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A.J. Jacobs

Journalist and author of The Year of Living Biblically

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That is a good question. Well, one thing I do love is my elastic shoelaces. ... So, you just replace the cloth shoelaces with these elastic… I think it’s called “Lace Lock” is the brand I use. And, yeah, shoelaces seem like such 18th century technology.

Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 20 June 2018 source ↗

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Debbie Millman Designer; host of Design Matters; founder of the SVA branding programme
Well, the purchase that has influenced me over the last six months is the Apple pencil. I do so much of my artwork by hand and now there is a device that draws and feels like a real pencil that I can use electronically. It’s changed the way I work.
Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 26 June 2018 source ↗
Larry King Broadcaster; host of Larry King Live on CNN, 1985–2010
As a child, it was a yo-yo because I never could master the yo-yo, and it would drive me crazy. And the fact that I couldn’t master it drove me crazy.
Recorded Cal Fussman, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 30 May 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 ↗
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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