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Professor John Vervaeke — On Cultivating Wisdom, Finding Flow States, The Power and Perils of Intuition, The Four Ways of Knowing, Learning to Fall in Love with Reality, and More (#657)

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“Knowledge is about overcoming ignorance. Wisdom is about overcoming foolishness. So you understand wisdom by understanding foolishness, and you understand foolishness as not identical to ignorance.”

— Professor John Vervaeke

John Vervaeke (@vervaeke_john) is a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto. He currently teaches courses on thinking and reasoning with an emphasis on cognitive development, intelligence, rationality, mindfulness, and the psychology of wisdom.

Vervaeke is the director of UToronto’s Consciousness and Wisdom Studies Laboratory and its Cognitive Science program, where he teaches Introduction to Cognitive Science and The Cognitive Science of Consciousness, emphasizing the 4E model, which contends that cognition and consciousness are embodied, embedded, enacted, and extended beyond the brain.

Vervaeke has taught courses on Buddhism and Cognitive Science in the Buddhism, Psychology, and Mental Health program for 15 years. He is the author and presenter of the YouTube series “Awakening from the Meaning Crisis” and his brand new series, “After Socrates.”

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Want to hear another interview that ponders the nature of our relationship with reality? Have a listen to my conversation with Professor Donald Hoffman here, in which we discuss the science of consciousness, how perception may influence the physical world, the holographic model of the universe, panpsychism (and influential panpsychists), cosmological polytope, the use of hallucinogenic drugs to tap into deeper reality and interact with conscious agents, QBism, the probability of zero that humans evolved to see reality in full, and much more wild stuff.

#585: Professor Donald Hoffman — The Case Against Reality, Beyond Spacetime, Rethinking Death, Panpsychism, QBism, and More

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After Socrates | John VervaekeAwakening from the Meaning Crisis | John VervaekeConsciousness and Wisdom Studies Lab (CWSL) | University of TorontoJohn Vervaeke’s Brilliant 4P/3R Metatheory of Cognition | Psychology TodayJohn Vervaeke Summarising 4P (Clip) | Rebel Wisdom with Jonathan RowsonAffordance Theory (Gibson) | Learning TheoriesDualism | Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyHow Semantic Memory Works | Simply PsychologyFlow (Psychology) | WikipediaFlow, Metaphor, and the Axial Revolution | Awakening from the Meaning Crisis #2Daoism | Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyT’ai Chi Ch’uan Philosophy | WikipediaQigong | WikipediaShiatsu | WikipediaSearching for Bobby Fischer: The Father of a Prodigy Observes the World of Chess by Fred Waitzkin | AmazonSearching For Bobby Fischer | Prime VideoJosh Waitzkin: 2004 Tai Chi World Cup Highlights | YouTubeJosh Waitzkin — How to Cram 2 Months of Learning into 1 Day | The Tim Ferriss Show #375Socrates, The Monstrous | After Socrates #2Case Studies | Harvard Business ReviewFlow as Spontaneous Thought: Insight and Implicit Learning | The Oxford Handbook of Spontaneous ThoughtJazz Improvisation Made Simple: A Step-By-Step GuideChristian Philosophy and Theology | Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyLord of Light by Roger Zelazny | AmazonSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse | AmazonFifth Business by Robertson Davies | AmazonTai Chi and Qi: A Deep Dive by John Vervaeke | TaiChiUSAThe Buddha and “Mindfulness” | Awakening from the Meaning Crisis #8Ecology of Practices | After Socrates #10aEcology of Practices | After Socrates #10bVipassana Meditation | Dhamma.orgBrief Instructions for Loving-Kindness Meditation | Metta InstituteSharon Salzberg, World-Renowned Meditation Teacher | The Tim Ferriss Show #277Rapture | WikipediaWhat Is the “Unforgivable Sin?” | NIV BibleSocrates and the Quest for Wisdom | Awakening from the Meaning Crisis #4Platonism and the Platonic Tradition | Encyclopedia.comThe Axial Age: When the Greatest Minds Walked the Earth | Big ThinkBuddhism and Parasitic Processing | Awakening from the Meaning Crisis #13Parasitic Processing — The Cognitive Science of Overthinking | Dismantled MindNo Free Lunch Theorem | WikipediaNewell, Simon, and Shaw Develop the First Artificial Intelligence Program | History of InformationBounded Rationality | Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyOne of These Things | Sesame StreetFlow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi | AmazonEducating Intuition by Robin M. Hogarth | AmazonImplicit Learning and Tacit Knowledge | Journal of Experimental Psychology: GeneralPattern Recognition | C8 SciencesStoicism Resources and Recommendations | Tim FerrissList of Cognitive Biases and Heuristics | The Decision LabLectio Divina: A Beginner’s Guide | Busted HaloContemplation vs. Meditation (What’s the Difference?) | Mindfulness BoxMeditation and Contemplation with Dr. John Vervaeke | Consciousness & ConsciencePhilosophical Fellowship: Demonstration of the Practice | Voices with VervaekePositivity: Groundbreaking Research to Release Your Inner Optimist and Thrive by Barbara Fredrickson | AmazonChristianity and Agape | Awakening from the Meaning Crisis #16What is the Circling Method? | The Circling InstituteContemplating in Togetherness from Our Inner Depth | Deep PhilosophyOmnipresence | Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyEthics: With the Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect and Selected Letters by Baruch Spinoza | AmazonEuclid’s Elements (The Thirteen Books) by Euclid | AmazonDisbelieve It or Not, Ancient History Suggests That Atheism Is as Natural to Humans as Religion | University of CambridgeThe Religion of No Religion | Awakening from the Meaning Crisis #39Dialectic into Dialogos and the Pragmatics of No-thingness in a Time of Crisis | Eidos. A Journal for Philosophy of CultureDialectic into Dia-logos | After Socrates #3The Symbol, Sacredness, and the Sacred | Awakening from the Meaning Crisis #35Plato and the Cave | Awakening from the Meaning Crisis #5Religio/Perennial Problems/Reverse Eng. Enlightenment | Awakening from the Meaning Crisis #36The Summa Theologiæ of St. Thomas Aquinas | New AdventWhat Is Sufism? | Institute for Global ChangeCorbin and the Divine Double | Awakening from the Meaning Crisis #48What is Poiesis? | PoiesisEmbodiment and Auto Poiesis (Clip) | John VervaekePlotinus and Neoplatonism | Awakening from the Meaning Crisis #18Vedanta | WikipediaThe Lost Way to the Good: Dionysian Platonism, Shin Buddhism, and the Shared Quest to Reconnect a Divided World by Thomas Plant | AmazonLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry | AmazonLonesome Dove | Prime VideoJohn Vervaeke: The Book That Changed My Life | Rebel WisdomWhat Is Ancient Philosophy? by Pierre Hadot | AmazonAwakening From the Meaning Crisis Book List | John VervaekeGreat Dialogues of Plato by Plato | AmazonAh, Not to Be Cut Off by Rainer Maria Rilke | The Living RoomArchaic Torso of Apollo by Rainer Maria Rilke | Vox PopuliAscension, 1965 | John Coltrane QuartetAgape and 4E Cognitive Science | Awakening from the Meaning Crisis #38Cognition In the Wild by Edwin Hutchins | AmazonDistributed Cognition and the Experience of Presence in the Mars Exploration Rover Mission | Frontiers in PsychologyBrain in a Vat — Making Philosophy Manifest by Steve Jurvetson | FlickrSteve Jurvetson — The Midas Touch and Mind-Bending Futures | The Tim Ferriss Show #317Descartes’ Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain by António Damásio | AmazonExaptations | Understanding EvolutionThe Brain Evolved to Guide Action | The Wiley Handbook of Evolutionary NeuroscienceJohn Vervaeke: The Three Questions About Consciousness | Consciousness and Conscience ConferenceQualia | Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyRelevance Realization and the Emerging Framework in Cognitive Science | Journal of Logic and Computation Advance AccessPanpsychism | Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyProfessor Donald Hoffman — The Case Against Reality, Beyond Spacetime, Rethinking Death, Panpsychism, QBism, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show #585Property Dualism | Rebus CommunityWilliam Seager: How Strong Are the Arguments for Panpsychism? | Visualizing MindsJohn Vervaeke: Jordan Peterson & the Meaning Crisis | Rebel WisdomZen Master Henry Shukman — 20 Minutes of Calm, Plus the Strange and Powerful World of Koans | The Tim Ferriss Show #560Luke 15:11-32: The Prodigal Son | Bible GatewayPageau, Vervaeke, Peterson: Deeper Yet Into The Weeds | The Dr. Jordan B. Peterson Podcast #277Nomology | WikipediaPostmodernism | Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyMarxism and Crypto‐Marxism | The New York TimesAwakening from the Meaning Crisis – Relevance Realization Meets Dynamical Systems Theory | Awakening from the Meaning Crisis #30Jordan Peterson on Rules for Life, Psychedelics, The Bible, and Much More | The Tim Ferriss Show #502Return to the Source Seminar | Evolve Move PlayOther Minds | Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyTransjectivity: A Short Commentary on John Vervaeke’s Awakening From the Meaning Crisis (Episodes 31, 32, and 33) by Andrew Sweeny | MediumFamed Explorer Wade Davis — How to Become the Architect of Your Life, The Divine Leaf of Immortality, Rites of Passage, Voodoo Demystified, Optimism as the Purpose of Life, How to Be a Prolific Writer, Psychedelics, Monetizing the Creativity of Your Life, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show #652Epistemology | Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophySHOW NOTES[05:31] The four ways of knowing (4P).[10:15] Affordances.[13:04] Semantic memory.[13:37] Flow.[27:03] Did John find Tai Chi, or did Tai Chi find him?[29:46] Leaving Christianity.[34:42] Wisdom vs. knowledge.[36:54] Self-deception.[41:53] When is logic the illogical choice for solving a problem?[46:05] The powers and perils of intuition.[55:05] Spotting patterns that need breaking.[59:18] Meditation vs. contemplation.[1:05:30] Misunderstanding love.[1:06:36] Circling.[1:12:28] “God is related to the world the way the mind is related to the body.”[1:14:34] A non-theist in the no-thingness.[1:24:03] Responsive poiesis and Sufism.[1:27:31] Neoplatonism.[1:29:16] Seminal moments.[1:31:36] Pierre Hadot.[1:32:43] Two books.[1:34:38] Potent poetry.[1:37:40] The four Es.[1:42:38] Two bonus Es.[1:45:24] Heretical beliefs.[1:54:12] Panpsychism.[2:00:56] Most unusual modes of cognition.[2:02:37] Jordan Peterson.[2:10:27] Opponent processing.[2:13:53] How to support friends endeavoring to lead meaningful lives.[2:17:50] After Socrates.[2:21:44] Western words.[2:25:11] John’s changing perspective of experienced reality.[2:28:01] Something old, something new.MORE JOHN VERVAEKE QUOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW

“Knowledge is about overcoming ignorance. Wisdom is about overcoming foolishness. So you understand wisdom by understanding foolishness, and you understand foolishness as not identical to ignorance.”
— John Vervaeke

“Stop demonizing any faculty and stop deifying any faculty. Your intuition will lead you as much wrong as your reason, as much wrong as your emotions, as much wrong as your logic.”
— John Vervaeke

“The very processes that make us intelligent problem solvers [and] make us so adaptive are the very same processes that make us prone to self-deceptive, self-destructive behavior.”
— John Vervaeke

“We pick up on all kinds of complex patterns that are not real and we form intuitions around them, but when we don’t like our intuition, we don’t call it intuition, we call it bias or prejudice or racism or sexism or a whole bunch of other things.”
— John Vervaeke

“Logic does not tell you how to go from a weaker logic to a stronger logic. I can do all the possible manipulations within predicate logic and it won’t get me to motor logic. I have to do something outside of that to actually increase my logical competence. So there’s no panacea.”
— John Vervaeke

“Yes, your emotions can lead you astray, but try living without them and see how rational you can be.”
— John Vervaeke

“I don’t like the argument that goes, ‘Consciousness is weird, quantum is weird, therefore consciousness is quantum.’ That’s just ridiculous. Now, panpsychism is a different thing. And you don’t have to be convinced about quantum stuff to be a panpsychist.”
— John Vervaeke

