PSA: Tim Kennedy is a badass. Stop talking shit behind a keyboard. This guy would die trying to save your life if the situation arose. He's a warrior and an outlier, an extremely successful driven person with rare will and work ethic. You should try to learn from guys like this not hate them for being who they are.
Thank Tim Kennedy, I failed and was able to grow so much from it. I got there and stayed there and didn’t quit. Thank you for wording it the way you did. I truly appreciate it.
i respect the dude i'm a fan, but to say he is priviliged and that white privilege is real, and then goes on to say he got where he is by working his ass off and that he is not special, as an african myself, i wish he would just say he works hard, aint nobody got steroids in the fridge.
Growing up with no dad or brothers. This dude is quickly becoming my mentor. Fighting a bit of an alcohol addiction at the moment. He just makes me feel Iike I can/should/will be so much more. Love this guy. I actually thought partying the hardest and having the most fun or being the craziest guy was a good thing until I saw him. Humbling for sure. Men need men to follow. God bless.
He is not perfect, even he acknowledges it. But, I think every man wants to have some piece of his character, like his confidence, his perseverance in achieving his objective, his ability to see his own mistakes and do what is necessary to correct it. Guys, u don't like something about him? Then cherry pick....and emulate his good points. You wanna critique? Look at the man in the mirror...
Very cool to actually hear Tim talk about what he does in the military in detail. He normally glosses over his responsibilities with generalities and charm. This was really cool.
Hearing the input here shows hard work on both your ends. I appreciate you both for this conversation, for being not only thought provoking but also giving me the urge to go make some green grass grow! Thank you!
i love how people in the comment section don't see the irony of pointing out Kennedy's eccentricities in a disparaging manner. well if he wasn't the way he is then he would not be who he is and probably would have been pointing out the eccentricities of ultra achievers in the you tube comment section.
Sheeeeeshhhh .... " I would rather be fighting that there , rather than in front of their schools "... This is the true character of the soldiers we need to protect our country ... Thank you brother
Tim Fuckin’ Kennedy, I tip my hat to you sir. Thank you for being alive at the same time I am alive. The reason I have so much respect for you is because the shit you talk about is truly what you’re about. You’re actions are so much more badass than your bad ass words ✌🏽
No fair fights, I agree - we do NOT owe criminals and terrorists equal ground; and excellent commentary on how to detect anomalous activity. Keep safe and may God Bless you and keep you Tim. I don't agree with everything you say but a lot of what you said here, as I commented, is spot ON!!!
Fucking amazing Tim! This is my new favorite episode. With your well thought out, deep questions and Kennedy's willing to share and storytelling abilities, there's nothing not to love. Keep it up with the video and mic stands! I'd love to see you on location at a person's house or business.
Amazing the coolest most interesting man in the Room that has been so many interesting and done impressive things , Tim most impressed in life by his living in Japan lolol my life been so boring 😂😂😂
"I actually have an infection in my leg right now because I was in Florida and I got my leg sliced open on the side of a boat after I smashed a window with a Tomahawk" -Put that on your Facebook quote
This is so fucking good. Tim Kennedy will make you want to attend selection more than anything else in the world, while at the same time completely talking you out of it. Dude is cut from different cloth. After a bit of a slow start, Ferriss gets to the core and Kennedy opens up sans-ego, detailing elements of Special Forces Qualification Course that I've never heard mentioned anywhere else before, specifically with regards to the SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape) phase: literally being tortured for a month. In a world of quiet professionals, Kennedy is the warrior ambassador tasked with descending to describe the realm of higher manhood to mere mortals. Hell fucking yeah.
Funny how when Tim Kennedy was presented with an opportunity to be honest and humble to learn from his situation after Ferris asked him why his commander didn’t think he had leadership potential and the best Kennedy could up with was that he was “too good of a fighter and lacked humility” I’m sure there were other things his supervisor saw that we all can kind of see just by watching this podcast.
Well said! There are certainly take aways from all these 'ultra macho' man children interviews but how long must we wait for these kinds of guys to do a little research and realize the men who sent them into battle in the first place have admitted many times that they lied about the reasons to go to war? Tim Kennedy loves to drone on about killing the enemy but cant seem to get it in his head they were only HIS enemy because he was standing on THEIR street, in their country as an invader killing their men, women, and children. They weren't our enemy, as admitted by Bush, Rumsfeld, et al. Best of Best? Brightest and most talented? Not even close! The best of the best would ask a few questions first and would also have no need to constantly drone on about their accomplishments and adept at killing brown people. So much for the 'quiet professionals'! He's merely another military brainwashed and government trained propagandist appealing to the least intelligent, yet most emotional, among us. He's part of the cadre of new soldiers paid to pump up those too stupid, or too poor, to decide against the military. Queue all the military bootlickers and hero worshipers who have nothing and nobody higher to look up to but an uninformed, yet highly trained, robot of destruction.
