#856: Jim Collins — What to Make of a Life and How to Maximize Your Return on Luck

Hello, boys and girls, ladies and germs. Welcome back to another episode of the Tim Ferris Show. I'm Tim Ferris. My first interview with Jim Collins is one of the most popular episodes of the podcast of all time. It is episode three sixty one. Titled Jim Collins a rare interview with a reclusive polymath, and I believe it was his first ever Podcast, first ever long form podcast for sure. I'm very excited to bring him back. But first, who is Jim?

Jim is the author of multiple mega bestsellers, including Good to Great, with more than 11 million copies sold worldwide. all exploring the big questions of leadership and life. He also practices what he preach. His own personal protocols and routines and tracking are second to none. It's pretty remarkable. His brand new book is What to Make of a Life. Subtitle Cliffs, Fog, Fire, and the Self-Knowledge Imperative. You can also catch Jim Live, which is incredibly, incredibly rare, on April 9th at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. So just hop on Google or somewhere else to find the details for that. You can find the links to everything we discuss in the show notes for this episode at Tim.blog slash podcast.

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