PEOPLE MENTIONEDRené DescartesJosh WaitzkinSocratesUsain BoltAristotleRoger ZelaznyHermann HesseRobertson DaviesPlatoLeonardo FerraroAllen NewellHerbert A. SimonNelson GoodmanJerry FodorMihaly CsikszentmihalyiRobin M. HogarthArthur S. ReberAntisthenesGuy SengstockChristopher MastropietroBarbara FredricksonBuddhaRan LahavBaruch SpinozaMartin BuberEuclidMaximus the ConfessorWilliam JamesWilliam BlakeThomas AquinasHenry CorbinPlotinusJohannes KeplerGalileo GalileiAlbert EinsteinThomas PlantRobert DuvallPierre HadotJonathan RowsonJules EvansRainer Maria RilkeGerard Manley HopkinsWilliam Butler YeatsJohn ColtraneJalal al-Din RumiHaleh Liza GaforiDan ChiappeRead MontagueEvan ThompsonLudwig WittgensteinSteve JurvetsonAntónio DamásioMichael AndersonDavid ChalmersThomas NagelChad ForemanRoger PenroseStuart HameroffWilliam SeagerMichael LevinJordan PetersonJesusJonathan PageauJacques DerridaMichel FoucaultRafe KelleyJohn KennedyJames J. GibsonWade DavisArthur Versluis

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In Case You Missed It: January 2023 Recap of “The Tim Ferriss Show” (#655)

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:

James Clear: 00:03:05

Rick Rubin: 00:08:08

Dr. Matthew Walker: 00:13:47

Bill Gurley: 00:31:05

Wade Davis: 00:36:36

Included episodes

James Clear, Atomic Habits — Simple Strategies for Building (and Breaking) Habits, Questions for Personal Mastery and Growth, Tactics for Writing and Launching a Mega-Bestseller, Finding Leverage, and More (#648)

Rick Rubin, Legendary Producer — Timeless Methods for Unlocking Creativity, Secrets Hidden in Plain Sight, The Future with AI, Helpful Distractions, Working with Strong Personalities, Breaking Out of “The Sameness,” and More (#649)

Dr. Matthew Walker, All Things Sleep — How to Improve Sleep, How Sleep Ties Into Alzheimer’s Disease and Weight Gain, and How Medications (Ambien, Trazodone, etc.), Caffeine, THC/CBD, Psychedelics, Exercise, Smart Drugs, Fasting, and More Affect Sleep (#650)

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“At the moment when we analyze the data, and I’m sitting there with a student or I’m analyzing data, and we finally run the statistics, at that moment in time, if I’m lucky, I know something that has never been understood in the entirety of human civilization, and I cannot tell you how much of a thrill and a privilege that is. And so is science hard? It’s brutally hard, but just that alone, the hedonic rush that you get from de novo knowledge, gosh, it’s never left me, and I don’t think it ever will.”

— Dr. Matthew Walker

Matthew Walker, PhD (@sleepdiplomat), is professor of neuroscience at the University of California Berkeley and founder and director of the school’s Center for Human Sleep Science. Dr. Walker is the author of the New York Times and international bestseller Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams, which was recently listed by Bill Gates as one of his top five books of the year. His TED Talk, “Sleep is Your Superpower,” has garnered more than 17 million views.

He has received numerous funding awards from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health and is a Kavli Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences. In 2020, Dr. Walker was awarded the Carl Sagan Prize for Science Achievements. Dr. Walker’s research examines the impact of sleep on human health and disease. He has been featured on numerous television and radio outlets including 60 Minutes, Nat Geo TV, NOVA Science, NPR, and the BBC. Dr. Walker is also scientific advisor to Oura, a sleep-tracking ring.

Dr. Walker hosts the 5-star-rated podcast The Matt Walker Podcast, which is all about sleep, the brain, and the body.

And one last thing. UC Berkeley has given the rare approval for Matt’s newly opened Sleep Center at the University to be named by an individual donor, or a named company, in perpetuity. If you are interested, please reach out to Matt and note that this opportunity is in the 7-figure range.

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Want to hear the first time Dr. Matthew Walker was on this podcast? Have a listen to our conversation here in which we discussed the relationship between sleep and Alzheimer’s disease, why our deep sleep declines as we age, ideal exercise for promoting deep sleep, fainting goats, the psychological value of emergency sleep medicine for insomniacs, how sleep affects food intake and weight fluctuation, perilous polypharmacy, and much more.

#650: Dr. Matthew Walker, All Things Sleep — How to Improve Sleep, How Sleep Ties Into Alzheimer’s Disease and Weight Gain, and How Medications (Ambien, Trazodone, etc.), Caffeine, THC/CBD, Psychedelics, Exercise, Smart Drugs, Fasting, and More Affect Sleep

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Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker | Amazon The Matt Walker Podcast Matt Walker’s TED TalksCenter for Human Sleep ScienceDr. Matthew Walker, All Things Sleep — How to Improve Sleep, How Sleep Ties Into Alzheimer’s Disease and Weight Gain, and How Medications (Ambien, Trazodone, etc.), Caffeine, THC/CBD, Psychedelics, Exercise, Smart Drugs, Fasting, and More Affect Sleep | The Tim Ferriss Show #650Insights from Dr. Matthew Walker, Adam Grant/Atul Gawande, Diana Chapman, and Rich Roll/David Goggins | The Tim Ferriss Show #630Sleep and Sex: Part 1 | The Matt Walker PodcastSleep and Sex: Part 2 | The Matt Walker PodcastWhat Is a Sleep Divorce? | Matthew WalkerI Tried the Scandinavian Sleep Method — And Now My Partner and I Refuse To Sleep Any Other Way | Well+GoodThe Impact of Sleep and Circadian Disturbance on Hormones and Metabolism | International Journal of EndocrinologyFDA Approves New Treatment for Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder in Premenopausal Women | FDAPoor Sleep May Impair the Ability to Feel Empathy | Psychology TodayThe Best Temperature for Sleep | Cleveland ClinicSleep Fitness Technology: Smart Bed Cooling & Heating System For Better Sleep | Eight SleepSex and Sleep: Perceptions of Sex as a Sleep Promoting Behavior in the General Adult Population | Frontiers in Public HealthOxytocin and Vasopressin in the Human Brain: Social Neuropeptides for Translational Medicine | Nature Reviews NeuroscienceHow to Fall Asleep When You’re Exhausted But Wired | ShapeFight or Flight: The Sympathetic Nervous System | Live ScienceSleep Pressure | The Matt Walker PodcastWireless Hitachi Magic Wands | AmazonMelatonin | Mayo ClinicMelatonin | The Matt Walker PodcastTwo Hormones for One Receptor: Evolution, Biochemistry, Actions, and Pathophysiology of LH and hCG | Endocrine ReviewsTook Too Much Melatonin? | NCPCThousands of Kids Are Getting Sick from Downing Melatonin Pills | NPR2-Minute Neuroscience: Suprachiasmatic Nucleus | Neuroscientifically ChallengedProlonged Release Melatonin for Improving Sleep in Totally Blind Subjects: A Pilot Placebo-Controlled Multicenter Trial | Nature and Science of SleepLord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien | AmazonLack of Sleep Shrinks Men’s Testicles? | University of CaliforniaScientists Pinpoint Dosage of Melatonin for Insomnia | MIT NewsBeta-Carotene | University of Rochester Medical CenterOptimising Your Sleep | The Matt Walker PodcastMatthew Walker’s 11 Tips for Improving Sleep Quality | MasterClassInsomnia Treatment: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Instead of Sleeping Pills | Mayo ClinicWhat Is Sleep Restriction Therapy? Who Should Use It? | HealthlineDreams: Part 1 | The Matt Walker PodcastDreams: Part 2 | The Matt Walker PodcastDreams: Part 3 | The Matt Walker PodcastDreams: Part 4 | The Matt Walker PodcastDreams: Part 5 | The Matt Walker PodcastDreams: Part 6 | The Matt Walker PodcastWhat is REM Sleep? | National Sleep FoundationSleep Paralysis | Stanford Health CareLucid Dream | WikipediaLucid Dreaming: A Beginner’s Guide | Tim Ferriss5 Lucid Dreaming Techniques to Try | HealthlineSteel Man Argument Explained | Philosophy VibeFrequent Lucid Dreaming Associated with Increased Functional Connectivity between Frontopolar Cortex and Temporoparietal Association Areas | Scientific ReportsLucid Dreaming in the Tibetan Tradition: Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche | Science and NondualityMnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams (The MILD Technique) | World of Lucid DreamingWaking Life | Prime VideoHow to Use Reality Checks to Have Lucid Dreams | World of Lucid DreamingExploring the World of Lucid Dreaming by Stephen LaBerge and Howard Rheingold | AmazonHuperzine A | RxListGalantamine | HealthlineLucid Dreamers Are Using Unproven Tech to Hack Their Sleep | Wired UKSleep and Memory: Part 1 | The Matt Walker PodcastSleep and Memory: Part 2 | The Matt Walker PodcastSleep and Memory: Part 3 | The Matt Walker PodcastSchools Start Too Early | CDCThe State Finally Letting Teens Sleep In | The AtlanticHow Sleep Loss Sabotages New Memory Storage in the Hippocampus | University of Michigan NewsWhat are Sleep Spindles? | Sleep FoundationSleep Spindles and Memory | AASTUltradian Rhythm: For Real Productivity, Less is Truly More | HBRNaps | The Matt Walker PodcastWaking up Is the Hardest Thing I Do All Day: Sleep Inertia and Sleep Drunkenness | Sleep Medicine ReviewsJurassic Park | Prime VideoTrapped in Amber | Natural History MuseumSleep On It: How Snoozing Strengthens Memories | NIH News in HealthMemory Processing in Relation to Sleep | Principles and Practice of Sleep MedicineEven Small Amounts of Alcohol Impair Memory | The AtlanticFunding Cutting-Edge Scientific Research | Saisei FoundationSleeping Brain, Learning Mind: Opinion by Matthew Walker | The Harvard CrimsonHow Sleep Affects Immunity | Sleep FoundationSpaced Learning Vs Massed Practice | ITACMake New Memories But Keep the Old, With a Little Help From Electrodes | Innovation| Smithsonian MagazineFast-Forward Playback of Recent Memory Sequences in Prefrontal Cortex During Sleep | ScienceHuman Hippocampal Replay during Rest Prioritizes Weakly Learned Information and Predicts Memory Performance | Nature CommunicationsMemory and Sleep: How Sleep Cognition Can Change the Waking Mind for the Better | Annual Review of PsychologyMemory Game | AmazonMatt Wilson: Reading the Minds of Rats | TEDxCoconutGroveTurning 40 Winks Into Decades: The Pace Of Time In Dreams | Psychology TodayInception | Prime VideoThe Role of the Human Anterior Insular Cortex in Time Processing | Brain Structure and FunctionWhy Accidents and Emergencies Seem to Dramatically Slow Down Time | The ConversationSleep and Exercise: Pt. 1 | The Matt Walker PodcastSleep and Exercise: Pt. 2 | The Matt Walker PodcastHow to Fight Sarcopenia (Muscle Loss Due to Aging) | Healthline7 Benefits of High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) | HealthlineTraining Zones Explained | ACTIVEDesmopressin | Mayo ClinicSHOW NOTES[05:43] Sleep and sex.[23:45] Melatonin misgivings.[32:47] The suprachiasmatic nucleus.[36:08] Shrinking balls phenomenon.[41:47] Minimizing the time it takes you to sleep.[49:40] The bizarre basics of dreaming.[55:56] Taking a leap into lucid dreaming.[1:19:57] Optimizing sleep for learning.[1:43:14] Can sleep during an illness boost memory retention?[1:49:08] Massed versus spaced practice.[1:53:00] Using brain stimulation technology to enhance learning.[1:56:50] Optimizing memory replay.[2:02:47] Sleep and time dilation.[2:11:25] Today’s “charlatan” science that may someday be vindicated.[2:17:44] Exercise and memory.[2:25:37] Staying hydrated without having to urinate all night.[2:29:13] Parting thoughts.MORE DR. MATTHEW WALKER QUOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW

“At the moment when we analyze the data, and I’m sitting there with a student or I’m analyzing data, and we finally run the statistics, at that moment in time, if I’m lucky, I know something that has never been understood in the entirety of human civilization, and I cannot tell you how much of a thrill and a privilege that is. And so is science hard? It’s brutally hard, but just that alone, the hedonic rush that you get from de novo knowledge, gosh, it’s never left me, and I don’t think it ever will.”
— Dr. Matthew Walker

“The goal of education, in my mind, is twofold. The first is to brainwash you into thinking for yourself. The second is for you to gain long-term information.”
— Dr. Matthew Walker

“Life is to be lived. Have a drink, of course, I’m not being puritanical, but if you are, let’s say, a student or you’ve been learning new information for a new job or you’ve been learning a new skill for a new particular sport and you know when you’ve been learning and you know when you probably want to have a night out, restructure those things to implement them in the smartest way possible for optimizing outcomes.”
— Dr. Matthew Walker

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Elan Lee, Co-Creator of Exploding Kittens — How to Raise Millions on Kickstarter, Deconstructing Mega-Successes, Secrets of Game Design, The Power of Positive Constraints, The Delights of Craftsmanship, and The Art of Turning Fans into Superfans (#653)

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” I don’t want a game to be in the spotlight. I want the players to be in the spotlight.”

— Elan Lee

Elan Lee (@elanlee) is the co-creator and chief executive officer of Exploding Kittens, a leading gaming and entertainment company. Under his leadership, Exploding Kittens has expanded its portfolio to nearly 30 different games with more than 20 million games sold in more than 50 countries since its founding in 2015.

Before founding Exploding Kittens, Lee was the chief design officer at Xbox Entertainment Studios, where he led the Interactive Entertainment Portfolio. Prior to that, he was the founder and chief creative officer of Fourth Wall Studios and co-founder of 42 Entertainment. He began his career at Microsoft Games Studios as a lead designer on the original Xbox.

Lee has won a Primetime Emmy for the series Dirty Work; Game Innovator of the Year for Exploding Kittens; a Peabody Award for the world’s first alternate reality game, The Beast; and an IndieCade Trailblazer Award for a distinguished career in interactive entertainment, among others.

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Poetry for Neanderthals NSFW Edition | AmazonHow to Play Poetry for Neanderthals | Exploding KittensIs It Neander-TAL or Neander-THAL? | Discover MagazineElan Lee | Think Like a Game Designer with Justin Gary #20Hand-to-Hand Wombat | AmazonHow to Play Hand-to-Hand Wombat | Exploding KittensHand-To-Hand Wombat Developer Interview | Exploding KittensUNO | AmazonWhy the Core Gameplay Loop is Critical For Game Design | Game DeveloperORD CampAlien | Prime VideoJaws | Prime VideoJaws in Space: Powerful Pitching for Film and TV Screenwriters by Charles Harris | AmazonExploding Kittens NSFW Edition | AmazonHow to Play Exploding Kittens | Exploding KittensRussian Roulette | WikipediaExploding Kittens Is the Most-Backed Project of All Time | KickstarterAlternate Reality Game | WikipediaComics by Matthew Inman | The Oatmeal‘The Oatmeal’: An Eisner Surprise | CBRTacocat Spelled Backwards | AmazonHow to Play Tacocat Spelled Backwards | Exploding Kittens1,000 True Fans by Kevin Kelly | The TechniumAppetite For Destruction by Guns N’ Roses | Amazon MusicElan Lee: Exploding Kittens & The Key to Running a Successful Kickstarter | Talks at GoogleMoneyballing the Movies: How the Box Office Became a Sport | The RingerSecrets and Cost to Make iPhone Box Revealed | Process MintedProducer of Custom Dice, Poker Chips, Dominoes, and Game Sets and Parts Since 1906 | Game PartsThe Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) Model: A Complete Guide for 2023 | The Motley FoolConnect 4 | AmazonMonopoly | AmazonIron Chef | WikipediaWhat It Truly Means to Be a Manga Artist | The RiftApostrophe Games Blank Playing Cards | AmazonArnold Schwarzenegger’s Real Workout Plan | Steel SupplementsThe World’s Greatest Roleplaying Game | Dungeons & DragonsAD&D Player’s Handbook by Gary Gygax | AmazonAD&D Dungeon Masters Guide by Gary Gygax | AmazonStranger Things | NetflixChess | AmazonBackgammon | AmazonShogi | AmazonGo | AmazonPokémon GOCards Against Humanity | AmazonWhat Do You Meme? | AmazonJoking Hazard | AmazonApples to Apples | AmazonDominion: 2nd Edition | AmazonPokémon Assorted Cards | AmazonMagic: The Gathering 2021 Arena Starter Kit | AmazonThrow Throw Burrito | AmazonHow to Play Throw Throw Burrito Original Edition | Exploding KittensSET | AmazonCatan Base Game | AmazonSettlers of Catan Is One of the Best Family Board Games | PlaytonicBattleTech: A Game of Armored Combat | AmazonCrimson Skies | WikipediaBattleTech Center (1992) | Discovery Channel Beyond 2000Xbox Games | XboxIndustrial Light & MagicStar Wars: The Phantom Menace | Prime VideoJar Jar Binks Was Nearly a Practical Suit and a CG Head | Befores & AftersHalo: Combat Evolved for Xbox | Amazonedoc Laundry Interview | The Guardianedoc Laundry | Shane SmallHey! What’s That On Your Shirt? | Wired2024 Starts Now | Rock the VoteA.I. Artificial Intelligence | Prime VideoThe Beast, A.I. Transmedia Experience | The Peabody AwardsThe Beast (Game) | WikipediaCandy Land | AmazonPixar Animation StudiosEd Catmull, President of Pixar, on Steve Jobs, Stories, and Lessons Learned | The Tim Ferriss Show #22Russia Prohibited and Restricted Items | FedEx Cross BorderExploding Kittens: Interview with Game Designer Elan Lee by Meagan J. Meehan | MediumTCG Invests in Companies That Define Culture | The Chernin GroupMike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head | Prime VideoKing of the Hill | HuluThe Office | Prime VideoOffice Space | Hulu‘Exploding Kittens’ Game and Animated Show Coming to Netflix | Netflix TudumExploding Kittens Official Game Trailer | NetflixFood Community, Recipes, Kitchen‌ & Home Products, Cooking Contests | Food52Your Link to the Food Chain | MeatEaterSteven Rinella on Hunting (and Why You Should Care), Reconnecting with Nature, Favorite Trips, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show #470HodinkeeBarstool SportsRooster TeethScopelyHello SunshineSupport | Exploding KittensSHOW NOTES[06:00] Poetry For Neanderthals and collaborating with creative cohorts.[16:41] Kitty Test Pilots and core gameplay loops.[22:21] Crowdfunding, alternate reality games, and internet archaeology.[25:54] Matthew Inman and The Oatmeal millions.[32:18] The perils of operating faster than the speed of Gmail.[34:06] Converting casual fans into superfans.[34:51] What not to do when your Kickstarter goes better than expected.[36:51] The budget of production needs to fit the fun.[43:01] Does size matter?[44:44] From direct-to-consumer sales to being featured in big box stores.[47:07] Building a game from scratch quickly.[52:26] Guiding principles.[56:37] Foundational game recommendations for beginners.[1:05:10] Is Settlers of Catan the game you think it is?[1:07:35] Lessons learned from game design veteran Jordan Weisman.[1:08:50] If you built Jar Jar Binks’ neck, they practically let you run the place.[1:11:38] If you can’t rock the vote, then clothe the vote.[1:15:35] Other practical Jordanisms.[1:16:55] Steven Spielberg and The Beast.[1:23:19] Hate playing Candy Land with your kids? Design new games with them.[1:28:02] Growing Exploding Kittens from a game into a company.[1:32:56] International shipping nightmares.[1:36:13] Why an open-door policy had to be shut.[1:38:27] Employees and their roles.[1:41:50] Milestones.[1:43:06] When big asks get big results.[1:47:18] Investor expectations.[1:52:15] What kind of retirement does someone who makes fun for a living envision?[1:56:07] Dance partners, algorithm defiance, and other parting thoughts.MORE ELAN LEE QUOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW

“When I was growing up, the biggest frustration I had with games was, first and foremost, the instructions. I don’t have the patience to even read 20 minutes, let alone the seven hours to get into those crazy games. And so I really wanted to make games that 10-year-old me would really get a kick out of.”

— Elan Lee

“A game should be beautiful. You should look at a game and smile. It should be a source of joy. These things should be dopamine engines, and part of that is you want to hold the thing and show it to all your friends.”

— Elan Lee

” I don’t want a game to be in the spotlight. I want the players to be in the spotlight.”

— Elan Lee

“I once took a week-long skydiving course, and at the end of it, I asked the instructor, ‘Do you ever get bored of this?’ And he said, ‘Do you ever get bored of having sex?’ And I thought, that’s exactly it. That’s how I feel about games. That’s how I feel about this job. It’s not a thing with an expiration. It’s a little dopamine factory for me and the people who get to have these experiences. I don’t know how you get bored of that. That’s just eternal.”

— Elan Lee

“I only care about one question. In fact, we do all these play tests, we don’t even give out surveys anymore. There’s only one question we ask, which is, ‘When you finish playing the game, did you want to play again?’ And a game is done when 100 percent of the people say ‘Yes.'”

— Elan Lee

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Famed Explorer Wade Davis — How to Become the Architect of Your Life, The Divine Leaf of Immortality, Rites of Passage, Voodoo Demystified, Optimism as the Purpose of Life, How to Be a Prolific Writer, Psychedelics, Monetizing the Creativity of Your Life,

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“The purpose of life is not to triumph over evil, but to keep pushing the wheel of justice forward. And when you realize that that is the end point, you then never expect to win. And if you never expect to win, you’re not disappointed when you lose. And because of that, you can keep fighting with the same idealism, the same energy when you’re 69 years old, as I am today, that I had when I was 20 years old and marching against the war in Vietnam.”

— Wade Davis

Wade Davis (@wadedavisofficial, daviswade.com) is Professor of Anthropology and the BC Leadership Chair in Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk at the University of British Columbia. Between 2000 and 2013, he served as Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society. Named by the NGS as one of the Explorers for the Millennium, he has been described as “a rare combination of scientist, scholar, poet, and passionate defender of all of life’s diversity.” 

An ethnographer, writer, photographer, and filmmaker, Wade holds degrees in anthropology and biology and a PhD in ethnobotany, all from Harvard University. Mostly through the Harvard Botanical Museum, he spent over three years in the Amazon and Andes as a plant explorer, living among 15 indigenous groups while making some 6000 botanical collections. His work later took him to Haiti to investigate folk preparations implicated in the creation of zombies, an assignment that led to his writing The Serpent and the Rainbow, an international bestseller, later released by Universal as a motion picture. In recent years, his work has taken him to East Africa, Borneo, Nepal, Peru, Polynesia, Tibet, Mali, Benin, Togo, New Guinea, Australia, Colombia, Vanuatu, Mongolia, and the high Arctic of Nunavut and Greenland. 

Wade is the author of 375 scientific and popular articles and 23 books, including One River, The Wayfinders, Into the Silence, and Magdalena. His photographs have been widely exhibited and have appeared in 37 books and 130 magazines, including National Geographic, Time, Geo, People, Men’s Journal, and Outside. He was curator of “The Lost Amazon: The Photographic Journey of Richard Evans Schultes,” first exhibited at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. In 2012 he served as guest curator of “No Strangers: Ancient Wisdom in the Modern World,” at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles. He was curator of “Everest: Ascent to Glory,” Bowers Museum, February 12–August 28, 2022. National Geographic has published two collections of his photography: Light at the Edge of the World (2001) and Wade Davis: Photographs (2018).

His 40 film credits include Light at the Edge of the World, an eight-hour documentary series written and produced for National Geographic. His most recent film, El Sendero de la Anaconda, a 90-minute feature documentary shot in the Northwest Amazon, is available on Netflix.

A professional speaker for 30 years, Wade has lectured at over 200 universities and 250 corporations and professional associations. In 2009 he delivered the CBC Massey Lectures. He has spoken from the main stage at TED five times, and his three posted talks have been viewed by 8 million. His books have appeared in 22 languages and sold approximately one million copies.

