Brought to you by AG1 https://www.athleticgreens.com/tim and Eight Sleep’s Pod Pro Cover https://eightsleep.com/Tim Show notes: https://tim.blog/2020/11/19/dan-harris/#more-53703 After ABC News anchor Dan Harris (@danbharris) had a nationally televised panic attack on Good Morning America in 2004, he knew he had to make some changes. He found himself on a bizarre adventure to rein in the voice in his head that provoked his on-air freak-out and found a solution in meditation. A lifelong nonbeliever, meditation was something Dan always assumed to be either impossible or useless. In 2014, Dan published the book 10% Happier, which takes readers on a ride from the outer reaches of neuroscience to the inner sanctum of network news to the bizarre fringes of America’s spiritual scene and leaves them with a takeaway that could actually change their lives. In 2017, Dan followed up with Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics: A 10% Happier How-To Book. In 2016, Dan launched the 10% Happier company with co-founders Ben Rubin, CEO, and Derek Haswell, VP Product. The company was rebranded to Ten Percent Happier in 2019. Please enjoy! SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/1dSzTkW LINK TO ALL SHOW TRANSCRIPTS: https://tim.blog/2018/09/20/all-transcripts-from-the-tim-ferriss-show/ About Tim Ferriss: Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ other companies. He is also the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors. The Observer and other media have named him “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 500 million downloads and been selected for “Best of Apple Podcasts” three years running. Connect with Tim Ferriss: Sign up for "5-Bullet Friday" (Tim's email newsletter): https://go.tim.blog/5-bullet-friday-1/ Visit the Tim Ferriss PODCAST: https://tim.blog/podcast/ Visit the Tim Ferriss BLOG: https://tim.blog/ Follow Tim Ferriss on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/tferriss/ Follow Tim Ferriss on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/timferriss/ Like Tim Ferriss on FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/TimFerriss/ Start [00:00] "The price of security is insecurity." [05:59] The Yerkes-Dodson law [09:11] Mottoes worth handing down [11:34] The Jewish Buddhist [17:16] Harbingers of Dan's panic attack [24:18] Begrudgingly covering faith and spirituality [33:43] Meeting Eckhart Tolle [36:35] Mark Epstein’s Going To Pieces Without Falling Apart [42:34] Dan’s meditation practice [47:59] Dan with meditation vs. Dan without meditation [50:57] What kind of meditation does Dan practice? [54:26] The “bicep curl” and my experiences with transcendental meditation [1:02:24] The biggest revolution in Dan’s own practice [1:04:48] What is Dan’s relationship with anger? [1:07:25] Jerry Colonna: “How am I complicit in creating the conditions I say I don’t want?” [1:12:01] Friendships and introversion [1:14:47] Writing 10% Happier [1:19:52] What book is Dan working on now? [1:27:10] My own project around surviving childhood abuse [1:29:48] How Dan contemplates his place in the cosmos [1:35:39] How are meditation and psychedelics similar? [1:38:39] Looking back at his life from the future [1:42:48] Dan's wife: “I’m so proud of you for…” [1:48:25] Books Dan has gifted most to others [1:52:55] Favorite documentaries [1:55:58] What is Guardians of the Amazon? [1:57:20] What might Dan’s billboard say? [1:58:46] Parting thoughts [2:00:58]