Your point is considered but does not apply to my overall statement Michael. I said nothing about acid pouring terrorists nor does my statement come anywhere close to 'sympathizing'. I used the word 'enemy' specifically because those are the terms he keeps using to justify murdering lots and lots on innocent brown people. An asshole who throws acid on somebody should be executed on the spot and may, in some isolated scenario, be called a terrorist. That doesn't justify invading a country, sending in guys like Kennedy who think EVERYBODY not like him is a terrorist, calling everybody from age 6 to 66 an enemy terrorist and then killing millions of people for generations to come. We've poisoned their water, destroyed their infrastructure, killed their women and children and left them homeless and without an economy. All for what? Some assholes who pour acid on somebody? Grow up my friend... grow up.
Fuck yeah Tim. Thank your for all you have done and are willing to do. Everyone that gets to fight next to this man and with the same mind set, I thank you. Freedom with live on of men and women like Tim continue to live and fight.
Tim being a sniper/ranger/green baret /MMA fighter goes a long way to explaining things...after that nothing bugs him.He's a super cool dude. I hope you have him on again. I don't always agree with him (I'm not very nationalistic or pro-army) but he is a person of integrity and seems very humble. I have learned a lot from him and his mindset.
Yes!!! The training suggestions are dead on from Tim, I've recently became a become instructor for b-con (bleeding control ) as well as got certified in tccc/tecc, now I'm role playing for a tactical medicine training group. More pistol training, I carry an ifak, a TQ on my belt, TQ on the ifak as well. Situational awareness is so important and it needs to be practiced like any other skill. If you're doing TQ practice do it with others, my buddies we text each other TQ check, left ar, or right leg, you have any one send a pic of a TQ on tight as response. We randomly throw tourniquets at each other and call a limb out. Now in under 30 Seconds those need to be on. I'm not former military or law enforcement, I just wanted to be enter prepared for the world we live in. Tim is doing great things with sheepdog.... and doing this training and way of life it's a ton of fun. I did this as a way to be more prepared now it's normal for me and I have a blast role playing the trainings and helping first responders learn by failing when it won't cost the their lives and better prepare them for the job
Hello Tim, liked this video. Its interesting to hear stories in the podcast about topics and a world which sometimes are very far from my own life. May I suggest that you sometimes in your podcast - with a non American and for example also female audience in mind - “translate” certain things a bit? Like abbreviations, places etc. I sometimes miss context in the podcast and certain elements therefore come accross as “incrowd”, by which I mean you need to have some background or insider knowledge to understand who the guest is and what he or she is talking about. If you want to reach a bigger audience (maybe you don’t?) you maybe want to keep this in mind and offer some explanation here and there. For example: what is The Pit?? I deduced from the follow up conversation that is a gym, but as a Dutch person living in the Netherlands, I had never heard about it.
14:30 if you pay attention you'll notice Tim had to pause time because he was summoned to a new dimension to save a parallel universe from imminent doom before returning to finish the podcast
Tim "My friend Josh Waitzkin, who if you don't know wrote the Art of Learning and was the basis for Finding Bobby Fisher and was considered a former chess prodigy" Ferriss.
Okay - I’m about 10 minutes in - I’m starting to like the podcast after initially be put off ..., without question Kennedy is quite intelligent and has some pretty badass stories... perhaps I’ve changed my mind - lol
Like....other than talking to and about successful people...what does Tim Ferriss do? I'm not being a wise ass, but really, like, what are this dude's qualifications for being an expert?
His rant at the very end about "Success is on the far side of work" is one of the best answers to the billboard question I've ever heard
PSA: Tim Kennedy is a badass. Stop talking shit behind a keyboard. This guy would die trying to save your life if the situation arose. He's a warrior and an outlier, an extremely successful driven person with rare will and work ethic. You should try to learn from guys like this not hate them for being who they are.
Fuck yea he is the real deal shit and lets not forget he is an active army special forces member a fucking real life killer
Lord Fauntleroy you missed
It’s funny reading someone say he’s a self obsessed guy. The dude is a team guy. He understands team concepts but is confident in himself.
@J PM I mean he’s been pretty open about getting his ass kicked by his team specifically for this
Yeah or trying to kill you.
Thank Tim Kennedy, I failed and was able to grow so much from it. I got there and stayed there and didn’t quit. Thank you for wording it the way you did. I truly appreciate it.
Tim Kennedy is my spirit animal lol in all seriousness, what a kickass dude. Nothing but respect.
i respect the dude i'm a fan, but to say he is priviliged and that white privilege is real, and then goes on to say he got where he is by working his ass off and that he is not special, as an african myself, i wish he would just say he works hard, aint nobody got steroids in the fridge.
