#518: Q&A with Tim — Current Morning and Exercise Routines, Holotropic Breathwork, Ambition vs. Self-Compassion, Daily Practices for Joy, Ontological Shock, and More
The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig
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🗓️ 16 June 2021
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Q&A with Tim — Current Morning and Exercise Routines, Holotropic Breathwork, Ambition vs. Self-Compassion, Daily Practices for Joy, Ontological Shock, and More | Brought to you by Wealthfront automated investing, ButcherBox premium meats delivered to your door, and ExpressVPN virtual private network service. More on all three below.
Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is usually my job to sit down with world-class performers of all different types to tease out the habits, routines, favorite books, and so on that you can apply and test in your own life. This time, we have a slightly different format, and I’m the guest.
As some of you know, I tested a “fan-supported model” in 2019, but I ended up returning to ads by request. That’s a long story, and you can read more about it at tim.blog/podcastexperiment. I recently sat down with the supporter group for a fun and live Q&A on YouTube.
I answered questions on my current morning and exercise routines, holotropic breathwork, ambition vs. self-compassion, diet, tools for assisting with ontological shock, what currently brings me a lot of joy, not caring what other people think, and much, much more.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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| 0:00.0 | Why is Sashi-Buri-Denna? Hello boys and girls ladies and germs this is Tim Ferris. Welcome to another episode of the Tim Ferris show where it is usually my job to sit down with world class performers of all different types to tease out that habits, routines, favorite books and so on that you can apply and test in your own life. |
| 0:16.0 | Or lives is the case might be this time we have a slightly different format and I am the guest. I tested a fan supported model in 2019 as some of you know I ended up returning to ads by request that's a very long story and you can read more about it at Tim.plog slash podcast experiment. |
| 0:34.0 | But this is all to say I still sit down occasionally with the supporter group in a private Facebook group for Q&A's and fun conversations and things like that just for the hell of it. We did a live Q&A on YouTube recently. I answered their questions on my current morning and exercise routines, whole tropic breath work, ambition versus self-compassion, diet and everything from ontological shock to what is currently bringing me a lot of joy, how to cultivate not caring what other people think. |
| 1:03.0 | And much more with all of that said we cover a lot of topics so I hope you enjoy this as much as I did. |
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| 4:26.0 | I made this out of the two, I can run flat out for a half mile before my hands start shaking. |
| 4:31.0 | I don't know how else do you post some questions. |
| 4:33.0 | Now I just sit in the front of him. |
| 4:36.0 | I'm a cyber nitty-blogger, living tissue with metal and post-cola. |
| 4:41.0 | Lead him to the fairytale show. |
| 4:50.0 | As everybody doing, thanks for joining. |
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