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The Tim Ferriss Show

#339: Samin Nosrat — Master Creative, Master Teacher

The Tim Ferriss Show

Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig

Lifestyle Design, Business, The 4-hour Workweek, Productivity, Timothy Ferriss Show, Startups, Tim Ferris, Entrepreneurship, Longform Interviews, Tools Of Titans, Timothy Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show, Tim Ferriss

4.617.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2018

⏱️ 143 minutes

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Summary

Samin Nosrat (@ciaosamin) is a writer, chef, and teacher who is masterful at turning complexity into simplicity. Her first book, Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking, is a New York Times bestseller, was a James Beard Award-winner for Best General Cookbook, was named as Cookbook of the Year by the International Association of Culinary Professionals, and is soon to be a Netflix original documentary series produced by Jigsaw Productions.

Samin has been called "The next Julia Child" by NPR's "All Things Considered," and she has been cooking professionally since 2000.

This episode is about much more than cooking. It's about the creative process, creative highs and lows (and how to push through those lows), rejection, vulnerability, and much more. If you liked the Brandon Stanton episode, you're going to love this one. Please enjoy!

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0:00.0

I get asked all the time if you could only use one supplement what would it be?

0:27.7

My answer is inevitably athletic greens. It is your all-in-one nutritional insurance. I recommended it in the 4-hour body.

0:34.4

Did not get paid for that. I travel with it to avoid getting sick. I take it in the mornings to ensure optimal performance.

0:41.5

It just covers all my bases. If I can't get what I need through whole food meals throughout the rest of the day.

0:47.0

If you want to give athletic greens a try, they are offering a free 20 count travel pack for first time users.

0:53.2

I always travel with at least 3 or 4 of these. This represents a $100 value. If you buy athletic greens, you get an extra $100 in free product.

1:02.4

Check it out. Athleticgreens.com-tom. That's Athleticgreens.com-tom for your free travel pack with any purchase.

1:12.7

This episode is brought to you by FreshBooks. FreshBooks has become the go-to cloud accounting software for literally millions of small business owners who found a faster, more efficient, and much less stressful way to deal with their numbers.

1:27.4

Ultimately, this helps you to focus on what you are best at. It is used by many of the fastest growing startups I've invested in or advised.

1:35.2

It is equally used by many of the best freelancers I work with on a daily or weekly basis. It is one of the easiest ways to send invoices, get paid, track your time, and track your clients.

1:45.6

If you are self-employed and managing business sometimes means wrestling with spreadsheets, crumpled receipts, and other scattered pieces, FreshBooks can really help.

1:54.2

FreshBooks allows you to do many, many different things very easily. Preparing and sending a polished branded invoice takes about 30 seconds.

2:01.2

You can set yourself up to receive online payments from your clients in about two clicks, which on average will get you paid twice as fast.

2:07.8

Their new proposals feature means you can include a project summary and timeline as part of your estimate.

2:12.7

There are many, many other things. Tracking your time, the quick proposals that I mentioned, formatting free, super easy, late payment reminders, so you don't have to chase people.

2:20.9

Automated expenses, sharing files and messages with your clients, award-winning customer service. They are extremely responsive, the interface is super intuitive, and there's almost no learning curve.

2:33.2

So, in short, it's easy, it saves you time.

2:36.5

And right now, FreshBooks is offering an unrestricted 30-day free trial for all of my listeners.

2:42.1

To claim yours, check it out. Go to freshbooks.com-forward-slash-tim and enter Tim Ferris in the How Did You Hear About Us section.

2:50.9

And that is Funky Spell-TIM-F-E-R-R-I-S-S. So again, go to freshbooks.com-forward-slash-tim and enter Tim Ferris in the How Did You Hear About Us section.

3:01.6

Check it out.

3:03.0

Hello, boys and girls. This is Tim Ferris, and welcome to another episode of the Tim Ferris Show, or is my job to deconstruct world-class performers.

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