{"id":4718,"date":"2017-03-18T10:26:35","date_gmt":"2017-03-18T10:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusme.com\/?p=4718"},"modified":"2025-02-13T11:41:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T11:41:58","slug":"tim-ferriss-funnel-your-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusme.com\/blog\/tim-ferriss-funnel-your-day\/","title":{"rendered":"How Titans Manage Time \u2013 Tim Ferriss and Funneling Your Days Efficiently"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4718\" class=\"elementor elementor-4718\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-79d1ebb7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"79d1ebb7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d596f65\" data-id=\"7d596f65\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c80be19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c80be19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Next up on our titan pantheon is the writer and entrepreneur, Tim Ferriss, best known for his groundbreaking novel, The 4-Hour Work Week.\n\nWe\u2019ve covered the benefits of doing nothing from Warren Buffett, the productivity of a 100-hour work week from Elon Musk, and the reality that there is time to get shit done, as explained by the twistedly genius Gary Vaynerchuk.\nAfter so much horse-power work ethic, we\u2019re going back to the notion of less work.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58934ed0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"58934ed0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/pV2hLYqRnvY&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14097f50 mobile-padding elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"14097f50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the video, Tim explains that his 4-hour week work shouldn\u2019t be taken too literally.\u00a0<strong>You do have to work.<\/strong><br \/>But what he stresses is that you focus the time you do have in the most efficient way possible. Allocate your time efficiently.<br \/>In other words, work smart (and hard), but focus on the smart. This leaves time for enjoyment whilst you learn, as opposed to straight \u201cgrinding\u201d, which so many people proudly lament about. Quibble on the quantitative details all you like, he is proof that it works.<br \/>Let\u2019s get to it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b456a1f mobile-padding elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b456a1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"#modalPdf\" rel=\"modal:open\">Download this article as a PDF<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-79a9474 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"79a9474\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-398c4ac3\" data-id=\"398c4ac3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cb90881 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6cb90881\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Productivity of Meditation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e4515cb\" data-id=\"4e4515cb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5b95f1 elementor-text-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d5b95f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tim begins his day with 5 to 10 minutes of meditation. Some Buddhist practitioners have racked tens of thousands of hours. I\u2019ve probably done a few thousand.<br \/>The life of a bhikkhu (monk) gives the time to practice so often and does lead to positive benefits (calm mind, focused mind, a less distracted mind, etc.), but their goal is singular:\u00a0<strong>attain Nirvana.<\/strong><br \/>Tim is much more world-oriented, so he sees the benefits of meditation as a gateway to higher productivity. Thus, he uses a calmer mind to help shave off anxiety and depression.<br \/>Some see this as a goal (i.e., they want to be happy). This is neither the goal of Buddhists (yes, you read that right), and neither is it the goal of Tim. It\u2019s just a raft.<br \/>What I\u2019ve found, personally, and what you might find yourself, too, if you take up meditation, is that much of our lives is ruled by time spent in hell-realms. I mean this literally \u2013 when you are upset, anxious, depressed, or currently being ruled by any negative emotion, you are literally in the hell of that emotion. What happens when you are ruled by this is that the dread of working and succeeding keeps you from working and succeeding.<br \/>Say you want to get out of credit card debt \u2013 how do you do that?<br \/>You finish tasks and activities that bring in more money than you\u2019re spending, plus the surplus to cut the debt.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-183ecb57 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"183ecb57\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-738e8cdb\" data-id=\"738e8cdb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-448c845b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"448c845b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Can you do those tasks if you\u2019re too busy stressing over the fact that you\u2019re in debt?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-73b9faa3\" data-id=\"73b9faa3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17fe5925 elementor-text-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17fe5925\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Maybe. You can push yourself. But that\u2019s difficult.<\/p><p>It\u2019s like running with a backpack full of bricks. It might toughen your emotional resilience, but it\u2019s largely unnecessary baggage. As the Buddha questioned in the Pali Canon, why carry all that weight with you when you could fly with only the weight of your wings?<br \/>In a much more practical sense, why travel with three suitcases when you can take one? Most belongings you consider necessities are luxuries (says the guy who traveled to Easter Europe with a PS4 in his backpack).<br \/>Cut them out. Throw them away. Rid yourself of the baggage. The heaviest baggage I know of is your emotional and perceptual baggage.<br \/>Meditate for five to ten minutes a day, and these weights will slowly slip off. The more you do it, the easier it will become, and the more weight will disappear.<br \/>Get there faster, and easier.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ccdf419 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ccdf419\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-630c0224\" data-id=\"630c0224\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b7ce005 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1b7ce005\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Treat Your Interests like Useful Applications<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1900f636\" data-id=\"1900f636\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45f3b701 elementor-text-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45f3b701\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Applications make your life easier.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shazam.com\/\">Shazam\u00a0<\/a>helps you find that song that you keep hearing but don\u2019t know the name of with the press of a button. Facebook Messenger helps you keep in contact with Facebook friends from your phone.