Wade, one of 20 Honorary Members of the Explorers Club, is Honorary Vice President of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and recipient of 12 honorary degrees. He has been awarded the 2009 Gold Medal from the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, the 2011 Explorers Medal, the 2012 David Fairchild Medal for botanical exploration, the 2015 Centennial Medal of Harvard University, the 2017 Roy Chapman Andrews Society’s Distinguished Explorer Award, the 2017 Sir Christopher Ondaatje Medal for Exploration, and the 2018 Mungo Park Medal from the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. In 2016, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. In 2018 he became an Honorary Citizen of Colombia.

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The Serpent and the Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist’s Astonishing Journey into the Secret Societies of Haitian Voodoo, Zombis, and Magic by Wade Davis | AmazonThe Serpent and the Rainbow | Prime VideoOne River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest by Wade Davis | AmazonThe Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World by Wade Davis | AmazonInto the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest by Wade Davis | AmazonMagdalena: River of Dreams: A Story of Colombia by Wade Davis | AmazonLight at the Edge of the World: A Journey Through the Realm of Vanishing Cultures by Wade Davis | AmazonWade Davis: Photographs by Wade Davis | AmazonLight at the Edge of the World | YouTubeEl Sendero De La Anaconda | NetflixWade Davis TED Talks | YouTubeArchives: CBC Massey Lectures | CBC RadioThe Ice Maiden | NEH EssentialsHumans Are All More Closely Related Than We Commonly Think | Scientific AmericanHōkūleʻa | Polynesian Voyaging SocietyMarine Chronometers: Clocks Which Changed the Course of Globalization | My Modern MetThe Lapita People | Amura WorldDead Reckoning | WikipediaKogi People of Colombia | Atlas of HumanityThe Culture of the Wiwa, an Indigenous Colombian Tribe in the Sierra Nevada | Culture TripArhuaco | Minority Rights GroupKankuamo | Minority Rights GroupTairona Heritage TrustAluna: An Ecological Warning from the Kogi PeopleRevolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) | FSIThe Arhuacos: A Message from the Mamos, the Prophets of the Sierra Nevada | Pulitzer CenterErythroxylum Novogranatense | WikipediaErythroxylum Coca | WikipediaMambe Medicine Coca | Alma Healing CenterYpadu | WikipediaOrigins of Coca: Museum Genomics Reveals Multiple Independent Domestications from Progenitor Erythroxylum Gracilipes | Systematic BiologyCoca Leaf: Myths and Reality | Transnational InstituteA Review of How Prohibition Conditioned the Course of Colombia’s History | MamaCocaWeed of the Month: Jimson Weed | Brooklyn Botanic GardenTetrodotoxin (TTX) | Encyclopedia MDPIMedicine: Zombies: Do They Exist? | TimeDoes the Haitian Criminal Code Outlaw Making Zombies? | In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of CongressHow to Make a Zombie (Seriously) | Live ScienceThe Tonton Macoutes: The Central Nervous System of Haiti’s Reign of Terror | COHAWest African Vodun | WikipediaHaitian Vodou | WikipediaAfrican Diaspora Religions | WikipediaJan. 1, 1804: Haitian Independence | Zinn Education ProjectToxic Toad, Known as Bufo, Cane, Marine, or Giant Toad | ENNDSMuseum of Comparative Zoology | Harvard UniversityFrom Russia, with Love by Ian Fleming | AmazonDr. No: A Novel by Ian Fleming | AmazonD-Tubocurarine | American Chemical SocietyThe Appealing and Potentially Lethal Delicacy That Is Fugu | The New York TimesMasonic Symbolism in Haitian Vodou | ArgentviveAcute Poisoning Due to Ingestion of Datura Stramonium – A Case Report | Romanian Journal of Anaesthesia and Intensive CareScopolamine: World’s Scariest Drug (Documentary Exclusive) | ViceAguaruna | Atlas of HumanityXavante | Indigenous Peoples in BrazilXerente | Indigenous Peoples in BrazilAdvancing Indigenous Peoples’ Rights & Cultures Worldwide Since 1972 | Cultural SurvivalBoasian Anthropology | WikipediaThe 8 Most Important Voodoo Gods | Learn ReligionsMaloca | WikipediaGitxsan Nation | American Museum of Natural HistoryWade Davis ’71 | Brentwood College SchoolCourage Is the Most Important Virtue, Says Writer and Civil Rights Activist Maya Angelou at Convocation | Cornell ChronicleApollo 8: Earthrise | NASAThe Problem of Evil | Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyRite of Passage | WikipediaBrutal Rite of Passage: Why Do They Endure ‘Sucking Up Pain’ and Mind Games? The Lure of Being in the Military’s Most Elite Commando Force | Los Angeles TimesThe Power of Myth — The Hero’s Adventure with Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers | The Tim Ferriss Show #456Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Provincial Park | BC ParksGo Haida GwaiiAbout Clearcutting | Sierra ClubTap-Taps | Travel AdventuresOur Territory | Tahltan Central GovernmentSmithsonian Folklife FestivalOpinion: Should Young Americans Be Required to Give a Year of Service? | The New York TimesInside the Darién Gap, One of the World’s Most Dangerous Jungles | The ManualWade Davis on the Art of Exploring | Financial TimesLooking into Black Jaguar’s Eyes | Polish Dr. DolittleWhat’s the Difference Between Ayahuasca and Yagé? | PsychableAyahuasca Ceremonies in Peru | Ayahuasca FoundationThe Yagé Letters by William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg | AmazonColombia’s Countercultures: The Beat Generation’s Bad Trip | Colombia ReportsKeynote Speech: The Ethnosphere and the Academy by Wade Davis | Where There Be DragonsMyth and Metaphor: Managing Nature in the Colombian Amazon by Wade Davis | ReVistaDiplopterys Cabrerana | WikipediaCurare – A Curative Poison: A Scientometric Analysis | PLoS OneUseful Plants of the Siona and Secoya Indians of Eastern Ecuador by William T. Vickers and Timothy PlowmanWhat is Aboriginal Dreamtime? | ArtlandishEchinopsis Pachanoi (San Pedro Cactus) | WikipediaLines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Palpa | UNESCO World Heritage Centre‘What Does It Mean to Be Human?’: Wade Davis and the Spirit of Diversity | The LeaderTobacco and Shamanism in South America by Johannes Wilbert | AmazonGiving Dogs Psychedelics: Practices in Indigenous Tribes | Reality SandwichThe Palm and the Pleiades: Initiation and Cosmology in Northwest Amazonia by Stephen Hugh-Jones | AmazonFrom the Milk River: Spatial and Temporal Processes in Northwest Amazonia by Christine Hugh-Jones | AmazonA Staple Starch: Cassava, Manioc & Yuca | KitchnPsychedelics 101: Books, Documentaries, Podcasts, Science, and More | Tim FerrissSet and Setting: Why Preparation Matters | DoubleBlindQ&A: What Is the Vedic Tradition? | Yoga InternationalRanking the Beatles’ Albums in Order of Greatness | Far OutThe Complete I Ching | AmazonPsychedelics May Lessen Fear of Death and Dying, Similar to Feelings Reported by Those Who’ve Had Near Death Experiences | Johns Hopkins Medicine42nd Street (Original Cast Recording) | AmazonThe Rucksack Man by Sebastian Snow | AmazonThe Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell | AmazonThe Swooper/Basher Dichotomy | Steven R. SouthardRongbuk Monastery | WikipediaThe Synthetic Rubber Project | The Library of CongressRetribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45 by Max Hastings | AmazonSHOW NOTES[06:34] The Wayfinders.[17:01] The Earth’s caretakers of Northern Colombia.[25:31] Coca and mambe.[34:17] Zombies, mysterious elixirs, and a sorcerer pimp.[49:35] The social implications of zombification and dangers of datura.[57:57] David Maybury-Lewis, Richard Evans Schultes, and living exploration.[1:02:13] Why helping young people is a top priority for Wade.[1:07:43] Pessimism is an indulgence. Choose optimism.[1:13:10] Rites of passage.[1:17:26] The night Wade had to light himself on fire.[1:20:37] The scar Wade doesn’t regret.[1:23:41] Raising kids to be better citizens of the world.[1:31:02] Wade’s own hero’s journey.[1:34:19] Ayahuasca origin stories and uses alternative to healing.[1:47:34] The real tragedy of coca.[1:50:29] Dosed dogs, provocative gardens, and the cosmology of bitter manioc.[1:53:41] What psychedelics gave Wade earlier in life vs. later on.[2:06:34] How did Wade teach himself to write well?[2:18:50] Work points and outlining the course of a book.[2:28:26] Parting thoughts.MORE GUEST QUOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW

“Storytellers change the world.”

— Wade Davis

“Every culture is a unique answer to a fundamental question: what does it mean to be human and alive? And when the peoples of the world answer that, they do so in the 7,000 different voices of humanity. And all those answers kind of collectively become our human repertoire.”

— Wade Davis

“We’re living through an era where half of humanity’s intellectual, social, spiritual, even ecological knowledge is at risk. And at the same time, we’re living through an era where geneticists have finally proven it to be true what philosophers and poets have always dreamt to be true, that we really are all brothers and sisters. “

— Wade Davis

“There is no hierarchy in culture.”

— Wade Davis

“If you took all of the genius that allowed us to put a man on the moon and applied it to an understanding of the ocean, what you would get is Polynesia.”

— Wade Davis

“Coca is to cocaine what potatoes are to vodka.”

— Wade Davis

“I’ve always believed that nothing is beneath you. Nothing is a waste of time unless you make it so. A cab driver can have as much to teach you as a professor at university if you’re open to the possibility.”

— Wade Davis

“Be patient, never compromise, give your destiny time to find you. Bitterness always comes to those who look back on a life of choices imposed upon them from the outside. You may not make all the right decisions, but if you own those decisions, they all become the right ones because, together, they become the path of your own creation and you become the architect of your own life.”

— Wade Davis

“How can you not be optimistic? I mean, that’s the purpose of life itself.”

— Wade Davis

“What generation has ever come of age in a world at peace, a world without troubles?”

— Wade Davis

“The purpose of life is not to triumph over evil, but to keep pushing the wheel of justice forward. And when you realize that that is the end point, you then never expect to win. And if you never expect to win, you’re not disappointed when you lose. And because of that, you can keep fighting with the same idealism, the same energy when you’re 69 years old, as I am today, that I had when I was 20 years old and marching against the war in Vietnam.”

— Wade Davis

“It’s empathy and love, it’s not bravado.”

— Wade Davis

“If you’re being given food almost anywhere in the world, it means some child is probably not eating that day. And even if you know, and there’s been many times when I’ve known because of the circumstances, that if I eat a plate offered to me, without doubt, I’ll contract giardia or amoebic dysentery, I always eat the food. Because you can always treat the illness; you can never rekindle the trust that you’ve shattered, not just between you and the person, but between that person and the next outsider who will come along.”

— Wade Davis

“There’s no reason whatsoever that our government in the United States shouldn’t be able to mobilize resources that would make available to every young American boy and girl the opportunity to travel within America, to know another face of America, another section of the country. Californians to Iowa, Kansans to Miami, and so on. And give them work to help make us a better country, whether it’s picking up plastic or caring for the elderly, whatever it is. Again, giving young people a sense that they’re not the center of the universe. That they live to help others. That we do exist as a community. That you have to be humble. And just because you believe it doesn’t mean it’s true.”

— Wade Davis

“Young people have to learn that there’s something bigger than themselves that they need to be loyal to. And that’s not necessarily a country, it’s a concept. It’s the idea of community.”

— Wade Davis

“When the people say ‘The plants teach us,’ I’m quite prepared at this point in my life to take them at their word.”

— Wade Davis

“Her parents said, ‘Don’t take these things, you’ll never come back the same.’ And the poor parents didn’t understand that was the entire point of the exercise. We didn’t want to come back the same. We wanted to come back transformed.”

