#734: In Case You Missed It: March 2024 Recap of "The Tim Ferriss Show"

Tim Ferriss (0:00)

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Hello, boys and girls, this is Tim Ferris. Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is my job to deconstruct world-class performers of all different types to tease out the routines, habits and so on that you can apply to your own life. This is a special in-between episode, which serves as a recap of the episodes from the last month. It features a short clip from each conversation in one place so you can jump around, get a feel for both the episode and the guest, and then you can always dig deeper by going to one of those episodes. View this episode as a buffet to whet your appetite. It's a lot of fun. We had fun putting it together. And for the full list of the guests featured today, see the episode's description probably right below wherever you press play in your podcast app, or as usual, you can head to tim.blogslashpodcast and find all the details there. Please enjoy.

SPEAKER_3 (2:57)

First up, legendary actor Scott Glenn, whose acting career spans nearly 60 years and includes performances in Apocalypse Now, The Right Stuff, The Silence of the Lambs and The Bourne Ultimatum, as well as a return to HBO this year for Season 3 of The White Lotus.

Tim Ferriss (3:20)

What advice, let's just say, 10 years from now your grandkids are listening to this, and they're wondering what life advice?

SPEAKER_2 (3:27)

I would give them both the lessons I learned from Sir Lawrence and from my dad, which is if you love it, make it your life. Right along with that, be tenacious. Learn that the most important thing about being knocked down is getting back up. And if you can put yourself in the spot where you say, I don't care how many times I get knocked down, I'm getting back up every single time and going after what I want, that's the answer. I mean, again, I'm at a bar with Lawrence Olivier, who created the National Theatre of England, who was the biggest movie star in the world, was the most creative stage actor in the world, and director.

My question to him was, what is it that you need to make it in this business? Is it timing, right place at the right time? Is it contacts, knowing the right people? Or is it just working on your skills and becoming better and better at what you do? He said, my dear boy, none of the above. Develop very strong jaw muscles, learn how to bite on and not let go. I said, you're telling me it's just pure tenacity?

His answer was, yes. If you're a monk outside the gates with a beggar's bowl and you stay out there long enough, they'll finally get sick of seeing you, open the gates and let you in.

SPEAKER_3 (4:53)

Next up, Barbara Corcoran, an investor shark for the past 15 seasons on ABC's Emmy award-winning Shark Tank and host of the top business channel on Patreon, Barbara in Your Pocket.