The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss
Tim Ferriss's 4-Hour Workweek and Lifestyle Design Blog. Tim is an author of 5 #1 NYT/WSJ bestsellers, investor (FB, Uber, Twitter, 50+ more), and host of The Tim Ferriss Show podcast (400M+ downloads)
Casey Fenton founded Couchsurfing.org, which connects millions of travelers with free accommodation around the world. (Photo by Alexandra Liss) I met Alexandra Liss on a rainy day last September, outside of one of my favorite Thai restaurants in San Francisco. Alex had just returned from six months abroad, traveling through 21 countries for free while …
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/runningclouds/308307778/ Last-minute packing is an art form, and most of my trips allow me to pack less than 10 pounds for a world tour. This time, 10 pounds was just the starting point. My packing list was straight out of a James Bond movie: “Shovel?” “Helmet?!” “Avalanche kit?!?” “Tracking beacon?!?!” I was seeing it for …
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(Photo: Dirty Bunny) [Warning: This post is one of my rare rants, perhaps my only rant, written last week when the reality-bending fury was fresh. Almost never seen, like a snow leopard, my angry self has come out to stretch his arms a bit, perhaps punch a few deserving people after warming up. The reasons …
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(Photo: Sanctuary Photography) 34. I’m turning a glorious 34 this year, right about now. It’s going to be a great natal year–-I can already feel it. Perhaps it will be good luck for you, too: in this post, I’m giving away a round-trip ticket anywhere in the world. But back to that strange birthday gift… …
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(Photo: Stuck in Customs) This is a guest post by Tim Leffel, a travel destinations expert who has dispatched articles from five continents over a period close to two decades. Think world travel needs to be expensive? Think again…
Gary Arndt is the man behind Everything Everywhere, one of the most popular travel blogs in the world, and one of Time Magazine’s “Top 25 Best Blogs of 2010.” Since March 2007, Gary has been traveling around the globe, having visited more than 70 countries and territories, and gaining worldly wisdom in the process. Today, …
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(Photo: Norman B. Leventhal Map Center) Chris Guillebeau travels the world and writes for a small army of remarkable people at The Art of Non-Conformity blog. He is a master of clever air travel (among other things), and this is a guest post on perfecting one of the rare gems that can truly change your …
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Starting tomorrow, travel writer Rolf Potts will embark on a trip that will take him around the world without using a single piece of luggage. This post will explain how he’s going to do it, and there’s a kick-ass giveaway at the end…
In the quest to get ahead—destination often unknown—it’s easy to have life pass you by while you’re focused on other things. This post is intended as a reminder and a manifesto: keep it simple.
In this episode of Random — lucky #10 — Kevin and I hit the streets of San Francisco to discuss food, recent learnings, and a few feature: favorite books, people, and websites since the last episode. Show notes and links are included below, but one new order of business: we are thinking of having sponsors …
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