028 cliff notes from Tim Ferriss show podcast, Maria Popova

Guided Apasana meditation

Tara Brakh meditation

2010 smile meditation

Note taking method:

Highlight & write notes on sides

Reading is pattern recognition

Create index of ideas at the end of that book with page numbers

Literature is original internet with its source quotes/citations...you can track down sources of ideas

Maria uses proof reader, your mind does not see its own typos

Plyometrics & trx are handy for travel

https://castbox.fm/episode/Ep-39%3A-Maria-Popova-on-Writing%2C-Work-Arounds%2C-and-Building-BrainPickings.org-id1059468-id51930447

027 cliff notes from Tim Ferriss show podcast, Tony Robbins

when he is stuck he uses radical change of environment (jumps into ice bath or runs) to make a better decision

changing thought patterns

our life is driven by our mental models

collector of quotes

search Jim Ron quotes

If your learning leads to knowledge, then you are fool

If your learning leads to action, then you are smart

1st find fulfillment in your activities & goals, then make effort to reach your goals

Our brain is a 2 million years old software that is designed to help you survive, not be happy

Suffering comes from expectations, loss, less & never

Trade your expectations to appreciations & your life will change

you tell your own stories to yourself through your expectations

Expectations make us suffer

Appreciations make us fulfilled

Life is too short to suffer

our survival mechanism brain is always looking for something that is wrong
make decisions fast

when you start suffering change your expectations to appreciations

tony robbins doc movie

Fish have heavy metals, people get intoxicated when they eat fish

https://castbox.fm/episode/Ep-37%3A-Tony-Robbins-on-Morning-Routines%2C-Peak-Performance%2C-and-Mastering-Money-id1059468-id51930445

026 cliff notes from Tim Ferriss show podcast, Alexis Ohanian

cofounder of reddit

ycombinator partner

You gain muscle in gym & lose fat in kitchen

The less time you have for meditation, the more you need it

Test your hypothesis as soon as possible in biz

Have right questions instead of right answers

Afraid of death, be grateful for being alive & do as much as you can

How do you say no & to what you say no?

Investing questions

Can I use this product?

Is the market large?

Good content is the best SEO

Human experience is essential for business

FOMO fear of missing out

Extenuating circumstances???

IPO initial public offering

net neutrality???

https://castbox.fm/episode/Ep-36%3A-Alexis-Ohanian-on-Y-Combinator%2C-Getting-Punched%2C-and-Picking-Winners-id1059468-id51930444

024 cliff notes from Tim Ferriss show podcast, Ramit Sethi

I will teach you to be rich book

Psychology & business

Human behavior & social influence, persuasion

He did not make a cent for 3 years

Staying in game longer than others, persistence can give results

Learn to handle criticism

Writing guest posts

Guest post is very important

Single blog post may change your life

If you chunk out post into really specific topic then you will drive traffic into your blog

1st set up your email list
2nd send them email on regular basis

99 % of revenue come from email

Checklist manifesto book

Survey monkey

github

google calendar

basecamp

asana

screenflow

dropbox

Make reproducible system like in McDonalds

Learn circus tricks

Brian brushwood hacking the system

man on wire movie

catch me if you can movie

Jason born movie

https://castbox.fm/episode/Ep-33%3A-Ramit-Sethi-on-Persuasion%2C-Negotiation%2C-and-Turning-a-Blog-Into-a-Multi-Million-Dollar-Business-id1059468-id51930441

022 cliff notes from Tim Ferriss show podcast, Tracy Dinunzio part 2

pitching investors

Ability to tell your stories is an essential skill

Make your 1st pitch to investors from whom you do not want to get your finances

Mistake to measure size of target market

Be confident at your pitch

Click bait in internet

Start your story vision/problem description instead of chronological story

Pitching is persuading...learn to persuade

Use seth godin works, ted talks with more than 1-2 million views and yahoo news headlines to learn persuading

Chief Technological Officer, tech guy responsible for company

1st hired people make up DNA & culture of your company

Business incubators and accelerators have access to investors

https://castbox.fm/episode/Ep-31%3A-Tracy-DiNunzio-(Part-2)%2C-Founder-of-Tradesy%2C-on-Rapid-Growth-and-Rapid-Learning-id1059468-id51930439

020 cliff notes from Tim Ferriss show podcast, Peter Thiel

Freedom lies in being bold - Robert Frost

Zero to one book

Palantir data mining company

Question your assumptions

Capitalism & competition are antonyms

There is no need to wait to start business, you can start doing it without any credentials

Be relentless at your efforts

Trend attracts lots of people which causes competition & no differentiation, you do not want to be the next soc. network company

Avoid trends, instead work on unique mission/problem

Investors spray & pray - portfolio management, betting on companies as lotteries

Think for yourself, break through convention

Universities are like studio 54, exclusive clubs

Institutions are charging more and more but giving less and less

How to become smart - I try to talk to smart people every day

You are average of 5 people

https://castbox.fm/episode/Ep-28%3A-Peter-Thiel%2C-Billionaire-Investor-and-Company-Creator-on-Investing%2C-Business%2C-and-Life-id1059468-id51930436

