Guy Raz Interviews Tim Ferriss — How I Built This — Key Lessons, Critical Decisions, and Reinvention for Fun and Profit | Brought to you by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.givewell.org/tim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GiveWell.org</a>, producers of the world’s top research on charities and effective giving,&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://athleticgreens.com/tim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Athletic Greens</a>&nbsp;all-in-one supplement Welcome to <a href="http://tim.blog/podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Tim Ferriss Show</a>, where it is usually my job to deconstruct world-class performers, to tease out their routines, habits, et cetera that you can apply to your own life. This time around, the tables are turned. I was interviewed by <a href="https://tim.blog/2020/09/10/guy-raz/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Guy Raz</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/guyraz" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@guyraz</a>) for his mega-popular NPR podcast <a href="https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510313/how-i-built-this" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How I Built This</a>.&nbsp;In this episode, Guy traces my story from the very early days to the current day, asking me about key decisions, hard times, obstacles, lessons learned, and much, much more. 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#489: Guy Raz Interviews Tim Ferriss — How I Built This — Key Lessons, Critical Decisions, and Reinvention for Fun and Profit

By Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig