In this session of The Smart Passive Income Podcast, we have Tim Ferriss on the show!
Tim is a two-time, #1 New York Times Best-Selling Author with his books The 4-Hour Work Week and The 4-Hour Body, and he recently came out with the third book in his “4-hour trilogy” titled The 4-Hour Chef: The Simple Path to Cooking Like a Pro, Learning anything and Living the Good Life.
Tim seems to be everywhere these days to promote his new book. Just check out the PR/Web summary for week 1 of the launch—it’s insane! Of course, I’m more than happy to include the SPI blog and podcast in his promotional efforts, but for this particular interview I wanted to touch on more than just his new book. I wanted to talk about all of his books, especially The 4-Hour Work Week, which most of my audience is familiar with.
I ask him several questions (many inspired by you!) about each of his books and as always, Tim delivers the goods.
Like I mention on the show, it kills me that I couldn’t ask Tim more questions, but I really enjoyed interviewing Tim and I hope you enjoyed the interview too! If you haven’t yet picked up your copy of The 4-Hour Chef, you can get it by clicking here!
Congratulations to the winners of the free copies of The 4-Hour Chef that I was giving away: Ryan, Naomi, JP, Marjorie, Neel, Liz and Greg. I’ve sent you all emails already.
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Archery Update
In this session, Tim and I discuss archery for a little bit. He gives me some tips for my first lesson, which was a birthday gift from my awesome wife! I took my first lessons on December 12th and Tim’s tips totally helped out! Here’s some pics from the lesson:
Of course, there was a lesson from a professional at this venue who helped a lot, and this cluster (the green and brown feathered arrows) was one of my last rounds. The first sets were…not quite as tight. 🙂
Thanks Tim!
Today’s Guest
Tim Ferriss
Tim Ferriss joins me today to talk about his latest book, The 4-Hour Chef.
Website
You’ll Learn
- The true meaning and purpose behind Tim’s “4-Hour” series of books.
- How much work and exactly what he did to promote The 4-Hour Work Week with no following whatsoever, and how we could possibly replicate his success.
- Tim’s thoughts on what in The 4-Hour Work Week should be updated, since the most recent update was 3 years ago.
- What super rats are and what (not-so-fun) incident happened when he tried to become one.
- Tim’s advice on eating well, staying in shape and meeting income goals when you have a family, kids and a mortgage and other responsibilities that will absorb time and money.
- Why he uses food and cooking as a vehicle to teach about accelerated learning (meta-learning).
- Different strategies for meta learning, including how one could use his strategies for things that may seem more intangible (unlike cooking, a sport or language), such as marketing.
- Tim’s thoughts on where publishing is headed and some thoughts on the boycott of his books in major book stores, including Barnes and Noble.
- Where Tim makes most of his money.
- What’s next for Tim and the 4-hour series of books, and more!
Resources
Note: Some of the resources below may be affiliate links, meaning I receive a commission (at no extra cost to you) if you use that link to make a purchase.
- The 4-Hour Work Week [Amazon affiliate link]
- The 4-Hour Body [Amazon affiliate link]
- The 4-Hour Chef [Amazon affiliate link]
- The 12 Lessons Learned Marketing The 4-Hour Body
- 1000 True Fans by Kevin Kelly of Wired Magazine
- South by Southwest Interactive
- Blog World Expo (now known as New Media Expo)
- The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing
- Internet Business Mastery
- Derek Halpern’s Interview with Tim Ferriss
- Benny Hsu from GetBusyLiving.com
- How to Create a Million Dollar Business This Weekend (by Noah Kegan of AppSumo)
- Alibaba.com
- Pareto’s Law
- Parkinson’s Law
- Scientific Advertising by Claude C. Hopkins (PDF)
- Lift (iPhone Application)
- Bird By Bird by Anne Lamott [Amazon affiliate link]
- How to Build a High-Traffic Blog Without Killing Yourself
- On Writing by William Zinsser [Amazon affiliate link]
- On Writing Well by Stephen King [Amazon affiliate link]
- Letters from a Stoic [Amazon affiliate link]
