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Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea PigEntrepreneurship, Business

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This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s because the podcast recently hit its 10-year anniversary and passed one billion downloads. To celebrate, I’ve curated some of the best of the best—some of my favorites—from more than 700 episodes over the last decade. I could not be more excited.The episode features segments from episode #332 "Coach George Raveling — A Legend on Sports, Business, and The Great Game of Life" and #724 "Claire Hughes Johnson — How to Take Responsibility for Your Life, Create Rules That Work, Stop Being a Victim, Set Strong Boundaries, and More."Please enjoy!Sponsors:Wealthfront high-yield cash account: https://Wealthfront.com/Tim (Start earning 5.00% APY on your short-term cash until you’re ready to invest. And when you open an account today, you can get an extra fifty-dollar bonus with a deposit of five hundred dollars or more.) Terms apply.AG1 all-in-one nutritional supplement: https://drinkag1.com/tim (1-year supply of Vitamin D (and 5 free AG1 travel packs) with your first subscription purchase.)Shopify global commerce platform, providing tools to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business: https://shopify.com/tim (one-dollar-per-month trial period)Timestamps:[00:00] Start [05:14] Notes about this supercombo format.[06:17] Enter George Raveling.[06:48] The most important conversation is the one you have with yourself.[09:03] The only two choices George has when he gets out of bed in the morning[11:13] A personal audit once per week.[11:40] Retirement at 80?[12:10] George's controversial collection.[14:50] George's less controversial collections.[15:44] Relationships as a privilege.[17:28] Most of George’s best friendships started by mistake.[18:20] The importance of maintaining friendships with younger people.[19:22] Relationships as a patnership.[19:52] A voracious reading habit.[23:28] How George selects his next book.[25:17] How George continues to grow in his 80s.[29:09] Recommended reading.[30:42] Kindness as an opportunity.[33:32] The 1984 Olympics.[37:32] Enter Claire Hughes Johnson.[37:54] Say the thing you think you cannot say.[43:26] Detoxifying your left-hand column.[51:11] Victim versus player.[58:43] Recommended reading.[1:05:32] The case for reading fiction.[1:12:57] Crafting a working-with-me document.[1:20:47] Make the implicit explicit.[1:26:07] An Irish Goodbye.[1:27:13] Email policies.[1:32:37] Renegotiating the terms of expectations.[1:34:41] Listening for the quiet no.[1:37:06] Money versus time.[1:38:53] Good rules can be liberating.[1:41:39] Leadership and disappointment.[1:46:38] Renegotiating past disapp
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