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Tim Ferriss · 2022-05-20

Cal Newport and Tim Ferriss Revisit “The 4-Hour Workweek” Plus Much More! | The Tim Ferriss Show

Cal Newport and Tim Ferriss Revisit “The 4-Hour Workweek” Plus Much More! | The Tim Ferriss Show

Recommended on this episode

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Built to Sell

John Warrillow (inferred)

“there's a good book actually that people can read which gives them pretty much the gist in the title”
“there's a good book actually that people can read which gives them pretty much the gist in the title and that is Built to Sell”— Tim Ferriss
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The Psychology of Money

Morgan Housel

“I was quite impressed by it”
“I read a book recently, well, listened to a book called The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel. And I was quite impressed by it”— Tim Ferriss

The guest's own work

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The 4-Hour Workweek

Tim Ferriss

“I'm interested in this idea that that book's reception in 2007 was actually a warning shot of sorts about what was happening in the world of work”— Cal Newport
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The 4-Hour Chef

Tim Ferriss

“The podcast came about because the Four Hour Chef just about killed me. It was such a complex project done in such tight timelines”— Tim Ferriss
BookBy the guestISBN verified

The 4-Hour Body

Tim Ferriss

“I've recommended it since the 4-Hour Body, which was God, eons ago, 2010, and I did not get paid to do so”— Tim Ferriss
BookBy the guestISBN verified

Deep Work

Cal Newport

“shifting back and forth between 4-Hour Work Week, my 2016 book Deep Work, and Greg McKeown's 2015 book Essentialism”— Cal Newport
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Digital Minimalism

Cal Newport

“Cal is the author of seven books including most recently Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, and A World Without Email”— Tim Ferriss
BookBy the guestISBN verified

A World Without Email

Cal Newport

“Cal is the author of seven books including most recently Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, and A World Without Email”— Tim Ferriss
MediaBy the guest

The Tim Ferriss Show

Tim Ferriss

“a more extreme example of something not built to sell would be, say, The Tim Ferriss Show, the podcast, right?”— Tim Ferriss

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

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Essentialism

Greg McKeown

“shifting back and forth between 4-Hour Work Week, my 2016 book Deep Work, and Greg McKeown's 2015 book Essentialism”— Cal Newport
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Liar's Poker

Michael Lewis

“in the '80s, I guess, you had Michael Lewis now for him looking at Silicon Valley. Of course, you had Liar's Poker”— Cal Newport
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Getting Things Done

David Allen

“David Allen shows up pretty early, but I think he's misinterpreted. I think he's more about I hate the fact we have so much to do”— Cal Newport
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The Seven Secrets of Awakening the Highly Effective Four-Hour Giant Today

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia cast (inferred)

“from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia wrote a book called The Seven Secrets of Awakening the Highly Effective 4-Hour Giant Today”— Tim Ferriss
ProductReferenced

GoToMyPC

“this is pre-Dropbox, you might have to use something like GoToMyPC to log in remotely and so on”— Tim Ferriss
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Elance

“was able to really automate and outsource an incredible amount at the time using things like Elance and again remote access tools”— Tim Ferriss
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HubSpot

“who then write 25 articles on this topic and put it on HubSpot so we can get a high price for these”— Tim Ferriss
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Audible

Amazon (inferred)

“I listened to it on Audible or whatever it was back then. Ray Porter. Good narrator”— Tim Ferriss
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Deep Questions

Cal Newport

“He is also a contributing writer for the New Yorker and the host of the Deep Questions podcast”— Tim Ferriss
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The Office

“about 2011, The Office brings up the book. Daryl brings up the book, the character Dale in The Office”— Cal Newport
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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

“the cast from well, supposedly the cast... from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia wrote a book called The Seven Secrets”— Tim Ferriss