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@Herbivorepr @joelimmmmm @tferriss Hi Joe. Yes, Tim shared the article in 5-Bullet Friday earlier this year: https://t.co/bWqgnRrGW1

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@USAHorrorAuthor @tferriss Hi David. This is not from Tim/us. It is a scam. Thank you for flagging.

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The 4-Hour Workweek is—based on the title, understandably—often misunderstood. The objective was to provide a toolkit for maximizing per-hour output. It's not necessarily about working four hours a week. You could choose two hours a week, one hour a week, or 80 hours a week. That toolkit was very much time- and income-focused.

The 4-Hour Body was providing a toolkit for physical optimization and body recomposition.

The 4-Hour Chef was a toolkit for accelerated learning.

Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors combine all of those, plus the toolkit of psycho-emotional health or psychological fitness.

Because it doesn't matter how much money you have, doesn't matter how effective or efficient you are. It doesn't matter what types of fancy toys you collect. It doesn't matter how hot your significant other is, if your inner world—your internal monologue or dialogue—is that of anger or despair or frustration or sadness the majority of the time, almost none of these other things matter very much.

You can't wield money or time effectively. You can’t deepen relationships, repair relationships, deescalate instead of escalate conflict, unless you have a certain degree of self-awareness, emotional resilience, and emotional acceptance.

Without a baseline of psycho-emotional health, all of that is for naught.

The inescapable fact that if, at best, you tolerate yourself, and more often berate, hate, or criticize yourself, how can you possibly fully engage with others, accept and love them, and find peace of mind and life?

I think the answer is you can't.

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Slow down and remember this:

Most things make no difference.

Being busy is a form of laziness—lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.

Being overwhelmed is often as unproductive as doing nothing, and is far more unpleasant.

Being selective—doing less—is the path of the productive.

Focus on the important few and ignore the rest.

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“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” — Anne Lamott

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“People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don’t even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child—our own two eyes. All is a miracle.” ​— Thích Nhất Hạnh

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For sleep, I’ve used Mack’s silicone earplugs for more than a decade. But they’re not without issues: the putty is too large for my ears, but a half is too small, and I constantly run out while on the road. The PQ earplugs come in a package of 50, and they’re just the right size. Thus far, these have become my default.

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Most information is time-consuming, negative, irrelevant to your goals, and outside of your influence.

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I’ve been waiting a long time for the right health-tech innovation, and @Neko Health is where I’m placing my biggest bet. Get a high-definition map of your biology in less than 60 minutes, explained by an unhurried doctor, all in one location – for around $500. 

More than 100,000 people have experienced Neko in the UK and Sweden. The US is coming next, starting in NYC, followed by other cities. Join the waitlist on the Neko Health website.

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There is a process that I have used, and still use, to reignite life...

Create two timelines—6 months and 12 months—and list up to five things you dream of having (including, but not limited to, material wants: house, car, clothing, etc.), being (be a great cook, be fluent in Chinese, etc.), and doing (visiting Thailand, tracing your roots overseas, racing ostriches, etc.) in that order.

If you have difficulty identifying what you want in some categories, as most will, consider what you hate or fear in each and write down the opposite.

Do not limit yourself, and do not concern yourself with how these things will be accomplished. For now, it’s unimportant. This is an exercise in reversing repression.

Be sure not to judge or fool yourself. If you really want a Ferrari, don’t put down solving world hunger out of guilt. For some, the dream will be fame, for others fortune or prestige. All people have their vices and insecurities. If something will improve your feeling of self-worth, put it down.

Drawing a blank? In that case, consider these questions:

1) What would you do, day to day, if you had $100 million in the bank?
2) What would make you most excited to wake up in the morning to another day?

Don’t rush—think about it for a few minutes.

If still blocked, fill in the five “doing” spots with the following:

— one place to visit
— one thing to do before you die (a memory of a lifetime)
— one thing to do daily
— one thing to do weekly
— one thing you’ve always wanted to learn

What does “being” entail doing?

Convert each “being” into a “doing” to make it actionable. Identify an action that would characterize this state of being or a task that would mean you had achieved it. People find it easier to brainstorm “being” first, but this column is just a temporary holding spot for “doing” actions.

Here are a few examples:

1) Great cook —> make Christmas dinner without help

2) Fluent in Chinese —> have a five-minute conversation with a Chinese co-worker

Determine three steps for each of the dreams in just the 6-month timeline and take the first step now.

Define three steps for each dream that will get you closer to its actualization.

Set actions—simple, well-defined actions—for now, tomorrow (complete before 11 A.M.) and the day after (again completed before 11 A.M.). Once you have three steps for each of the four goals, complete the three actions in the “now” column.

Do it now. Each should be simple enough to do in five minutes or less. If not, rachet it down. If it’s the middle of the night and you can’t call someone, do something else now, such as send an e-mail, and set the call for first thing tomorrow.

If the next stage is some form of research, get in touch with someone who knows the answer instead of spending too much time in books or online, which can turn into paralysis by analysis.

The best first step, the one I recommend, is finding someone who’s done it and ask for advice on how to do the same.

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I do an exercise called “fear-setting” at least once a quarter, often once a month. It is the most powerful exercise I do. Fear-setting has produced my biggest business and personal successes, as well as repeatedly helped me to avoid catastrophic mistakes.

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@FahaamDev Oh, no worries! :)

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@FahaamDev It was written ~20 years ago. :)

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NEW blog post is up!

"Has AI Already Killed How-To Nonfiction? Sales Trends, My Personal Data, and What It Might Mean for the Future"

My head has been spinning after getting a spreadsheet roughly a week ago.

Before we dive into my dirty laundry, let’s state the obvious: millions of people have a vague sense that AI is changing things. And LLMs sure are convenient for getting answers quickly. My team and I use Claude and other tools daily.

But far fewer people have first-hand experience with the speed and intensity of disruption that’s happening. Not in a year, not in six months, but right now.

So let me show you, using my own books as the cadaver on the table, what a fatality looks like.

(Link below)

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@Al_Humphreys @tferriss @naval Hi Alastair. Thank you for reaching out. It is indeed available for free in multiple formats: https://t.co/YzQ8VVgIXk

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NEW podcast episode is up!

How to Simplify Your Life in 2026 — New Tips from Anne Lamott, Claire Hughes Johnson, David Yarrow, and Diana Chapman

Many of us feel like we’re drowning in invisible complexity. So I wanted to hit pause and ask a simple question: What are 1–3 decisions that could dramatically simplify my life in 2026? 

To explore that, I invited five long-time listener favorites: Anne Lamott, Claire Hughes Johnson, David Yarrow, and Diana Chapman.

Please enjoy!

cc: @David_Yarrow @chughesjohnson @ANNELAMOTT

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@studios @tferriss He is! https://t.co/fME7iFWLzG

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Watch on YouTube: https://t.co/qhjPuBPpC4

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NEW podcast episode is up!

Daredevil Michelle Khare — How to Become a YouTube Superstar, Open Impossible Doors (FBI, Secret Service, etc.), Craft Jedi-Level Cold Emails, and Use Fear-Setting to Change Your Life

Daredevil @MichelleKhare lives life to the extreme in Challenge Accepted, amassing more than 6 million followers and more than 1 billion views. Across the show, you’ll see Michelle attempt everything from Tom Cruise’s Deadliest stunt to Harry Houdini’s water torture cell to trying to earn a black belt in taekwondo in only 90 days.

Please enjoy! 🙌