The Tim Ferriss Show

By Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig

#153: The Man Who Studied 1,000 Deaths to Learn How to Live

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Published April 13, 2016 9:47am

At the end of our lives, what do we most wish for? And how can knowing this help you live better lives now? BJ Miller, MD (@zenhospice) knows. BJ is a palliative care physician at Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco, where he thinks deeply about how to create a dignified, graceful end of life for his patients. He is an expert in death, but he’s also learned how we can dramatically improve our own lives, often with very small changes. When you consider that he has guided or been involved with ~1,000 deaths, it’s not surprising that he’s...

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