— Wade Davis

PEOPLE MENTIONEDMartin Luther King Jr.Claude Lévi-StraussDr. Jane GoodallRobert D. BallardSylvia A. EarleJohan ReinhardJesusDr. Mark PlotkinGerardo Reichel-DolmatoffJuan Manuel SantosCarolina BarcoDanilo VillafañeRené DescartesMamo Camilo IzquierdoTimothy PlowmanRichard Evans SchultesAndrew WeilJames A. DukeNathan S. KlineHeinz LehmannLamarque DouyonClairvius NarcisseAlbert SchweitzerMarcel PierreFrançois DuvalierBaron SamediMax BeauvoirIan FlemingHerard SimonWilliam VargasDavid Maybury-LewisPia Maybury-LewisFranz BoasTerence McKennaJim WhittakerIsidoro CabreraMaya AngelouKrishnaJoseph CampbellPapa LegbaNilda Callañaupa AlvarezSebastian SnowWilliam S. BurroughsAllen GinsbergRomi KumuIcarusJohannes WilbertStephen Hugh-JoneChristine Hugh-JonesCharles BaudelaireRichard M. NixonTimothy LearyRichard Alpert / Ram DassThe BeatlesJohn LennonGeorge HarrisonRandy BormanGary SnyderPeter MatthiessenDavid MerrickE.O. WilsonErnest HemingwayKaren Blixen / Isak DinesenLawrence DurrellAlejo CarpentierBarbara W. TuchmanLeonard BernsteinJimmy PageJeff BeckJerry GarciaJimi HendrixDennis McKennaKurt VonnegutSamuel JohnsonDzatrul RinpocheDavid McCulloughDiana MannersMax Hastings

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Legendary Investor Bill Gurley on Investing Rules, Finding Outliers, Insights from Jeff Bezos and Howard Marks, Must-Read Books, Creating True Competitive Advantages, Open-Source Strategies, Adapting Mental Models to New Realities, and More (#651)

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“The minute you set a very hard rule, you might be setting yourself up for a mistake. And venture, I have found, is a world where that happens frequently.”

— Bill Gurley

Bill Gurley (@bgurley) has spent more than 20 years as a general partner at Benchmark. Before entering the venture capital business, Bill spent four years on Wall Street as a top-ranked research analyst, including three years at Credit Suisse First Boston.

Bill also maintains a blog on the evolution and economics of high-technology businesses called Above the Crowd.

Over his venture career, he has worked with such companies as GrubHub, Nextdoor, OpenTable, Stitch Fix, Uber, and Zillow.

Bill has a BS in computer science from the University of Florida and an MBA from the University of Texas. He is also a chartered financial analyst. Bill is a board trustee at the Santa Fe Institute, a research and education center focused on the study and understanding of complex adaptive systems.

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Want to hear another podcast episode with a world-class investor? Have a listen to my most recent conversation with Oaktree Capital Management’s co-founder Howard Marks, in which we discussed navigating unprecedented uncertainties, crowded versus uncrowded opportunities, the state of the American economy, finding higher-signal sources of information, and much more.

#431: Howard Marks on the US Dollar, Three Ways to Add Defense, and Good Questions

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Above the Crowd Benchmark Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors by Michael E. Porter | AmazonAn Interview with Venture Capitalist Bill Gurley, MBA ’93 by Texas McCombs | MediumBuy-Side vs. Sell-Side Analysts: What’s the Difference? | Investopedia‘Buy!’ Was Cry, as Stock Bubble Burst | The New York TimesInstitutional InvestorOne Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In The Market by Peter Lynch | AmazonA Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing by Burton G. Malkiel | AmazonI Beg to Differ by Howard Marks | Oaktree CapitalStrong Opinions, Weakly Held: Wisdom as the Courage to Act On Your Knowledge and the Humility to Doubt What You Know | Psychology TodayThe Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves by Matt Ridley | AmazonOaktree Capital ManagementMicroeconomics vs. Macroeconomics InvestmentsSanta Fe InstituteThe 2022 All-America Research Team | Institutional InvestorThe Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Palm | Fast CompanyThe Home for Great Writing | SubstackReturn on Invested Capital: What Is It, Formula and Calculation, and Example | InvestopediaThe Stern Stewart InstituteValuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies by Tim Koller, Marc Goedhart, and David Wessels | AmazonThink Twice: Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition by Michael J. Mauboussin | AmazonWarren Buffett’s Shareholder Letters | Berkshire HathawayMyers–Briggs Type Indicator | WikipediaFull Transcript: Benchmark General Partner Bill Gurley on Recode Decode | VoxIncreasing Returns and the New World of Business by W. Brian Arthur | HBRWhat Are Network Effects? | HBS OnlineOpenTable By the Numbers: From Launch to $2.6 Billion | EaterThe Rising Impact of Open Source | Above the CrowdGoogle Redefines Disruption: The “Less Than Free” Business Model | Above the CrowdThe Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail by Clayton M. Christensen | AmazonCrossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers by Geoffrey A. Moore | AmazonSheryl Sandberg: We’ve Paid Hackers Millions to Find Security Bugs | Fortune MPWGeneral Magic (Documentary) | Prime VideoStartup: A Silicon Valley Adventure by Jerry Kaplan | AmazonJodorowsky’s Dune | Prime VideoAlien | Prime VideoAliens | Prime VideoTony Fadell — On Building the iPod, iPhone, Nest, and a Life of Curiosity | The Tim Ferriss Show #403Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making by Tony Fadell | AmazonShoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight | AmazonOpen: An Autobiography by Andre Agassi | AmazonSpare by Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex | AmazonHow Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom by Matt Ridley | AmazonCan Xi Jinping Live Up to the Legacy of China’s Greatest Modern Reformer, Deng Xiaoping? | QuartzHow Lee Kuan Yew Engineered Singapore’s Economic Miracle | BBC NewsWe Are Passionate about Making the Web a Better Place | AutomatticLinuxThe Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary by Eric S. Raymond | AmazonHistory of the Temple | Sagrada FamíliaMySQLThe Developer Data Platform | MongoDBCreators of Elasticsearch & Kibana | ElasticThe Open Compute Project (OCP)Linux Foundation Claims 5G NFV First, Based on China Mobile Code | RethinkAmazon’s AWS Strategy Becomes Clearer Every Day | Above the CrowdProduction-Grade Container Orchestration | KubernetesWhat is a Container? | DockerOpenStreetMapHumanitarian OpenStreetMap TeamMatt Ridley: When Ideas Have Sex | TEDGlobal 2010RISC-V InternationalOpen Source for Autonomous Driving | The Autoware FoundationMatt Suppes: Open Source Nuclear Fusion | Life ConferenceInterest Graph | Wikipedia“An Entire Generation…” | Bill Gurley, Twitter“Forget Those Prices Happened.” | Bill Gurley, TwitterAll Revenue is Not Created Equal: The Keys to the 10X Revenue Club | Above the CrowdDiscounted Cash Flow (DCF) Explained with Formula and Examples | InvestopediaR.I.P. Good Times | SequoiaGAAP vs. Non-GAAP: What’s the Difference? | InvestopediaSnow Crash by Neal Stephenson | AmazonExplore. Discover. Create. | Second LifeBill Gurley, Philip Rosedale: Back to the Future | Invest Like the BestThe Metaverse is the Future of Digital Connection | MetaWhat Is LARPing? (Live Action Role Playing) | InsiderBurning ManReady Player One: A Novel by Ernest Cline | AmazonThe Metaverse in 2040 | Pew Research CenterOne Platform to Connect | ZoomMicrosoft to Invest $10 Billion in OpenAI, the Creator of ChatGPT | The New York TimesHow India Runs on Meta’s WhatsApp Message App | VoxTencent’s WeChat App Keeps Growing Despite Beijing Crackdown | BloombergMark Zuckerberg on Long-Term Strategy, Business and Parenting Principles, Personal Energy Management, Building the Metaverse, Seeking Awe, the Role of Religion, Solving Deep Technical Challenges (e.g., AR), and More | The Tim Ferriss Show #582The Sunk Cost Fallacy | The Decision LabQuality of Earnings: Definition, Analysis, and Why It’s Important | InvestopediaThe Data Cloud | SnowflakeThe History of Uber – Uber’s Timeline | Uber NewsroomUber Isn’t Worth $17 Billion | FiveThirtyEightHow to Miss By a Mile: An Alternative Look at Uber’s Potential Market Size | Above the CrowdWhat is Total Addressable Market (TAM)? | DivestopediaWhat Is eSports? A Look at an Explosive, Billion-Dollar Industry | CNNHow Amazon Same-Day Delivery Works | HowStuffWorksAmazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Letters to Shareholders | Peter FiskRelentless.comThe No-Stats All-Star | The New York Times MagazineShane Battier: The No-Stats All-Star | Invest Like the BestJonathan Haidt — The Coddling of the American Mind, How to Become Intellectually Antifragile, and How to Lose Anger by Studying Morality | The Tim Ferriss Show #644Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase — The Art of Relentless Focus, Preparing for Full-Contact Entrepreneurship, Critical Forks in the Path, Handling Haters, The Wisdom of Paul Graham, Epigenetic Reprogramming, and Much More | The Tim Ferriss Show #627Tobi Lütke — From Snowboard Shop to Billion-Dollar Company | The Tim Ferriss Show #359Business-to-Business (B2B) | InvestopediaComplexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos by M. Mitchell Waldrop | AmazonMr. China: A Memoir by Tim Clissold | AmazonRed Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice by Bill Browder | AmazonRange: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein | AmazonFar-Out Thinking | Psychological ScienceThe Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance by David Epstein | AmazonLegg Mason | WikipediaEvents: The Complexity of Sustainability: Beyond the Power Grid | Santa Fe InstituteThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman | Amazon20 Cognitive Biases That Affect Your Decisions | Mental FlossJames Clear, Atomic Habits — Simple Strategies for Building (and Breaking) Habits, Questions for Personal Mastery and Growth, Tactics for Writing and Launching a Mega-Bestseller, Finding Leverage, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show #648Eric Newcomer | SubstackTechmemeRunnin’ Down a Dream: How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love by Bill Gurley | McCombs School, University of TexasRegulatory Capture Definition With Examples | InvestopediaObama’s Surprising Answer on Which Part of Obamacare Has Disappointed Him the Most | VoxEpicCitizens United Explained | Brennan Center for JusticeInstant Payment | WikipediaFed Now Service | Federal ReserveOpenSecretsSHOW NOTES

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The book Bill calls “the most efficient short-form MBA one can find.”Sell-side analysts vs. buy-side analysts.Financial models, rules of thumb, and making (sometimes wrong) decisions.Howard Marks and Stan Druckenmiller.Micro vs. macro investing.Institutional Investor’s All-America Research Team.Expanding distribution.Return On Invested Capital (ROIC).Repurposing good ideas for alternative applications.The conviction of network effects.SaaS and open source.Bet sizing.Equal partnership over hierarchy.Lessons learned from partners.Recommended resources.Problems open source can solve.Building a better network with the interest graph.Dissecting Bill’s Twitter thread about risks and sudden valuation resets.The Metaverse.Revenue and earnings quality matter.Undervalued competitive advantages.Jeff Bezos: corporate mad scientist?The counterintuitive condemnation of company camaraderie.Tobi Lütke.Books Bill has gifted frequently.The Santa Fe Institute.Bill’s board.Cultivating anti-tribalism.Twitter: what is it good for?Newsletters and other resources Bill relies on.Bill’s book in progress.Regulatory capture.Predicting what America will look like in 10-20 years.Parting thoughts.MORE BILL GURLEY QUOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW

“The minute you set a very hard rule, you might be setting yourself up for a mistake. And venture, I have found, is a world where that happens frequently.”

— Bill Gurley

“The process through which you actually put the words to paper and structure the paragraphs, structure the argument, you get smarter. Sometimes you decide, ‘Oops, I was wrong.’ You learn by putting it all together.”

— Bill Gurley

“If you’re starting a company because you think it’s going to be a good lifestyle, holy shit. You’re in for a rude awakening.”

— Bill Gurley

“Open source is way better at complex problems than simple problems.”

— Bill Gurley

“Why do we use government dollars to fund stuff that becomes proprietary?”

— Bill Gurley

“Be less tribal.”

