Tim ferriss is the ultimate "Add To Watch Later" youtuber

“We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain” one of my many favorite quotes by Alan Watts. Helps me accept all my emotions as we are perfectly where we should be.

Tim Ferriss, the amount of net lift that society has experienced through your work is immense and incalculable. Glad I’m alive at the same time you are

"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live" - Marcus A.

"Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back." - Marcus Aurelius

I've grown into the stoic way of thinking as I've grown older. But when I was diagnosed with Primary Progressive MS it really hit me hard. I had already figured I would die at a fairly young age based on family history, so I tried to make everything I did matter. But when the neurologist told me I'd be in a wheelchair in 3 to 5 years it made me look at what I still want to do. I told him "no, I won't!" I was walking with a walker then. I pushed myself to not give in. I progressed to using a cane. I kept pushing and have been cane-free for over a year. The sense of urgency is a real driving force. If I'm going to die young, that was a good enough thing, but being crippled is another thing altogether. That neurologist has refused to see me in the past year because I showed him I was fighting MS in a way his other patients couldn't. I'm stronger now than when I was diagnosed, but will never be back to as I was before. I refused to lay down and die crippled. The sense of urgency is real! Stoicism is real, too. I've always been a dreamer, but now I'm trying to live the dreams.

"Replace the fear of the unknown for curiosity". Life is so interesting, if we get curious about it, every single day will be an adventure. I also tried to add a sense of urgency by fear, but that's the worst way. Being afraid of living is exactly what death wants. Being curious of life is what gives us the energy we need to keep moving on.

Bro you are such a role model for me. You just can not image how much it means to me your content and your effort to leave this place better than we found it. I can relate to you so much. I am so proud of you Tim. I really wish to meet you one day. When I watch your video, I think “that’s how I would like to become”. Someone who is not afraid of saying what he thinks, someone who is bold enough to leave an environment like startup investing to pursue the spread of psychedelics, among all the other awesome activities you do. Thanks man :) you are my hero.

4:23 “What you resist tends to persist.” Beautiful 👌🏽

1. Stoicism: A Philosophy of life to focus only on that which you control. 2. Remind yourself of mortality as another reason to push through tough days. "What emotions am I NOT willing to feel." ( A father getting up at 4 to go the gym because he wants to be there for his daughters wedding instead of another man/stranger.) 3. 'That which you resist, persists." You are going to feel these emotions. What matters is the HOW you handle it. ( Tim explains some of his weird sad piano practice. Personally I choose to find meaning in the everyday discomfort. Ex. Dirty dishes means you had food to eat & washing them is an act of gratitude." 4. Ask "When on your death bed, how much would you pay to relive warm experiences in your life?". Personally I like the ted talk, "Homework for life" by Matthew Dicks. Great practical way to in rich your life.

“Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. ― Steve Jobs

When Yaksha asked Yudhisthir this question: What is the greatest wonder in the world? he replied: *The greatest wonder is that although people see living beings die every day they still live as if death doesn't hit them one day and that they live forever*

If you are present and can say to yourself "This is priceless", you have named one of those accessible moments that feed your soul . You can utilize priceless recall as a "feeling mantra" for meditation.

The Movie that helped me during my worse depressive moments of my Life was The Crow and the soundtrack were what lifted me. I was 25 years old in the Army and hadn't achieved any of my goals I had wanted to achieve by that age, had no girlfriend for years, and was 1000's miles away from my family!! I cried while watching and blasting the audio!! I let it all just drain out of me and decided that better times will come(took 9 years) but they came! At 34 I got married and now have 4 children! The Happiest days of my Life were ahead of me and I would have not had them had I decided to end my Life then!!! My Favorite song from the sound track is Burn by The Cure!!!

I find listening to elderly neighbours a wonderful way to keep myself in check. I am reminded that they were once my age and I would be blessed to make it to their age. One of my mentors said “Treat each day as your “first day” (first date, first day on new job, etc) and your last day (imagine yourself on your deathbed) Bring the same first day enthusiasm with you into each day. And how would you like to be remembered? Who would you call to say I love you on your last. Great share Tim 🙏🏻

Wisdom + insight + education + action This man clearly exhibits both... The last one being what makes him pop. Thank you 🥰😍

Thank you, Tim, for doing the work that you do!

“The psyche is porous” Brilliant wording. Thank you. I will use this in my vocab. I am very sensitive to music energy, any media really. For example if you had background music of any kind while you were teaching us I wouldn’t be able to pay attention to learn. The two audios would just cause unrest because I couldn’t concentrate on one. What is that? Anyone know? Anyway, I so appreciate your teaching style Tim. You have been given such helpful gifts. Thank you for your generosity in helping others.

Great advice! Haven't heard this before! Thank you so much 🙏🙏. I've been working on being able to call up certain personalities from an anchor and this could definitely help!

Thank you for this way to measure or value an experience. You just helped me realize how incredibly valuable my last month was. Thanks again!

This was absolutely what I needed to hear tonight. Thank you from the bottom of my heart sir

Needed to hear exactly this right now. Really helpful. Thank you.

