Tim Ferriss
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Tim Ferriss is known for long-form interviews that extract practical insights on performance, decision-making, business building, and investing from elite founders, operators, and thinkers.
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Physical & cognitive performance
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How athletic coaching transformed a young man with cerebral palsy
Tim Ferriss
May 14, 2026
Physical & cognitive performance
9
Resilience & grit
8
Case studies
6
Progressive strength training rewired a CP patient's brain and body.
Society comforts disabled people — coaching them unlocks what medicine cannot.
From 3-pound bar to pressing bodyweight: a 5-year transformation blueprint.
Physical health & longevity
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Elad Gil's pragmatic longevity stack and what he's watching next
Tim Ferriss
May 11, 2026
Physical health & longevity
9
Creatine and vitamin D are the only supplements worth naming without hesitation
Ibogaine may be the closest thing to a neurological system reboot
Rapamycin is genuinely interesting — but only with strict medical oversight
Cathy Lanier's first day: riots, bricks, and a rookie's clarity
Tim Ferriss
May 10, 2026
Origin stories
10
Communication
8
Resilience & grit
5
Thrown into a riot on day one with no radio
Police-community communication failure sparked the crisis
Brute force never wins — problem-solving does
Why most AI companies should consider selling in the next 18 months
Tim Ferriss
May 9, 2026
Exit strategy
9
Fundraising & VC
6
95%+ of companies die in every tech cycle — AI is no different
Workflow embedding beats data moats as a real defensibility signal
Trillion-dollar market caps make $30B acquisitions routine and viable
Resilience & grit
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Practice being broke before quitting your job
Tim Ferriss
April 30, 2026
Resilience & grit
9
Bootstrapping
6
Goal setting
5
Simulate your worst-case financial life before you ever quit
Proving you create on weekends is proof you actually care
Quit last — with a backlog, a shoot date, and a deadline
Founder interviews
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Spotting billion-dollar AI companies early: Elad Gil on investing and the frontier
Tim Ferriss
April 29, 2026
Founder interviews
10
Fundraising & VC
8
Business models
8
Most AI companies should exit now — only a dozen will survive the cycle.
A 2-year memory bottleneck is keeping all major labs at rough parity.
Market beats team: one core belief separates durable companies from the rest.
Founder interviews
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Cathy Lanier: From dropout to DC's longest-serving police chief
Tim Ferriss
April 23, 2026
Founder interviews
10
Management
8
Resilience & grit
7
Pregnant at 14, she became DC's top cop at 40.
Trust — not arrests — is what actually reduces violent crime.
How to make fast decisions when the picture is never complete.
Earning a black belt in 90 days and the Houdini water challenge
Tim Ferriss
April 21, 2026
Case studies
9
Resilience & grit
6
A full-commitment challenge transforms you in ways normal life can't.
Matched Houdini's 3:30 breath hold after six weeks of training.
No water torture cell existed — so the team engineered one from scratch.
Prospecting & outreach
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Cold email tactics that get responses from busy people
Tim Ferriss
April 18, 2026
Why casual openers get you archived before you're read
The 'via' subject line trick that gets cold emails opened
Zero entitlement in your close raises response rates
Resilience & grit
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Fear setting: the Stoic exercise that turns anxiety into action
Tim Ferriss
April 17, 2026
Resilience & grit
9
Goal setting
6
Inaction has a cost — fear setting forces you to calculate it
Define the nightmare concretely; vague fears are harder to beat
Michelle quit her job using this exact exercise — and it worked
Founder interviews
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From Dad's basement to two acquisitions: Brian Dean's bootstrapped path
Tim Ferriss
April 16, 2026
Founder interviews
10
Niche selection
7
Bootstrapping
6
Why finding one thing that works beats chasing many ideas
Black-hat SEO, two Google slaps, and the pivot to real content
Post-exit stress is real — why founders should wait a year before starting again
Founder interviews
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Michelle Khare on building a sustainable YouTube show from scratch
Tim Ferriss
April 7, 2026
Founder interviews
10
Business models
7
Prospecting & outreach
5
Why 8–10 episodes a year beats posting constantly
A three-person Formula One team anyone can build for free
Fear setting: the 2016 email that launched a billion-view channel
Mental health & wellbeing
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Why meditation technique matters: finding what fits your brain
Tim Ferriss
April 4, 2026
Mental health & wellbeing
8
Deep work & focus
5
Wrong meditation technique can make OCD-prone minds worse
Real-time teacher feedback after each sit accelerates progress fast
"Just be still" outperformed complex labelling for compulsive thinkers
Physical & cognitive performance
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High-intensity exercise drives lasting brain protection via lactate
Tim Ferriss
April 3, 2026
Physical & cognitive performance
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Six months of HIIT can protect your brain for five years
Lactate — not VO2 max — triggers the cognitive benefits
Slow high-rep lifting replicates the lactate response anywhere
AI strategy & adoption
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Tim Ferriss Q&A: AI, offline advantage, and navigating uncertainty
Tim Ferriss
March 26, 2026
AI strategy & adoption
8
Identity & self-belief
6
Relationships & family
6
Your offline expert network gives an edge AI cannot replicate
Courage is learned through action, not reading or decision
AI job displacement means most people will need to pivot soon