#720: Life Lessons from Taylor Swift, Conquering Anxiety, Coaching Teens, Career Reinvention, Supposedly Gay Bulls, Your Shadow Side, and More — Soman Chainani
The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig
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🗓️ 6 February 2024
⏱️ 119 minutes
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Soman Chainani is the bestselling author of The School for Good & Evil book series, which has sold more than 4 million copies, been translated into 35 languages across six continents, and been adapted into a major motion picture from Netflix that debuted at #1 in more than 80 countries. Visit SomanChainani.com to learn more and follow Soman on Instagram (@somanc).
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Timestamps:
00:00 Start
04:54 Intro
07:31 Follow the flow
24:02 “Your bull might be gay”
36:37 The work of visual artist Christopher Marley
40:36 Coaching Generation Alpha
59:31 Experience with ketamine
01:08:13 “Shadow Self” vs "The Double"
01:13:53 “Quarterback”
01:17:35 Career lessons from Taylor Swift
01:29:55 Cross-collar dating
01:35:15 Language of couples
01:36:59 Hookups
01:41:37 St. Louis
01:43:00 Allergies
01:48:41 Parting thoughts
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