#813: 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

Welcome back to another in-between-isode, with one of my favorite formats: the good old-fashioned Q&A. Sponsors: Monarch Money track, budget, plan, and do more with your money: MonarchMoney.com/Tim (50% off your first year at monarchmoney.com with code TIM) Eight Sleep Pod Cover 5 sleeping solution for dynamic cooling and heating: EightSleep.com/Tim (use code TIM to get $350 off your very own Pod 5 Ultra.) AG1 all-in-one nutritional supplement: DrinkAG1.com/Tim (1-year supply of Vitamin D (and 5 free AG1 travel packs) with your first subscription purchase.) Timestamps: [00:00:00] Start. [00:04:44] Instilling nostalgia in future children. [00:06:29] Secret suspicions about success. [00:09:50] Comfy clothes and commandments for my cult. [00:13:20] Laying groundwork for large projects. [00:15:12] The purpose of my No Book preview community. [00:15:45] How I use and don’t use AI. [00:18:56] My own success: because of strategies or despite them? [00:19:25] Optimizing efficiency in the face of unknown variables. [00:21:12] Why we should all learn how to live offline. [00:22:35] Superb Sufism sources. [00:23:21] How a podcast episode anticipated to be good can go bad. [00:26:31] When inefficiency is the optimal choice. [00:31:27] Helping rather than hurting our workaholic friends. [00:33:42] The right time to announce a new project. [00:37:09] Establishing partnership parameters. [00:39:02] Spiritual speculations. [00:41:24] Using today’s advantages to build tomorrow’s apps. [00:43:23] Keeping audience capture from converting you to caricature. [00:46:18] Legends of Varlata vs. The Legend of COCKPUNCH. [00:49:28] Hunting for Easter eggs across IPs. [00:49:51] Coyote curiosity. [00:53:32] 4-Hour Workweek tools I still use regularly. [00:55:14] A favorite memory with my childhood best friends. [00:55:48] A movie sequel I’d finance. [00:56:41] I will (not) sell No book before its time. [01:01:37] Archery aims. [01:02:13] Inspirational bl