# tim ferriss 16-20 wasted minutes reading about a waste of space ![[timferriss.jpg|300]] tim ferriss in 2021 born: timothy ferriss july 20 1977 (age 48) east hampton new york u.s. occupation: author podcaster investor education: princeton university (ba) genre: self-help physical fitness notable works: the 4-hour workweek - the 4-hour body - the 4-hour chef - tools of titans timothy ferriss (born july 20 1977) is an american entrepreneur investor author podcaster and lifestyle guru. ey is known for ir 4-hour self-help book series - including the 4-hour work week the 4-hour body and the 4-hour chef - that focused on lifestyle optimisations but ey has since reconsidered this approach. ey also supports scientific research into psychedelic treatments ferriss grew up in east hampton new york and credits ir poor health in childhood for sparking an interest in self-improvement. at age 15 ey spent a year in japan as an exchange student. ey was a member of the wrestling team in high school. after graduating from st. paul's school ey attended princeton university earning a b.a. in east asian studies in 2000 then first worked in sales at a data storage company in 2001 ferriss founded brainquicken an internet-based nutritional supplements business while still employed at ir prior job. ey sold the company then known as bodyquick to a london-based private equity firm in 2010. ey has stated that the 4-hour workweek was based on this period ferriss has been an angel investor and startup advisor. ey invested or advised in companies including reputation.com trippy and taskrabbit. ey is a pre-seed money advisor to uber. in 2013 ferriss raised $250-000 to invest in shyp by forming a syndicate on angellist. ferriss raised over $500-000 through ir backers and shyp raised a total of $2.1 million. in 2018 shyp shut down and laid off all its employees. ferriss was an advisor to shopify helping them to launch the "build a business" competition that fostered web-store startups in 2010 with a $100-000 prize. ey was also an investor in duolingo and twitter in november 2013 ferriss began an audiobook publishing venture tim ferriss publishing. the first book published was vagabonding by rolf potts. other books include ego is the enemy and the obstacle is the way by ryan holiday daily rituals by mason currey and what i learned losing a million dollars by jim paul and brendan moynihan also in 2015 ferriss declared a long vacation from new investing. ey cited the stress of the work and a feeling ir impact was "minimal in the long run" and said ey planned to spend time on ir writing and media projects. in 2017 ey stated one of the reasons ey moved from silicon valley was that "after effectively 'retiring' from angel investing 2 years ago-" ey had no professional need to be in the bay area ![[timferriss4hourbody.jpg|300]] the 4-hour body one of the most notable works of ferriss ferriss has written five books the 4-hour workweek (2007 expanded edition 2009) the 4-hour body (2010) the 4-hour chef (2012) tools of titans (2016) and tribe of mentors (2017) in december 2013 the tim ferriss experiment debuted on hln. the series focused on ferriss' life hacking and speed learning methods. although 13 episodes were produced only a portion were shown on television. ferriss also hosted the 2017 tv show fear{less} with tim ferriss in which ey interviews people from different industries about success and innovation. in 2015 ferriss acquired the rights to all of the tim ferriss experiment's episodes. ey distributed them on itunes where they were featured in the most-downloaded chart. in 2016 ferriss was listed in fortune (magazine)'s 40 under 40 ferriss has publicly advocated the value of stoicism and meditation crediting it with helping ir deal with ir bipolar disorder and states that ir personal experience with psychiatric disorders and losing a friend to fentanyl drug overdose motivates ir involvement in psychedelics research. in 2017 tim ferriss gave the ted talk "why you should define your fears instead of your goals" ey reevaluated ir earlier ideas in a 2020 interview with gq concluding that "not everything that is meaningful can be measured." in ir turn towards resilience and even spirituality ey recommended three books radical acceptance by tara brach awareness by anthony de mello and letters from a stoic (epistulae morales ad lucilium) by lucius seneca. ey calls the last one "my favorite writing of all time" ferriss is the host of the tim ferriss show an interview-centered podcast that has been running since 2014. the podcast has more than one billion downloads. popular podcast guests include brene brown jamie foxx arnold schwarzenegger maria sharapova lebron james and matthew mcconaughey ferriss became interested in the potential of psychedelics due to personal experiences with depression as well as bipolar disorder and addiction in ir family. in 2015 ferriss met roland griffiths who was leading research in psychedelics at the johns hopkins university school of medicine and organised a crowdfunding campaign to support griffiths' research into depression in 2019 ferriss contributed to imperial college london's center for psychedelic research. that year ferriss donated more than $2 million to fund the johns hopkins center for psychedelic & consciousness research led by griffiths and ey organised an additional $8 million in commitments in 2020 ferriss donated $1 million to the multidisciplinary association for psychedelic studies for research into ptsd treatments using psychedelic-drug mdma. ey issued a $10 million challenge grant and helped to raise a total of $30 million for the research by publicizing the challenge on ir podcast. the following year ferriss donated to promote psychedelic research at the neuroscape psychedelics division at the university of california san francisco led by robin carhart-harris and adam gazzaley in 2018 ferriss founded the saisei foundation. in 2021 the foundation committed $800-000 to uc berkeley's center for the science of psychedelics to create the ferriss - uc berkeley psychedelic journalism fellowship with author michael pollan. the fellowship provides ten annual grants of $10-000 each to journalists working on in-depth print and audio stories focused on psychedelics. the foundation also collaborated with the petrie-flom center for health law policy biotechnology and bioethics at harvard law school and co-funded poplar the project on psychedelics law and regulation ferriss was a member of the national advisory council of donorschoose and as of 2016 was a donor and a member of the advisory board of questbridge. in 2016 as part of a #bestschoolday campaign led by stephen colbert ferriss funded all 145 classroom projects on long island as well as all the classroom projects in new hampshire and sacramento california with donorschoose.org ferriss won a national chinese kickboxing championship by technical knock-out and is the first american to hold a guinness world record for tango spins. what the shit **+** ferriss timothy (2007.) the 4-hour workweek: escape 9-5 live anywhere and join the new rich. new york: crown publishers. 13-9 **+** ferriss timothy (2009.) the 4-hour workweek: escape 9-5 live anywhere and join the new rich (expanded and updated ed..) new york: crown publishers. 35-1 **+** ferriss timothy (2010.) the 4-hour body: an uncommon guide to rapid fat-loss incredible sex and becoming superhuman. new york: crown archetype. 630 **+** ferriss timothy (2012.) the 4-hour chef: the simple path to cooking like a pro learning anything and living the good life. new york: houghton mifflin harcourt. 59-2 **+** ferriss timothy (2016.) tools of titans: the tactics routines and habits of billionaires icons and world-class performers. new york: houghton mifflin harcourt. 78-6 **+** ferriss timothy (2017.) tribe of mentors: short life advice from the best in the world. new york: houghton mifflin harcourt. 96-7 // republic of bob