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By Lewis Howes Edited by Dan Bova

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What's something all successful people have in common? Especially successful business owners?

They create powerful rituals and visualize their results before they happen.

With a new television series out and after seeing his last book land him on the New York Times Bestseller list, Tim Ferriss' accomplishments continue to grow.

He was one of the first people we interviewed for this podcast.

In this interview we dive deep into the development of this brilliant mind, even back to his childhood – where he opens up like never before.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

  • The inside details of The Tim Ferriss Experiment
  • About the Process of Teaming with Production Companies
  • How to Develop a Toolkit to Rapidly Learning Anything
  • What Tim's Biggest Fear Is
  • The Biggest Impact on Ferriss's Upbringing
  • About Tim's Various Entrepreneurial Failures
  • A Simple Effective Way to Develop Business Ideas
  • The Story of Tim's first Company
  • How To Create Entrepreneurial Rituals That Lead to Success
  • How Tim Prepares for Important Events
  • How he Uses Self Talk and Visualization to Achieve Results
  • What He Hopes People Will Say at his Funeral
  • Plus much more…

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Lewis Howes

New York Times Bestselling Author, Entrepreneur, Coach

Lewis Howes is a New York Times bestselling author of The School of Greatness and The Mask of Masculinity. He is a lifestyle entrepreneur, high performance business coach and keynote speaker. A former professional football player and two-sport All-American, he is a current USA Men’s National Handball Team athlete. He hosts a top 100 iTunes ranked Apple podcast, The School of Greatness. Howes was recognized by the White House and President Obama as one of the top 100 entrepreneurs in the country under 30. Details magazine called him one of “5 Internet Guru’s that can Make You Rich.”  Howes has been featured on Ellen, Good Morning America, The Today Show, The New York Times, People, ESPN, Sports Illustrated, Men’s Health and other major media outlets.

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