Episode · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2024-11-19
Books mentioned on #778: Q&A with Tim — What’s Next for Me, Asking Better Questions, Career Reinvention in The Age of AI, Practices for Joy, Getting Unstuck, and More
I answer questions on how I’ve changed my mind around parenthood, what’s next for me and how I am thinking about next steps, how I find joy, how to live with urgency, my advice for career reinvention in the age of AI, avoiding complacency, and much, much more.
Tim Ferriss recommended The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics by Dennis O'Neil and On Grief and Grieving by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and others. Also mentioned: The Creative Act by Rick Rubin and The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics
The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics by Dennis O'Neil is a comprehensive instructional manual that breaks down the technical craft of storytelling specifically for the comic book medium.
Recommended“this is a great book by the way this is the DC Comics guide to writing Comics by Dennis O'Neal with an introduction by Stan Le this is actually a great great book”
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On Grief and Grieving
On Grief and Grieving by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and David Kessler is a compassionate guide that explores the emotional landscape of loss through the framework of the five stages of grief.
Recommended“the book on Grief and grieving is probably the most common recommendation that I hear from say podcast guests so I think that could be worth checking out”
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The Creative Act
The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin is a renowned exploration of artistry, philosophy, and the inner mechanics of the creative process written by the legendary music producer.
Discussed“Rick rubin's the creative act I saw that copy on on Josh's Zoom so so my question is about that I think a lot about creativity than making a little as an artist for a number of years in his book The creative act Rick talks about the estatic”
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The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R.
Discussed“I'm curious if you ever gotten into Lord of the Rings because it's such a cultural phenomenon and Lord of the Rings has had a big impact on my life in terms of fantasy and if with cockp punch and DMD do they have like a hero's journey like Bible Jesus like Lord of the Rings does”
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Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“so we can do the three-hour work week and the two-hour work week so fine if it makes him happy to do this stupid thing called 4our body and that's not what the publisher said but they were more excited for me to stay in my Lane the 4-Hour Body then proved to me I could experiment outside of the”
“the success of the 4our work week gave me a certain grace period within which I could try anything because Publishers would be like well like we missed the first one but let's maybe get the second one”
“and then there are I would say consistent questions that I find very helpful which you might find in some form like the 5-minute journal for instance that's a those are consistent prompts that work to achieve a desired result”
“there is a character that I keep coming back to in my own mind two and it's not a Jesus character but it's sort of like an ender game froto is character is tyroon so the son who is in the last few episodes of the podcast so tyroon and his father”
“so for instance you could do and this is available on the blog if you just go to tim. blog Ted I think there's the Ted Talk on fear setting and then there's the the text from the 4-Hour Work Week on fear setting just to do that exercise”