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Writing a Great Book, Boxing and George Foreman with David Epstein.
2:28:29 - 2:34:42 (06:13)
David Epstein shares how he recommended George Foreman read Gabriel Garcia Marquez's A Hundred Years of Solitude to write a great book and how Foreman's boxing strategy was designed to expend the least amount of energy and land one shot.
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Mike Tyson's transformation was not just physical.
2:28:29 - 2:29:34 (01:05)
Summary
Mike Tyson's transformation was not just physical. In his 40s, he changed his character from being surly and tough to being a smiling and amiable person who can do ads for hamburgers, proving that it is indeed hard to change one's character.
ChapterWriting a Great Book, Boxing and George Foreman with David Epstein.
Episode#145: The Interview Master: Cal Fussman and the Power of Listening
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
George Foreman's victory against Michael Moore in 1994, at the age of 45, was the result of his endurance, conservation of energy, and precision in landing a single, powerful shot.
2:29:34 - 2:33:36 (04:02)
Summary
George Foreman's victory against Michael Moore in 1994, at the age of 45, was the result of his endurance, conservation of energy, and precision in landing a single, powerful shot.
ChapterWriting a Great Book, Boxing and George Foreman with David Epstein.
Episode#145: The Interview Master: Cal Fussman and the Power of Listening
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss likes to gift books he's loved to people he meets.
2:33:36 - 2:34:42 (01:05)
Summary
Tim Ferriss likes to gift books he's loved to people he meets. For someone who wants to write a great book, he recommends A Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez to know what a great book is.