— Bill Gurley

PEOPLE MENTIONEDMichael E. PorterDan BentonDavid KorusCharles Wolf Jr.Henry BlodgetPeter LynchMichael J. MauboussinBurton MalkielHoward MarksLarry PageSergey BrinJohn DoerrMichael MoritzBruce DunlevieMatt RidleyStanley DruckenmillerWarren BuffettGeorge SorosStewart AlsopBill GatesLarry EllisonMichael DellRick SherlundTom MeredithKevin KellyW. Brian ArthurChuck TempletonSheryl SandbergMatt CohlerPeter FentonMitch LaskyBob KagleRoelof BothaJerry KaplanAlejandro JodorowskyH.R. GigerTony FadellPhil KnightAndre AgassiJ.R. MoehringerDeng XiaopingLee Kuan YewMatt MullenwegAntoni GaudíJim ZemlinPhilip RosedaleMark ZuckerbergGarrett CampAswath DamodaranTravis KalanickJeff BezosShane BattierMichael LewisMike KrzyzewskiJonathan HaidtBrian ArmstrongTobias LütkeM. Mitchell WaldropJosh WolfeTim ClissoldBill BrowderDavid EpsteinMalcolm GladwellRoger FedererKeith HolyoakBill MillerDaniel KahnemanGeorge FloydDerek ChauvinJames ClearEric NewcomerGabe RiveraBob KnightBob DylanDanny MeyerGeorge J. StiglerBarack ObamaJudy FaulknerJerome H. Powell

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Dr. Matthew Walker, All Things Sleep — How to Improve Sleep, How Sleep Ties Into Alzheimer’s Disease and Weight Gain, and How Medications (Ambien, Trazodone, etc.), Caffeine, THC/CBD, Psychedelics, Exercise, Smart Drugs, Fasting, and More Affect Sleep (#65

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“Most of us assume that sleep evolved. But why should we make that assumption? Why isn’t it that sleep was the default state when life emerged, and it was wakefulness that evolved?”

— Dr. Matthew Walker

Matthew Walker Ph.D. (@sleepdiplomat) is professor of neuroscience at the University of California Berkeley and founder and director of the school’s Center for Human Sleep Science. Walker is the author of The New York Times and international bestseller Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams which was recently listed by Bill Gates as one of his top five books of the year. His TED Talk, “Sleep is Your Superpower,” has garnered more than 17 million views. 

He has received numerous funding awards from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health and is a Kavli Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences. In 2020, Walker was awarded the Carl Sagan Prize for Science Achievements. Walker’s research examines the impact of sleep on human health and disease. He has been featured on numerous television and radio outlets including CBS’ “60 Minutes,” National Geographic Channel, NOVA Science, NPR, and the BBC. He is also the host of the 5-star-rated podcast The Matt Walker Podcast, which is all about sleep, the brain, and the body.

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Want to hear another podcast episode with someone who won’t rest until you get a good night’s sleep? Listen to my conversation with neuroscientist and Stanford University professor Dr. Andrew Huberman in which we discussed timing circadian biology to accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative, the ideal time for morning light exposure, what he recommends over melatonin as a sleep aid, the non-sleep deep rest of yoga nidra, using physiological sighs to reduce stress, the future of beneficial brain change, cage diving with great white sharks, and much more.

#521: Dr. Andrew Huberman — A Neurobiologist on Optimizing Sleep, Enhancing Performance, Reducing Anxiety, Increasing Testosterone, and Using the Body to Control the Mind

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SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODEConnect with Dr. Matthew Walker:

Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker | Amazon The Matt Walker Podcast Matt Walker’s TED TalksCenter for Human Sleep ScienceInsights from Dr. Matthew Walker, Adam Grant/Atul Gawande, Diana Chapman, and Rich Roll/David Goggins | The Tim Ferriss Show #630What is Alzheimer’s Disease? | alz.orgInsomnia: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments | Sleep FoundationSleep Apnea: Symptoms and Causes | Sleep FoundationThe Connection Between Sleep and Alzheimer’s Disease (Clip) | The Drive with Peter Attia #47Scientists Discover Previously Unknown Cleansing System in Brain | URMC NewsroomAquaporin-4-Dependent Glymphatic Solute Transport in the Rodent Brain | NeuroscienceDeep Sleep Gives Your Brain a Deep Clean | Scientific AmericanSleepy Worms Shed Light on Why We Need Our Shut-Eye | FuturityGedankenexperiment Definition & Meaning | Merriam-WebsterAmerica’s Favorite Coffee, Espresso and Donuts | Dunkin’Make New Memories But Keep the Old, With a Little Help From Electrodes | Innovation| Smithsonian MagazinePrefrontal Cortex | The Science of PsychotherapySomnee: First Electronic Sleep Aid Headband | StimScienceHow Sleep Latency Impacts the Quality of Your Sleep | Sleep FoundationDr. Peter Attia on Longevity Drugs, Alzheimer’s Disease, and the 3 Most Important Levers to Pull | The Tim Ferriss Show #517Close the Blinds During Sleep to Protect Your Health | Northwestern NowAlaska Bear Natural Silk Sleep Mask | AmazonTemperature: Part 1 | The Matt Walker PodcastTemperature: Part 2 | The Matt Walker PodcastSleep Fitness Technology: Smart Bed Cooling & Heating System For Better Sleep | Eight Sleep10 Health Benefits of Taking a Hot Bath | ByrdieThe Best Exercises to Get Better Sleep | Sleep FoundationJames Clear, Atomic Habits — Simple Strategies for Building (and Breaking) Habits, Questions for Personal Mastery and Growth, Tactics for Writing and Launching a Mega-Bestseller, Finding Leverage, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show #648Caffeine and Sleep | Sleep FoundationSleep & Caffeine: Part 1 | The Matt Walker PodcastSleep & Caffeine: Part 2 | The Matt Walker PodcastHow to Make the Strongest Coffee | Coffee Gems10 Healthy Reasons to Drink Coffee | One MedicalUsing Cannabis for Sleep | The Sleep DoctorThe Difference Between CBN, THC, & CBD | Pantry Food CoObservations on the Medicinal Properties of the Cannabis Sativa of India | Medico-Chirurgical TransactionsOn the Preparations of the Indian Hemp, or Gunjah | Provincial Medical Journal, and Retrospect of the Medical SciencesDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–5) | American Psychiatric Association“The Dose Makes the Poison.” | Chemical Safety FactsGeneration 3 | Oura RingThe 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman by Timothy Ferriss | AmazonWhole-Night Continuous Rocking Entrains Spontaneous Neural Oscillations with Benefits for Sleep and Memory | Current BiologyWhy Hammocks Make Sleep Easier, Deeper | ShotsSkeuomorphism 101: An Intro to the Controversial Style | HubSpotThe Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown | AmazonGeorge Foreman Indoor Grill and Panini Press | AmazonStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | Prime VideoDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Understanding the Glymphatic System | NeuronlinePsychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy and Sleep | Psychology TodayRecreational Drugs and Sleep | Sleep SocietyWe Talked to a Scientist Who Gave LSD to Cats Back in the ’70s | ViceThe Endocannabinoid System: Essential and Mysterious | Harvard HealthSleep & Weight Gain: Part 1 | The Matt Walker PodcastSleep & Weight Gain: Part 2 | The Matt Walker PodcastThe Orexin System: Basic Science and Role in Sleep Pathology | Frontiers of Neurology and NeuroscienceOrthostatic Intolerance | WikipediaMelatonin | The Matt Walker PodcastThe Effects of Ramadan Fasting on Sleep Patterns and Daytime Sleepiness: An Objective Assessment | Journal of Research in Medical SciencesNarcolepsy: Causes, Symptoms, Treatments | Sleep FoundationFainting Goats! | National GeographicCataplexy | WikipediaSleep Paralysis | Stanford Health CareModafinil and Sports: Legal Performance Enhancer? | ModafinilGamma-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) | Cleveland ClinicWhy We Sleep Pt II: Walker on the Dark Side of Sleeping Pills — Plus a CBT That Works? | Health RisingProfessor Marcos Frank: How Sleep Helps You Learn and Remember | humanOS Radio #004Trazodone | Drugs.comConsiderations Before Taking Trazodone for Insomnia | Verywell HealthKetanserin | Drugs.comPsychedelic-Antidepressant Interactions | MIND FoundationHow Gabapentin Differs From Pregabalin | Pharmacy TimesRestless Legs Syndrome: Symptoms and Causes | Sleep FoundationCognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) | Sleep FoundationHow to Lucid Dream | Sleep FoundationSHOW NOTES

Editor’s note: timestamps will be added shortly.

Sleep and Alzheimer’s disease.What causes the decline of deep sleep as we age?Are there any known species that don’t require sleep?Brain stimulation for more deep sleep, less insomnia.Tips for better sleep without laboratory budget or access.Ideal types of exercise for promoting deep sleep.Matt’s updated thoughts on caffeine and sleep.Cannabis (CBD, THC, CBN) and sleep.A crowdsourcing request from listeners.If the bed’s a-rocking…The Da Vinci Code magic sleep device.DARPA innovation.Ensuring proper function in the glymphatic system.Psychedelics and sleep.How sleep affects food intake and weight fluctuation.Orexin, I reckon.Fainting goats and narcolepsy.Modafinil.How sleep medications affect sleep quality.Trazodone.Serotonin type 2A antagonism.Perilous polypharmacy.Pregabalin and gabapentin.The psychological value of emergency sleep medicine for insomniacs.CBTI and the balancing role of pharmacology.Parting thoughts and what to expect from a future round two.MORE DR. MATTHEW WALKER QUOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW

“If sleep is a missing piece in the explanatory puzzle of aging and Alzheimer’s disease, then maybe we can do something about it. Sleep is a modifiable factor.”

— Dr. Matthew Walker

“In biology it’s very rare that you get a free lunch. And when you fight biology, you normally lose.”

— Dr. Matthew Walker

“Night after night, if you’re not cleansing the brain, it becomes like compounding interest on a loan, that it continues to escalate time and time again, night after night. “

— Dr. Matthew Walker

“Most of us assume that sleep evolved. But why should we make that assumption? Why isn’t it that sleep was the default state when life emerged, and it was wakefulness that evolved?”

— Dr. Matthew Walker

PEOPLE MENTIONEDMaiken NedergaardPeter AttiaPhyllis ZeeJohn ClendinningWilliam Brooke O’ShaughnessyParacelsusKevin KellyGeorge ForemanDaniel KahnemanTerence McKennaBarry JacobsMarcos Frank

DISCLAIMER: I’m not a doctor, nor do I play one on the Internet. None of the content in this podcast constitutes medical advice. Please consult your doctor before considering anything we discuss in this episode.

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Rick Rubin, Legendary Producer — Timeless Methods for Unlocking Creativity, Secrets Hidden in Plain Sight, The Future with AI, Helpful Distractions, Working with Strong Personalities, Breaking Out of “The Sameness,” and More (#649)

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“Look for what you notice but no one else sees.”

— Rick Rubin

Rick Rubin (@RickRubin) is a nine-time GRAMMY-winning producer, one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world, and the most successful producer in any genre, according to Rolling Stone. He has collaborated with artists from Tom Petty to Adele, Johnny Cash to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys to Slayer, Kanye West to the Strokes, and System of a Down to Jay-Z. You can find my 2015 interview with Rick at tim.blog/RickRubin.

His new book is THE CREATIVE ACT: A Way of Being. 

Please enjoy!

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.

Brought to you by  Wealthfront  high-yield savings account,  Peloton Row  premium rower for an efficient workout, and  You Need A Budget  cult-favorite money management app.

The transcript of this episode can be found here. Transcripts of all episodes can be found here.

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This episode is brought to you by You Need A Budget! You Need A Budget is a cult-favorite budgeting app for a reason—it works. The app and its simple 4-rule method will change the way you think about your money and help you gain total control so you can plan for the things you need and get the things you want without guilt or stress. You Need A Budget has helped millions of people transform their finances, save their marriages, and live life on their own terms.

The You Need A Budget team offers free, live classes every day of the week—including video courses, bootcamps, and challenges—and active fan groups in every corner of the internet. On average, new budgeters save more than $600 by month two and $6,000 in their first year. Try the app free for 34 days (no credit card required) at YouNeedABudget.com/Tim. 

This episode is brought to you by Wealthfront! Wealthfront is an app that helps you save and invest your money. Right now, you can earn 3.8% APY—that’s the Annual Percentage Yield—with the Wealthfront Cash Account. That’s more than fifteen times more interest than if you left your money in a savings account at the average bank, according to FDIC.gov. 

