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Tim Ferriss on The BiggerPockets Podcast!!!

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BiggerPockets Money Podcast Host · Longmont, CO · Member since 2014 · 7k+ posts · 10k+ votes

Today's episode of The BiggerPockets Podcast features Tim Ferriss, Author of 4-Hour Workweek, 4-Hour Body, Tools of Titans and now his latest title,  Tribe of Mentors . 

This episode is 2 HOURS long, and the perfect thing to listen to while you cook your turkey today or shop for bargains tomorrow.

Tim shares tips for using money to buy time, patterns common among high achievers, and how to be truly effective.

Check out the episode here , or listen on your favorite podcast app.

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Real Estate Broker · Cody, WY · Member since 2010 · 28k+ posts · 41k+ votes
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Wait...are you telling me Tim Ferris just spent half his week recording a podcast?!? LOL!

Two hours is perfect because I'll have to spend that much time on the treadmill working off my dinner today.

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  • Jordan MoorheadBusiness Member
    Real Estate Agent · Austin, TX · Member since 2015 · 5k+ posts · 3k+ votes
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    @Joseph M. yea I'm a huge fan of some of his strategies and how he operates.

    I've never wanted to make a living just off of real estate investing. For me it's a way to build wealth, passive income and ensure I leave something around for retirement and my family.

    I love starting businesses and working for myself.

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    Rock Star Extraordinaire · Northeast, TN · Member since 2015 · 10k+ posts · 16k+ votes
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    Originally posted by @Mike Dymski:

    I'd settle for a 40 hour work week.

     LOL. I've thought the same thing before. 

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  • Rob Drum
    Real Estate Broker · Bradenton, FL · Member since 2017 · 544 posts · 363 votes
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    Can't wait to hear this one! I love that he's always finding the most effective way to accomplish whatever he's doing. If you think about it, 4 hour work week really changed the world. So many things that are commonplace today, were first made mainstream in that book (i.e. VA's, endless travel)

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  • Andrew DeWeerd
    Rental Property Investor · Sarasota, FL · Member since 2017 · 81 posts · 41 votes
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    Is it just me, or was this just a bit too ethereal? Tim has some very insightful nuggets of wisdom and perspectives on ways to view things, but his real estate philosophies were... interesting. Or maybe I’m just too concrete, kind of thinker.
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  • Kevin Gomes
    San Francisco, CA · Member since 2017 · 14 posts · 6 votes
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    Meh. Probably going to be one of the people here that wasn't a big fan of this episode. I subscribe to his podcast and probably can only listen to 1/4 or 1/2 of his episodes. When they are good they are really great. The recent one about his swim coach was one of my favorites ever. Other times I just find myself drifting off. I couldn't even finish this one.

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  • Charlie MacPherson
    China, ME · Member since 2014 · 3k+ posts · 4k+ votes
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    @Mindy Jensen  I absolutely LOVE BP and have listened to every single podcast, not to mention spending a lot of time in the forums.  

    All that said, I think the Tim Ferriss podcast was a miss.

    I listened about halfway through and was trying to wrap my head around what he was saying about his "10 day retreat of silence", psychedelics, deep dark places, needing a Psych PhD to keep him on the rails, questioning his own sanity and all that.  

     I get that he had some sort of deep, mystical experience, but he lost me.  

    Honestly, it seemed like the emperor - no matter how many best-selling books and seminars he's done - had no clothes.  

    Especially when it came to REI.

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  • Joseph M.
    Flipper/Rehabber · Los Angeles, CA · Member since 2009 · 1k+ posts · 732 votes
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    Originally posted by @Rob Drum:

    Can't wait to hear this one! I love that he's always finding the most effective way to accomplish whatever he's doing. If you think about it, 4 hour work week really changed the world. So many things that are commonplace today, were first made mainstream in that book (i.e. VA's, endless travel)

     Yeah I'm sure that he has inspired thousands of travel bloggers and digital nomads. Of course some people were doing this stuff before 2007 when his book came out but I think you are right about him bringing those concepts into the mainstream. 

    Also I remember Ferris saying he was inspired by the book Vagabonding: An uncommon guide to the art of long term world travel. Which came out in 2002.

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  • Stacy Mellish
    Austin, TX · Member since 2012 · 42 posts · 1 vote
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    Such a great podcast, indeed. Tim Ferris is a rock star and I listen to his podcasts weekly and I truly value the information I hear each week on the BP podcasts... I was so excited to see two mega forces combine and it didn't disappoint. 

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  • Vera Herlihy
    Investor · Redondo Beach, CA · Member since 2017 · 134 posts · 46 votes
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    @Joseph M. I was thinking about picking up the 4 hour work week. Besides being inspiring did you get any practical information out of it. A 4 hour work week is impossible for me, but what I'm looking for as some useful nuggets I can pull out for my REI.

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  • Joseph M.
    Flipper/Rehabber · Los Angeles, CA · Member since 2009 · 1k+ posts · 732 votes
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    @Vera Herlihy , I read it so many years ago so hard to say. It's worth a read, I believe there is an updated version too. I don't recall there being much about real estate . It was more about creating a 'lifestyle' business like an online business that you can run from everywhere and hiring virtual assistants to run it. Basically a business that takes time to setup but then becomes pretty much passive. 

    Although one could view it in the context or real estate. There are people that own a lot of properties bringing in a lot of net income and they have professional management in place...in that case they are likely spending a lot less than 4 hours a week on their business. But that usually takes time to get to that position.

    Regarding actually working a 4 hour work week, I believe in the podcast Tim Ferris said he didn't really mean it to be literal. 

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  • Vera Herlihy
    Investor · Redondo Beach, CA · Member since 2017 · 134 posts · 46 votes
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    @Joseph M. very good, thanks so much for your time and reply, have a good night. 

    vera

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