#752: Terry Crews and Richard Koch

This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s because the podcast recently hit its 10-year anniversary and passed one billion downloads. To celebrate, I’ve curated some of the best of the best—some of my favorites—from more than 700 episodes over the last decade. I could not be more excited. The episode features segments from episode #287 " Terry Crews — How to Have, Do, and Be All You Want " and episode #466 " Richard Koch on Mastering the 80/20 Principle, Achieving Unreasonable Success, and the Art of Gambling ." Please enjoy! Sponsors: LMNT electrolyte supplement: https://drinklmnt.com/Tim (free LMNT sample pack with any drink mix purchase) Momentous high-quality supplements: https://livemomentous.com/tim (code TIM for 20% off) Eight Sleep’s Pod 4 Ultra sleeping solution for dynamic cooling and heating: https://eightsleep.com/tim (save $350 on the Pod 4 Ultra) Timestamps: [00:00] Start [04:48] Notes about this supercombo format. [05:52] Enter Terry Crews. [06:17] Terry's art background and growing up in Flint, Michigan. [15:35] A favorite failure. [22:40] Two ways of confronting an abusive father. [30:41] Terry reflects on his favorite Ralph Waldo Emerson quote. [34:20] How Terry coped with imposter syndrome on his first movie set — with Arnold Schwarzenegger. [39:17] Enter Richard Koch. [39:40] Richard's non-story story about wines, spirits, and chat shows. [41:16] Exception to my "no book quotes" policy for Richard. [42:10] Secrets revealed in Oxford's Bodleian Libraries. [47:32] Richard's peculiar talent and its discovery. [50:17] Richard's investing success despite weak numeracy: the star principle. [59:48] Richard's $1.5 million investment decision. [1:03:41] Business "segmentation" in The Star Principle. [1:06:40] Principles governing Richard's portfolio. [1:09:07] Richard's firing from BCG and meeting Bill Bain. [1:19:03] The growth share matrix (Boston box) explained. [1:22:50] What Bain and Company appreciated about Richard. [1:36:07] Results of early partner-like behavior at Bain. [1:40:00] Key takeaways from Perspectives on Strategy and other recommended books. [1:44:06] Richard's preference for principles over knowledge and The 80/20 Principle's origin. [1:57:58] Richard's happiness and time/energy allocation. [2:01:16] Comparing journaling styles. [2:07:24] Adventurers vs. controllers: who has more fun? [2:10:36] Inspiration for Unreasonable Success and How to Achieve It. [2:17:50] Richard's definition of success and nine landmarks of unreasonably successful people. [2:20:56] Landmark one: self-belief. [2:23:40] Landmark two: Olympian expectations. [2:24:34] Landmark three: transforming experiences. [2:32:52] Landmark four: one breakthrough achievement. [2:35:36] Landmark five: make your own trail. [2:35:50] Landmark six: find and drive your personal vehicle. [2:45:24] Landmark seven: thrive on setbacks. [2:47:54] Landmark eight: acquire unique intuition. [2:48:15] Landmark nine: distort reality. [2:48:56] How landmarks reinforce each other. [2:51:24] Nelson Mandela's unique intuition during imprisonment. [2:58:31] Richard's annual question instead of new year's resolutions. [3:01:44] Parting thoughts. * For show notes and past guests on The Tim Ferriss Show , please visit tim.blog/podcast . For deals from sponsors of The Tim Ferriss Show , please visit tim.blog/podcast-sponsors Sign up for Tim’s email newsletter ( 5-Bullet Friday ) at tim.blog/friday . For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts . Discover Tim’s books: tim.blog/books . Follow Tim: Twitter : twitter.com/tferriss Instagram : instagram.com/timferriss YouTube : youtube.com/timferriss Facebook : facebook.com/timferriss LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/timferriss Past guests on The Tim Ferriss Show include Jerry Seinfeld , Hugh Jackman , Dr. Jane Goodall , LeBron James , Kevin Hart , Doris Kearns Goodwin , Jamie Foxx , Matthew McConaughey , Esther Perel , Elizabeth Gilbert , Terry Crews , Sia , Yuval Noah Harari , Malcolm Gladwell , Madeleine Albri