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Charles Koch — CEO of Koch Industries (#381)

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“When goods don’t cross borders, soldiers will.”

— Charles Koch, quoting Frédéric Bastiat

This episode will no doubt surprise people, and my guest came to me through channels I wouldn’t have expected.

Charles Koch received a bachelor’s degree in general engineering and two master’s degrees, in nuclear and chemical engineering, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 

He is chairman of the board and CEO of Koch Industries Inc., a position he has held since 1967. He is renowned for growing Koch Industries from a company worth $21 million in the early 1960s to one with revenues estimated as high as $110 billion by Forbes. It’s one of the largest privately held companies in the world, and by revenue, it’s larger than both Boeing and Disney. He has transformed the business into a diverse group of companies that employ nearly 130,000 people—making everything from Dixie cups to components in your cell phone. 

Charles credits the success of Koch Industries to applying proven principles of social and scientific progress, which led to the development and implementation of his Market-Based Management® (MBM®) business philosophy. He describes MBM and its applications in two of his books, The Science of Success and Good Profit.

Charles is now using those principles in philanthropy, as the founder of Stand Together, to tackle some of the biggest challenges in the U.S. Stand Together is partnering with thousands of social entrepreneurs to help them improve their effectiveness and scale at tackling poverty, improving K-12 education, bringing justice to our criminal justice system, and more.

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QUESTION(S) OF THE DAY: 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 EPISODE

Connect with Stand Together:

Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn

Connect with Koch Industries:

Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn

Wichita, KS
What Is Time Preference? From: The Audiopedia
Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences by Howard Gardner
Charles Koch Shares the Letter That Guides His Life, ABC News
MIT
Arthur D. Little
Good Profit: How Creating Value for Others Built One of the World’s Most Successful Companies by Charles G. Koch
Why Wages Rise by F.A. Harper
Human Action: A Treatise on Economics by Ludwig von Mises
Understanding Maslow’s Theory of Self-Actualization, ThoughtCo.
Science as Falsification by Karl R. Popper, Conjectures and Refutations
The Republic of Science: Its Political and Economic Theory by Michael Polanyi, Minerva
Inside Charles Koch’s $200 million quest for a Republic of Science, The Washington Post
Everything You Need to Know about Occupational Licensing, Vox
Whole Foods
Coca-Cola
Berkshire Hathaway
Charles Koch on Separating Good Profit from Bad, Wichita Business Journal
Big River Steel
Green Steel: How Arkansas Became Home To America’s Cleanest And Fastest-Growing Steelmaker, Forbes
Walmart
Costco
Boeing
General Electric
Personal Knowledge: Towards a Post-Critical Philosophy by Michael Polanyi
What Is Comparative Advantage? Investopedia
What Is Creative Destruction? Investopedia
Kodak Failed By Asking The Wrong Marketing Question, Forbes
Confirmation of Maslow’s Hypothesis of Synergy: Developing an Acceptance of Selfishness at the Workplace Scale, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
The Koch Institute Is Worried About Free Speech on Campus. But Not in the Way You Might Think. The Chronicle of Higher Education
Property Rights, The Library of Economics and Liberty
Defining Decision Rights, The Conscious Leadership Group
Market-Based Management Guiding Principles, Charles Koch Institute
Ludwig von Mises and the Human Action Shift in Economics, Charles Koch Institute
How Liberals and Conservatives Joined up on Prison Reform, CNN
Adversaries Unite to Achieve Historic Criminal Justice Reform, Stand Together
The Cato Institute
Tim Ferriss Goes to Maximum Security Prison, The Tim Ferriss Show #323
How Youth Entrepreneurs Is Transforming the Lives of High School Students, Stand Together
Youth Entrepreneurs: Breaking Through Barriers, Stand Together
Youth Entrepreneurs
The First Step Act
Hudson Link
How the Koch Brothers Are Fighting the Opioid Crisis, The Daily Beast
The Phoenix
Chernobyl
The Declaration of Independence, National Archives
In an Astonishing Turn, George Soros and Charles Koch Team up to End US ‘Forever War’ Policy, The Boston Globe
The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
How the Miserable Death of Moammar Gadhafi Factors into Kim Jong Un’s Nuclear Ambitions, CNBC
Murray Rothbard’s Ideas of Demonstrated Preference and Their Use in Defense of a Free Market, The Rational Argumentator
The Isle of Grain, The Spectator
Rice University
Texaco
Quanah, Texas
United Negro College Fund

Op-Eds:

Why Free Speech Matters on Campus by Michael Bloomberg and Charles Koch, WSJ
Congress Must Act on the ‘Dreamers’ by Tim Cook and Charles Koch, The Washington Post
Unite with Anybody to Do Right by Charles Koch and Michael Lomax, USA Today

Videos:

A New Model for Juvenile Justice: Why a Pro-Football MVP Is Helping This Restaurant Go National, Stand Together
How to Address the Biggest Challenge of Our Time by Charles Koch, Stand Together
An Inspiring Community Unites to Help the Jobless Secure Jobs, Stand Together
Charles Koch on Businesses Giving Second Chances to Former Prisoners, Stand Together
UNCF/Koch Scholars Program: Unexpected Partners Join Forces for the Future, Koch Industries
Adversaries unite to achieve historic criminal justice reform, Stand Together
Charles Koch on Failure, Charles Koch

SHOW NOTES

What is Charles’s history with digging dandelions?
Charles talks about the letter from his father that hangs framed on his wall and why it’s important to him.
On being talked into returning to Wichita after graduating from MIT to run one of his father’s businesses, and how Charles switched from a mindset focused on instant gratification to one of long-term value.
The authors who have had the largest impact on Charles’ thinking.
How does Charles utilize scientific or engineering principles that he learned at MIT for business? Where do Karl Popper and Michael Polanyi figure into the process?
Specifically, how has Charles applied concepts from Polanyi’s “The Republic of Science” to his work?
Virtuous cycles of mutual benefit, creating value for others, and the two components of finding opportunities in this value.
Now that we know what good profit is, what is bad profit — and how does it reduce value and diminish opportunity?
Do Koch companies participate in bad profit?
What are the major market distortions that Charles opposes?
Within the company, how are disagreements hashed out? Is there a framework of principles in place to guide consensus?
Driving principles: personal knowledge versus conceptual knowledge, three-dimensional learning, comparative advantage, synergy, creative destruction, free speech, property rights, decision rights, market-based management, and the human action model.
If these principles seem so obvious, why are they so often ignored by countries, organizations, and companies?
What Charles has found to be the three requirements of a good, successful partnership.
How has Charles’ approach to policy coalitions changed over time, and what ground has been gained by finding common cause with former adversaries?
What is Stand Together, and what does it aim to accomplish?
How does Stand Together incorporate market-based solutions that have proven successful for Charles’ other endeavors?
A hopeful look forward at Stand Together capturing the national imagination with the same intensity and bipartisan support as prison reform is enjoying today.
Is Stand Together still accepting applications from social entrepreneurs?
Charles weighs in on capitalism, the ideal role of a business in society, environmental priorities, and politicized corruption.
The effect of higher taxes on GDP, the failure of trickle-down economics, and what Charles sees as the best course toward the pursuit of happiness.
Does Koch Industries fund propaganda to confuse people about climate change?
What does Charles consider to be the most legitimate existential threats to humankind?
The cause that unites the seemingly unlikely pairing of Koch Industries and George Soros.
For what would Charles be willing to bet his entire personal fortune?
What would Charles’ billboard say?
After whom was Charles named, and why?
Where did the nonintuitive (to most Americans) pronunciation of “Koch” originate?
Parting thoughts.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Dear listeners, timestamps will be added shortly.

PEOPLE MENTIONED

Fred C. Koch
Howard Gardner
Frederick R. Koch
F.A. Harper
Ludwig von Mises
Abraham Maslow
Friedrich Hayek
Sigmund Freud
Karl Popper
Michael Polanyi
Isaac Newton
John Mackey
Richard B. Myers
Edwards Deming
David Ricardo
Joseph Schumpeter
Liz Koch
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Van Jones
George Soros
John Quincy Adams
Moammar Gadhafi
Charles de Ganahl
Carl de Ganahl
Harry Koch
Michael Bloomberg
Tim Cook
Michael Lomax

Ed Zschau — The Polymath Professor Who Changed My Life (#380)

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“Entrepreneurship isn’t about starting companies. Entrepreneurship is an approach to life.”

