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Tim Ferriss · 2022-06-17

Porn Addiction, The Corrosiveness of Secrets, and Books to Change Your Life | Jason Portnoy

Porn Addiction, The Corrosiveness of Secrets, and Books to Change Your Life | Jason Portnoy

Recommended on this episode

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This Is Your Mind on Plants

Michael Pollan

“it's great”
“this is your mind on plants morphine caffeine and mescaline that's right yeah yes yeah yeah he talks right then yeah it's great”— Tim Ferriss
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Masters of Scale (first episode, with Reid Hoffman and Brian Chesky)

Reid Hoffman (inferred)

“this makes me want to recommend to folks”
“this makes me want to recommend to folks reading the first episode ever of masters of scale with reid hoffman who also plays a role”— Tim Ferriss
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Love Warrior

Glennon Doyle

“another book that was really instrumental when i was in the deepest part of my journey”
“another book that was really instrumental when i was in the deepest part of my journey was love warrior by glennon doyle”— Jason Portnoy
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The Sermon on the Mount

Emmet Fox

“i like him a lot”
“books by emmett fox i like him a lot any starting point i like the sermon on the mount”— Jason Portnoy
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Women Who Love Too Much

Robin Norwood

“it's a great book yeah”
“she recommended a book to the two of us called women who love too much by robin norwood i've heard a lot about this book”— Jason Portnoy
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The Power of Now

Eckhart Tolle

“that book changed my life blew my mind”
“the power of now by eckhart tolle that book changed my life blew my mind if you're going to read that book take it slow”— Jason Portnoy
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Alcoholics Anonymous (The Big Book)

Alcoholics Anonymous (inferred)

“that was amazing”
“i wound up reading the blue book of alcoholics anonymous and that was amazing i've been meaning to read that for some time”— Jason Portnoy

The guest's own work

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The 4-Hour Body

Tim Ferriss

“i recommended it in fact in the four-hour body this is more than ten years ago and i did not get paid to do so”— Tim Ferriss
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Silicon Valley Porn Star

Jason Portnoy

“his new book which we will get to is silicon valley porn star what a title and we will certainly delve into the origins of that”— Tim Ferriss

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

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Why We Sleep

Matthew Walker

“so i've been coming to the same conclusion i'm reading why we sleep i think it is by matt walker right now and he mentioned this”— Tim Ferriss
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Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck (inferred)

“what were some of the books i think one was of mice and men there was a bunch of hemingway books i remember that”— Jason Portnoy
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The Art of War

Sun Tzu (inferred)

“i remember i read the art of war i remember i read the dao de ching so there's a pretty eclectic mix of different things”— Jason Portnoy
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Tao Te Ching

Laozi (inferred)

“i remember i read the art of war i remember i read the dao de ching so there's a pretty eclectic mix of different things”— Jason Portnoy
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When Genius Failed

Roger Lowenstein (inferred)

“he told me to read this book called when genius failed which is about long-term capital management”— Jason Portnoy
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The Seat of the Soul

Gary Zukav

“these are from your book two books the seed of the soul and then that first one is gary zukov”— Tim Ferriss
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Healing the Shame That Binds You

John Bradshaw

“the seed of the soul and then that first one is gary zukov and then healing the shame that binds you”— Tim Ferriss
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Autobiography of a Yogi

Paramahansa Yogananda (inferred)

“i was just tuning everything out only reading like spiritual books autobiography of a yogi was one of them”— Jason Portnoy
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The Lost Booklets of Emmet Fox

Emmet Fox

“and there's also a book called the lost booklets of emmett fox the biggest thing i take away from emmett fox”— Jason Portnoy
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Microsoft Excel

Microsoft

“i knew a lot about microsoft excel one of my undergraduate professors had insisted that we all learn a lot of the more powerful features”— Jason Portnoy
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QuickBooks

Intuit (inferred)

“i would go and i would type each one into quickbooks and type in you know the name of the account how much money we had”— Jason Portnoy