IN-DEPTH: The Game of Life (w/ Tim Ferriss)

I'm Cal Newport and this is In Depth, a semi-regular series in which I talk to interesting people about the quest to cultivate a deep life. Today's episode is brought to you by our presenting sponsor, reclaim.ai. This is a product I'm actually really excited about. I mean, they use the word deep work. when they describe it.

So I'll come back a little later to tell you more about that. But what I want to tell you about right now is today's guest, the one and only Mr. Tim Ferris. Tim, of course, rocketed to prominence with his 2007 book, The Four-Hour Workweek. which basically redefined my generation's relationship with work and meaning and the possibilities for building an interesting life, a major influence on my work for sure.

He followed that up with a series of other massive bestsellers, including the four-hour body, the four-hour chef, tools of titans, and tribes of mentors. Most people probably know him today for the podcasts he started right around the time he was wrapping up the four-hour series. It's called the Tim Ferris Show, and it was one of the first big business interview sort of self-development podcasts out there. Some people have called him the Oprah of Podcast, and I see why. This show has been wildly successful.

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