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#489: Guy Raz Interviews Tim Ferriss — How I Built This — Key Lessons, Critical Decisions, and Reinvention for Fun and Profit

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Well hello, boys and girls, leemers and squirrels, this is Tim Ferris. Welcome to another episode of the Tim Ferris Show. Where it is usually my job to deconstruct world class performers, tease out their routines, habits, and so on that you can apply to your own life. This time around the tables are turned. I was interviewed by Guy Raz. On Twitter, you can find them at guy Roz R A Z. For his mega popular MPR podcast, How I Built This. It was a lot of fun. 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.

Mistakes, all sorts of things. We had A blast. We covered a lot of new ground, and Guy was kind enough to offer me the chance to post the audio here. So that is what you'll hear in this episode. For more guy, check out his podcast, How I Built This, Wisdom from the Top, and The Rewind. He's also the co-creator of the acclaimed podcasts, Tid Radio Hour, and Wow in the World, a children's program. And last but not least Happys and a very happy new year to you and yours.

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