I appreciate this guy for being totally authentic!
Don't have to agree with everything he says but I love his directness
Good one!
My favorite podcast yet. What a great hero and inspiration. Please do another next year with Tim Kennedy!
Growing up with no dad or brothers. This dude is quickly becoming my mentor. Fighting a bit of an alcohol addiction at the moment. He just makes me feel Iike I can/should/will be so much more. Love this guy. I actually thought partying the hardest and having the most fun or being the craziest guy was a good thing until I saw him. Humbling for sure. Men need men to follow. God bless.
Realization is a huge step in the right direction. 2 years later, how are you?
1:16:07 Everything you want is on the far-side of hard work ~ Tim Kennedy
So glad people like Tim and Jocko protect our great country.
Thank God for men like this....willing to fight the most evil of the evil and doesn't stop until they're gone. God bless
Every time I hear Tim speak I feel like he felt in 01'..I genuine POS..The things this man has accomplished. Just the mental game he has man!! Unreal
I heard that Tim Kennedy water skis behind F-22 Raptors on the way over to his deployment
lol
the imagery
It’s untrue. F-22 cannot haul the weight of his balls and maintain altitude.
They use C-5ms strung together like reindeer pulling Santa’s sleigh.
Love the video content, so much richer experience to be able to pair facial expressions, manerisms, with the voices.
I love how simple yet effective the equipment setup is
Thank you Tim Kennedy for your service ! This was the best message I have received in years God bless you
He is not perfect, even he acknowledges it. But, I think every man wants to have some piece of his character, like his confidence, his perseverance in achieving his objective, his ability to see his own mistakes and do what is necessary to correct it. Guys, u don't like something about him? Then cherry pick....and emulate his good points. You wanna critique? Look at the man in the mirror...
Word. Great advice. People should cherry-pick in that way more often, especially with people we despise.
AMEN TO THAT ✌️👍🌹💯
Tim Motivates the hell outta me! Never thought I'd say that about an Army guy!!!
Good interview with useful take-aways. I like the option to watch as well as listen. Keep it up Tim Tim.
Very cool to actually hear Tim talk about what he does in the military in detail. He normally glosses over his responsibilities with generalities and charm. This was really cool.
Thank you. From the bottom of my heart. I mean that
This dude is the real Captain America
No. This dude is the real Wade Wilson
clos amp exactly why Tim is real and Captain America isn't
Michael van Eijndhoven I was thinking the same thing while listening to this
Erkki Dreiak combined with a bit of Deadpool's wit
Let him into the UK and fuck those guys up
Hearing the input here shows hard work on both your ends. I appreciate you both for this conversation, for being not only thought provoking but also giving me the urge to go make some green grass grow! Thank you!
i love how people in the comment section don't see the irony of pointing out Kennedy's eccentricities in a disparaging manner.
well if he wasn't the way he is then he would not be who he is and probably would have been pointing out the eccentricities of ultra achievers in the you tube comment section.
Sheeeeeshhhh .... " I would rather be fighting that there , rather than in front of their schools "... This is the true character of the soldiers we need to protect our country ... Thank you brother
He is absolutely right about the incremental changes. 👍🏿
He IS motivational speaker. I could listen to him once a day.
Tim Fuckin’ Kennedy, I tip my hat to you sir. Thank you for being alive at the same time I am alive. The reason I have so much respect for you is because the shit you talk about is truly what you’re about. You’re actions are so much more badass than your bad ass words ✌🏽
Tim is the real deal.
He has a natural hyper energy.
Tim thanks for having tim on, love tim. Tim is the best. LETS GO TIM^2
No fair fights, I agree - we do NOT owe criminals and terrorists equal ground; and excellent commentary on how to detect anomalous activity. Keep safe and may God Bless you and keep you Tim. I don't agree with everything you say but a lot of what you said here, as I commented, is spot ON!!!
Much respect to both of you dudes from IDF Golani Brigade!
Chazak Chazak!
Can't believe I'm just seeing this now, great job Tim's!
love the way Kennedy consciously and delicately places the can on the table each time he takes a sip
Tim Ferriss, you're as badass an interviewer as Tim Kennedy is a war fighter. Fucking brilliant.
Thanks for this interview. Tim, thank you for your service and advice!
Fucking amazing Tim! This is my new favorite episode. With your well thought out, deep questions and Kennedy's willing to share and storytelling abilities, there's nothing not to love.
Keep it up with the video and mic stands! I'd love to see you on location at a person's house or business.
Tim "I used to live in Japan" Ferriss
Mohan "No please No" Guru
So true
Amazing the coolest most interesting man in the Room that has been so many interesting and done impressive things , Tim most impressed in life by his living in Japan lolol my life been so boring 😂😂😂
Pedantic a hole
such a great interview. ferrriss in his natural element.