019 cliff notes from Tim Ferriss show podcast, Kevin Kelly part3

quantified self

AI & social media will have network effects

two year travel should be compulsory

they are collecting all kinds of long term forecasts about future

no multitasking, sit sit, walk walk, don't whable

read bible, quran & sufi rumi writer similar to seneca, zen parables

to find your passion you have to try many things

you create yourself instead of discovering yourself

there are no VR & AI experts

AI will take away repetitive tasks, activities that require asking questions, creativity & experiences will be in more demand

GMO genetically modified organisms

Cyber war is happening now

zero days documentary about stuxnet virus

https://castbox.fm/episode/Ep-27%3A-Kevin-Kelly-(Part-3)---WIRED-Co-Founder%2C-Polymath%2C-Most-Interesting-Man-In-The-World--id1059468-id51930435

 

018 cliff notes from Tim Ferriss show podcast, Kevin Kelly part2

what technology wants book

Plant medicine

Lsd & drug use

Cool tools catalog

Maltusian theory, future of humanity & demography

Amish community

Technology free day

Longnow foundation & website

Adventures of Bunko short graphic novel by Daniel Pink

Shantaram book

Man on wire movie

King of khan movie

Discovering and inventing something is the same thing

You do not have to do everything, you can hire others

https://castbox.fm/episode/Ep-26%3A-Kevin-Kelly-(Part-2)---WIRED-Co-Founder%2C-Polymath%2C-Most-Interesting-Man-In-The-World--id1059468-id51930434?country=us

017 cliff notes from Tim Ferriss show podcast, Kevin Kelly

Package ideas into books, magazines, websites

learn to be thrifty

content mode for living

little is enough for living

how to figure out your unique capabilities? (my opinion: try lots of things, discover what you can do well)

1st come up with ideas

2nd actively kill ideas

3rd use those ideas that manage to survive

optimize your strength

countdown clock to death is very effective

setting 6 month deadline

5 year plans

https://castbox.fm/episode/Ep-25%3A-Kevin-Kelly---WIRED-Co-Founder%2C-Polymath%2C-Most-Interesting-Man-In-The-World-id1059468-id51930433?country=ru

003 cliff notes from Tim Ferriss Show podcast, Kelly Starret and Justin Mager

One should sleep 8+ hours per night

Quantified self-tools

Observing deep sleep

Blood testing, one blood test is a snapshot, and continuous tests give chart and explain our internal processes

Folic acid and methylation

Better information - better decisions

Heart rate variability exercises (HRV)

Listen to yourself, to your body for improving health and life quality

Observe yourself, read people, it is easy to read people by their emotions & movements

If you know yourself, you know others

If you wake up and have no erection...then you have health issue

Sitting and office work is very bad, similar to smoking and killing yourself slowly

Improve your cognitive performance by fixing your diet, posture

To improve your thinking, mental performance, improve your physical performance, it is cheap & effective

Sleep hygiene:

Pitch dark room

It should be a little bit cold

Taking away chair at school will have major impact in health improvement of children, work in office

While working, avoid sitting for long hours

Think critically, use technology to optimize our potential

https://player.fm/series/the-tim-ferriss-show-1578275/episode-3-kelly-starrett-and-dr-justin-mager

002 cliff notes from Tim Ferriss Show podcast, Josh Waitskin

Playing simultaneous chess games is like juggling balls

Constantly be learning

Cognitive biases: sunk cost fallacy, confirmation bias, false constructs

20/80 analysis

What rules people following that are not required that I can exploit?

Who is good at skill, who shouldn't be?

Questions you ask yourself and your internal dialogue defines your thinking

Meditation is a very powerful tool at self improvement, you start seeing yourself from side to meditate sit cross legged in comfortable position, follow and return to your breath

Journaling is another useful tool for self improvement

Cultivate habit of relaxing and working, turning on and turning off set and practice morning and evening routines

Dao de Jing
Shantaram

Collect & ask questions to yourself, they define your thinking

Ghandi Lao tzu
Buddha

https://ja.player.fm/series/the-tim-ferriss-show-1578275/episode-2-joshua-waitzkin

001 cliff notes from Tim Ferriss Show podcast

Kevin Rose

To make good investments, observe leaders, opinion makers and look for social trends

Be curious about everything

Be in good shape, do workouts

Annual letters of Warren Buffett

Barbell approach to investing - 20 % highly speculative investment & 80 % highly conservative & income guaranteed investment - do not gamble more than you can afford to lose

Phillip Rosedale

When one has no fear, he starts to think big Meditation practice

4hww is about maximizing productivity & per hour output

Food Inc documentary

Tell the truth, make fun of yourself before someone else will make fun of you laugh

Learn to catch a wave and use it to make profit

Practice gardening and farming as hobby when you start a business, focus on your product

https://player.fm/series/the-tim-ferriss-show-1578275/episode-1-kevin-rose