— Ed Zschau

Ed Zschau is the Interim President of Sierra Nevada College, and he brings to the college 17 years of leading technology companies. He founded System Industries in Palo Alto, California in 1969, and as its CEO led it to a successful IPO in 1980. In the 1990s, he was the General Manager of the IBM Storage Systems Division headquartered in San Jose, California. Ed has a total of 10 years of teaching experience as a professor in the graduate business schools at Stanford University and Harvard University, and he has taught high tech entrepreneurship courses for a total of 22 years in the engineering schools at Princeton University, Caltech, and University of Nevada, Reno. In addition to serving on the boards of major public companies such as Reader’s Digest and StarTek, Ed has helped to start and build several technology companies during the past 20 years, some of which were founded and led by his former students.

In the 1980s, Ed represented the Silicon Valley area of California for two terms in the US House of Representatives, serving on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Also, during the 1980s, he was a General Partner of Brentwood Associates, a venture capital firm, and he was the Founding Chairman of The Tech Interactive, (formerly The Tech Museum of Innovation), a non-profit educational institution in San Jose, California.

Ed holds an A.B. degree (cum laude) in Philosophy (bridging with Physics) from Princeton University, as well as M.B.A., M.S. (Statistics), and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University and a Doctor of Laws degree (Honoris Causa) from the University of San Francisco. Currently, he is a Senior Fellow of the California Council on Science and Technology.

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Sierra Nevada College
System Industries
IBM
ELE 491: High-Tech Entrepreneurship, Princeton University
Harvard University
Princeton University
Caltech
University of Nevada, Reno
Reader’s Digest
StarTek
US House of Representatives
Brentwood Associates
The TECH Interactive
University of San Francisco
California Council on Science and Technology
Omaha Knights, Ice Hockey Wiki
10 Versions of Murphy’s Law for Universal “Truths“, ThoughtCo.
“If You Fail To Prepare You Are Preparing To Fail”, Quote Investigator
Case Method Teaching, Stanford University
Harvard Business School
Stanford Graduate School of Business
The McPhee Syllabus, The Millions
Kant’s Views on Space and Time, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity: A Simplified Explanation, Space
Newton’s Views on Space, Time, and Motion, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
The Devastating Impact of the 1961 Plane Crash That Wiped Out the Entire U.S. Figure Skating Team, Smithsonian.com
Officer Candidate School (OCS), Newport, RI
Extemporaneous Speaking: Things to Know, ForCom
113 Extemporaneous Speech Topics, My Speech Class
Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr’s Duel, American Experience, PBS
American Electronics Association, NNDB
How Silicon Valley Hacked the Economy, The Nation
House Committee on Ways and Means, GovTrack
1986 United States Senate Election in California, Wikipedia
Zschau Named CEO of Censtor, a Disk Maker, Los Angeles Times
Boy Scouts of America
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss
The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman by Timothy Ferriss
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson
The Wright Brothers by David McCullough
Building on Bedrock: What Sam Walton, Walt Disney, and Other Great Self-Made Entrepreneurs Can Teach Us About Building Valuable Companies by Derek Lidow
The Walmart Museum
Income Share Agreements: What Students Should Know Before Signing, Nerdwallet
Lambda School
Mission Impossible
The Steps of the Simplex Algorithm, HEC Montreal
My Way by Frank Sinatra

SHOW NOTES

Dear listeners, timestamps will be added shortly. 

The Princeton engineering course in which Dr. Zschau and I met, and how I convinced him to let me in.
Ed’s background in competitive figure skating and what it taught him about the value of practice, dedication, persistence, and determination.
Where did Ed’s meticulous attention to detail originate?
Learning by doing: the many benefits of the case method.
How does Ed define entrepreneurship?
What’s the role of optimism in entrepreneurship — and, by extension, life — where things can and often do go horribly wrong?
As a teenager going into young adulthood, what did Ed think he was going to be when he grew up?
As an aspiring physics philosopher obsessed with Einstein, what drew Ed to Princeton as an undergrad? Did he find it to be the challenge he was expecting?
How did Ed get into teaching, and what led to his belief that career planning is overrated?
After seizing the opportunity to teach when he’d never taught before, how did Ed actually learn to become good at it? In what ways did his high school experience with extemporaneous speaking help?
What extemporaneous speaking competitively taught Ed about preparation and adaptation.
How does Ed think about focusing for extended periods or opening himself to opportunities?
Why did Ed decide to run for Congress?
What were the two advantages of committing to serve a maximum of three terms — if elected — in the House of Representatives? Why does he, in retrospect, believe he’s made more of a contribution to a better future as a professor than he would have had he won his campaign to become a senator?
After losing his Senate race to the incumbent by a narrow margin, what were the following days and weeks like for Ed? As someone who was generally used to success from his efforts, what did he say to himself at this point?
What was Ed’s decision process like when trading his investor hat for that of a CEO at this time? Over the course of his life, what’s been the primary motivation for most of his decisions?
How does Ed differentiate between the things that will have the greatest impact for others and feeling peer-pressured to commit to something? How does he ensure his skills are put to their most efficient use?
How does Ed’s parenting style compare to his deliberate teaching style?
Ed believes the best way to help people find their way is through encouragement rather than direction. What does this look like in practice, and how did his own parents instill this in him?
Where did Ed’s overarching goal to live a life that matters originate? Has he ever wavered from this goal?
Influential books — particularly biographies — that have inspired Ed, and what he would recommend for aspiring entrepreneurs to read.
What Ed is most excited about these days, and how he’s tackling the modern problem of making higher education affordable through technology.
The mantra by which Ed lives his life, how his mother would respond whenever he’d pivot according to this mantra, and the childhood nickname that follows Ed to this day.
How Ed has always brought the sound of music to his endeavors — whether in finding an optimal solution to a linear programming problem or encouraging students to do things in their own unique way.
How Ed’s desire to change the world has influenced and inspired the lives of many — including me — to hopefully continue his work.
Parting thoughts.

PEOPLE MENTIONED

Benjamin Franklin
John McPhee
Immanuel Kant
Albert Einstein
Isaac Newton
Richard Feynman
Aaron Burr
Alexander Hamilton
Jonathan Sachs
William A. Steiger
Alan Cranston
James Wei
Thomas Edison
Abraham Lincoln
The Wright Brothers
Walter Isaacson
Steve Jobs
David McCullough
Derek Lidow
Sam Walton
Doug McMillon
Batman
Robin

Dita Von Teese — The Queen of Burlesque (#379)

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“You can be a juicy ripe peach and there will still be someone who doesn’t like peaches.”

— Dita Von Teese

Dita Von Teese (@DitaVonTeese) is the biggest name in burlesque in the world since Gypsy Rose Lee, and is credited with bringing the art form back into the spotlight. She is renowned for her iconic martini glass act and dazzling haute-couture striptease costumes adorned with hundreds of thousands of Swarovski crystals. This “Burlesque Superheroine” (Vanity Fair) is the performer of choice at high-profile events for designers such as Marc Jacobs, Christian Louboutin, Louis Vuitton, Chopard, and Cartier. She is the author of The New York Times bestseller Your Beauty Mark: The Ultimate Guide to Eccentric Glamour, and has a namesake lingerie collection available internationally at prominent retailers. You can join Dita on one of her upcoming tour dates in 2019 and 2020, or at her “Weekend of Glamour” event on August 24th and 25th.

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Connect with Dita Von Teese:

Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

Your Beauty Mark: The Ultimate Guide to Eccentric Glamour by Dita Von Teese
Dita’s Weekend of Glamour: August 24-25, 2019
Dita’s Australian and European Glamonatrix Tour Dates, 2019
Swarovski Crystal Jewelry
Dita Von Teese Likes to Go Where the Old Folks Hang Out, Vanity Fair
What Is the True Definition of Haute Couture? Dressful
Dita Von Teese’s 1939 Chrysler New Yorker Sells For $23,403, Street Muscle Magazine
eBay watch: 1965 Jaguar S-type owned by Dita Von Teese, Retro to Go
A Look Inside the Playboy Mansion, CBS News
Dita Von Teese Takes Her Fleetwood for a Cruise, Roadsister
1940 Cadillac LaSalle for Sale, Classic Cars
Dita Von Teese, International Queen of Burlesque, Still Feels like an Orange County Girl, OC Weekly
Dita Von Teese Magazine Pictorials, Famous Fix
Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World by Timothy Ferriss
Vaudeville And Burlesque: The Comic Origins of Classic Striptease, Voodoo Comedy
Gypsy
West Branch Visitors Bureau
Torture Garden, London
The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help by Amanda Palmer
Burlesque and the Art of the Teese/Fetish and the Art of the Teese by Dita Von Teese
Dita Von Teese Arrival for Book Signing at Harrods Department Store, Getty Images
Dita Von Teese, Friday Night With Jonathan Ross (2006)
Golden Age of Grotesque by Marilyn Manson
MAC AIDS Fund
Dilbert
The Kristina Talent Stack, Scott Adams Says
60 Times Madonna Changed Our Culture, The New York Times
Mae West On Sex, Health, and E.S.P. by Mae West
Three Plays: Sex / The Drag / The Pleasure Man by Mae West
She Always Knew How: Mae West, a Personal Biography by Charlotte Chandler
The Best of Mae West, YouTube
Extra Lessons 2 — Alaska and Mae West, RuPaul’s Drag Race
Episodes Discussing Psychedelics, The Tim Ferriss Show
Anastasia Beverly Hills
Transcendental Meditation
Don’t Shoot the Dog!: The New Art of Teaching and Training by Karen Pryor
Advanced Style: Older & Wiser by Ari Seth Cohen
‘The View’ Weighs in on Model Helena Christensen Being Told She’s ‘Too Old’ to Wear Bustier: ‘Fashion Is What Makes You Comfortable’, ABC News

