Joe De Sena is the co-founder of The Death Race, Spartan Race (1M+ competitors), and more. Among other things, he has personally completed the famously grueling Iditarod dogsledding race…by FOOT. What about the Badwater Ultramarathon, Vermont 100, and Lake Placid Ironman? He did all of those in ONE WEEK. The man is a maniac, but […]
I used to answer every single email. Then, as my business grew, my inbox eventually spiraled out of control to a tune of over 9000 unread emails. That is NOT good. So – I did something I never thought I would do: I hired someone to help me clear and manage my email. In this […]
Neil Strauss has written 7 New York Times bestsellers, including The Game. He’s also been an editor at Rolling Stone and a staff writer for The New York Times. In this episode, we discuss life, his creative process, writing, and generally answer the questions: How do you create amazing work? How to you overcome writer’s […]
Big projects = big results. However, big projects beyond your normal editorial calendar can be a HUGE challenge! That’s why I’m happy to introduce you to some of my team members who have a workflow process that you can learn from to help you with your next big project too… SPI 114 : User Stories […]
Sam Harris is a neuroscience Ph.D. and the author of the bestselling books, The End of Faith, The Moral Landscape, Free Will, and Lying. The End of Faith won the 2005 PEN Award for Nonfiction. In this episode, we explore the science of lying, “spirituality” or spiritual experiences, religion, meditation, and more. It’s really a […]
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I have two kids of my own, which is why this interview with 10 year old Enya Hixson, serial entrepreneur and podcast host, is especially meaningful to me. Have a listen and check out what she’s up to! SPI 113 : An Interview With 10 Year Old Entrepreneur, Enya Hixson is a post from: The […]
My guest this episode is Rhonda Perciavalle Patrick, Ph.D., who works with Dr. Bruce Ames, the 23rd most-cited scientist across ALL fields between 1973 and 1984 (!). Dr. Patrick also conducts clinical trials, performed aging research at Salk Institute for Biological Studies, and did graduate research at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, where she focused […]
This episode is about 20 minutes long and features Sam Harris, PhD in neuroscience and bestselling author (www.samharris.org). It’s intended to give you tools for the week or weekend ahead. Please let me know what you think by pinging me on Twitter (@tferriss) using #TFS! What do you like and what don’t you like? Would […]
Matt Donley is an SPI reader and listener who emailed me one day to tell me he was going to quit his job to go full-time with his side gig, which was doing well. A few days later, he told me he was terrified and felt like he was letting his boss and co-workers down. […]