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The frameworks behind The Tim Ferriss Show.

Every named framework, mental model, and play — extracted, structured, and made searchable from The Tim Ferriss Show.

Browse 225 frameworks All episodes

Frameworks: 225
Episodes mined: 25
Insights & segments: 308
Categories: 13

Self-Mastery39 Mindset29 Peak Performance24 Strategy23 Leadership21 Communication18 Innovation16 Marketing13 Entrepreneurship12 Influence10 Finance9 Productivity9 Sales2

Highest-confidence frameworks

Marketing6 steps

Crowd-Doing Stretch Goals

Stop asking backers for money and start asking them for absurd deeds.

Innovation5 steps

The Players-in-the-Spotlight Test

Build the tool that makes people entertaining to each other, never the thing that entertains them.

Self-Mastery5 steps

Automatic Rules

Pre-decide when you are at your best so willpower never has to show up

Innovation6 steps

Core Gameplay Loop Anatomy

Find the one action people repeat forever, then build everything else as scaffolding around it.

Entrepreneurship5 steps

Fulfill the Promise Before Anything Else

You were backed to ship one thing; every party favour you add is a way to go out of business.

Strategy6 steps

Objective, Strategy, Tactics

Refuse to pick tactics until the objective is deconstructed into a strategy.

Episodes

Each episode broken into its frameworks and insights.

#810: Terry Real — The Therapist Who Breaks All The Rules

11 fw·20 insights→

#444: Hugh Jackman on Best Decisions, Daily Routines, The 85% Rule, Favorite Exercises, Mind Training, and Much More

11 fw·16 insights→

#821: My Two-Year Secret Project, COYOTE — The Strategies and Tactics for Building a Bestseller from Nothing with Elan Lee of Exploding Kittens

11 fw·15 insights→

#653: Elan Lee, Co-Creator of Exploding Kittens — How to Raise Millions on Kickstarter, Deconstructing Mega-Successes, Secrets of Game Design, The Power of Positive Constraints, The Delights of Craftsmanship, and The Art of Turning Fans into Superfans

11 fw·15 insights→

#502: Jordan Peterson on Rules for Life, Psychedelics, The Bible, and Much More

11 fw·14 insights→

#794: Brandon Sanderson on Building a Fiction Empire, Creating $40M+ Kickstarter Campaigns, Unbreakable Habits, The Art of World-Building, and The Science of Magic Systems

10 fw·14 insights→

#654: Dr. Matthew Walker, All Things Sleep Continued — The Hidden Dangers of Melatonin, Tools for Insomnia, Enhancing Learning and Sleep Spindles, The Upsides of Sleep Divorce, How Sleep Impacts Sex (and Vice Versa), Adventures in Lucid Dreaming, The One Clock to Rule Them All, The IP Addresses of Your Memories, and More

10 fw·14 insights→

#651: Legendary Investor Bill Gurley on Investing Rules, Finding Outliers, Insights from Jeff Bezos and Howard Marks, Must-Read Books, Creating True Competitive Advantages, Open-Source Strategies, Adapting Mental Models to New Realities, and More

10 fw·14 insights→

#606: Balaji S. Srinivasan — 5-10-Year Predictions, How to Start a New Country, Society-as-a-Service (SaaS), Bitcoin Maximalism, Memetic Warfare, How Prices Are Born, Moral Flippenings, The One Commandment, and The Power of Missionary over Mercenary

10 fw·14 insights→

#473: Naval Ravikant on Happiness, Reducing Anxiety, Crypto Stablecoins, and Crypto Strategy

10 fw·14 insights→

#724: Claire Hughes Johnson — How to Take Responsibility for Your Life, Create Rules That Work, Stop Being a Victim, Set Strong Boundaries, and More

10 fw·12 insights→

#792: Seth Godin on Playing the Right Game and Strategy as a Superpower

9 fw·14 insights→

#674: Neuroscientist David Eagleman — Exploring Consciousness, Sensory Augmentation, The Lazy Susan Method of Extraordinary Productivity, Dreaming, Improving Hearing with a Wristband, Synesthesia, Stretching Time with Novelty, Lessons from Titans of Science, and Much More

9 fw·14 insights→

#661: Dr. Peter Attia — The Science and Art of Longevity, Optimizing Protein, Alcohol Rules, Lessons from Glucose Monitoring with CGMs, Boosting Your VO2 Max, Preventing Alzheimer's Disease, Early Cancer Detection, How to Use DEXA Scans, Nature’s Longevity Drug, and More

9 fw·14 insights→

#840: Bill Gurley — Investing in The AI Era, 10 Days in China, and Important Life Lessons from Bob Dylan, Jerry Seinfeld, MrBeast, and More

9 fw·12 insights→

#695: Shane Parrish on Wisdom from Warren Buffett, Rules for Better Thinking, How to Reduce Blind Spots, The Dangers of Mental Models, and More

9 fw·12 insights→

#615: Dr. Andrew Weil — The 4-7-8 Breath Method, Cannabis, The Uses of Coca Leaf, Rehabilitating Demonized Plants, Kava for Anxiety, Lessons from Wade Davis, The Psychedelic Renaissance, How to Emerge from Depression, Tales from 50+ Visits to Japan, Matcha Benefits, and More

8 fw·12 insights→

#863: Elad Gil, Consigliere to Empire Builders — How to Spot Billion-Dollar Companies Before Everyone Else, The Misty AI Frontier, How Coke Beat Pepsi, When Consensus Pays, and Much More

8 fw·9 insights→

#648: James Clear, Atomic Habits — Simple Strategies for Building (and Breaking) Habits, Questions for Personal Mastery and Growth, Tactics for Writing and Launching a Mega-Bestseller, Finding Leverage, and More

8 fw·8 insights→

#649: Rick Rubin, Legendary Producer — Timeless Methods for Unlocking Creativity, Secrets Hidden in Plain Sight, The Future with AI, Helpful Distractions, Working with Strong Personalities, Breaking Out of “The Sameness,” and More

7 fw·11 insights→

#699: Apollo Robbins, The World’s Most Famous Pickpocket — Pickpocketing the Secret Service, Manipulating Attention, Famous Con Artists, The Psychology of Deception, Self-Defense Techniques, The Secret Language of Thieves, and More

7 fw·8 insights→

#675: Eric Cressey, Cressey Sports Performance — Tactical Deep Dive on Back Pain, Movement Diagnosis, Training Principles, Developing Mobility, Building Power, Fascial Manipulation, and Rules for Athletes

7 fw·8 insights→

#582: Mark Zuckerberg on Long-Term Strategy, Business and Parenting Principles, Personal Energy Management, Building the Metaverse, Seeking Awe, the Role of Religion, Solving Deep Technical Challenges (e.g., AR), and More

7 fw·8 insights→

#484: Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify — Habits, Systems and Mental Models for Top Performance

7 fw·8 insights→

#680: Richard Koch — Revisiting the 80/20 Principle, The Power of Optimistic Journaling, Studying History to Improve Investing, and The Grand Beliefs of Winners (Plus: The Toxic Beliefs of Losers)

6 fw·8 insights→