.com and Podcast.com to Amazon, as well as thousands of others.
Andrew is an inductee of the Domain Name Hall of Fame; he was named Domain Investor of the Year by TRAFFIC; and he is the creator of the Rosener Equation, a formula for objectively valuing domain names, widely adopted by the industry.
Andrew is also the owner of DomainSherpa.com, the industry’s leading educational podcast.
Please enjoy!
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#697: Rich Paul — The Power Broker and Superstar Agent Behind LeBron James, Draymond Green, and OthersWhat was your favorite quote or lesson from this episode? Please let me know in the comments.
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SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODEConnect with Andrew Rosener:DomainSherpa Links:Website | YouTube | Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn
The 10 (now 15) Tenets of Charlie Tuna:I’m not Mother Teresa; I’m here for a profit.You can’t run a whorehouse without any whores.Get your ducks in a row before you pull the trigger.Pay for the mic, say what you want (as Reagan said to Bush during a debate, “I paid for this microphone”).Don’t crowd the mourners (a reference to not overstepping your boundaries).Don’t offend my sense of logic.Play stupid and see what you can learn (go play Mickey the Dunce).Don’t be backward about going forward.When you woke up today, what did you tell yourself?Tire-kickers are like leeches, they suck your time.Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, you can’t put it back in.Pay peanuts, get monkeys.Cheap is always the most expensive option.Do what you say you are going to do.Gutter money is good money.The Industry Leading Domain Broker | Media OptionsMemento | Prime VideoForrest Gump | Prime VideoAndrew Rosener’s Amazing Ride From Historic New England to Domain Sales Nirvana | Domain Name JournalThe University of Rhode IslandExactitude Definition and Meaning | Merriam-WebsterAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand | AmazonWhat Is Arbitrage? | InvestopediaMizuhopecten Yessoensis | WikipediaTeppanyaki Restaurant | BenihanaTop Five Best Nicaraguan Cigars in 2023 | Atlantic Cigar CoJamón Ibérico | WikipediaQuiet Please Farm | Sweet House DreamsBuy, Sell, and Talk Domain Names | DN ForumThe Domain Industry News Magazine | Domain Name JournalInternet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)Confirmed: Amazon Acquires Prime.com | Domain InvestingWhat is Domain Squatting and How Can You Protect Your Brand? | Intercap RegistryUniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) | ICANNThe Net | Prime VideoMedia Options Inc Completes the Sale of Domain Name Pizza.net | PR.comBack When SCO and Pizza Hut Made Headlines with PizzaNet | Santa Cruz Tech BeatSingle-Letter Second-Level Domain | WikipediaThe Pros and Cons of Living in Panama | International LivingEverything You Need to Know About Domain Name Leasing (Including Example Agreement) with Zak Muscovitch | DomainSherpaBuy and Sell Anything Safely without the Risk of Chargebacks | Escrow.comHire Freelancers and Find Freelance Jobs Online | FreelancerDiabetes and Obesity Outcomes Guaranteed | Vida HealthFacebook Paid Farm Bureau $8.5 Million To Acquire Fb.com | TechCrunchAbsolut’s Approach to Marketing: Then and Now | BanknotesDon’t Grow Your Garden in Someone Else’s Yard | Paul JunFuckyourself.com Now Points to Bob Iger’s Wikipedia Page | Kim Dotcom, TwitterThe Big Lebowski | Prime VideoJackie Treehorn’s Doodle Pad | The Big LebowskiHotel BironDr. Gabor Maté — The Myth of Normal, Metabolizing Anger, Processing Trauma, and Finding the Still Voice Within | The Tim Ferriss Show #620How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management by Seneca and James S. Romm | AmazonDe Ira | WikipediaThe Easy Way to Quit Caffeine: Live a Healthier, Happier Life by Allen Carr | AmazonAllen Carr’s Easy Way To Stop Smoking by Allen Carr | AmazonRound 2: We Test the New Gemini-Powered Bard against ChatGPT | Ars TechnicaKnow Your Client (KYC): What It Means, Compliance Requirements | InvestopediaChris Dixon and Naval Ravikant — The Wonders of Web3, How to Pick the Right Hill to Climb, Finding the Right Amount of Crypto Regulation, Friends with Benefits, and the Untapped Potential of NFTs | The Tim Ferriss Show #542One Stop Shop for Web3 Domains | Unstoppable DomainsNo, There Isn’t Child Porn on the Bitcoin Blockchain | Bitcoin NewsFive Ways You Can Use Web3 Domains | Unstoppable DomainsIn the Valley of Novelty by Terence McKenna | The Library of ConsciousnessRonald Reagan at 1980 GOP Debate: “I Am Paying for This Microphone” | Face the NationInception | Prime VideoA Summary and Analysis of the David and Goliath Story | Interesting LiteratureDots Of Thoughts On Where AI Is Headed | Agent.aiSHOW NOTES[07:06] Who is Charlie Tuna, and what are his tenets?