Powerlifter; founder of Slingshot and Super Training Gym
Initially I was going to say a pair of Groucho Marx glasses that I bought in Japan. I got a lot of legs out of those.
Recorded · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2018
General
The general questionnaire
Twelve questions in FLAPSS wording — taste, daily life, craft, failure, and who formed you. The place to start if you have no idea where to start.
12 questions, 499 answers on the record, from 322 members. Every question is asked in FLAPSS wording — nobody answers as anybody else.
Worth reading
What purchase of $100 or less has most improved your life in the last six months?
Co-founder of AcroYoga; former national-level acrobat
We’ve already got it. It’s the Frisbees, for sure. I was hanging out with my two brothers and my dad.
Recorded · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2018
Journalist and author of The Year of Living Biblically
That is a good question. Well, one thing I do love is my elastic shoelaces. ...
Recorded · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2018
Every question in this questionnaire
- Which book do you recommend most often to others, and what makes you pass it on? 82
- What purchase of $100 or less has most improved your life in the last six months? 25
- What does the first hour of your day look like? 17
- What is an unusual habit or small pleasure you are oddly fond of? 31
- What is one of the best investments you have made — of money, time, or energy? 42
- What bad recommendations do people in your field repeat too often? 32
- In the last five years, what new belief, behaviour, or habit has most improved your life? 21
- In the last five years, what have you become better at saying no to? 22
- When you feel overwhelmed or unfocused, what do you do? 23
- How has a setback or failure set you up for later success? 69
- What counsel would you give your twenty-year-old self — and what should they ignore? 78
- Which teacher, parent, coach, or friend most made you who you are, and what did you learn from them? 57
Who has answered
Members with enough answers in this questionnaire to be worth arriving at — listed A–Z, not ranked by count.
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Abby WambachUnited States international footballer, 2001–2015
2 answers United States b. 1980
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APAdam Peaty
British swimmer; Olympic champion 2016 and 2021
2 answers United Kingdom b. 1994
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Agnès VardaFilm director, photographer and installation artist
2 answers Belgium / France 1928–2019
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Ahmed ZewailChemist; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 1999
3 answers Egypt / United States 1946–2016
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Akio ToyodaPresident of Toyota Motor Corporation, 2009–2023; chairman from 2023
2 answers Japan b. 1956
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Amy TanNovelist; author of The Joy Luck Club
2 answers United States b. 1952
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Andrew NgCo-founder of Coursera and of Google Brain; founder of DeepLearning.AI
2 answers United States b. 1976
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Andrew WeilPhysician; founder of the Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona
2 answers United States b. 1942
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AS
2 answers
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Aung San Suu KyiLeader of the National League for Democracy; Nobel Peace Prize laureate; State Counsellor of Myanmar, 2016–2021
3 answers Myanmar b. 1945
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Barack Obama44th President of the United States, 2009–2017; United States Senator from Illinois 2005–2008
2 answers United States b. 1961
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Benazir BhuttoPrime Minister of Pakistan, 1988–1990 and 1993–1996
2 answers Pakistan 1953–2007
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