New from Tim — “Make Before You Manage,” Tony Fadell, and more

 Hi all! You might notice that I’m doing more experiments on the blog and podcast. Rather than deluge you with an email for each item, I’m going to aim to send you just two short emails per week: - A weekly roundup email of all the fun stuff - The usual "5-Bullet Friday" This is my first roundup email, and here’s what happened in the last seven days: New blog post: “[Make Before You Manage](=)” New blog post: “[The Top 25 Episodes of The Tim Ferriss Show from 2019]()” New podcast episode: “[Tony Fadell — On Building the iPod, iPhone, Nest, and a Life of Curiosity]()” (Brought to you by [SuperFat Nut Butters]() and [Four Sigmatic]() Short excerpts and descriptions of each are below. Please enjoy! --------------------------------------------------------------- New blog post: “[Make Before You Manage](=)” Not long ago, a creature died in the walls of my home. To be precise, it gave up the ghost in the heating system, so that death fumes were conveniently deposited directly into my bedroom. My girlfriend and I discovered this around 11 p.m. as we tucked into bed. We could turn off the heat and freeze, or we could bathe in the stench of what I assumed was a raccoon carcass. The whole thing made my eyes itch. I imagined it downing a last meal—pig entrails? moldy socks? nattō?—before defiantly jamming its bloating body into my HVAC. But the kamikaze raccoon was just the first surprise guest. The opening act. In short order, my dog got horribly sick, overdue paperwork popped out of nowhere, and onboarding new contractors ran into trouble. Then I pulled out of a parking spot and scraped the entire side of the car next to me. Later that afternoon, Christmas presents I’d ordered online ran out of stock and were auto-cancelled, sending me scrambling. More and more clowns kept piling into the clown car for a shit show that lasted 3–4 weeks. There are rare times when I feel like I’m in the zone. Those are great. Then there are times when I ask myself, “How in holy hell have I become the janitor of a mountain of bullshit?” [CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING…](=) --------------------------------------------------------------- New blog post: “[The Top 25 Episodes of The Tim Ferriss Show from 2019]()” Happy holidays! Thanks to all of you, [The Tim Ferriss Show]() crossed more than 400 million downloads this year, and it’s fast approaching 500 million. In case you have some extra time over the holiday season, perhaps after a pumpkin pie or during a cookie coma, below are my most popular episodes of 2019. It’s a fun list. We used an imperfect methodology — number of downloads one week after publication — but it’s good enough to surface the episodes y’all felt were most exciting. [CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING…]() --------------------------------------------------------------- New podcast episode: “[Tony Fadell — On Building the iPod, iPhone, Nest, and a Life of Curiosity]()” Tony Fadell ([@tfadell](), sometimes called “the father of the iPod,” is an active investor and entrepreneur with a 30+ year history of founding companies and designing products that profoundly improve people’s lives. As the Principal at [Future Shape](=), a global investment and advisory firm coaching engineers and scientists working on foundational deep technology, he is continuing to help bring technology out of the lab and into our lives. Listen to the episode on [Apple Podcasts](), [Spotify](=), [Overcast](, [Stitcher](), [Castbox](=), [Google Podcasts](=), or on your favorite podcast platform. 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