{"podcast":{"title":"The Tim Ferriss Show","slug":"the-tim-ferriss-show-739525","podcast_index_feed_id":739525,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/tim-ferriss-show","website_url":"https://tim.blog/podcast","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/69/10/10/fb/691010fb-625e-4abe-993c-a57228b28dbe/91cb53ae0d5dbb379b9dffecf0a772593891d0d09bbe6d90ee746edbdb79e3ec75584f2ceb8260e9f675a90c05419b9b99842a76905b686f0f51c1a9d3e227ab.jpeg","author":"Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig","episode_count":872,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tim-ferriss-show-739525"},"episode":{"title":"#857: How to Simplify Your Life in 2026 — New Tips from Maria Popova, Morgan Housel, Cal Newport, Craig Mod, and Debbie Millman","slug":"857-how-to-simplify-your-life-in-2026-new-tips-from-maria-popova-morgan-housel-cal-newport-craig-mod-and-debbie-millman","published_at":"2026-03-10T18:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tim-ferriss-show-739525/857-how-to-simplify-your-life-in-2026-new-tips-from-maria-popova-morgan-housel-cal-newport-craig-mod-and-debbie-millman","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tim-ferriss-show-739525","url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/3e80d493-c8ed-4b4e-891f-53d730fda1ca.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/3e80d493-c8ed-4b4e-891f-53d730fda1ca.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Many of us feel like we’re drowning in invisible complexity. So I wanted to hit pause and ask a simple question:  What are 1-3 decisions that could dramatically simplify my life in 2026?  To explore that, I invited five long-time listener favorites: Maria Popova, Morgan Housel, Cal Newport, Craig Mod, and Debbie Millman. This episode is brought to you by: Shopify  global commerce platform, providing tools to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business:  Shopify.com/tim Helix   Sleep  premium mattresses:  HelixSleep.com/Tim Timestamps: [00:00:00] Start. [00:01:49]  Maria Popova [00:02:04] The Cherish Quotient: Stop giving hours to people who rank as “fine.” [00:03:15] When you apologize for your priorities, you’re apologizing for your life. Stop! [00:04:41]  Morgan Housel [00:04:50] The do-nothing thesis: Be average long enough and you’ll end up in the top 1%. [00:08:42] Read more history, fewer forecasts — and watch the news lose its power over you. [00:09:32] How Stephen King’s  11/22/63  illustrates the futility of prediction. [00:12:21]  Cal Newport [00:12:36] What deserves a “yes” when the default is “no?” [00:16:38]  Deep Work  sells two million copies and creates a schizophrenic double life. [00:19:07] The unifying insight: Both careers were always about technology and human flourishing. [00:24:07]  Craig Mod [00:24:46] How quitting alcohol has been Craig’s highest-ROI decision. [00:27:13] Therapy after a decade of sobriety: The cliché that actually cleared the water. [00:30:27] The compounding interest that comes from committing to one craft. [00:33:09]  Debbie Millman [00:34:30] How being offered the CEO seat at her company led to four months of paralysis. [00:36:10] The sente…","meta_description":"Many of us feel like we’re drowning in invisible complexity. So I wanted to hit pause and ask a simple question: What are 1-3 decisions that could d…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2574,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-tim-ferriss-show-739525/episodes/857-how-to-simplify-your-life-in-2026-new-tips-from-maria-popova-morgan-housel-cal-newport-craig-mod-and-debbie-millman/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tim-ferriss-show-739525/857-how-to-simplify-your-life-in-2026-new-tips-from-maria-popova-morgan-housel-cal-newport-craig-mod-and-debbie-millman.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}