#813: Q&A with Tim — Three Life Commandments, 4-Hour Workweek Exercises I Still Use, The Art and Joy of Inefficiency, Stoicism Revisited, and Much More

Welcome back to another in-between-isode, with one of my favorite formats: the good old-fashioned Q&A.

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Timestamps:

[00:00:00] Start.

[00:04:44] Instilling nostalgia in future children.

[00:06:29] Secret suspicions about success.

[00:09:50] Comfy clothes and commandments for my cult.

[00:13:20] Laying groundwork for large projects.

[00:15:12] The purpose of my No Book preview community.

[00:15:45] How I use and don’t use AI.

[00:18:56] My own success: because of strategies or despite them?

[00:19:25] Optimizing efficiency in the face of unknown variables.

[00:21:12] Why we should all learn how to live offline.

[00:22:35] Superb Sufism sources.

[00:23:21] How a podcast episode anticipated to be good can go bad.

[00:26:31] When inefficiency is the optimal choice.

[00:31:27] Helping rather than hurting our workaholic friends.

[00:33:42] The right time to announce a new project.

[00:37:09] Establishing partnership parameters.

[00:39:02] Spiritual speculations.

[00:41:24] Using today’s advantages to build tomorrow’s apps.

[00:43:23] Keeping audience capture from converting you to caricature.

[00:46:18] Legends of Varlata vs. The Legend of COCKPUNCH.

[00:49:28] Hunting for Easter eggs across IPs.

[00:49:51] Coyote curiosity.

[00:53:32] 4-Hour Workweek tools I still use regularly.

[00:55:14] A favorite memory with my childhood best friends.

[00:55:48] A movie sequel I’d finance.

[00:56:41] I will (not) sell No book before its time.

[01:01:37] Archery aims.

[01:02:13] Inspirational blurbs, billboards, and tchotchkes.

[01:04:43] Does study of stoicism risk dulling positive emotions?

[01:07:29] What my Saisei Foundation is focusing on lately.

[01:13:33] Kundalini activation caution.

[01:14:17] Molly’s ideal trip with me.

[01:14:42] Parting thoughts.

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