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Graham Duncan

Investor; co-founder of East Rock Capital

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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.

Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 6 February 2018 source ↗

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Malcolm Gladwell Staff writer at The New Yorker; author of The Tipping Point and Outliers
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.
Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 1 June 2018 source ↗
Luis von Ahn Co-founder and chief executive of Duolingo; co-inventor of CAPTCHA
Easy, easy. An electric toothbrush. I got the Oral-B iO. This changes your life. I mean you can’t go back. You can’t go back.
Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 18 July 2022 source ↗
Chris Young Cook and inventor; co-author of Modernist Cuisine, co-founder of ChefSteps
I’ll give two answers. I bought a new electric teakettle. I used to have all the stovetop kettles. Even though I knew it was vastly better, I underestimated how much better my life would be by having an electric tea kettle so I can have tea actually quickly and more or less on demand with very little fuss.
Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 4 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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