#361: Jim Collins — A Rare Interview with a Reclusive Polymath - The Tim Ferriss Show

I find myself all the time without a great piece of content to consume. And the demand-supply thing just hasn't reached an equilibrium yet, maybe it never will. And audio is unique in the sense that it is at least 10 times easier to create an unbelievable hour of audio for me, and my format's interview, interviewing someone great like David. That e... See more

Investor and entrepreneur Ray Dalio and psychologists Dr. Adam Grant, Dr. Brian Little, and Dr. John Golden.

The only person out of every single person that I've studied on the podcast that I consider my blueprint for, I want that, I want their life in totality is Ed Thorp. Because, history's greatest entrepreneurs, how'd they get there, they're going to over optimize their work to the detriment of everything, their health. In many cases, they die earlier... See more

“The reason I started my podcast was that I was frustrated by how imprecise even the best book on a topic was, as it related to my specific questions and curiosities. When I went to the world's best expert on whatever, I got exactly what I wanted quickly, with higher impact. I think if you wanted to learn about anything in the world, you'd be far b... See more

“Every single day I spend my days talking to people that I think are at the fringes of distributions. Outliers in intelligence and interest and performance. Extreme people. And it's a compulsion more than it's a commitment. I cannot help myself. I do it every Saturday morning, nonstop, or every day, I'm just doing it. It's what I like to do.”