SHOW NOTES

What is haute couture? [04:30]
Dita fondly reminisces about the classic cars she’s collected, refurbished, and flipped over the years. [05:27]
What other vintage things does Dita collect as a self-proclaimed “maximalist,” and how did this hobby begin? [09:51]
From where did the stage name “Dita Von Teese” accidentally originate? [11:53]
How did Dita go from aspiring ballerina to modern-day burlesque breakthrough — reviving an art form that had mostly died out in the 1950s? [15:25]
At what point did Dita realize this was a niche that she could fill full time and quit her day job? [21:22]
Growing up as the shy and introverted Heather Sweet from Michigan, how did Dita find her voice as a performer and spokesperson? What changed? [29:09]
Dita talks about getting kicked out of her father’s house at age 16, going to live with her mother, and where she got the capacity to deal calmly with this passage from her life. [33:38]
Why we should embrace the shortcomings and flaws that make us uniquely us. [39:01]
On Madonna and Mae West as ahead-of-their-time influences. [45:09]
Clearing up something from the rumor mill: Does Dita employ the use of stylists, or does she do everything herself? [52:56]
Why does Dita famously arrive four or five hours early to prepare for performances? [54:41]
New behaviors or beliefs that have had a positive impact on Dita’s life. [58:47]
How meditation, massage, and — believe it or not — going to the dentist help Dita focus and work out her best ideas. [1:00:58]
If Dita could give advice to a younger version of herself, what would the advice be, and at what age would she direct it? What advice does she think her 10-year-older self might offer her now? [1:04:31]
We discuss our attitudes about children: to have or not to have? And a bonus sure to upset a parent or two listening: are pets just as good? [1:07:01]
Wise advice Dita has gotten from older friends. [1:15:52]
At what age should a woman stop wearing clothes that show off her skin? Dita weighs in on the surprising blend of sexism and ageism being promoted by people in the fashion industry who should know better — and why she sees it as her duty to carry on, regardless. [1:18:24]
Final thoughts and touring/event plans for the immediate future. [1:21:24]

PEOPLE MENTIONED

Gypsy Rose Lee
Amanda Palmer
Vivienne Westwood
Jean Paul Gaultier
Dita Parlo
Madonna
Cher
Natalie Wood
Lili St. Cyr
Bettie Page
Judith Regan
Marilyn Manson
Ken Sweet
Bonnie Lindsey
Usain Bolt
BeyoncÈ
Marc Andreessen
Scott Adams
Mae West
The Kardashians
Elizabeth Taylor
Michael Jackson
Molly
Mamie Van Doren
Marilyn Monroe
Ilona Royce Smithkin
Ari Seth Cohen
Liz Goldwyn
Helena Christensen
Jennifer Lopez
Gwen Stefani

Nick Norris — Navy SEAL and Athlete on Training, Post-Traumatic Growth, and Healing (#378)

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“I’ve shared that a lot more openly, and it’s been one of the best medicines that I’ve found. It’s liberating. Talking about grief has been something that’s unlocked a lot of happiness for me.”

— Nick Norris

Nick Norris (@nick_norris1981) is a graduate of both the United States Naval Academy and Basic Underwater Demolition / SEAL (BUD/S) Class 247. Upon completion of SEAL training in 2004, Nick assumed progressively higher positions of leadership within Naval Special Warfare. His deployed roles included combat advisor to Iraqi and Afghan military units, Cross Functional Team Leader, and Ground Force Commander during combat operation in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

Nick was most recently assigned to Naval Special Warfare Basic Training Command — SEAL Qualification Training (SQT) as Officer in Charge prior to transitioning off Active Duty. Originally from Chicago, Nick received his Bachelor in Science from the United States Naval Academy in 2003 and his Masters of Science in Real Estate from The University of San Diego in 2013. He is on the board of directors of the C4 Foundation, which provides support and resources through science-based programs to active duty Navy SEALs and their families. Nick is the Co-Founder and CEO of Amavara, a sunscreen company that has invented a new mineral sunscreen technology to protect both consumer health and the environment.

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QUESTION(S) OF THE DAY: 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 EPISODE

Connect with Nick Norris:

Amavara Skincare | Instagram

Organizations to Highlight: 

The Navy SEAL Foundation
The C4 Foundation
Special Operations Warrior Foundation
The Station Foundation
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)



Trip of Compassion
Charity Navigator
Sakura Cup
Dynamic Flying
The Skywalkers
MoonBoard
Moon Climbing
The School Room: Sheffield’s Legendary Training Facility by Matt Samet, Climbing
How to Draw a Compass Rose, WikiHow
Stress Inoculation Therapy, MentalHelp.net
iFLY Indoor Skydiving
Best of Wingsuit Proximity Flying (2018 — 2019) by Anton Squeezer, YouTube
Adam Ondra Climbs Two of the World’s Hardest Boulder Problems, Reel Rock
A Beginner’s Guide to Types of Climbing by Kim McGrenere, The Adventure Junkies
Bouldering Basics by Caya Johnson, REI Co-Op
Intro to Fingerboard Training by Eric Horst, Training for Climbing
Tim Ferriss Lives His Life According to an Ancient Greek Quote That Helps Him Prepare for the Worst by Richard Feloni, Business Insider
Three Effective Visualization Techniques To Change Your Life by Jennice Vilhauer, Psychology Today
The “Eco” Side of Primal Quest by Kraig Becker, The Adventure Blog
Raid Gauloises, Wikipedia
Top 10 Things to Know Before BUD/S by Stew Smith, Military.com
United States Naval Academy
Applying for Upcoming OCS / SEAL Billet, SEAL SWCC Forum
Are Saunas the Next Big Performance-Enhancing “Drug”? by Tim Ferriss, tim.blog
Discipline Equals Freedom — Jocko Willink, The Tim Ferriss Show #275
Naval Special Warfare Group 1, Military.com
List of Common SSRIs (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors), Uses, and Side Effects, Drugs.com
Personalized Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Temporarily Alters Default Mode Network in Healthy Subjects, Scientific Reports
Anhedonia: Why Does Nothing Feel Good Anymore? by Tim Newman, Medical News Today
The Latest on Blue Light and Sleep by Michael J. Breus, The Sleep Doctor
Buttered Coffee Could Make You Invincible. And This Man Very Rich. by Gordy Megroz, Bloomberg Businessweek
America’s Biggest Problem by Kirk Parsley, TEDx Reno
Phosphatidylserine, RxList
Natural Vitality Calm Magnesium Supplement Powder
Do More than 20 Veterans Die by Suicide Every Day? by Garrett Spikes and Jack Tolman, PolitiFact
Have More Died from Opioids in Two Years than in Vietnam War? by Douglas Soule, PolitiFact
The Five Levels of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs by Kendra Cherry, Verywell Mind
What Was the Gordian Knot? by Evan Andrews, History
Combat Veterans’ Brains Reveal Hidden Damage from IED Blasts, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Symptoms and Causes, The Mayo Clinic
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) Symptoms and Causes, The Mayo Clinic
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker
Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG), Trauma Recovery
Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO), San Diego
The Lifeline Exercise, Conor Neill
The Brendan Looney Foundation
On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and David Kessler
Tim Ferriss Learns Archery, Archery Tag
The Petraeus Doctrine by Andrew J. Bacevich, The Atlantic
Treatment-Resistant Depression, The Mayo Clinic
How New Ketamine Drug Helps with Depression by Jennifer Chen, Yale Medicine
Trip of Compassion
Phase 3 Trials: FDA Grants Breakthrough Therapy Designation for MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD, Agrees on Special Protocol Assessment, MAPS
North Shore Lifeguards Association

SHOW NOTES

Dear listeners, please note that timestamps will be added shortly. 

