{"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. 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Across the show, you'll see Michelle attempt everything from Tom Cruise’s Deadliest stunt to Harry Houdini’s water torture cell to trying to earn a black belt in taekwondo in only 90 days . This episode is brought to you by: Fin powerful AI Agent for all your customer service: Fin.Ai/Tim Monarch  track, budget, plan, and do more with your money:  Monarch.com/Tim   Momentous  Fiber+ 3-in-1 formula with soluble fiber, insoluble fiber, and Solnul® resistant starch:  LiveMomentous.com/Tim AG1  all-in-one nutritional supplement:  DrinkAG1.com/Tim TIMESTAMPS : [00:00:00] Start. [00:00:24]  Challenge Accepted : The logline and why breakdowns stay in the edit. [00:03:05] Growing up in Shreveport, LA: Friday night movies, the AFI Top 100, and interning on  Snitch . [00:06:15] Podcasting: While “easier” than writing books, it’s a heck of a lot more work than meets the ear. [00:21:24] Quality over quantity: 8–10 episodes a year, scarcity as strategy, and building a defensible moat. [00:31:47] “Hard choices, easy life.” — Jerzy Gregorek, calling the FAA 300 times, and why no one copies you when the barrier is insanity. [00:35:32] Dartmouth to Google.org: the Fermi estimation faceplant and not getting the job. [00:37:10] BuzzFeed as graduate school of the internet. [00:40:37] Work for someone else first: My case against starting a company right out of school. [00:47:28] The stolen book: Michelle pulls out a battered 2016 copy of  The 4-Hour Workweek  and reads her fear-setting chart aloud. [00:51:10] “I’ve never designed my own rubric of success” — the nightmare, the repair plan, and w…","meta_description":"Daredevil Michelle Khare lives life to the extreme in Challenge Accepted , amassing more than 6 million followers and more than 1 billion views. 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