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The Tim Ferriss Show #813 · May 28, 2025 · 1h 19m

Q&A with Tim — Three Life Commandments, 4-Hour Workweek Exercises I Still Use, The Art and Joy of Inefficiency, Stoicism Revisited, and Much More

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Solo Q&A. Ferriss revisits Stoicism directly, shares three life commandments, and makes the case for inefficiency as a source of joy. The Stoicism segment is a direct endorsement of the dichotomy of control.

Canon

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Focus only on what you can control
Ferriss revisits Stoicism explicitly. Direct endorsement.
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Editorial

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The art and joy of inefficiency
Some things should be done slowly, badly, and without a system.
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Misc

✧Three life commandments — Ferriss's personal rules (specifics in episode)
✧4HWW exercises he still uses after 18+ years
✧Deliberately arguing against his own brand of optimization