Tim Ferriss is a self-experimenter and bestselling author, best known for The 4-Hour Workweek, which has been translated into 40+ languages. Newsweek calls him 'the world's best human guinea pig,' and The New York Times calls him 'a cross between Jack Welch and a Buddhist monk.' In this show, he deconstructs world-class performers from eclectic areas (investing, chess, pro sports, etc.), digging deep to find the tools, tactics, and tricks that listeners can use.

This 15-minute episode is experimental and it might just change your life. I suspect many of you will listen to it on an ongoing weekly basis and that's precisely what I plan to do. It's a wonderful essay from the newest book in the Tim Ferriss Book Club: We Learn Nothing by Tim Kreider. The essay stands on its own and is titled 'Lazy: A Manifesto.' I loved this book so much that I reached out to Tim and we produced the audiobook together. If you want to stop feeling rushed this is the medicine you need. Here is what writer/director Judd Apatow has to say about Tim Kreider: 'Tim Kreider's writing is heartbreaking brutal and hilarious—usually at the same time. He can do in a few pages what I need several hours of screen time and tens of millions to accomplish. And he does it better. Come to think of it I'd rather not do a blurb. I am beginning to feel bad about myself.' - Judd Apatow And one more: 'Tim Kreider may be the most subversive soul in America and his subversions—by turns public and intimate political and cultural—are just what our weary mixed-up nation needs. The essays in We Learn Nothing are for anybody who believes it's high time for some answers damn it.' - Richard Russo Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls Enjoy! Don't miss this one. I will be putting up a collection of Tim's cartoons from the book at fourhourworkweek.com/podcast All books in the Tim Ferriss Book Club can be found at fourhourworkweek.com/books

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#68: Lazy: A Manifesto (15 Min)

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