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Tim Ferriss · 2022-08-11

Tim Ferriss Q&A: Wealth and Money, Book Recommendations, Advice on Taking Advice, and Much More

Tim Ferriss Q&A: Wealth and Money, Book Recommendations, Advice on Taking Advice, and Much More

Recommended on this episode

MediaRecommended

I Will Teach You to Be Rich (podcast)

Ramit Sethi

“give a shameless plug to a friend of mine... his podcast which i think is just”
“give a shameless plug to a friend of mine actually ramit sethi and his podcast which i think is just i will teach you to be rich”— Tim Ferriss
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The Psychology of Money

Morgan Housel

“i would suggest... psychology of money... more highlights in that book... than probably any books in recent memory”
“i would suggest that you actually listen to my podcast episode with morgan hausell on the psychology of money this was a hugely popular episode”— Tim Ferriss
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Four Thousand Weeks

Oliver Burkeman

“great book more highlights in that book... than probably any books in recent memory for me”
“4 000 weeks the book oliver berkman great book more highlights in that book and psychology of money than probably any books in recent memory for me”— Tim Ferriss
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The Most Reluctant Convert

“the acting is so so incredibly good that i recommended it”
“the main older actor who plays c.s lewis narrating his own life is so good the acting is so incredibly good that i recommended it”— Tim Ferriss
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The Screwtape Letters

C.S. Lewis

“the screwtape letters by c.s lewis i absolutely loved”
“the screwtape letters by c.s lewis i absolutely loved i read it more than 20 years ago”— Tim Ferriss
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PSO-RITE

PSO-RITE

“the most recent purchase that i've been enjoying quite a lot”
“the most recent purchase that i've been enjoying quite a lot is something called the pso-rite for psoas release it's a very simple piece of plastic”— Tim Ferriss
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Musashi

Eiji Yoshikawa (inferred)

“i would recommend reading the historical novel musashi it is long and it is amazing it's one of my favorite novels”
“i would recommend reading the historical novel musashi it is long and it is amazing it's one of my favorite novels”— Tim Ferriss
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Awareness

Anthony de Mello

“if you had to recommend only one book... i would recommend awareness by anthony demelo”
“if you had to recommend only one book today i would recommend awareness by anthony demelo it talks about some foundational self-awareness issues”— Tim Ferriss
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The Neverending Story

Michael Ende (inferred)

“i loved the neverending story the book... definitely one of my absolute favorites”
“i loved the neverending story the book when i was young the neverending story was definitely one of my absolute favorites”— Tim Ferriss
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Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

Kevin Kelly

“kevin is also one of the most engaged and successful parents and spouses i've ever seen so i find kevin to be a role model worth studying”
“he sent me this little book it's called excellent advice for living seeds for contemplation these are based on his annual what i've learned lists”— Tim Ferriss
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The Making of Oprah

“i've only listened to the first season of but i found it very interesting”
“the making of oprah is a short miniseries podcast that i've only listened to the first season of but i found it very interesting”— Tim Ferriss
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The 80/20 Principle

Richard Koch

“pick up the 80 20 principle... i would just pick up that book that is the shortest answer that i can give while still being helpful”
“pick up the 80 20 principle this is a book by richard koch the 80 20 principle i would just pick up that book that is the shortest answer”— Tim Ferriss
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Already Free

Bruce Tift

“there is a book that i found very helpful... already free which really covers a lot of this”
“there is a book that i found very helpful by bruce tift called already free which really covers a lot of this”— Tim Ferriss
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More Money Than God

Sebastian Mallaby

“i recommend reading more money than god by sebastian maliby”
“for more on that i recommend reading more money than god by sebastian maliby who also has a very good book on venture capital”— Tim Ferriss
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The Power Law

Sebastian Mallaby

“a very good book on venture capital more recently... the power law”
“sebastian maliby who also has a very good book on venture capital more recently i believe it's called the power law”— Tim Ferriss
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Guerrilla Financing

“i recommend this because... it will be i think helpful food for thought”
“there's a book called guerrilla financing which covers alternative modes of financing and i recommend this because most of the startups are venture-backed”— Tim Ferriss

The guest's own work

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The 4-Hour Chef

Tim Ferriss

“if you haven't read the four hour chef there's an entire section on metal learning so the four hour chef is mostly focused on accelerated learning”— Tim Ferriss
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Tribe of Mentors

Tim Ferriss

“would you consider doing a new version of tribe of mentors yes i've actually been considering doing a new version a new volume of tribe of mentors”— Tim Ferriss
BookBy the guest

The Story (NFT short story)

Tim Ferriss

“if anyone is interested in my first published piece of fiction you can go to tim dot blog nft i wrote a short story”— Tim Ferriss
BookBy the guest

The 4-Hour Work Week

Tim Ferriss

“the four hour work week principles apply now more than ever i wrote a preface for a new edition of the four hour work week”— Tim Ferriss
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The 4-Hour Body

Tim Ferriss

“both the 4-hour body and the 4-hour chef get into this in quite a bit of detail using accountability and incentives”— Tim Ferriss
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Tools of Titans

Tim Ferriss

“it would be tools of titans i think that is just the largest funnel there's something in that book for everyone i think”— Tim Ferriss

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

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The Chronicles of Narnia

C.S. Lewis

“he wrote the chronicles of narnia which may very well be an allegory for christianity has sold more than 100 million copies in 47 languages”— Tim Ferriss
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Why I Am Not a Christian

Bertrand Russell

“i was reading bertrand russell and you know why i am not a christian and all these other books”— Tim Ferriss
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Philips goLITE

Philips

“i've used the philips go light i believe it's called before which you can get on amazon or just about anywhere else”— Tim Ferriss
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Waking Up (app)

Sam Harris

“the way i'll most likely do that is using the waking up app with sam harris and going through his very early initial program”— Tim Ferriss
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The Lion Tracker's Guide to Life

Boyd Varty (inferred)

“thank you for the copy of the lion tracker's guide what lesson would you hope a loved one of yours would get from it”— Tim Ferriss
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Lost Connections

Johann Hari

“dear author johann hari this book is lost connections and the subtitle is uncovering the real causes of depression and the unexpected solutions”— Tim Ferriss
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On Grief and Grieving

David Kessler and Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

“my friend matt mullenweg found on grief and grieving to be very helpful this is by david kessler and elizabeth kubler-ross came highly recommended”— Tim Ferriss
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Atomic Habits

James Clear

“you could look at atomic habits you could also look at the four hour chef which talks about this at some length”— Tim Ferriss
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Evernote

Evernote

“am i still using evernote every day yes i use evernote almost every day i find the ui fine and it's easy enough to use”— Tim Ferriss
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Roam Research

Roam Research

“at some point i might make a transition i think rome research is very interesting and there are a handful of others”— Tim Ferriss
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Shure MV88

Shure

“my first backup which is a sure mv88 plugged into an iphone with the sure motive recording then i have my second backup”— Tim Ferriss
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ATR2100

Audio-Technica

“then i have my primary this atr 2100 or actually a newer version from audio technica usb all in all three forms of backup”— Tim Ferriss