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Tim Ferriss — The way to Quiet the Ruminative Thoughts, Keep away from Traps of Self-Assist, and Focus in a World of Promiscuous Overcommitment (#855)

February 28, 2026
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This episode is a bit completely different, and I’m within the scorching seat.

Dan Harris (@danharris) interviewed me for his present, the 10% Happier with Dan Harris podcast, and I assumed it was price sharing right here.

We cowl my most up-to-date mind stimulation protocol, the place I’ve landed on optimization, and avoiding traps of self-help.

Dan is an excellent interviewer, and he’s additionally the bestselling creator of 10% Happier and Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics: A ten% Happier How-To E book.

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Tim Ferriss — The way to Quiet the Ruminative Thoughts, Keep away from Traps of Self-Assist, and Focus in a World of Promiscuous Overcommitment

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TIMESTAMPS

  • [00:00:00] Begin.
  • [00:02:16] The easy social secret that has me feeling higher than self-help and isolation ever did.
  • [00:05:55] 70–80% melancholy remission with accelerated TMS and the SAINT Protocol.
  • [00:10:14] Someday of TMS + an previous tuberculosis antibiotic flipped the OCD swap to near-zero.
  • [00:14:10] The professionals and cons of TMS accessibility for all.
  • [00:18:09] Dan’s parallel confession: The “desertification” of social life beneath workaholism.
  • [00:22:10] “It’s the relationships, silly.” Evolutionary biology meets self-improvement.
  • [00:26:51] What you’re optimizing for ought to come earlier than how.
  • [00:28:33] Well being optimization made private.
  • [00:31:12] Intermittent fasting: Simply altering when I eat has been the only greatest needle-mover for my bloodwork.
  • [00:32:54] Working together with your medical doctors: Replicate exams, respect diurnal cycles, and resist the four-drug opening salvo.
  • [00:37:17] AI as well being co-pilot: Use LLMs for medical literacy and contraindication checks — however at all times fact-check one device with one other.
  • [00:41:48] Full-body MRIs: Over 40, you will see that one thing. However Dan’s spouse (a physician) says skip ’em — and Rumi may need agreed along with her.
  • [00:45:22] How my precise each day life compares to a poorly programmed Roomba.
  • [00:47:30] Jerry Seinfeld’s grand unified life concept: Raise weights and do TM. That’s just about it.
  • [00:51:28] The No E book: 800 pages, six years deep, co-written with Neil Strauss — as a result of even probably the most achieved folks can’t say no.
  • [00:55:25] “I can’t do the life Tetris.” Martha Beck’s masterclass in declining with out defending.
  • [00:59:04] Rocks, gravel, and sand: The way to defend your life-changing commitments from loss of life by a thousand small distractions.
  • [01:04:50] Three years with out social media on my cellphone, fear-setting as readability, and two hours of each day focus as the brand new prime 1%.
  • [01:08:46] Coyote: My card sport with Exploding Kittens, and why I solely select tasks that allow me win even when they fail.
  • [01:13:05] Parting ideas.

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Need to hear the final time Dan Harris was on this present? Hearken to our dialog right here, during which we mentioned his nationally televised panic assault on Good Morning America, his father’s motto that “the worth of safety is insecurity,” meditation as self-help for skeptics, hugging your inside dragons, the science of mindfulness, constructing the Ten % Happier firm, introversion and social withdrawal, psychedelics, and far more.



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