My 37 Favorite Documentaries — Features and Short Films That Cover High Performance, Overcoming Failure, Creative Process, Psychedelics, Trauma, and Much More
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My 37 Favorite Documentaries — Features and Short Films That Cover High Performance, Overcoming Failure, Creative Process, Psychedelics, Trauma, and Much More

The below 37 documentaries have shaped my thinking and changed my behavior over the last several years. I revisit them often. They were all featured in 5-Bullet Friday, my free weekly newsletter, which I send out each Friday to ~1.5–2M subscribers. Each edition describes the coolest things I’ve found or explored that week in five …

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The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Safi Bahcall (#364)
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The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Safi Bahcall (#364)

Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Safi Bahcall (@SafiBahcall), the author of Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries. Safi received his PhD in physics from Stanford and his undergrad degree from Harvard. After working as a consultant for McKinsey, Safi co-founded a biotechnology company specializing …

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Safi Bahcall — On Thinking Big, Curing Cancer, and Transforming Industries (#364)
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Safi Bahcall — On Thinking Big, Curing Cancer, and Transforming Industries (#364)

“All these things you’re sure are true — what if they weren’t?” — Safi Bahcall Safi Bahcall (@SafiBahcall) is the author of Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries. Loonshots describes what an idea from physics tells us about the behavior of groups and how teams, companies, …

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The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Joseph Gordon-Levitt (#312)

Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with actor, screenwriter, director and entrepreneur Joseph Gordon-Levitt  (@hitRECordJoe). Transcripts may contain a few typos—with some episodes lasting 2+ hours, it’s difficult to catch some minor errors. Enjoy! Listen to the interview here or by selecting any of the options below. Listen onApple Podcasts Listen onStitcher DUE TO SOME …

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The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Vince Vaughn (#243)

Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with actor, writer, and producer Vince Vaughn. Transcripts may contain a few typos—with some episodes lasting 2+ hours, it’s difficult to catch some minor errors. Enjoy! Listen to the interview here or by selecting any of the options below. Listen onApple Podcasts Listen onStitcher DUE TO SOME HEADACHES …

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The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Shay Carl — From Manual Laborer to 2.3 Billion YouTube Views (#170)

Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Shay Carl, cofounder of Maker Studios and prominent YouTube vlogger. Transcripts may contain a few typos—with some episodes lasting 2+ hours, it’s difficult to catch some minor errors. Enjoy! Listen to the interview here or by selecting any of the options below. Listen onApple Podcasts Listen onStitcher …

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The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Darren Aronofsky (#263)

Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Darren Aronofsky (@DarrenAronofsky), founder and head of production company Protozoa Pictures. He is the acclaimed and award-winning filmmaker behind both cult classics and blockbusters, including Pi (which earned him a Best Director award at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival), Requiem For a Dream, The Wrestler (the third …

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The Athlete (And Artist) Who Cheats Death, Jimmy Chin (#114)
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The Athlete (And Artist) Who Cheats Death, Jimmy Chin (#114)

“I’m the laziest motivated person that I know!” — Jimmy Chin Jimmy Chin (@jimkchin) is an artist and professional athlete, often at the same time. If Chase Jarvis and Laird Hamilton had a love child, it would be Jimmy. He has participated in and documented breakthrough expeditions around the planet, from climbing first ascents in the …

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