What is dynamic four-way, and how was it responsible for Nick’s first trip to Tokyo?
What on Earth is a MoonBoard, how long does it take to build one, and where’s the strangest place Nick has used one?
In climbing and wind tunnel flying, what separates the good from the great?
In wind tunnel flying, what constitutes “high-speed?”
Nick describes proximity flying — a sport too extreme even for him.
What are some of the differentiators Nick has observed in exceptional climbers versus people who (like me) are just permanent blue belts, and can these differentiators be developed?
What is bouldering, and how is Nick’s physique equipped for it?
How does Nick prepare — mentally and physically — for particularly challenging climbs?
How Nick uses visualization for optimal performance.
Of what past physical feats is Nick most proud?
What prompted Nick’s interest in becoming a Navy SEAL, how did he conceptualize the structure of the small goals it would take to achieve this particularly big goal, and when did it start to become a reality?
What aspect of BUD/S or the SEAL training/vetting process did Nick expect to be the most difficult?
What is stress inoculation, and where do people sometimes get it wrong?
How does Nick know (former guest and fellow SEAL) Jocko Willink?
What internal conflicts did Nick experience when he returned to civilian life in 2013, and how long did he search for a remedy before he found something that actually helped?
How quickly did Nick respond to PR TMS (personalized repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation) once it was applied?
Nick’s tips for better sleep.
An interesting aside: Why does Nick climb with headlamps in the middle of the night?
The rules Nick has established for himself around coffee consumption, and what I’ve observed about my own caffeination habits over the years.
One of the biggest bang-for-your-buck supplements we’ve found for coping with the “tired and wired” phenomenon.
Has PR TMS been a cure-all remedy, or does Nick still experience bouts of apathy, depression, or other internal conflicts that drove him to seek it in the first place? What was it about his initial visits that seemed to help as much as — or perhaps even more than — the therapy itself?
To understand the perspective of someone close to a returning veteran and issues they may have in common, what has the adjustment been like for Nick’s wife during this time?
Why do so many veterans — including Nick — struggle to recognize their own internal conflicts?
What telltale signs and symptoms alert Nick that he may be in for an emotional rough patch, and how might having a designated confidante in the room who can spot these signs help keep things relatively smooth?
The variables that magnify these symptoms are often simple — but so are their remedies.
The importance of being part of a strong community.
One trick I use to interrupt periods of self-isolation.
What factors contributed to Nick’s feelings of isolation, apathy, and depression when he left the military and entered the world of commercial real estate, and what has helped since?
Developing countermeasures to the abnormality of the modern condition can sometimes be as easy as reaching out to an old friend.
What would Nick say to someone who’s struggling right now with their own inner turmoil — especially to people whose professions traditionally frown on displays of vulnerability?
Could mental illness do with a rebranding, and could time prove it to be the rule rather than the exception?
How Nick sees his own issues as a currency for post-traumatic growth, and why many who have had similar experiences would never trade them back even if they could.
How expressing grief — rather than suppressing it — can give you access to greater joy, and the epiphany that prompted this realization for Nick.
A book many have recommended for coping with grief.
On the therapeutic benefits of finding something outside of family and work that really gets you excited on a visceral level.
A shoutout to the brave men and women with whom Nick has had the honor of serving.
Organizations that support returning veterans and their families.
Resources for people dealing with treatment resistant depression — including my new documentary, Trip of Compassion.
What makes Amavara’s patent-pending sunscreen so unique?
Closing thoughts.

PEOPLE MENTIONED

Ben Moon
Michael Phelps
Adam Ondra
Archilochus
Mark Burnett
Vince Lombardi
Jocko Willink
Rick Rubin
Kirk Parsley
Steven Pinker
Graham Duncan
Brendan Looney
David Wells
David Petraeus

Psychedelics — Microdosing, Mind-Enhancing Methods, and More (#377)

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This episode features a panel that I moderated in front of a standing-room-only crowd at the Milken Institute’s Global Conference 2019. It includes a great overview of psychedelic science, investing opportunities, anecdotal personal benefits, legal challenges, and much more. I think it’s one of the more comprehensive panels ever done on the subject. Here are the participants:

Matthew Johnson — Principal Investigator, Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Research Unit

Ayelet Waldman — Author, A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life

Robin Carhart-Harris — Head of Psychedelic Research, Centre for Psychedelic Research, Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London

Christian Angermayer — Founder, Apeiron Investment Group and ATAI Life Sciences

Please enjoy!

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QUESTION(S) OF THE DAY: 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 EPISODE

Connect with Matthew Johnson:

Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Research Unit | Twitter

Connect with Ayelet Waldman:

Website | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

Connect with Robin Carhart-Harris:

Centre for Psychedelic Research, Imperial College London | Twitter | Facebook

Connect with Christian Angermayer:

Apeiron Investment Group | ATAI Life Sciences | Twitter

Milken Institute
Milken Institute’s Global Conference 2019
Psychedelics: Mind-Enhancing Methods to Well-Being, Milken Institute
A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life by Ayelet Waldman
Here’s Why We Should Never Forget Katharine McCormick’s Special Role in the Birth Control Movement, History A2Z
Human Hallucinogen Research: Guidelines for Safety, Journal of Psychopharmacology
Psilocybin: An Overview, ScienceDirect
Drug Scheduling, DEA
The slides by Matthew Johnson can be found by clicking here.
The Abuse Potential of Medical Psilocybin According to the 8 Factors of the Controlled Substances Act, Neuropharmacology
Psilocybin Produces Substantial and Sustained Decreases in Depression and Anxiety in Patients with Life-Threatening Cancer: A Randomized Double-Blind Trial, Journal of Psychopharmacology
The Heretic, The Morning News
A New Chapter in the Science of Psychedelic Microdosing, The Atlantic
How New Ketamine Drug Helps with Depression, Yale Medicine
Pilot Study of the 5-HT2AR Agonist Psilocybin in the Treatment of Tobacco Addiction, Journal of Psychopharmacology
Open Label Study, MedicineNet
Chantix (Varenicline), RxList
Study Design 101, Himmelfarb, Health Sciences Library
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs), The Mayo Clinic
A Case Against the Drug War, The Harvard Gazette
Burning Man
Ask the Doctor: What Is Hypomania? Harvard Medical School
The Entropic Brain: A Theory of Conscious States Informed by Neuroimaging Research with Psychedelic Drugs, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
What is Serotonin? Hormone Health Network
Serotonin and Brain Function: A Tale of Two Receptors, Journal of Psychopharmacology
History of Psychedelics: How the Mazatec Tribe Brought Entheogens to the World, Psychedelic Times
Compass Pathways
R-ketamine: A Rapid-Onset and Sustained Antidepressant Without Psychotomimetic Side Effects, Translational Psychiatry
The FOMO Is Real: How Social Media Increases Depression and Loneliness, Healthline
What is MDMA? NIH
MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy Study Protocols, MAPS
Ibogaine Therapy for Drug Addiction, MAPS
This Is How Ayahuasca Affects the Brain, Vice
Meaning of a Bad Trip, Verywell Mind
Syd’s First Trip: Home Footage of Pink Floyd Founder Syd Barrett’s First Experience with LSD, Happy Mag
What Is Hallucinogen-Persisting Perception Disorder (HPPD)? Medical News Today
Opiate, Opioid, Narcotic — What’s the Difference? IWP
Residential Psychedelic (LSD) Therapy for the Narcotic Addict, Archives Of General Psychiatry
Psilocybin-Facilitated Treatment for Cocaine Use by Peter Hendricks, University of Alabama at Birmingham
The Surprising Failures of 12 Steps, The Atlantic
Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders (DSM), American Psychiatric Association
Marcus Raichle on the Default Mode Network, VPRO Labyrint TV
Six NASA Astronauts Describe the Moment in Space When “Everything Changed” Inverse
Canyon Ranch
Exploring the Potential Recreational Psilocybin Market, Psychedelic Science Review
Calm
Fear-Setting: The Most Valuable Exercise I Do Every Month, tim.blog
Psilocybin-assisted Treatment for Alcohol Dependence: A Proof-of-Concept Study, Journal of Psychopharmacology
Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers by Timothy Ferriss