It takes just a few minutes to sign up, and then you’ll immediately start earning 3.8% interest on your savings. And when you open an account today, you’ll get an extra fifty-dollar bonus with a deposit of five hundred dollars or more.  Visit Wealthfront.com/Tim to get started.

This episode is brought to you by Peloton Row! Peloton Row delivers personalized rowing workouts to help you learn and master your stroke. Form features like Form Assist and Form Ratings & Insights indicate how to improve your stroke in class in real time and provide a post-class breakdown so you can hit the Row harder next time. And with the ability to customize your target metrics, you become an expert at the level and pace that feels good for you. You get all your cardio and strength in one shot, while protecting your joints and ligaments in a high-intensity, low-impact way. Fun fact: you work 86% of your muscles in only 15 minutes.

Right now is the perfect time to get rowing with Peloton Row. Peloton Row offers a variety of classes for all levels plus game-changing features that help you get rowing or advance the rowing you can already do. Explore Peloton Row at OnePeloton.com/Row.

Want to hear Rick Rubin’s previous interview on this podcast? Have a listen to our conversation (from the inside of a sauna!), during which we discussed how Rick lost 145 pounds, rebuilding the circadian rhythm, music discovery versus manufacturing, how to approach music from a place of appreciation, genre-hopping, sauna/ice bath combination, and much more.

#76: Rick Rubin on Cultivating World-Class Artists (Jay Z, Johnny Cash, etc.), Losing 100+ Pounds, and Breaking Down The Complex

What 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 Rick Rubin:

Twitter

The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin | Amazon TetragrammatonRick Rubin on Cultivating World-Class Artists (Jay-Z, Johnny Cash, etc.), Losing 100+ Pounds, and Breaking Down The Complex | The Tim Ferriss Show #76Rick Rubin: My Life in 21 Songs | Rolling StoneTao Te Ching by Lao Tzu | AmazonThe Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron | AmazonIs Wrestling Real or Fake? All Your WWE Questions Answered | DigitalSpyA Fictional World Built for These Chaotic Times | The Legend of CØCKPUNCHReign In Blood by Slayer | Amazon MusicThe Pop Life | The New York TimesRanking the Beatles’ Albums in Order of Greatness | Far OutAngus Young Defends Why AC/DC Still Sound the Same after So Many Years | Tone DeafThese Ducks Visit Dee Dee Ramone’s Grave Every Day | Rolling StoneRap Rock | WikipediaWas Rick Rubin Good or Bad for Linkin Park? | RedditA Refresher on A/B Testing | Harvard Business ReviewQuote by Robert Henri | GoodreadsThe Art Spirit by Robert Henri | Amazon5-Bullet Friday | Tim FerrissOptimizing Language Models for Dialogue | ChatGPTMidjourneyStable Diffusion OnlineRick Rubin: The Music Man | The New York TimesPadawan | WookieepediaIs a Day Trip to the Grand Canyon Worth It? | QuoraMoonage DaydreamTárSHOW NOTES[00:00] Start[06:28] Why Rick wrote The Creative Act.[09:24] The Tao of Rick Rubin.[12:16] Making the creative toolbox multi-purposeful.[15:00] Collaborations: ensuring the best ideas prevail over egos.[19:50] Creative revisions are experiments, not guaranteed improvements.[26:44] Knowing when to be defined by or to deviate from an established genre.[33:07] Why Rick resisted advice to make his first book an autobiography.[37:10] Even a solo project is a collaboration.[38:07] Noticing what nobody else sees.[40:24] Being in the wonderful state “which makes art inevitable.”[42:22] Craftsperson vs. artist.[44:29] Good distraction vs. bad distraction.[46:40] Breaking out of sameness.[49:24] Filtering out non-constructive feedback.[51:39] Does artificial intelligence deserve a role in the creative process?[55:36] What happens when new music catches Rick’s ear?[56:54] How to be the best music producer possible.[1:00:17] Artists who seem to best channel wonder from the mundane.[1:04:12] Managing massive inspirational intake.[1:05:24] New movies on Rick’s radar.[1:06:23] Tips for artists who want to endure the ages.[1:12:06] Pacing the book — as the writer and the reader.[1:15:39] Parting thoughts.MORE RICK RUBIN QUOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW

“That’s the way I like to work. I go in with a blind belief that something good will happen and until it’s proven impossible, I will continue banging my head against the wall.”
— Rick Rubin

“In most collaborative projects … the way that I’ve noticed it working is that there’ll be many ideas, and there’ll be a battle of wills to see which idea wins. It’s not necessarily based in which idea is best—it’s more of an ego conflict battle. And then someone who’s either willing to fight more or is more insensitive is able to push their way through, and that becomes a direction. And from my experience, those are not how the best decisions are made.”
— Rick Rubin

“Always refer back to the thing that you’re revising. I would never assume, because you put more time into something, it’s getting better.”
— Rick Rubin

“Look for what you notice but no one else sees.”
— Rick Rubin

“What makes an artist great happens not in the making. It happens in the way of being in the world, the way of experiencing the world, the way of noticing the thing that someone else doesn’t notice. The way of seeing what’s beautiful when everyone else sees the mundane and being able to represent that back in a way that other people get a glimpse of what we saw that they didn’t notice.”
— Rick Rubin

“The craftsperson is making the thing and making them all the same and making them all match or making the one that somebody ordered. … The artist is making the thing that you didn’t know you want, the thing that you didn’t know that you couldn’t live without, the thing that you didn’t know was possible.”
— Rick Rubin

“We get to walk around in awe all day and have our breath taken away, and then we get to portray that in something where someone else hopefully could have that same sense of awe from something we made.”
— Rick Rubin

“The reason there are so many musical artists and the reason I have thousands of albums of artists and thousands of artists that I follow that I love isn’t because they’re all the best one. They all do something really good particular to them.”
— Rick Rubin

PEOPLE MENTIONEDTom PettyAdeleJohnny CashRed Hot Chili PeppersBeastie BoysSlayerKanye WestThe StrokesSystem Of A DownJay-ZJulia CameronLaird HamiltonThe BeatlesAC/DCRamonesLinkin ParkRage Against The MachineRobert HenriNeil DiamondNeil YoungUsain BoltLeonardo da VinciBob DylanJohnny RamoneEric ClaptonDavid Bowie

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Rick Rubin, Legendary Music Producer — The Creative Act, Overcoming Creative Blocks, Developing Your Perception and Sensitivities, Reinvention vs. Going Narrow, The Future and AI, and Much More (#649)

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“Look for what you notice but no one else sees.”

— Rick Rubin

Rick Rubin (@RickRubin) is a nine-time GRAMMY-winning producer, one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world, and the most successful producer in any genre, according to Rolling Stone. He has collaborated with artists from Tom Petty to Adele, Johnny Cash to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys to Slayer, Kanye West to the Strokes, and System of a Down to Jay-Z. You can find my 2015 interview with Rick at tim.blog/RickRubin.

His new book is THE CREATIVE ACT: A Way of Being. 

Please enjoy!

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.

Brought to you by  Wealthfront  high-yield savings account,  Peloton Row  premium rower for an efficient workout, and  You Need A Budget  cult-favorite money management app.

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This episode is brought to you by You Need A Budget! You Need A Budget is a cult-favorite budgeting app for a reason—it works. The app and its simple 4-rule method will change the way you think about your money and help you gain total control so you can plan for the things you need and get the things you want without guilt or stress. You Need A Budget has helped millions of people transform their finances, save their marriages, and live life on their own terms.

The You Need A Budget team offers free, live classes every day of the week—including video courses, bootcamps, and challenges—and active fan groups in every corner of the internet. On average, new budgeters save more than $600 by month two and $6,000 in their first year. Try the app free for 34 days (no credit card required) at YouNeedABudget.com/Tim. 

This episode is brought to you by Wealthfront! Wealthfront is an app that helps you save and invest your money. Right now, you can earn 3.8% APY—that’s the Annual Percentage Yield—with the Wealthfront Cash Account. That’s more than fifteen times more interest than if you left your money in a savings account at the average bank, according to FDIC.gov. 

It takes just a few minutes to sign up, and then you’ll immediately start earning 3.8% interest on your savings. And when you open an account today, you’ll get an extra fifty-dollar bonus with a deposit of five hundred dollars or more.  Visit Wealthfront.com/Tim to get started.

This episode is brought to you by Peloton Row! Peloton Row brings personalized form features to rowing to help you learn and master your stroke. Form features like Form Assist indicate how to improve your stroke in class in real time, as well as a detailed post-class breakdown so you can hit the Row harder next time. And with features that allow you to personalize your target metrics, you become an expert at the level and pace that feels good for you. You get all your cardio and strength in one shot, while protecting your joints and ligaments in a high-intensity, low-impact way. Fun fact: you work 86% of your muscles in only 15 minutes.

Right now is the perfect time to get rowing with Peloton Row. Peloton Row offers a variety of classes for all levels plus game-changing features that help you get rowing or advance the rowing you can already do. Explore Peloton Row at OnePeloton.com/Row.

Want to hear Rick Rubin’s previous interview on this podcast? Have a listen to our conversation (from the inside of a sauna!) where we discussed how Rick lost 145 pounds, rebuilding the circadian rhythm, music discovery versus manufacturing, how to approach music from a place of appreciation, genre-hopping, sauna/ice bath combination, and much more.

#76: Rick Rubin on Cultivating World-Class Artists (Jay Z, Johnny Cash, etc.), Losing 100+ Pounds, and Breaking Down The Complex

What was your favorite quote or lesson from this episode? Please let me know in the comments.

SCROLL BELOW FOR LINKS AND SHOW NOTES…

SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODEConnect with Rick Rubin:

Twitter

The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin | Amazon TetragrammatonRick Rubin on Cultivating World-Class Artists (Jay-Z, Johnny Cash, etc.), Losing 100+ Pounds, and Breaking Down The Complex | The Tim Ferriss Show #76Rick Rubin: My Life in 21 Songs | Rolling StoneTao Te Ching by Lao Tzu | AmazonThe Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron | AmazonIs Wrestling Real or Fake? All Your WWE Questions Answered | DigitalSpyA Fictional World Built for These Chaotic Times | The Legend of CØCKPUNCHReign In Blood by Slayer | Amazon MusicThe Pop Life | The New York TimesRanking the Beatles’ Albums in Order of Greatness | Far OutAngus Young Defends Why AC/DC Still Sound the Same after So Many Years | Tone DeafThese Ducks Visit Dee Dee Ramone’s Grave Every Day | Rolling StoneRap Rock | WikipediaWas Rick Rubin Good or Bad for Linkin Park? | RedditA Refresher on A/B Testing | Harvard Business ReviewQuote by Robert Henri | GoodreadsThe Art Spirit by Robert Henri | Amazon5-Bullet Friday | Tim FerrissOptimizing Language Models for Dialogue | ChatGPTMidjourneyStable Diffusion OnlineRick Rubin: The Music Man | The New York TimesPadawan | WookieepediaIs a Day Trip to the Grand Canyon Worth It? | QuoraMoonage DaydreamTárSHOW NOTES

Editor’s note: timestamps will be added shortly.

Why Rick wrote The Creative Act.The Tao of Rick Rubin.Making the creative toolbox multi-purposeful.Collaborations: ensuring the best ideas prevail over egos.Creative revisions are experiments, not guaranteed improvements.Knowing when to be defined by or to deviate from an established genre.Why Rick resisted advice to make his first book an autobiography.Even a solo project is a collaboration.Noticing what nobody else sees.Being in the wonderful state “which makes art inevitable.”Craftsperson vs. artist.Good distraction vs. bad distraction.Breaking out of sameness.Filtering out non-constructive feedback.Does artificial intelligence deserve a role in the creative process?What happens when new music catches Rick’s ear?How to be the best music producer possible.Artists who seem to best channel wonder from the mundane.Managing massive inspirational intake.New movies on Rick’s radar.Tips for artists who want to endure the ages.Pacing the book — as the writer and the reader.Parting thoughts.MORE RICK RUBIN QUOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW

“That’s the way I like to work. I go in with a blind belief that something good will happen and until it’s proven impossible, I will continue banging my head against the wall.”