Thank you Tim, it's useful for me to have a sense of your thinking process on this subject.

Thank you Tim for sharing this.

3:20 Thank you so much. My epiphany is that the things you avoid are the things you need to pay attention to the most. These are the things at the root of your deepest struggles - these are also the very things that will set you free. 💕🦋💕

Tim, thank you so much. This was incredibly insightful and has really left me filled with gratitude. I am so appreciative for you, your team and everyone else that helps enrich our lives with your content ❤️

This was a 9:57 minute journey through different aspects of the brave, focused, determined Tim Ferris. Thank you for the gift of you and the inspiration (and education) that you continue to provide by being you. May this video go viral many times.

Thank you, the transients of emotion through music. That was a great, great lesson.

Love your youtube talk. I learn a lot from you. Thank you

This is such an Important message especially during this time in isolation! Thank you for highlighting that life is what we need to make it and make everyday count to Live Full Out.

Love this video. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us Tim.

Love these videos Tim! thank you so much🙏👍😊

You are incredible, your work has inspired me so much, thanks for sharing your wisdom and make the positive influences on everyone.

Thank you Tim for all that you do, you’ve been a recurring figure in my life at different stages to guide me towards the new chapter of my life. Love you.

Thanks Tim from India, hope every one in USA is doing well.

I'm really enjoying these videos, thanks for sharing Tim! I'm learning a lot from you!

Amazing teacher ♥️ Thank you Tim for what you do

Im reading "4 hour work week " in this quarantine ---Amazing Book 🔥🔥🔥

This is one of the beat video’s I’ve wver come across. It’s helping me turn a corner on my mental health healing journey. Much love to you Tim 🙏🏼❤️

I needed this today Tim. Since the lockdown came into effect I’ve realised a couple of things about my behaviour, one of which is this: I need to compete with myself in order to remain active. I need to give myself things to beat if I want to get to the gym, for example. I need things that scare me; the thought of being less than, the threat of unfulfilled potential, things that give me a sense of urgency. It’s funny how little we consider death, even when people are dying around us. Putting that in the forefront of my mind today made me realise that the motivation I find from challenging myself into urgency can be there all the time if I keep things in perspective. Death really isn’t that far away. Maybe we should act like it a little more.

This guy is the real deal! Love watching your videos and reading the 4 hour work week

Loved it Tim. So PRACTICE is key.

I love to see this. We should always remind ourselves that each second that passes is a second gone.

Glad to hear it from you Tim.I thought I am not thinking right.Now I can keep thinking that way.

Thanks man, that helps a lot; especially in this present scenario!!

Tim, thank you for your authenticity

I’m from L.A. and there is a HUGE! Problem with homelessness! More than ever it’s disgusting, even more due to the facts that now it’s more young people

I think about a great experience and I immediately cry, Tim, this is so hard to do.... thank you

Thanks for being candid about mental health

That question was deeply moving to me... I'm always aware of what I should be appreciating in the moment, but sometimes can't.. The idea to consider how much I'll value that moment when I no longer have the possibility to enjoy it, well, it really hit. Thank you.

Thanks Tim.. just what I needed. I'm starting a meditation practice to give me belief in myself to start a business .. I read about this practice of thinking of the worst .. and how it can make you feel hopeful. I'm going to give it a go. Didn't know you had depression.. thanks for sharing. More blokes should do this

Great video, love the applications that you mentioned here.

You are quite an incredible man, Tim. Thank you for sharing your experience of depression and your methods of how to alleviate it. I have also battled with depression throughout my life. I'm curious where we find the 3 pdf's that you spoke of at the end of the video?

Thanks Tim, you have a beautiful soul - thank you for sharing with us. Good words.

Happy to hear someone else uses this method to add urgency to accomplishing things! You helped me feel a little more normal with this podcast. Thank you!

Tim Ferris, you don't know, you are amazaing.

Thank you Tim for sharing your experience with depression and for your experience in addressing what I think is more prevalent than ever! Especially during this Pandemic!

Tim, thank you so much por creating this kind of content. We are a language school, and we encourage our students to watch your videos.

Tim, thanks for this thoughtful video.

What a beautiful video. I saw it when it was released but it's taken time and experience to learn why hes saying some of these things

Thanks Tim. Listened to your podcast for last year or so, always great information for someone fascinated with the mind, motivations & behaviours. In this vid, you reminded me of Elkhart Tolle’s ‘The Power Of Now’ in terms of speaking about the moment and presence, fighting something will give you more of it because the brain doesn’t understand ‘Don’t think these thoughts’, the subconscious just registers the thoughts and that energy/vibration is strengthened. Observation of it seems to remind your inner self that the thoughts are external, they aren’t part of your being, they are the noise covering your being. Also, your mention of minor key music is super interesting as I struggle to listen to it, melancholia feels more uncomfortable for me than physical pain, I find it a horrible experience (I cannot stand two chords from Coldplay for example). But there is something to say about stacking that up against a more positive musical experience straight after, light and shade, speaking to the duality of life. What’s the pleasure of a warm, sunny day without rain and winter to compare? I find that mentally NOTING really helps. In the moment, a thought or emotion comes to light or overwhelms me, I’ll not ask anything of myself and try VERY HARD not to project and analyse. Just observe as if it’s someone else’s problem who has since overcome the issue. The mere observation of it, detaches you from it and for me at least, completely changes how I identify with that emotion, feeling or thought pattern. Doing something similar with pleasure able experiences is almost like pinching myself into the moment to appreciate it... in these states I’ll give my friend an extra complement, thank the host one more time, take a moment to pick up my cat and appreciate she’s here right now because everything will go and I never want to be unconsciously living or living in the past as I think that’s where regret and depression are born.