SHOW NOTES

An encouraging story about how well-funded research can change lives for the better. [03:25]
Matthew Johnson stresses how understanding the downsides and risks of psychedelics is key to their responsible use in research. (The slides by Matthew Johnson can be found by clicking here.) [06:02]
Matthew Johnson lays out the benefits, as we currently understand them, of psychedelics on mental health and addiction. [07:21]
How did Ayelet Waldman begin her experiences with microdosing, and in what ways did the practice affect her depression and productivity? [12:17]
Robin Carhart-Harris explains our current understanding of why these compounds do what they do — even beyond the duration of their physical presence — in what he describes as the entropic brain. [16:48]
Christian Angermayer tells us why his biotech company, ATAI Life Sciences, is currently one of the largest global investors in bringing psychedelics — including psilocybin — back into the legal realm. [21:37]
Treating PTSD with MDMA, how Ayelet and her husband use MDMA to process “the mundane PTSD of a long marriage,” and the risks involved. [28:16]
Matthew speaks to the potential toxicity of some of these compounds. [31:41]
Matthew takes us through current studies applying psychedelics to opiate and opioid addiction, and Ayelet weighs in on why traditional methods have not proven successful thus far, and why we need to reclassify some schedule one psychedelics to schedule four. [37:33]
Robin explains the context-shifting power psychedelics have over certain diagnostic categories, the problem with diagnostic categories as they traditionally stand, and current thinking around the default mode network. [40:45]
Why Christian believes psychedelics should be used in a strictly controlled environment by prescription rather than provided over the counter. [45:48]
Ayelet’s ideal paradigm for psychedelic decriminalization: the psychedelic spa. [47:04]
Christian points to The Netherlands as an example of a place where psychedelics are available recreationally, but not applied in a way that puts a dent in that country’s mental health crisis. [47:59]
How does Christian envision a sustainable business model for single-dose psychedelic therapies? [48:39]
How did these compounds come to be classified as schedule one drugs, and how can we potentially get them reclassified as schedule four drugs? Matthew has answers. [52:54]
What would Ayelet hope this field looks like a few years from now? [59:16]

PEOPLE MENTIONED

Katharine McCormick
Gregory Pincus
George Goldsmith
Sasha Shulgin
Ann Shulgin
Michael Chabon
Syd Barrett
Peter Hendricks
Tom Insel
Michael Bogenschutz

Why I’m Stopping the Fan-Supported Podcast Experiment

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Greetings!

This is a quick public service announcement: I will be stopping the fan-supported podcast experiment and moving back to an ad-supported podcast. This post will explain a few of the reasons.

Let’s kick off with some housekeeping notes:

Huge thanks to everyone who became supporters. I’ll have more to share with y’all via email soon.
As part of that thank you, I will be refunding every supporter 100% of what they’ve paid to date. Doing this for thousands of people will take 1-2 weeks, so thank you for being patient.
All support subscriptions have been stopped, so you will not be charged again.
Just for kicks, I will do another live video Q&A just for supporters on August 2nd, 2019, most likely 8-9pm ET (5-6pm PT), so you can pencil that in. More details will be sent via email once finalized.
If you think your company/product/service could be a good fit for the podcast, I’m interested in a few new sponsors to keep things fresh. Most sponsor spots for Q3 and Q4 are already full, but if interested, please click here for more information.

Now, back to this stopping of the experiment…

You might be thinking “Well, that was fast!”, and you’d be right.

The feedback and data have been overwhelmingly clear. Given the size of the audience — the podcast passed 400 million downloads a month ago — experiments can sometimes yield conclusions much more quickly than expected.

So, what did I learn?

The entire experience has been very surprising. For one, many of my assumptions were totally off.

It turns out that most of my listeners have a strong preference for an ad-supported model compared to other options. Many folks have come to use the podcast and 5-Bullet Friday for discovering new products and services, and that has been reflected in the comments since launch. After weeks of consistent feedback from my audience, it’s now loud and clear that my vetting and sharing of sponsors is better received and a better fit.

Below is just one of many blog comments left after the initial switch to no ads/fan-supported:

“Tim, just feedback about the no-sponsor thing– I don’t mind hearing your sponsored adverts because I believe you’ve considered them carefully and only tell us about great products. That’s why I have a closet full of Mizzen & Main shirts and drink Four Sigmatic. Not sure I would have known about those without you. I would rather hear your ads for you to get paid than to offer up my own money; those companies have more money than I do. Just my $.02. Thanks!”

Here are a few more, out of hundreds:

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Live tweet example.

The really comical part is that I should have known, and I could have known. Actually, one could argue that I did know.

Pre-launch polling on social media almost perfectly predicted the outcome. Here’s the tweet I used to test the waters, which had nearly 18,000 respondents. The results were:

72% – No, I wouldn’t donate.

24% – I would give $5 per month.

4% – I would give $10 or more per month.

The comments on this post are really worth reading. The feedback was almost entirely positive towards ads and almost entirely “meh” about fan-supported.

In other words, the answer to my question was clear from the outset: 99% of my listeners are totally OK with ads, and many of them look forward to finding new products and services through my sponsor reads. It’s industry standard for high-download podcasts to have ads, anyone who wants to skip over ads can skip ahead, and people generally do not want to support multiple podcasters by paying for them à la carte.

I may very well write an in-depth blog post about the data and findings another time, but here are a few teasers:

Did anyone actually decide to contribute at the $1,000-per-month level I added perhaps 10 days into testing? Short answer: yes. That ended up comprising roughly 13.4% of total monthly recurring revenue (MRR).
What percentage of converted visitors to the sign-up page chose the lowest-priced option, no matter the dollar amount ($9.95, $19.95, etc.)? Across all of our split tests, approximately 83%. Keep in mind that this is 83% of total supporters, not 83% of total revenue.
The customer service was incredibly low labor. This was shocking. Even with thousands of paying supporters, there were very few inquiries and very few issues (great people, I tell you!). The self-serve portal worked. That’s the good news. The bad news is that, without adding bonuses and incentives for various tiers — something that would create 10x more labor than the ad-supported model, defeating the purpose — the upside wasn’t enough for most listeners to subscribe/support.

So, we are going back to what worked.

The short conclusion to this experiment seems to be “Don’t fix it if it ain’t broken.” My sincerest thanks to everyone who provided support, advice, and feedback. It’s been a great learning experience, and I’m lucky that I can do these types of tests at all.

Onward and upward!

All the best to you and yours,

Tim

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

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“From my perspective, the goal is unobstructed self-expression.”

— Josh Waitzkin

Josh Waitzkin, author of The Art of Learning, is an eight-time US National Chess Champion, a two-time World Champion in Tai Chi Chuan Push Hands, and the first Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt under nine-time World Champion Marcelo Garcia.

For the past 12 years, Josh has been channeling his passion for the outer limits of the learning process toward training elite mental performers in business and finance, and to revolutionizing the education system through his nonprofit foundation, The Art of Learning Project. Josh is currently in the process of taking on his fourth and fifth disciplines, paddle surfing and foiling, and is an all-in father and husband.

The audio and video were recorded at The Sohn Investment Conference in the David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

The Sohn Conference Foundation is dedicated to supporting innovative initiatives to cure and treat pediatric cancer. The Sohn Conference Foundation raises its funds through a unique strategy: Wall Street’s most successful investors offer their expertise on stage and inspire large audiences to give to the foundation’s cause. You can learn more about it at sohnconference.org.

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Overcast, Castbox, or on your favorite podcast platform.

Watch the interview on YouTube.

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Want to hear another conversation with Josh Waitzkin? — In this episode (the second ever on The Tim Ferriss Show), we discuss The Art of Learning, what separates elite performers, and strategies for peak productivity. (Stream below or right-click here to download):

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If you’d like to get exclusive access to me and a small tribe of like-minded people, you can contribute a few dollars a month (or more) to support the podcast.  

Here’s what you get:

1. Once per month, I’ll do an hour-long, live video Q&A… just for this much smaller group of supporters. You can ask me anything. Only supporters get to participate and ask questions. The first one will be on July 1st, 2019, and you’ll be notified via e-mail. If you can’t make it live, each session will be available to supporters right afterward as a recording. And if the audio is ever shared on the podcast, it will be delayed by at least a month.

2. Each time you hear a podcast episode (or see anything from me) that you consider impactful and want to share with friends, you can smile, knowing that you helped make it possible.

I’d really love a more direct relationship with my most dedicated listeners, readers, and fans. This is a great way to test it out. And since the podcast has become the engine that fuels everything else, if this experiment doesn’t work, we’ll just go back to sponsors. Easy.

Please only contribute what you feel great about contributing. This is zero pressure, and I’m not mailing out any beer koozies or other crap you don’t want. I’ll just do the private monthly Q&A for supporters, and I’ll share more good stuff. Think of it as a monthly gym membership for your mind and career.

To contribute, please visit tim.blog/support.

