before then.”įerriss describes the “huge shock” of living with a Japanese family and being the only American in a school of about 5,000 Japanese students. “I’d never really spent any time outside of the U.S. “I was offered the chance to go to this sister school in Tokyo,” he recalls. U.S.-born Ferriss, now one of the planet’s leading angel investors in technology, found himself on the other side of the planet after signing up for Japanese lessons during his sophomore year at high school.Īlone and far from home, he forced himself to absorb an alien culture – and learned to kick ass along the way. To his aid came the experiences he gained during a school exchange trip to Japan.Īnd while the 38-year-old’s multi-million dollar life-hacking empire has since enabled him to travel all over the planet, Ferriss credits that first major foray overseas as his key inspiration. The guy who gained a huge international following by writing the “The 4-Hour Workweek” and other guides says his younger self’s lack of experience once left him “destroyed.” Tim Ferriss didn’t always have the life skills to make everyone else jealous.
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