5-Bullet Friday

Hi All!

Here is your weekly dose of 5-Bullet Friday, a list of what I’m pondering and exploring.

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What I’m listening to

“Indifférence” by Les Doigts de l’Homme. Give this one a few minutes, as it warms up and rips. Bonus points to anyone who can figure out the wordplay in this band’s name…

New podcast experiment I’m excited about

​Behind-The-Scenes Live Session with Jake Becraft. The most fascinating conversations I have are often behind closed doors: weekly jam sessions with portfolio startup founders. I’ve long assumed them too confidential to share, but this episode is my first exception. It’s a fun one, as there are clear before-and-after results.
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This early-stage brainstorming session helped refine talking points that ended up in the Oval Office two months later.
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My guest is Jake Becraft, CEO and co-founder of Strand Therapeutics, which is building one of the most advanced programmable genetic medicine platforms in biotech. In this conversation, you’ll learn a lot about the future of medicine, how modern biotech works (or doesn’t), and much more.
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Find Jake on X at @DrSynbio and learn more at strandtx.com.
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I’m tentatively calling this potential series “Tim’s Founder Kitchen,” but I’d love other suggestions! Please give it a listen, and let me know what you think on X (@tferriss). Open to all recommendations for improvement.
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Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Book I’m reading

​Art Is the Highest Form of Hope. Special thanks to the amazing Susan Cain for sending this beautiful book to me, which is full of bite-size philosophy and much-needed imagination. These days, a little light goes a long way. From the description: “Advice, strong opinions, and personal revelations by the world’s greatest artists—exclusively researched for this new book.”

How I’m finally getting in more Zone 2 cardio

​M3i Studio Indoor Bike | Keiser. I’ve tried a lot of stationary bikes, including very fancy indoor trainers, for getting in Zone 2 cardio and VO2 max training. I hate nearly all of them. This M3i is *not* fancy, but it does allow me to elevate the handlebars enough so that (1) I’m not bumping my thighs into my stomach like a one-hour Heimlich maneuver, and (2) it doesn’t make my low back incredibly grumpy. The controls are simple, it’s durable, I don’t use an app with it, and, so far, it’s the only indoor bike that I’ve used consistently. And more good news: it’s found in a lot of commercial gyms.
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​Google AI overview: “The Keiser M3i Indoor Bike is highly acclaimed by users and reviewers, often considered one of the best, most durable, and smoothest commercial-grade spin bikes for home use. Key praise centers on its whisper-quiet magnetic resistance, excellent durability, and accurate power data.”

Book highlight I am pondering

“Within the space of a mere hundred years, human beings have abandoned their biologically mandated need for adequate sleep—one that evolution spent 3,400,000 years perfecting in service of life-support functions.”​
— Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker
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You can complement this edition of 5-Bullet Friday with my behind-the-scenes conversation with Jake Becraft, CEO and co-founder of Strand Therapeutics, which is building one of the most advanced programmable genetic medicine platforms in biotech.
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And, as always, please give me feedback on X. Which bullet above is your favorite? What do you want more or less of? Other suggestions? Please let me know. Just send a tweet to @tferriss and put #5BulletFriday at the end so I can find it.
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Have a wonderful weekend, all.
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Much love to you and yours,
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Tim

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