— Rick Rubin

“In most collaborative projects … the way that I’ve noticed it working is that there’ll be many ideas, and there’ll be a battle of wills to see which idea wins. It’s not necessarily based in which idea is best — it’s more of an ego conflict battle. And then someone who’s either willing to fight more or is more insensitive is able to push their way through, and that becomes a direction. And from my experience, those are not how the best decisions are made.”

— Rick Rubin

“Always refer back to the thing that you’re revising. I would never assume, because you put more time into something, it’s getting better.”

— Rick Rubin

“Look for what you notice but no one else sees.”

— Rick Rubin

“What makes an artist great happens not in the making. It happens in the way of being in the world, the way of experiencing the world, the way of noticing the thing that someone else doesn’t notice. The way of seeing what’s beautiful when everyone else sees the mundane, and being able to represent that back in a way that other people get a glimpse of what we saw that they didn’t notice.”

— Rick Rubin

“The craftsperson is making the thing, and making them all the same, and making them all match, or making the one that somebody ordered. … The artist is making the thing that you didn’t know you want, the thing that you didn’t know that you couldn’t live without, the thing that you didn’t know was possible.”

— Rick Rubin

“We get to walk around in awe all day and have our breath taken away, and then we get to portray that in something where someone else hopefully could have that same sense of awe from something we made.”

— Rick Rubin

“The reason there are so many musical artists and the reason I have thousands of albums of artists and thousands of artists that I follow that I love isn’t because they’re all the best one. They all do something really good particular to them.”

— Rick Rubin

PEOPLE MENTIONEDTom PettyAdeleJohnny CashRed Hot Chili PeppersBeastie BoysSlayerKanye WestThe StrokesSystem Of A DownJay-ZJulia CameronLaird HamiltonThe BeatlesAC/DCRamonesLinkin ParkRage Against The MachineRobert HenriNeil DiamondNeil YoungUsain BoltLeonardo da VinciBob DylanJohnny RamoneEric ClaptonDavid Bowie

The post Rick Rubin, Legendary Music Producer — The Creative Act, Overcoming Creative Blocks, Developing Your Perception and Sensitivities, Reinvention vs. Going Narrow, The Future and AI, and Much More (#649) appeared first on The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss.

James Clear, Atomic Habits — Simple Strategies for Building (and Breaking) Habits, Questions for Personal Mastery and Growth, Tactics for Writing and Launching a Mega-Bestseller, Finding Leverage, and More (#648)

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“Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.”

— James Clear

James Clear (@JamesClear) is a writer and speaker focused on habits and continuous improvement. He is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Atomic Habits, which covers easy and proven ways to build good habits and break bad ones. The book has sold more than 10 million copies worldwide and has been translated into more than 50 languages. On average, Atomic Habits has sold one copy every 15 seconds since it was published.

James is also the creator of the 3-2-1 Newsletter, which is one of the most popular email newsletters in the world and has more than 2 million subscribers. Each issue contains 3 short ideas from James, 2 quotes from other people, and 1 question to consider that week. You can sign up for free at JamesClear.com.

He is a regular speaker at Fortune 500 companies, and his work is used by players and coaches in the NFL, NBA, and MLB. In college, he was an Academic All-American baseball player, and he is an avid weightlifter.

Please enjoy!

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform. You can watch the video on YouTube here.

Brought to you by  Athletic Greens  all-in-one supplement ,  Peloton Row  premium rower for an efficient workout, and  You Need A Budget  cult-favorite money-management app.

The transcript of this episode can be found here. Transcripts of all episodes can be found here.

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This episode is brought to you by You Need A Budget! You Need A Budget is a cult-favorite budgeting app for a reason—it works. The app and its simple 4-rule method will change the way you think about your money and help you gain total control so you can plan for the things you need and get the things you want without guilt or stress. You Need A Budget has helped millions of people transform their finances, save their marriages, and live life on their own terms.

The You Need A Budget team offers free, live classes every day of the week—including video courses, bootcamps, and challenges—and active fan groups in every corner of the internet. On average, new budgeters save more than $600 by month two and $6,000 in their first year. Try the app free for 34 days (no credit card required) at YouNeedABudget.com/Tim. 

This episode is brought to you by Athletic Greens. I get asked all the time, “If you could use only one supplement, what would it be?” My answer is usually AG1 by Athletic Greens, my all-in-one nutritional insurance. I recommended it in The 4-Hour Body in 2010 and did not get paid to do so. I do my best with nutrient-dense meals, of course, but AG further covers my bases with vitamins, minerals, and whole-food-sourced micronutrients that support gut health and the immune system. 

Right now, Athletic Greens is offering you their Vitamin D Liquid Formula free with your first subscription purchase—a vital nutrient for a strong immune system and strong bones. Visit AthleticGreens.com/Tim to claim this special offer today and receive the free Vitamin D Liquid Formula (and five free travel packs) with your first subscription purchase! That’s up to a one-year supply of Vitamin D as added value when you try their delicious and comprehensive all-in-one daily greens product.

This episode is brought to you by Peloton Row! Peloton Row delivers personalized rowing workouts to help you learn and master your stroke. Form features like Form Assist and Form Ratings & Insights indicate how to improve your stroke in class in real time and provide a post-class breakdown so you can hit the Row harder next time. And with the ability to customize your target metrics, you become an expert at the level and pace that feels good for you. You get all your cardio and strength in one shot, while protecting your joints and ligaments in a high-intensity, low-impact way. Fun fact: you work 86% of your muscles in only 15 minutes.

Right now is the perfect time to get rowing with Peloton Row. Peloton Row offers a variety of classes for all levels plus game-changing features that help you get rowing or advance the rowing you can already do. Explore Peloton Row at OnePeloton.com/Row.

Want to hear another episode about changing your mindset to achieve optimal performance? Listen to this conversation with The Art of Learning author Josh Waitzkin, in which we discuss his pre-game ritual, cramming two months of learning into each day, going from zero to 10 instead of simmering at a constant six, and much more.

#375: Josh Waitzkin — How to Cram 2 Months of Learning into 1 Day

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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear | AmazonThe 3-2-1 Newsletter | James ClearAnnual Reviews | James ClearTools of Titans: Derek Sivers Distilled | The Tim Ferriss Show #202T-Handle Kettlebell : 3 Steps (with Pictures) | Instructables3 Simple Ways to Create an Exercise Habit | James ClearNatural Happiness: The Truth About Exercise and Depression | James ClearHow James Clear is Writing His Next Book | SuperorganizersReading Like a Bird of Prey | Austin KleonMeet Your Next Favorite Book | GoodreadsFinite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility by James P. Carse | AmazonThe 5 Levels of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs | Verywell MindManage Your Team’s Work, Projects, & Tasks Online | AsanaTame Your Work, Organize Your Life | EvernoteGoogle Docs | Google WorkspaceThe Physics of Productivity: Newton’s Laws of Getting Stuff Done | James ClearMicro-Progress and the Power of Getting Started | CBS NewsWant to Make a Habit Stick? Start Small – Atomic Small | CBS NewsDon’t Grow Your Garden in Someone Else’s Yard | Paul JunBest TikTok Dances: Top 20 | DexertoDive Into Anything | RedditCultivate | Chrome Web StoreIdentity-Based Habits: How to Actually Stick to Your Goals This Year | James ClearQuick Start Guide to Identity-Based Habits | James ClearThe High Cost of Productivity Lost To Task Switching | WrikeCaffeine: America’s Most Popular Drug | Kuakini FoundationKitchen Safe Time Locking Container | AmazonMeditation, Mindset, and Mastery | The Tim Ferriss Show #201How to Stop Procrastinating by Using the “2-Minute Rule” | James Clear1999 [Explicit] by Prince | Amazon MusicTranscendental MeditationStarlinkArchimedes’ Lever: How You Can Move the World | Eric KimThe Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness by Morgan Housel | AmazonMorgan Housel — The Psychology of Money, Picking the Right Game, and the $6 Million Janitor | The Tim Ferriss Show #576The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg | AmazonCal Newport — The Eternal Pursuit of Craftsmanship, the Deep Life, Slow Productivity, and a 30-Day Digital Minimalism Challenge | The Tim Ferriss Show #568Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport | AmazonNPD Publishers Marketplace BookScan | Publishers MarketplaceThe Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering by Marie Kondo | AmazonThe Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle | AmazonThe Power of Positive Thinking by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale | AmazonThe Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson | AmazonMark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck — The Surprising Stories Behind 15+ Million Copies Sold, Crucial Decisions, The Art of Home Run Headlines, How to Build a Lean Team, Lessons from Will Smith, Personal Reinvention, and More (#647) – The Blog of Author Tim FerrissThe War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield | AmazonThe 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Tim Ferriss | AmazonExtreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin | AmazonJocko Willink on Discipline, Leadership, and Overcoming Doubt | The Tim Ferriss Show #187Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money — That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert T. Kiyosaki | AmazonTim Ferriss’ DEAL Formula to Work Less and Earn More | The Art of ImprovementThe 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman by Timothy Ferriss | AmazonEl Arroyo | InstagramHow to Get Motivated When You Don’t Feel Like ItJosh Waitzkin on Beginner’s Mind, Self-Actualization, and Advice from Your Future Self | The Tim Ferriss Show #412Neil Gaiman — The Interview I’ve Waited 20 Years to Do | The Tim Ferriss Show #366CØCKPUNCHCrossFitJerry Seinfeld — A Comedy Legend’s Systems, Routines, and Methods for Success | The Tim Ferriss Show #485SHOW NOTES[06:52] Annual reviews.[13:06] Habitual accountability.[17:24] Systemic scaffolding.[22:03] Capturing good ideas.[29:15] Asana.[32:02] Leveraging maximal results from minimal scale.[41:50] Rolling with social platform inconsistencies.[46:45] Don’t let the algorithm dictate your identity.[50:55] The key to building lasting habits.[55:07] How James would promote 5-Bullet Friday.[1:00:59] What might an outside observer believe are your priorities?[1:02:00] Success generates opportunities — and distractions.[1:04:15] How to break a bad habit.[1:10:51] How to build a good habit.[1:20:23] Deconstructing the writing and marketing of Atomic Habits.[1:59:07] Developing a pre-game ritual.[2:04:19] How habits align with the expectations of our tribes.[2:06:54] Optimizing environment for habit adherence.[2:12:24] Parting thoughts.MORE GUEST QUOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW

“Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.”
— James Clear

“Your current behaviors are simply a reflection of your current identity. What you do now is a mirror image of the type of person you believe that you are either consciously or subconsciously. To change your behavior for good, you need to start believing new things about yourself. You need to build identity-based habits.”
— James Clear

“Decide the type of person you want to be, and then you prove it to yourself with small wins. And the more small wins, the more small habits that you perform, the more votes that you cast for that identity, the more you build up evidence of being that kind of person. And eventually you start to take pride in that aspect of your identity.”
— James Clear

“What little habits cast votes for being the kind of person who doesn’t miss workouts? Well, maybe one thing is, rather than doing a 45-minute workout when I only have 10 minutes, I reduce the scope and stick to the schedule and I do a couple sprints, or I do five sets of pushups or whatever it is. And so you find ways to reinforce your desired identity, even if it’s small.”
— James Clear

“If you go out and shoot a basketball for five minutes, you don’t think, ‘Oh, I’m a basketball player.’ But if you do it every day for six months or a year or two years, at some point you cross this invisible line. You’re like, ‘I guess playing basketball is kind of part of who I am.'”
— James Clear

“Most of the time, the desire to belong will overpower the desire to improve. So as best as possible, you’ve got to get those two things aligned and surround yourself with people where your desired behavior is the normal behavior.”
— James Clear

“You can do a lot with five good minutes. Five good minutes of exercise can reset your mood. Five good minutes of conversation can restore a relationship. Five good minutes of writing can make you feel great about the manuscript again. And so it doesn’t take much to feel good, to get back on the path, to continue to make progress.”
— James Clear

“Time will magnify whatever you feed it. If you have good habits, time becomes your ally, and all you need is patience. But if you have bad habits, time becomes your enemy. And every day that goes by, you kind of dig the hole a little bit deeper.”
— James Clear

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