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Malcolm Gladwell

Staff writer at The New Yorker; author of The Tipping Point and Outliers

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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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Ann Miura-Ko Co-founding partner of Floodgate; lecturer at Stanford University
Oh, my gosh. So, it’s actually a foldable chair. So, I go to my daughter’s soccer tournaments a lot and there’s this incredible foldable chair. I don’t know what is called. You can get it on Amazon. But it has this flip over sunshade that goes over your head, and for any parent who’s been at a swim tournament or anything, this is life-changing because often times I’m just baking in the hot sun.
Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 7 August 2018 source ↗
Mark Bell Powerlifter; founder of Slingshot and Super Training Gym
Initially I was going to say a pair of Groucho Marx glasses that I bought in Japan. I got a lot of legs out of those.
Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 30 May 2018 source ↗
David Heinemeier Hansson Creator of Ruby on Rails; chief technology officer of 37signals
I have the question ready right here. I bought a skateboard about two months ago, which has a funny story in itself. ... I used to skateboard back when I was a kid, but literally had not skateboarded in 20 years. But I happen to live right now out here in California, where I’m just the perfect distance away from lunch that a skateboard is just what I need.
Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 5 June 2018 source ↗
Phil Keoghan Television presenter; host of The Amazing Race
Probably the biggest impact for something less than $100.00 would be a mole skin diary. I’ve got them all lined up for every year. I’ve had them since 1986. So, in there, in a very tactile way, I have like lists in the back, movies, books. And then, I write in the back the name of the book and then who recommended the book.
Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 5 June 2018 source ↗

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Question Which book do you recommend most often to others, and what makes you pass it on? Taste & recommendation
There’s one book I’ve given the most in my life, which is a book called – well, there are several now that I think about it. There’s a book by Timothy Wilson called Strangers to Ourselves , which is one of the loveliest, most insightful books about social psychology that I ever read. And I give that a lot to people. And every time I meet, and really, I’m always meeting people who work in retail, particularly I always send them, particularly if they’re Jewish, I send them a book called The Merchant Princes . It’s a book about the great Jewish retail families of America. So in the 19th century, all of these people come over from Europe who have experience in the garment trade or retailing. And an extraordinary number of the early 20th century/late 19th century department stores pop up around America are founded by Jewish immigrants from Europe from, literally, you go to any town in America, the traditional department store is from one of those families. Well, a guy, and I’ve forgotten his name, wrote a book about those families, and it’s called The Merchant Princes , and it’s fantastic.
Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 1 June 2018 source ↗

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