#488: Leo Babauta on Zen Habits, Antifragility, Contentment, and Unschooling
The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig
4.6 • 17.7K Ratings
🗓️ 22 December 2020
⏱️ 98 minutes
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Summary
"I learned that none of the urges that I thought I needed to act on were actually commands." — Leo Babauta
Leo Babauta (@zen_habits) is a bestselling author and the founder of Zen Habits, a website dedicated to finding simplicity and mindfulness in the daily chaos of our lives. Zen Habits has more than two million readers, and Time magazine has named it one of their “Top 25 Blogs” and “Top 50 Websites.” He is also a student of Zen and on a mission to help the world open through uncertainty training.
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