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🗓️ 10 September 2020
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Guy Raz — Traits of Successful Entrepreneurs, The Story of 'How I Built This,' Overcoming Anxiety and Depression, and More | Brought to you by Wealthfront, Pique Tea, and LinkedIn Jobs.
“There is a natural skepticism that you develop as a journalist, which I think is important. But oftentimes that develops into cynicism.” — Guy Raz
Guy Raz (@guyraz) is the Michael Phelps of podcasting. He’s the creator and host of the popular podcasts How I Built This, Wisdom from the Top, and The Rewind and the co-creator of the acclaimed podcasts TED Radio Hour and Wow in the World, a children’s program. He’s received the Edward R. Murrow Award, the Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize, the National Headliner Award, the NABJ Award… basically, all the awards.
His brand-new book is titled How I Built This: The Unexpected Paths to Success from the World’s Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs. Past podcast guest Adam Grant has this to say about it: “[This book is] the mother of all entrepreneurship memoirs. It’s a must-read for anyone who wants to start a business, grow a business, or be inspired by those who do.”
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0:00.0 | Hello boys and girls ladies and germs. This is Tim Ferris and welcome to another episode of the Tim Ferris show |
0:04.8 | where it's my job to deconstruct world-class performers from all different disciplines. My guest today is Guy |
0:11.5 | Ross at Guy Ross R.A.Z. |
0:14.5 | He is the creator and host of the popular podcasts How I Built This, Wisdom from the Top and the Rewind on Spotify. |
0:21.1 | He's also the co-creator of the acclaimed podcasts Ted Radio Hour and the Children's program Wow in the World. |
0:28.3 | He is in a sense the Michael Phelps of podcasters. At least according to New York Times profile not long ago |
0:36.2 | He is the only person to ever have three shows in the top 20 rankings worldwide simultaneously. |
0:43.1 | He's also received the Edward R. Murrow Award, the Daniel Shore Journalism Prize, the National Headliner Award, |
0:49.4 | and the NABJ Award that is among many others and was a Neiman Journalism Fellow at Harvard. |
0:56.5 | He lives in the Bay Area. His new book How I Built This, subtitled the Unexpected Paths to Success from the World's Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs, |
1:05.6 | is out now. You should check it out. It is an absolutely incredible compilation of stories and tactics. |
1:13.6 | Past podcast guest Adam Grant describes it as quote, and this is an incredible quote, quote, |
1:18.9 | the mother of all entrepreneurship memoirs. It is a must read for anyone who wants to start a business, |
1:24.3 | grow a business or be inspired by those who do that checks pretty much all the boxes. You can find him online at |
1:31.6 | gyros.com GUYRAZ.com on Twitter at gyros. Instagram at guy dot raws. |
1:43.5 | This episode is brought to you by peak tea that's P I Q U E. I have had so much TMI life. I've been to |
1:51.1 | China. I've lived in China and Japan. I've done tea tours. I drink a lot of tea. And 10 years |
1:57.6 | plus of physical experimentation and tracking has shown me many things. Chief among them that gut health |
2:03.2 | is critical to just about everything and you'll see where tea is going to tie into this. It affects |
2:07.6 | immune function, weight management, mental performance, emotional health, you name it. I've been |
2:11.6 | drinking fermented puer tea specifically pretty much every day for years now. Puer tea delivers more |
2:18.4 | polyphenols and probiotics than you can shake a stick at. It's like providing the optimal fertilizer |
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