Loved the video, as always. Really liked the swiping away of the url video effect.

As per usual, very articulate and insightful 👌!

Thank you for being the little angel (right side of my shoulder) of my consciousness, Mr. Ferriss! I’d have love to run into you on the 6th street about 20 years ago when I used to do busking in Austin, Texas...

As a person who has dealt with debilitating anxiety, depression and ideation, want to thank you for putting this together to help people. I'm certainly 1500% better, but learned that this is still a process to keep up and stay postive and enthusiastic, and am grateful for the reminder and practical tools, like this video, to help with that! Take good care Brother!✌✌✌

Excellent. Thank you.

Your impact on my life is large, consistent, and positive. Thank you for everything, thanks for being alive. Much health and love.

Wow, great video. Appreciate it!

I really enjoyed this. Thanks!

i love that value question. Heater!

Thanks Tim!

Hehe, I have delved deeply into depression and also nostalgia, I enjoyed it, feeling those blues, especially as you mention, listening to music that evoked certain depressive feelings, and nostalgic feelings too. Nowadays its hard for me to evoke them, its like you become desensitized. Its like sugar, the more sugar you consume the more stale your sense of taste, thus you stop savouring the sweetness of say, an apple, because your taste has become dormat beacause of all the artifical super sweet stuffs. Just like this we persue happy feelings, pleasure, etc. Soon growing tolerant to this happiness, our ability to sense it grows stale, and we cant find this "sweetness of happiness" anywhere in life. And everything begins to seem depressive, dull, sad, and low vibe. However if instead of seeking happiness, you sink into this inner loneliness, depressive void within, obviously doing it gradually and not in an overwhelming way, you grow desensitized of depression, sadness and all these things, and conversely you become a lot more sensitive to happiness.

authentic explanation ...makes sense ..though a small discussion.good job

You're smart Tim. I like you Tim!

Excellent thoughts. I love that you don't use the um transitions almost never. Good communication skills. Nice Tim

wow! this was the first video I saw of you and it might have changed my life

Yesss! Minor key music helps me feel deeply

Thanks for sharing your personal experience here. I love that you delve into music and experiences that take you into different waves of emotion. Check out the music of Cole Porter and his penchant for minor keys.

Love you, Tim!

Congratulations Tim !

Thank you

This is why I personally find memorials/funerals particularly motivating for me. I'm not necessarily motivated to accomplish more just vocationally, but more so in personal relationships and my contributions to society. Being regularly reminded that death and suffering (taking many forms) are not only unpredictable, but imminent- helps me live life with my eyes wide open. I find it difficult to be consistent in the "practice" of doing so- this should be a good time to start...but why?

Great content Tim

Interesting and insightful, thank you!

God damn, Tim! This is jam-packed wisdom right here

Got into stoic philosophy a couple of years ago but only skimmed the surface. Feel I'm now prepared to make a much deeper dive down.

I learned something new, thanks Tim

Gracias Tim

Been able to achieve more in the last year. And happily practicing stoicism as we speak. Never been happier.

"Driftwood" is the 🗝️ to success!

I always remember the moment of the Derek Sivers Podcast where Derek goes "aaaah.... yes, one day this will be all over". Thanks for sharing Tim!

I don't think I would have to pay to relive thoose great moments in my life. I have kept those memories of wonderful experiences close by reflecting in a way that allows me to again enjoy that ski run or that childhood friendship. Details may be a little fuzzy but the FEELING remains.

Muchas Gracias !

Great! Added this to watch later

I swear i have thought this way before. I feel like i would pay unlimited amounts to relive where i am now when i'm on my deathbed. Makes me grateful for what i have.

Damn he just explained why I've been listening to strictly what people consider "depressing" music since I was 14. Embracing the feeling is much more therapeutic for me than trying to ignore it

Thank you for this video Tim Ferriss!! ☺🙏💃💄🌱💐🏝💜

Very very interesting thank you

Great Mr ferris you look so young and vibrant great to see this video good luck

I found that I tend to use my mortalty as a motivator and also a way to let go of fear. On one hand I use it as a reminder to move forward in having as many of the experiences I want to have a soon as I can, and on the other hand, also remembering that I will not be here forever helps to remember that nothing really matters except my expriences. Failures, embarassments, wrong-doings of others will mean nothing 100 years from now for the now living adults, so why be afraid of anything?