[30:11] Presidential ham and the value of owning coveted domains.[34:35] Tess Diaz enters the picture.[39:25] A domain industry overview.[43:14] Domain investors vs. domain squatters.[46:21] Getting a late start in the game.[50:16] Brokering the sale of pizza.net.[56:50] Why relocate to Panama in the midst of building a business that needed to make $250 per day?[1:00:40] Leasing vs. buying a domain as a startup.[1:10:36] Leasing vs. selling a domain as a holder.[1:13:42] How important is securing your brand as a .com?[1:15:50] Negotiating equity in lieu of cash.[1:19:35] Are we in the early stages of a digital real estate boom?[1:22:03] Why did Andrew buy Fuckyourself.com?[1:25:29] Anger management.[1:31:18] Email management.[1:33:57] How will AI affect the domain industry and SEO business?[1:39:53] Alternative uses for domains.[1:48:35] Finding Andrew and his projects online.[1:49:28] Pursuit of happiness.[1:55:08] Avoiding attraction to unnecessary pain.[2:03:13] Three most important influences.[2:06:05] Parting thoughts.[2:08:15] Hunting bigger fish.MORE GUEST QUOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW“As far as I can tell, all greatness is achieved through novelty. It’s doing things that other people don’t want to do, doing things that other people are afraid to do, doing things that other people wouldn’t even think about doing.”
— Andrew Rosener
“Show me one meaningful piece of art that came as a result of rainbows and butterflies and happiness. Great art comes from pain, suffering, heartache, mental illness, just terrible circumstances. Great art comes from the darkness, not from the light, but you need both. And if you ignore the darkness, you will never get the light — or you’ll always be chasing the light. The light will always be in the distance, but you have to lean into the pain.”
— Andrew Rosener
“I was able to build a business that makes a lot of money and fits my lifestyle. I’ve optimized it for exactly the way I want to live. I don’t want to build, I don’t want to scale it. I don’t want to have 60 employees. I want to have four, five. I want to just keep doing what I’m doing.”
— Andrew Rosener
“I don’t necessarily pursue happiness, I pursue contentment.”
— Andrew Rosener
“I fundamentally believe that we are still in the early stages of domain names and domain value, the early stages of digital commerce and the internet.
Most people in the world have been online for less than 25 years. That’s a pretty short period of time. As we see commercial real estate sort of dying and all the distress in commercial real estate, we’re seeing digital real estate boom. And there’s a direct correlation there — I want to say a causation.”
— Andrew Rosener
“You’d be hard-pressed to tell me a company valued over $1 billion that isn’t on a .com. I think there’s only one Fortune 1000 company that is not on a .com.”
— Andrew Rosener
“I think that a long-enduring, mostly loving marriage is one of the most underrated elements of success in the world. Maybe the most underrated.”
— Andrew Rosener
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December 15, 2023
Super Combo: Jamie Foxx and Maria Popova (#710)
Illustration generated by OpenAI’s DALL·E, an AI program specialized in creating images from textual descriptions.Welcome to The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is my job to deconstruct world-class performers to tease out their routines, habits, et cetera that you can apply to your own life.
This time around, we have a very special edition with two hit interviews from the podcast’s back catalog. It features two incredible guests: Jamie Foxx and Maria Popova.
My goal is to introduce people to interviews they might have missed over the years and encourage them to enjoy household names but also sample lesser-known people I consider stars. You can think of this format as my personal, curated selection of the best of the last 10 years, or at least some of my favorites.
Jamie Foxx (@iamjamiefoxx) is an Academy Award-winning actor, a Grammy Award-winning musician, and a standup and improv comedian. He is one of the most consummate performers and entertainers that I have ever met. This conversation was voted Podcast of the Year in 2015.
Maria Popova (@brainpicker) is the creator of The Marginalian (long ago named Brain Pickings), which is included in the Library of Congress’ permanent web archive of culturally valuable materials. The Marginalian is Maria’s one-woman labor of love—an inquiry into how to live and what it means to lead a good life. From Mark Twain to Oscar Wilde and everyone in between, Maria finds the hidden gems. She is prolific and consistent—The Marginalian was created on October 23, 2006, and it has been running strong for 17+ years.
