meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Colin and Samir Show

4 lessons from podcast legend Tim Ferriss that changed our business

The Colin and Samir Show

Colin and Samir

Business

4.9665 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

On this episode of the Colin and Samir Show, we recap the 4 most impactful lessons we learned from Tim Ferriss. Listen to the full episode: An Eye-Opening Conversation with Podcast Legend Tim Ferriss Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Today, on this audio-exclusive episode of the Colin and Samir show, we're going to be recapping one of our favorite episodes from this year.

0:07.7

That episode is our interview with podcasting legend Tim Ferriss.

0:12.6

Now, throughout my 20s, I listened to the Tim Ferriss show religiously.

0:16.6

I would say that that show really shaped my viewpoint on entrepreneurship. Over the past decade,

0:22.8

Tim has built one of the biggest podcasts in the world. He's interviewed guests like Ed Catmull

0:28.6

of Pixar, Hugh Jackman, Mark Zuckerberg, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Madeline Albright, LeBron James,

0:34.1

and the list goes on. His show has been listened to almost a billion times.

0:40.2

Getting to talk to Tim was a very surreal experience for me, and the conversation really lived up to

0:45.1

everything I wanted it to be. It was incredibly insightful, and Colin and I have pulled specific

0:50.0

lessons that we continue to use in our business today. The lessons that we learned from this

0:55.8

episode have given us new rules that we live by here in our studio. Whether it comes to booking

1:01.4

guests, booking sponsors, building out our business, we come back to this episode and the

1:07.3

lessons that we learned to help guide us. So as we approached the end of this year, we realized we wanted to synthesize some of the lessons that we learned to help guide us. So as we approach the end of this year,

1:12.2

we realized we wanted to synthesize some of the lessons that we learned and tell you the four

1:17.2

lessons that we used to this day from our episode with Tim Ferriss.

1:25.8

All right. So how this is going to work is we're going to share the top four lessons that we learned from Tim, and we're going to be playing a few highlights from the interview.

1:33.0

After we listen to those highlights, we're going to be explaining how we've implemented these lessons into our own business and creative workflow.

1:40.3

I will never forget the day that Tim Ferriss came into the studio to record. I had a lot of

1:47.3

imposter syndrome because he is, not only has he interviewed LeBron James, I consider him to be the LeBron

1:53.7

James of interviewing. Yeah, that's true. You know, and I felt like, okay, the roles are reversed now.

2:01.5

Is he going to be, you know, in his head while we're asking him questions,

2:07.4

sort of judging or, you know, it's like game recognized game, I guess I'll say.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Colin and Samir, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Colin and Samir and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.