QUESTION(S) OF THE DAY: 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 EPISODE

Connect with Josh Waitzkin:

Website | The Art of Learning Project

Josh’s first, second, and third appearances on this show.
The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance by Josh Waitzkin
The Sohn Conference
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York City
Macho Duck, Mickey Mouse Disco
Lose Yourself by Eminem
Josh Waitzkin’s Push Hands Videos, Content Galaxy
Onewheel Electric Skateboards
Learning How to SUP Surf, Adventure Sports Network
Lift eFoil Mini Documentary
eFoil, Lift
The Matrix
Heart Rate Variability: A New Way to Track Well-Being, Harvard Health Publishing
Resonant Frequency Training in Elite Sport: A Case Study Example, Journal of Sport Psychology in Action
Building Your Trigger, The Art of Learning Project
The Relationship Between Mental and Somatic Practices and Wisdom, PLoS One
Dom D’Agostino on Fasting, Ketosis, and the End of Cancer, The Tim Ferriss Show #117
Abbott Precision Xtra Glucose Monitor
Molar Concentration, Wikipedia
A New Theory of Distraction, The New Yorker
Daniel Pink — How to Make Better Decisions and Be More Creative, The Tim Ferriss Show #305
Evernote
Making Smaller Circles, The Art of Learning Project
Seven Tips From Ernest Hemingway on How to Write Fiction, Open Culture
Marcelo Garcia Academy, New York City
20 Years of Mundial, BJJ Heroes
This is Water by David Foster Wallace

SHOW NOTES

What song makes Josh ready to fight 10 dudes, and how did it become such a powerful trigger? [05:18]
Why — and how — does Josh lately feel like he’s cramming two months of learning into each day? It all started with a desire to surf in New York City. [06:45]
How foiling allows Josh to deliberately practice surfing in ways regular surfing can’t. [10:09]
Deliberate practice and the harnessing of unconscious learning: what did Olympic skier Billy Kidd consider the three most important turns of a ski run — and why? [12:15]
What types of biomarkers does Josh track in his coaching clients? [14:01]
What is a resonant frequency? [16:00]
What is trigger work, and how did has it helped Josh enter peak performance in the space of a breath? [16:43]
What tools does Josh use for tracking HRV? [18:04]
How might HRV training help someone attune their senses in a non-athletic capacity? [18:39]
Though he tailors his coaching for each individual, Josh has these suggestions for people who are looking to better structure their days looking toward higher performance. [21:05]
How do people identify their peak energy? Josh details one of his most important activities for ending the day and beginning the next. [24:29]
How might this exercise differ between individuals for more personalized results? [25:55]
One of the most important things a decision-maker can do. [26:58]
How can someone find their MIQ (most important question) if they’re struggling to identify one? How might an otherwise great thinker use this tool to move through something that gets them stuck? [28:45]
What Ernest Hemingway’s writing process and Marcelo Garcia’s pre-match naps can teach us about the timely art of letting go. [30:50]
Why being able to go from a relaxed zero to an intense 10 is better than existing at a constant, simmering six. [32:40]
As someone who’s moved his family away from the city noises of bustling Manhattan to a remote, coastal jungle in Latin America, how would Josh convince an always-on, FOMO-addled client of the benefits to similarly unplugging and learning to say no? [34:18]
Josh says your ability to determine what matters most is affected by your ability to identify your zone of genius. How does he recommend finding that zone? [38:00]
Final thoughts and thanks. [41:52]

PEOPLE MENTIONED

Marcelo Garcia
Graham Duncan
Nick Leason
Billy Kidd
Leah Lagos
Fred Waitzkin
Ernest Hemingway
Floyd Mayweather
David Foster Wallace

Chip Conley — Building Empires, Tackling Cancer, and Surfing the Liminal (#374)

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“The question would be: ‘What mastery can you offer?’ So have a friend of yours ask that question of you five times, and you’ll be sort of surprised at, by the fifth time you get asked that question, and you’ve had to come up with four other answers before that, what kind of revelation you may have in this archaeological dig.”

— Chip Conley

At age 52, after selling the company he founded and ran as CEO for 24 years, rebel boutique hotelier Chip Conley (@chipconley) was looking for a new chapter in life. Then he received a call from the young founders of Airbnb, asking him to help grow their disruptive start-up into a global hospitality giant. He became their head of global hospitality and strategy.

Chip is a leading authority at the intersection of psychology and business. He is a New York Times bestselling author, and his latest, Wisdom @ Work: The Making of a Modern Elder, inspired him to build the world’s first midlife wisdom school. Located in Baja California Sur, the Modern Elder Academy provides the place and the tools to start reframing a lifetime of experience for what comes next.

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Want to hear another interview with an incredible boutique hotelier? — Listen to my interview with hospitality mogul Liz Lambert, in which she talks about balancing the desire to be an artist with the desire to be a business tycoon. (Stream below or right-click here to download):

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If you’d like to get exclusive access to me and a small tribe of like-minded people, you can contribute a few dollars a month (or more) to support the podcast.  

Here’s what you get:

1. Once per month, I’ll do an hour-long, live video Q&A… just for this much smaller group of supporters. You can ask me anything. Only supporters get to participate and ask questions. The first one will be on July 1st, 2019, and you’ll be notified via e-mail. If you can’t make it live, each session will be available to supporters right afterward as a recording. And if the audio is ever shared on the podcast, it will be delayed by at least a month.

2. Each time you hear a podcast episode (or see anything from me) that you consider impactful and want to share with friends, you can smile, knowing that you helped make it possible.

I’d really love a more direct relationship with my most dedicated listeners, readers, and fans. This is a great way to test it out. And since the podcast has become the engine that fuels everything else, if this experiment doesn’t work, we’ll just go back to sponsors. Easy.

Please only contribute what you feel great about contributing. This is zero pressure, and I’m not mailing out any beer koozies or other crap you don’t want. I’ll just do the private monthly Q&A for supporters, and I’ll share more good stuff. Think of it as a monthly gym membership for your mind and career.

To contribute, please visit tim.blog/support.

QUESTION(S) OF THE DAY: 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 EPISODE

Connect with Chip Conley:

Modern Elder Academy | Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn

Modern Elder Academy
Wisdom @ Work: The Making of a Modern Elder by Chip Conley
The Rebel Rules: Daring to be Yourself in Business by Chip Conley
PEAK: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow by Chip Conley and Tony Hsieh
Emotional Equations: Simple Truths for Creating Happiness + Success by Chip Conley and Tony Hsieh
Marketing That Matters: 10 Practices to Profit Your Business and Change the World by Chip Conley and Eric Friedenwald-Fishman
Austin, Texas
Chip Conley’s TED Talks
Prostate Cancer Symptoms and Causes, The Mayo Clinic
Oracle Park
“The Purpose of Life Is to Discover Your Gift. The Meaning of Life Is to Give Your Gift Away,” Quote Investigator
“Computers Are Useless; They Can Only Give You Answers,” Quote Investigator
Joie de Vivre
Airbnb
Animated Timeline Shows How Silicon Valley Became a $2.8 Trillion Neighborhood, Business Insider
Stanford Business School
Why Hasn’t the Tenderloin Gentrified Like the Rest of San Francisco? KQED News
The Phoenix Hotel
Random Acts of Initiative, Seth’s Blog
Business Rules of Thumb by Seth Godin and Chip Conley
Esalen Institute
The Conley Bookstore
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
A New Luxury Retreat Caters to Elderly Workers in Tech (Ages 30 and Up), The New York Times
The Mirror Neuron Revolution: Explaining What Makes Humans Social, Scientific American
Good Company, Yoga Journal
What is Your State of Being at Work? Attain or Attune? by Chip Conley, LinkedIn
Transcendental Meditation
Metta Meditation (aka Loving Kindness Meditation), Metta Institute
Vipassana Meditation
Awake in the Wild: Mindfulness in Nature as a Path of Self-Discovery: A Buddhist Walk Through Nature — Meditations, Reflections and Practices by Mark Coleman
Baja Kayaking and Meditation Retreats, SeaTrek
Jalousie (aka Louvered) Windows, Their History, and Where to Buy Them Today, Retro Renovation
Joy on Demand: The Art of Discovering the Happiness Within by Chade-Meng Tan
Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace) by Chade-Meng Tan
Like a Virgin Megastore, Shut for the Very Last Time, Salon
Alaska Airlines Works Fast to Erase Memories of Virgin America, Skift
Great American Music Hall
Slim’s
The Fillmore
Hotel Vitale
W
Four Seasons
Real Simple
Dwell
Henry Ford, Innovation, and That “Faster Horse” Quote, Harvard Business Review
Virgin Atlantic
The Art of Hospitality: An Interview With Entrepreneur and Hotelier Liz Lambert, The Tim Ferriss Show #320
Hotel San Jose
The Karmic Capitalism of Chip Conley, Stanford Magazine
Bunkhouse Group
Hotel Saint Cecilia
Burning Man
28 Festivals and 8 Reasons They Can Change Your Life (Plus: Free Burning Man Tickets!), Tim.Blog
Festival of Near Death Experiences, Spanish Fiestas
Frangipani, Southern Living
1979 Heinz Ketchup Anticipation TV Ad, YouTube
Buddhism’s Four Noble Truths, BBC Radio 4
The Great Recession, Investopedia
Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Index, OPHI
Hedonic Treadmill, Investopedia
The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss
What Are the Signs of a Midlife Crisis? Verywell Mind
Canyon Ranch
The 10 Principles of Burning Man, Burning Man
The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50 by Jonathan Rauch
A Refresher on Marketing Myopia, Harvard Business Review
“Liminal” Is Not a “Fancy” Word, Daily Writing Tips
Morgan Stanley
A Munchkin Welcome, The Wizard Of Oz, WBMoviesOnline
Newsweek AIDS Covers, 1983-2006, Harvard AIDS Initiative
Dan Gilbert’s TED Talks
The 100-Year Life: Living and Working in an Age of Longevity by Lynda Gratton and Andrew Scott
Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business by Danny Meyer
Shake Shack
Union Square Hospitality Group
The Top 10 Secrets of Gramercy Park in NYC, Untapped Cities
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
On the Shortness of Life by Lucius Seneca
The 7 Best Life Expectancy Calculators, New Retirement
“Be Yourself. Everyone Else Is Already Taken,” Quote Investigator