What do you think of this format? Please let me know on Twitter—or X, as the cool kids say—by tagging @tferriss .
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Want to hear other episodes featuring Jamie Foxx and Maria Popova? Listen to my second conversation with Jamie, in which we discussed past lives, political correctness, orgasmic meditation, artistic death, how Jamie imagines heaven, and much more. And be sure to check out some of Maria’s favorite book recommendations as part of the “Books I’ve Loved” series.
#167: Jamie Foxx Part 2 - Bringing the Thunder#436: Books I've Loved — Maria Popova and Tyler CowenWhat was your favorite quote or lesson from this episode? Please let me know in the comments.
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SELECTED LINKS FROM THE JAMIE FOXX EPISODE
Connect with Jamie Foxx:
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Jamie Foxx – Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen RosesTwista ft. Kanye West and Jamie Foxx – Slow JamzJamie Foxx ft. T-Pain – Blame It (On The Alcohol)Terrell, TexasSeattle during the Jazz AgeRayRay Charles performing on The Dinah Shore Show, 1963In Living ColorThe Laugh Factory HollywoodBlack Lives MatterThe home of Martin Luther King, Jr.Minority of OneThe PianistWithout Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America by James AllenThe Harrison Narcotic ActGiuseppe Zanotti shoesSleepless NightDjango UnchainedSHOW NOTES (Timestamps apply to original episode)
Why does Jamie keep a grand piano in his home studio? [06:49]What is automated dialogue replacement (ADR)? [08:13]How did Jamie break into music? [09:32]How did a then-unknown Jamie Foxx got into Puff Daddy’s parties? [09:57]Jamie challenges Puff Daddy by throwing down the party gauntlet [10:55]Before social media, Jamie had a unique way of staying connected with people, which involved comedy shows, cue cards, and text messages [11:59]Why nobody leaves Jamie’s house without performing [16:56]What makes Jamie’s studio magical [19:34]How Jamie learned the nuances of performing on both sides of the tracks (literally and metaphorically) when he was a kid [23:59]How young Jamie dealt with racially insensitive grown-ups at a Christmas party [28:31]What convinced Jamie to leave Texas and head to California [30:42]Life lessons Jamie learned from his grandma [33:38]Why Jamie is always willing to help his family, but he’s no sucker [39:45]Jamie’s parenting style [41:27]How portraying Ray Charles in Ray gave Jamie the opportunity to bring all of his comedic, acting, and musical talents into play [42:00]What Ray Charles told Jamie was possible if he could play the blues [43:15]Lessons from Ray Charles [47:19]What’s on the other side of fear? [50:42]Jamie’s first impression? [54:07]What Bill Cosby had to say to Jamie on the subject of booty calls [56:44]How Jamie uses his musical background to help him do impressions [57:34]How raising kids in Hollywood differs from Jamie’s own small-town Texas upbringing [59:52]Jamie Foxx’s real name [01:03:06]Could Prince or Michael Jackson find a career break in today’s “Age of Memes?” [01:08:11]What happened when Jamie first bombed on stage [01:09:32]Why do some standup comedians lose the ability to make people laugh? [01:17:15]Where does Jamie get his best standup material? [01:20:34]How did the In Living Color team assemble? [01:28:19]Jamie talks about how social media has taken away the power to control our own narratives [01:34:51]Is Quentin Tarantino a cop hater? [Short answer: No, and don’t believe the media spin] [01:41:32]Jamie’s advice to new parents raising a child of color in modern America [01:48:00]Jamie’s plans for his next comedy tour [01:52:43]The first person who comes to Jamie’s mind when he hears the word “successful.” [01:54:34]What historical figure does Jamie most identify with? [01:57:13]Jamie’s take on documentaries [02:01:37]What would Jamie’s billboard say? [02:06:08]What would Jamie teach a class of 9th graders? [02:07:22]Jamie’s morning routine (it doesn’t involve coffee) [02:12:07]Advice Jamie would give to his younger self. [02:15:04]The time Jamie told Mike Tyson jokes but didn’t realize Mike was in the audience. [02:23:55]PEOPLE MENTIONED
