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Tim Ferriss · 2021-04-27

Greg McKeown — The Art of Effortless Results, the Joys of Simplicity, and More

Greg McKeown — The Art of Effortless Results, the Joys of Simplicity, and More

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The Listener (painting print)

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“enjoyed so much that i ended up buying a print of it to put on my wall”
“a piece of artwork called the listener last time which i looked up and enjoyed so much that i ended up buying a print of it to put on my wall”— Tim Ferriss

The guest's own work

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Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most

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“he is the author of the new book effortless subtitle make it easier to do what matters most”— Tim Ferriss
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“her quote i believe it was in tools of titans originally when i asked her what she would put on a billboard is no one owes you anything”— Tim Ferriss

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She Will Find What Is Lost (painting)

“she will find what is lost and that is the name of this painting and it's a beautiful painting people can look it up”— Greg McKeown
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Standing for Something

Gordon B. Hinckley

“he wrote a different book not the one i was referencing although there's overlap called standing for something that did you know did extremely well”— Greg McKeown
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Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: Gordon B. Hinckley

Gordon B. Hinckley (inferred)

“teachings of the presidents of the church by gordon b hinckley was the book within which i believe there is the essay that you alluded to earlier”— Tim Ferriss
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iDVD

Apple

“his mic evangelist he was involved in dvd burning before it was a mass thing these are like thousand dollar machines professional equipment”— Greg McKeown
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Stormtrooper costume

“i'm suddenly looking at myself in a stormtrooper costume in the mirror in the this is an expensive movie quality suit”— Greg McKeown
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Return of the Jedi

Lucasfilm (inferred)

“it was when return of the jedi came out yeah they were talking 30 plus years before that my older brother spencer had said to me”— Greg McKeown
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A Complaint Free World

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“he wrote a book called the complaint free world i want to say and i did that experiment and just like you mentioned”— Tim Ferriss
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Stephen R. Covey

“stephen says okay well i'm going to i'm going to write the seven habits because then it can exist beyond me i'm going to build a company”— Greg McKeown
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Who Not How

Benjamin Hardy

“benjamin hardy who i just had on the what's the central podcast and he was sharing this principle of who not how”— Greg McKeown
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iPhone

Apple

“i keep my iphone on do not disturb mode so that if there are items that pop up in the conversation i can search them on my phone”— Tim Ferriss