#889: Q&A with Tim — How to Get Unstuck, Resilience in Hard Times, Tools for Brain Health, Finding Inner Peace, Optimism as a Learnable Skill, and More
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Hello, boys and girls, ladies and germs. Welcome to another episode of the Tim Ferris Show. This is the second half of a QA recorded during a recent live stream, but the second part is totally self-sufficient. You don't need the first half, so don't worry about that. If you want to listen to the first half, you can find it at Tim.blog slash podcast very easily. We had so many questions. that we had to split it up. And we pick up here with how I'm approaching my own Alzheimer's risk, genetically speaking, how I'm thinking about that. And then we get into breaking stubborn patterns, how I think about behavioral change. habit formation, et cetera. Staying optimistic. I think this is the mother skill. Certainly I'm not the first person to stay that, but in a world of creeping nihilism and darkness,
How do you stay optimistic? What is the value of staying optimistic? How do you distinguish that from being a Pollyanna, in a sense, right? Next, learning AI by building things and the limits of self tracking. How would I think about the quantified self now versus the very first meetup I went to ages and ages and ages ago? I also get into and somewhat hesitantly, but I wanted to answer the question how psychedelics have changed my life or affected me with lots of caveats and warnings. Supplements versus prescription drugs. How do you think about that? Drugs and quotation marks versus All natural in quotation marks. How do you answer, how do I answer the question, are you at peace? Tough one, but we'll get into it. And much more.
Thank you again for the incredibly thoughtful questions. And with that said, please enjoy part Two. Optimal minimal. At this altitude, I can run flat out for a half mile before my hands start shaking. So then I'll do this one question. No, I just see that.
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