Puff DaddySnoop DoggJohn BBrian McKnightBreyon PrescottJ. LoJay ZMissy ElliottPharrellKanye WestNatasha BedingfieldKelly RowlandThe GameEd SheeranMiranda LambertStevie WonderBabyfaceRay CharlesQuincy JonesFrank SinatraDinah ShoreMark TwainJohnny CarsonDavid BrennerSteve AllenDavid LettermanFranklyn AjayeJay LenoRichard PryorRich LittleJimmy CarterRichard NixonRonald ReaganDoc RiversKermit the FrogSammy Davis, Jr.LeBron JamesRedd FoxxPrinceMichael JacksonLatimoreKevin HartEddie MurphyChris RockJim CarreyChris TuckerJoe PiscopoBill ClintonArsenio HallGeorge LopezSarah SilvermanAmy SchumerWhoopi GoldbergTK KirklandEarthquakeTony RobertsEvan GoldbergSeth RogenJerrod CarmichaelRobert De NiroKeenen Ivory WayansDamon WayansYvette WilsonHeavy DShawn WayansCaitlyn JennerJustin BieberChris BrownJennifer AnistonQuentin TarantinoBarack ObamaOprah WinfreyNorman LearMagic JohnsonKareem Abdul-JabbarMartin Luther King, Jr.Harry BelafontePo BronsonColin PowellTyrin TurnerNicole ScherzingerTankKid InkMike TysonTerence WinterMartin ScorseseDrew Bundini BrownMuhammad AliWill SmithSelected Links from the Maria Popova EpisodeConnect with Maria Popova:The Marginalian | Twitter | Instagram
Adventures in the Screen Trade by William GoldmanWilderness Essays by John MuirThe MarginalianSam Harris’s Blog The Essential Scratch and Sniff Guide to Becoming a Wine Expert Explore LJ or Maria’s Literary JukeboxBasecampTRXScreenGrabEvernoteWordPress.orgShare-a-Draft Plugin for sharing with WordPress.orgWordPress VIPBuffer for Twitter/Facebook ManagementEMailCharter.orgWhere to Start? The Marginalian Recommendations from Maria PopovaThe Shortness of Life: Seneca on Busyness and The Art of Living Wide Rather Than Living Long by Maria PopovaHow to Find Your Purpose and Do What You Love by Maria PopovaHappy Birthday, Brain Pickings: 7 Things I Learned in 7 Years of Reading, Writing, and Living by Maria PopovaSHOW NOTES (Timestamps apply to original episode) What percentage of New York Times best sellers are a result of Maria’s coverage? [4:55]How to live a meaningful happy life. [10:00]The importance of writing for an audience of one. [12:10]Contending with the temptation to create Buzzfeed-like content. [15:45]Maria Popova’s daily rituals, beliefs on sleep, distraction-avoidance habits, meditation, and exercise routines. [23:25]Maria Popova’s note-taking system. [31:45]Seneca and the time-tested challenge of presence vs. productivity. [37:36]Start-up opportunity? Build a note-taking tool for heavy readers/highlighters. [41:58]About the team behind BrainPickings. [48:45]Maria Popova’s process for editing within her team. [51:12]Self-reliance pathology and how to overcome it. [53:56]How to find a professional personal assistant and delegate. [56:40]What Maria Popova’s weight lifting regiment looks like, plus her favorite bodyweight-only exercise. [1:02:14]Blogging strategies [1:05:22]Social media strategies [1:15:00]How cultivate a personal inner circle, how to pre-screen book review requests [1:20:30]Why there are no dates on the posts on BrainPickings? [01:12:30]Scheduling (and automating) social media [01:22:10]How do you deal with friends who want you to read their books? [01:27:10]What donation model works best for site revenue? [01:31:45]People MentionedSam Hhttps://tim.blog/2018/10/29/sam-harris-waking-up/arrisWendy MacNaughtonRichard BettsKurt VonnegutKevin KellyAlan WattsChris SaccaJohn RomanielloOscar WildeTara Brach – Mindfulness Practitioner (Meditation Podcast)Werner HerzogRalph Waldo EmersonPaul GrahamThe post Super Combo: Jamie Foxx and Maria Popova (#710) appeared first on The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss.
December 13, 2023
In Case You Missed It: November 2023 Recap of “The Tim Ferriss Show” (#709)
Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is my job to deconstruct world-class performers to tease out the routines, habits, et cetera that you can apply to your own life.
This is a special inbetweenisode, which serves as a recap of the episodes from last month. It features a short clip from each conversation in one place so you can easily jump around to get a feel for the episode and guest.
See it as a teaser. Something to whet your appetite. If you like what you hear, you can of course find the full episodes below or at tim.blog/podcast.
Please enjoy!
Timestamps:
Q&A with Tim: 02:59
Steve Jang: 08:41
Dr. Willoughby Britton: 18:14
Sheila Heen: 28:13
Full episode titles:
Sheila Heen — How to Master the Difficult Art of Receiving (and Giving) Feedback (#703)
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