What purchase of $100 or less has most positively impacted your life in the last six months?
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Probably a piece of music. I think it was probably an album by Brian Eno called Another Green World, which is one of his early ‘70s, it’s ambient music, but not the kind of really weird ambient music. There’s an adage that says the music you discover when you are 18, I think it’s 18 is the magic year, is the music that stays with you for the rest of your life. ... Well, I discovered that when I was 18. And I sing the songs of that album in my head all of the time. And I worship Brian Eno.

Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 1 June 2018 source ↗

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Cheryl Strayed Author of Wild and Tiny Beautiful Things
Okay, let me tell you guys. I didn’t know this until last week. There’s a thing called a boot box for your long boots. You put your long boots in them instead of them draping all over the floor of your closet, and then you put a bump on the shelf.
Recorded Cheryl Strayed, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 22 June 2018 source ↗
Graham Duncan Investor; co-founder of East Rock Capital
So, I recently bought the FINIS, F-I-N-I-S, swim paddles. They somewhat magically lengthen out my freestyle stroke. And when I combined them with some fins, I use the ones Cressi, C-R-E-S-S-I, I feel sometimes like I’m almost flying through the water.
Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 6 February 2018 source ↗
Whitney Wolfe Herd Founder and chief executive of Bumble
That’s a great question. Coconut oil. ... Everything. You can take a bath with it. You can put it in a smoothie. You can cook vegetables with it. You can actually put it on your skin. I think coconut oil is a cheap miracle buy.
Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 26 June 2018 source ↗
Nicholas McCarthy Concert pianist; the first one-handed pianist to graduate from the Royal College of Music
Actually, this is quite random, but I love it. It’s a diffuser for aromatherapy oils. My piano is in my lounge and I have this diffuser on. I put different oils in. For when I’m practicing, I would put geranium in, for instance, which I love. I just find it relaxes me, but at the same time keeps me perked up enough to be able to work.
Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 4 June 2018 source ↗

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