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusme.com\/\">FocusMe<\/a>\u00a0helps you block distracting websites and time-sinking applications.<br \/>Well, apply this to what you choose to focus on.<br \/>Writing for this blog helps me practice writing, makes me money, supports an application and product that I love and respect, and gets my name out there as a writer.<br \/>My goal is writing and making money \u2013 seems like a sweet fitting glove to me.<br \/>Why not spend your time building your business or product by doing side jobs that feed into said passion\/career?<br \/>If you want to build a fitness product or company, might it not help to study exercise science in college? Well, yeah.But are you also working at the school gym? Or becoming a certified personal trainer at a local gym? Or even working receptionist at the gym when you first start off, in order to put yourself in proximity to people who do know what they\u2019re talking about? They might become your business partner or someone who can network you to a business partner or potential investor.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-20e6dd2a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"20e6dd2a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-51fb6902\" data-id=\"51fb6902\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45169fc1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"45169fc1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Funnel every activity you can into your passion.\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2763dda9\" data-id=\"2763dda9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-626a4bf8 elementor-text-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"626a4bf8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tim, in his first meeting in the video, meets with a startup that draws blood and looks for patterns in the biology of blood. He is an advisor for this company in exchange for equity.<br \/>If it succeeds, he will make money, because of the equity.<br \/>Also, if it succeeds, he will have a company that helps one of his scientific interests, which is maximizing efficiency and happiness through health and nutrition.<br \/>He funnels.<br \/>Go funnel.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-39a708fb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"39a708fb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4cc79ff\" data-id=\"4cc79ff\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-755f6db9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"755f6db9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Shoot for Productivity<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3cb07ac6\" data-id=\"3cb07ac6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a6d0fd8 elementor-text-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a6d0fd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tim\u2019s next activity is taking a friend to the shooting range. He explains that the best way to learn something is to teach it, so he teaches a friend how to shoot.<br \/>Why shooting? Why not?<br \/>It\u2019s his most recent foray into learning how to learn, which not only helps him in literally everything, but also funnels into a book he\u2019s writing about, well, learning.<br \/>Why not learn how to shoot then?<br \/>He involves himself with new skills to continuously isolate fundamental principles (or first principles, as Elon Musk\/Aristotle refers to them) of any and all skills.<br \/>Once you get good at one discipline, and you understand how you got good, you can get good at other disciplines, too. Faster and easier.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e77a396 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e77a396\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ee1d51f\" data-id=\"2ee1d51f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c9e5f18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7c9e5f18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Download your Health Like a Smart Application<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-37551288\" data-id=\"37551288\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9de7067 elementor-text-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9de7067\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tim\u2019s next activity is going to the gym to lift.<br \/>But he\u2019s not spending an hour or two in the gym. He spends as much time setting up the weights as he does lifting. A few low-rep sets of racked-deadlifts and he\u2019s done.<br \/>Why?\u2028 Because after much research, and some theory-crafting, he\u2019s postulated that you can get all the results you need by picking smart workouts that stress the right muscles, the right amount, and initiate the anabolic process. He hopes to get the body of a fitness fanatic in as little time as possible.<br \/>This, then, funnels into his other interests by increasing his health, thus his productivity (and also comes from a book he already wrote \u2013 the 4-hour body).<br \/>Funnels on funnels.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4260e796 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4260e796\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2c62f7c8\" data-id=\"2c62f7c8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6999f624 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6999f624\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Wealth, the Productivity Tool<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-23282afc\" data-id=\"23282afc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29878b33 elementor-text-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29878b33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In a meeting with some another startup later in the video, Tim advises them that, if the founders can, they should sell the business they have for a good sum of money in order to pocket some \u201capocalypse money.\u201d<br \/>His suggestion comes from the idea that having a good amount of money ensures you are debt free, worry free, meaning you can buy pretty much anything you want, within reason, and can live wherever you want, within reason. Obvious, right?<br \/>The reason for this itself is obvious enough \u2013 without those worries, you can now do what you want\u2026worry free.<br \/>More funneling.<br \/>Funnel. Funnel. Funnel.<br \/>Okay, I said it enough times\u2026.<br \/>Funnel.<br \/>So, in summation, learn from this guy. He obviously knows what he\u2019s talking.<br \/>Pick your activities wisely and use your time in those activities wisely\u2026which definitely means\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusme.com\/\">download<\/a>\u00a0FocusMe and block out all those pesky apps and websites that are distracting you from your dreams.<br \/>Oh, and don\u2019t forget to go funnel yourself.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb09ad9 elementor-text-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb09ad9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"#modalPdf\" rel=\"modal:open\">Download this article as a PDF<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next up on our titan pantheon is the writer and entrepreneur, Tim Ferriss, best known for his groundbreaking novel, The 4-Hour Work Week. 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