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The Tim Ferriss Show

#363: Tea Time with Tim — How to Find Mentors, Decrease Anxiety Through Training, and Much More

The Tim Ferriss Show

Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig

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4.617.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2019

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to a special episode called Tea Time with Tim, in which I solicited phone numbers and called a handful of you to field any questions that you might have.

Among other topics, we discuss:

  • How to go about finding a mentor.
  • The meaning of life.
  • How to extinguish anxiety.
  • Cocktails.
  • Relationship advice.
  • Training into confidence.

Without further ado, please enjoy this tea-fueled Q&A!

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This podcast is brought to you by Peloton, which has become a staple of my daily routine. I picked up this bike after seeing the success of my friend Kevin Rose, and I've been enjoying it more than I ever imagined. Peloton is an indoor cycling bike that brings live studio classes right to your home. No worrying about fitting classes into your busy schedule or making it to a studio with a crazy commute.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

optimal minimal.

0:02.0

At this altitude I can run flat out for a half mile before my hands start shaking.

0:06.1

Can I also request a question?

0:08.1

Now I just sit in the perfect time.

0:10.1

What if I did the hourglass?

0:12.1

I'm a cybernetic organism living to show a metal impulse gun.

0:16.1

Lee-Tem-Farris-Show.

0:18.1

This episode is brought to you by Peloton, which I've been using probably for about a year now.

0:28.1

Peloton is a cutting-edge indoor cycling bike that brings live studio classes right into your home.

0:33.1

You can also do on-demand, which is what I do.

0:35.1

We'll come back to that.

0:36.1

So you don't have to worry about fitting classes into a busy schedule or making it to a studio or gym with a hectic or unpredictable commute.

0:43.1

I, for instance, have a Peloton bike right in my master bedroom at home.

0:47.1

And it's one of the first things I do many mornings.

0:51.1

I wake up, I meditate for a bit, then I knock out a short 20-minute ride.

0:55.1

And my undies, hard to do that at the gym, take a shower and I'm in higher gear for the rest of the day.

1:00.1

It's really convenient and has become something that I look forward to.

1:03.1

So you have a lot of options.

1:05.1

For one, if you like, you can ride live with thousands of other riders across the country on an interactive leaderboard to keep you motivated.

1:12.1

There are also up to 14 new classes added every day with more than 8,000 classes on-demand.

1:18.1

And you can pick based on length, 45 minutes, 20 minutes, whatever.

1:21.1

Music, hip hop, rock and roll, or, say, low impact versus high intensity or interval.

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