SHOW NOTES

The bad news Chip received the day before giving a TED talk, its implications, and what he’s been doing to cope with it in the time since. [05:52]
Musing on the meaning of life. [09:47]
How would someone introduce Chip at a speaking engagement? [11:28]
How Chip got into commercial real estate, why it led to his career as a hotelier, and how this diverged from his original plans as an undergrad. [12:39]
Chip talks about brainstorming sessions at Stanford Business School with Seth Godin. [15:04]
How would Chip recommend someone go about starting their own brainstorming or mastermind group and make it effective for its intended purpose? [17:04]
What was the purpose of Chip and Seth’s brainstorming group? [18:33]
On giving ideas time to incubate — and often transform into something completely different from where they began. [20:24]
With age comes wisdom — or, at the very least, emotional regulation. [22:13]
As it turns out, Chip creates his own Five-Bullet Fridays. But sometimes they’re 12-Bullet Fridays, and they detail lessons rather than recommendations. Here are a few examples. [23:58]
What has helped Chip more finely develop his emotional regulation? [26:33]
Attainment, attunement, and atonement. [27:40]
What meditation practices does Chip use? [28:49]
The Chip Conley method of breathing. [29:56]
How old was Chip when he wrote the first book (that he counts as his first book), and how did he manage to get Richard Branson to write its foreword? [31:29]
How did Brenda Lee and Arlo Guthrie get The Phoenix started on the road to its reputation as a rock and roll hotel, and how did identifying the unrecognized need of the unspoken customer who made a difference in the equation — the tour manager — ultimately maintain this reputation? [34:41]
On being the first to address an unspoken need in an industry and exceeding expectations even if the market research doesn’t initially quantify it. [39:34]
If being first doesn’t work out, make sure turning it around is an easy solution. [43:20]
An important lesson from Richard Branson and Chip’s father: Build the business plan as if it’s not going to succeed. [44:53]
Why does fellow boutique hotelier (and past show guest) Liz Lambert “hate” Chip? [46:41]
As a successful hotelier at the time, why did Chip agree to help Liz when she was just getting started? [47:40]
Why people from Maya Angelou to Moby find boutique hotels ideal for working staycations. [50:21]
A question from the aforementioned Liz Lambert: Why did Chip decide to sell Joie de Vivre when he did? [51:07]
How did Chip decide what to focus on next, and what form did this journey take? [53:50]
Chip explains the flatlining experience behind despair = suffering minus meaning from his fourth book, Emotional Equations. [56:03]
What did Chip see repeatedly on his trips to the “other side” while flatlining nine times, and what has he taken away from the experience? [57:23]
Other equations to which Chip refers often. [1:03:26]
Does Chip see the value in being still, or does he always have to be chasing some “next big thing” or another? [1:05:34]
On being the guide on the side instead of the sage on the stage at Airbnb and how it allowed him to be driven for a purpose greater than just his own. [1:07:57]
Why Chip feels comfortable with his current commitment to Modern Elder Academy and believes midlife wisdom schools will be big in the future. [1:09:34]
Why is Chip limiting Modern Elder Academy to one location rather than franchising into multiple centers? Would he encourage other entrepreneurs to start their own midlife wisdom schools? [1:14:14]
What is the U-curve of happiness, and why might we actually get happier as we age? What are the positives of getting older? [1:16:46]
How did Chip, being at least two decades older than Airbnb’s three young founders, help steer them toward focusing on four strong initiatives — down from 23? [1:20:01]
One simple question to ask yourself at the start of any business venture, a game you can play to extract every practical ounce of use from it, and a variation for personal revelation. [1:22:31]
Academy exercises that help midlifers understand liminality and evolve toward the editing phase of their journey (with examples of Chip’s own participation). [1:25:56]
How does Chip have people prepare for their time at Modern Elder Academy? [1:31:21]
Examples of values people might include on their personal, ranked list. [1:32:38]
Chip shares some of his backstory — including when he came out as openly gay at age 22, what the social climate was like then, and how his Marine Reserve father feels about it. [1:33:33]
Chip has a couple of sons with a lesbian couple. How did this come about, and what’s his level of involvement in their lives? [1:36:28]
After being initially reluctant to the idea of fatherhood, what made Chip change his mind? [1:38:53]
Why Chip is happy to be so involved in his sons’ lives as a third parent, and what his experience with parenting had been beforehand. [1:40:39]
Has Chip been parenting instinctively, or are there any books he’s read for guidance? [1:42:27]
The difference between a traditional elder and a modern elder. [1:44:14]
Aside from his own, what books does Chip gift most often? [1:45:42]
What would Chip’s billboard say? [1:48:34]
Parting thoughts. [1:49:10]

PEOPLE MENTIONED

Steve Conley
Gavin Newsom
William Shakespeare
Pablo Picasso
Ian Schrager
Bill Kimpton
Seneca
Marcus Aurelius
Seth Godin
Viktor Frankl
Mark Coleman
Jack Kornfield
Chade-Meng Tan
Richard Branson
Eve Branson
Edward James Branson
Brenda Lee
Arlo Guthrie
Nirvana
Pearl Jam
David Bowie
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Bill Graham
Abraham Maslow
David Brooks
Abraham Lincoln
Oscar Wilde
Henry Ford
Liz Lambert
Maya Angelou
Moby
Sigmund Freud
Gautama Buddha
Peter Guber
Brian Chesky
Joe Gebbia
Nathan Blecharczyk
Mel Zuckerman
Brené Brown
Theodore Levitt
Peter Drucker
Carl Jung
Jonathan Rauch
Danny Meyer

Jerry Colonna — The Coach With the Spider Tattoo (#373)

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“You are not alone. And just because you feel like shit doesn’t mean you are shit.”

— Jerry Colonna

Jerry Colonna (@jerrycolonna) is the CEO and cofounder of Reboot.io, an executive coaching and leadership development firm dedicated to the notion that better humans make better leaders.

Prior to his career as a coach, he was a partner with J.P. Morgan Partners (JPMP), the private equity arm of J.P. Morgan Chase. Prior to that, he cofounded New York City-based Flatiron Partners with Fred Wilson, which became one of the nation’s most successful early-stage investment programs. His first leadership position, at age 25, was Editor-In-Chief of InformationWeek magazine, and now he has returned to the written word with his first book, Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up.

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Here’s what you get:

1. Once per month, I’ll do an hour-long, live video Q&A… just for this much smaller group of supporters. You can ask me anything. Only supporters get to participate and ask questions. The first one will be on July 1st, 2019, and you’ll be notified via e-mail. If you can’t make it live, each session will be available to supporters right afterward as a recording. And if the audio is ever shared on the podcast, it will be delayed by at least a month.

2. Each time you hear a podcast episode (or see anything from me) that you consider impactful and want to share with friends, you can smile, knowing that you helped make it possible.

I’d really love a more direct relationship with my most dedicated listeners, readers, and fans. This is a great way to test it out. And since the podcast has become the engine that fuels everything else, if this experiment doesn’t work, we’ll just go back to sponsors. Easy.

Please only contribute what you feel great about contributing. This is zero pressure, and I’m not mailing out any beer koozies or other crap you don’t want. I’ll just do the private monthly Q&A for supporters, and I’ll share more good stuff. Think of it as a monthly gym membership for your mind and career.

To contribute, please visit tim.blog/support.

QUESTION(S) OF THE DAY: 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 EPISODE

Connect with Jerry:

Reboot.io | Twitter

Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up by Jerry Colonna
J.P. Morgan Partners, Crunchbase
Flatiron Partners, Crunchbase
InformationWeek Magazine
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
What is Ecopsychology? by Robert Greenway
Argiope Aurantia (Black and Yellow Garden Spider), Spider ID
Iktomi: Native American Spider-Trickster Spirit Whose Stories Teach Moral Values by Ellen Lloyd, AncientPages.com
JetBlue Airlines
Emotional Ups and Downs After 9/11 Traced in Report by Adam Clymer, The New York Times
Union Square Ventures
For Those Who ‘Worked The Pile’ At Ground Zero, Horrors Of Sept. 11 Haven’t Faded by Dina Temple-Raston, Weekend Edition Saturday, NPR
142 Of The Funniest New Yorker Cartoons Ever by Giedre, Bored Panda
Canyon Ranch
Trump Pavilion, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
Creedmoor State Hospital, Asylum Projects
Cabrini Medical Center, Wikipedia
Being Complicit, And Now This
The Benefits of Suffering and the Costs of Well Being: Secondary Gains and Losses by Will Joel Friedman, MentalHelp.net
New York Times Corrects Misquote of Thoreau’s ‘Quiet Desperation’ Line by Craig Silverman, Poynter
The Bhagavad Gita
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chˆdrˆn
Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience by Sharon Salzberg
Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation by Parker J. Palmer
The Dharma: The Teachings of the Buddha, Religious Literacy Project
Internal Family Systems
Life and Teachings of Jesus, Religious Literacy Project
Burning Man
This Man Makes Founders Cry by Jessi Hempel, Wired
The Reality of Imposter Syndrome by Megan Dalla-Camina, Psychology Today
What is Karma? The Yogic Encyclopedia
The Center for Nonviolent Communication
Seinfeld Saying “Newman!”
The Living Art of Bonsai, Bonsai Empire
Who said, “Those Who Mind Don’t Matter, and Those Who Matter Don’t Mind?” Quote Investigator
Guilt vs. Remorse by Margaret Paul, HuffPost
How to Cage the Monkey Mind, The Tim Ferriss Show #175
Taming the Mammoth: Why You Should Stop Caring What Other People Think by Tim Urban, Wait But Why
The Artist’s Way Morning Pages Journal by Julia Cameron
The 7 Levels of Consciousness, Tiny Buddha
Song of Myself by Walt Whitman, University of Toronto Libraries
Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha by Tara Brach
Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
Market Crashes: The Dotcom Crash, Investopedia
Know Your Brain: Amygdala, Neuroscientifically Challenged
Metta Meditation (aka Loving Kindness Meditation), Metta Institute
Jack Kornfield Wants You to Love Yourself by Tim Ferriss, Outside
The Klingon Hamlet by The Klingon Language Institute

SHOW NOTES

What’s the story behind Jerry’s spider tattoo? [05:10]
What happened at an Olympic bid meeting in 2002 that would change Jerry’s life? [11:39]
Jerry talks candidly about a suicide attempt at age 18 and spending three months in a psychiatric hospital. [18:17]
What’s the difference between responsible and complicit and, in 2002, how was Jerry complicit in creating the conditions in his life that he would have said he didn’t want? [19:30]
Three important questions Jerry’s therapist taught him. [23:02]
An example of something Jerry needed to say during this period of time that he didn’t say or that wasn’t heard. [24:24]
What did Jerry do to overcome the nagging self-doubt and unanswerable questions that were crushing him at this point? [26:12]
How did Jerry find his way to coaching, and what three books guided him in that direction? [28:42]
If he were to hazard a guess, how much of Jerry’s call to coaching was finding relief in taking the focus outside of himself and, in a way, healing his younger self? [35:12]
How does Jerry get through to fellow high-achievers who don’t think they have the time, patience, or need for self-discovery? [38:30]
The first question Jerry asks: “How are you really feeling?” [39:41]
How does Jerry work with the chronically busy? [43:11]
Jerry takes a look at how I’ve historically dealt with busyness and breaks it down — along with saying “No” and when (and why) this is most difficult for me. [45:54]
There are three basic risks that we’re all trying to manage all the time: love, safety, and belonging. [59:35]
Tools, books, and approaches Jerry has found helpful for people who have difficulty saying “No” or establishing boundaries. [01:01:43]
“All beings own their own karma. Their happiness or unhappiness depend upon their actions, not my wishes for them.” [01:03:50]
A boundary tool that acknowledges compassion — but from a distance. [01:05:21]
To Jerry, the challenge isn’t in not having a tool for maximizing the efficiency with which we overcome our struggles. The challenge is in the meaning that gets put into a situation before a tool can even be applied. [01:06:35]
Like the Jerry of Seinfeld fame, we all have a Newman (or several) vexing our lives in some way. How might we humanely confront, converse with, or even sever ties with these unhealthy relationships? [01:07:21]
How does Jerry get someone from the point of intellectually agreeing with what he’s saying to actually putting it into practice and changing their behavior? [01:12:38]
As a 55-year-old who’s been journaling daily since he was 13, how does Jerry prescribe the practice as a way to drive personal results? [01:15:16]
Guilt vs. remorse. [01:17:30]
Marie Ponsot, the crow, and the importance of letting the crow speak in the journal. [01:18:14]
Jerry describes his typical bedtimes and mornings, when he fits in time for journaling, and what his journaling prompts and processes look like. [01:22:31]
How journaling can help us accept the totality of what’s going on in our lives by allowing our different voices to speak — the “multitudes” we contain per Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself. [01:26:13]
On Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach [01:28:19]
How Jerry has used Marvel’s Hulk and Thor to reconcile the different parts of himself and understand that they each serve a purpose — recalling Carl Jung’s notion of The Shadow. [01:29:20]
Jerry walks us through the time he made a difficult decision to say “No” — and focused on something narrowly — that ended up being life-changing in retrospect. [01:34:29]
Jerry’s advice to anyone who finds themselves in a similar position — or his younger self at this junction. [01:41:58]
How journaling, meditating, and answering certain questions has helped Jerry cope with rage-fueled anxiety and tame his inner Hulk. [01:44:01]
Where an aspiring beginner can learn more about loving kindness, aka metta meditation, and what it’s helped me discover about myself. [01:47:48]
What new behavior or belief has greatly improved Jerry’s quality of life? [01:50:16]
What would Jerry’s billboard say? [01:52:19]
Closing thoughts. [01:55:02]

PEOPLE MENTIONED

Carl Jung
Bill Plotkin
Iktomi
Fred Wilson
Brad Burnham
Dr. Avivah Sayres
Mary Anne MacLeod Trump
Mike, Sam, and Emma Colonna
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
Gautama Buddha
Ani Pema Chˆdrˆn
Sharon Salzberg
Parker J. Palmer
Jesus
Seth Godin
Newman
Jerry Seinfeld
Dr. Seuss
Marie Ponsot
Tim Urban
Julia Cameron
Walt Whitman
Tara Brach
Hulk
Thor
Jeff Walker
Jack Kornfield

Less Hustle, More Art — Moving to a New Model

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Hello, my lovelies! This is an important announcement.

From June – Dec, 2019, I’m removing ads and sponsors from the podcast for a six-month test. The podcast will continue to be 100% free for everyone. There will be no paywall, and no one has to pay for anything.

If interested, you can contribute a few (or more) dollars a month to support me doing more crazy experiments and initiatives, or to simply say “thank you” if any of my books, nearly 400 free podcasts, or 1,000+ free blog posts have had a positive impact on you or your loved ones.

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Since the podcast has become the engine that fuels everything else, if this experiment doesn’t work out after six months, we’ll go back to sponsors. If it works, we’ll stay with fan-supported. Easy peasy.

So, why am I doing this? Two main reasons:

#1 – Sponsors and ads chew up a TON of time that I’d rather spend finding and doing cool things I can share with you. To be clear, I don’t think all advertising is evil. I turn away 90-plus percent of inquiries, personally test everything remaining, and then share the best. I feel good about that, BUT it consumes a lot of my time and energy. I would rather focus on finding, doing, and making cool things that I can share with you. That’s what I love, it’s what I’m good at, and it’s why many of you ended up reading my books or listening to the podcast in the first place.

#2 – Over the years, thousands of readers and fans have asked me, “How can I thank you?” Aside from the books, I’ve never sold any products, courses, or otherwise, nor do I plan to. Fan-supported subscriptions allow people to say “Thank you, and please do more.” If you want to help fuel more experiments, science, and exciting discoveries, you can easily sign up below and contribute to the cause. Think of it as a monthly gym membership for your mind and career. How much would you gladly pay for that?

Then, each time you hear a podcast episode (or see anything from me) that you consider life-changing and want to share with friends, you can smile, knowing that you helped to make it possible.

Please only contribute what you feel great about contributing. This is zero pressure, and I’m not mailing out any beer koozies or other crap you don’t want. I’ll just do and share more good stuff.

Visit  tim.blog/support to check it out.

Sending much love to you and yours,

Tim

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