"I actually have an infection in my leg right now because I was in Florida and I got my leg sliced open on the side of a boat after I smashed a window with a Tomahawk"
-Put that on your Facebook quote
34:52 Tim is putting that Can down so softly so that the Enemy doesn't hear him 😈🇺🇲
🤣🤣🤣🤣 I fucking can't. His expression is priceless!
Got goosebumps when Tim started talking about Rooster.
great podcast. tim could easily have this convo and just keep to himself but shares with all of us on here to listen in..thanks TF
This guy was born a warrior.
Great Interview!
I like Tim's philosophy about not fighting fair.
Badass redefined.
This is so fucking good. Tim Kennedy will make you want to attend selection more than anything else in the world, while at the same time completely talking you out of it. Dude is cut from different cloth. After a bit of a slow start, Ferriss gets to the core and Kennedy opens up sans-ego, detailing elements of Special Forces Qualification Course that I've never heard mentioned anywhere else before, specifically with regards to the SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape) phase: literally being tortured for a month. In a world of quiet professionals, Kennedy is the warrior ambassador tasked with descending to describe the realm of higher manhood to mere mortals. Hell fucking yeah.
Funny how when Tim Kennedy was presented with an opportunity to be honest and humble to learn from his situation after Ferris asked him why his commander didn’t think he had leadership potential and the best Kennedy could up with was that he was “too good of a fighter and lacked humility” I’m sure there were other things his supervisor saw that we all can kind of see just by watching this podcast.
Justin Miller gotta agree with you there. Something is a bit off. And the bit about the American flag not being on a crane, WTF?!
Well said! There are certainly take aways from all these 'ultra macho' man children interviews but how long must we wait for these kinds of guys to do a little research and realize the men who sent them into battle in the first place have admitted many times that they lied about the reasons to go to war? Tim Kennedy loves to drone on about killing the enemy but cant seem to get it in his head they were only HIS enemy because he was standing on THEIR street, in their country as an invader killing their men, women, and children. They weren't our enemy, as admitted by Bush, Rumsfeld, et al. Best of Best? Brightest and most talented? Not even close! The best of the best would ask a few questions first and would also have no need to constantly drone on about their accomplishments and adept at killing brown people. So much for the 'quiet professionals'! He's merely another military brainwashed and government trained propagandist appealing to the least intelligent, yet most emotional, among us. He's part of the cadre of new soldiers paid to pump up those too stupid, or too poor, to decide against the military. Queue all the military bootlickers and hero worshipers who have nothing and nobody higher to look up to but an uninformed, yet highly trained, robot of destruction.
Well said my man almost everything this dude says doesn’t add up!!!!
Your point is considered but does not apply to my overall statement Michael. I said nothing about acid pouring terrorists nor does my statement come anywhere close to 'sympathizing'. I used the word 'enemy' specifically because those are the terms he keeps using to justify murdering lots and lots on innocent brown people. An asshole who throws acid on somebody should be executed on the spot and may, in some isolated scenario, be called a terrorist. That doesn't justify invading a country, sending in guys like Kennedy who think EVERYBODY not like him is a terrorist, calling everybody from age 6 to 66 an enemy terrorist and then killing millions of people for generations to come. We've poisoned their water, destroyed their infrastructure, killed their women and children and left them homeless and without an economy. All for what? Some assholes who pour acid on somebody? Grow up my friend... grow up.
Going Awol well said once again my friend!!!!!
Exactly! Keep the balls on all martial arts, where the rules of sport are meant to be broken. 👍
Love both of the Tims. Great episodie.
best interview of tim kennedy yet,imo. you guys went deep. many thanks!
this might be the best hour i have ever spent....
You need to get a life
Fuck yeah Tim. Thank your for all you have done and are willing to do. Everyone that gets to fight next to this man and with the same mind set, I thank you. Freedom with live on of men and women like Tim continue to live and fight.
"Thats just the spirit of the fight". Great quote.
Fuck yeah Tim Kennedy is a badass. Great interview
Tim being a sniper/ranger/green baret /MMA fighter goes a long way to explaining things...after that nothing bugs him.He's a super cool dude. I hope you have him on again. I don't always agree with him (I'm not very nationalistic or pro-army) but he is a person of integrity and seems very humble. I have learned a lot from him and his mindset.
Everything I want is on the far side of Hard Work
Kennedy is one intense individual. Seriously.
Hence his past/background or vice versa.
Glad to have him on our team at least.
The two Tims go in on wisdom and truth. Good stuff. They should have ended the podcast with an arm wrestling match.
hands down best interview tim has done
TIM KENNEDY is what every human should be driving to be
Tim Kennedy is a gift for the world.
He was given the genetics and heart to do what most of us can't!
Tim let’s us all know; we can do more, be more and have more. If we pay attention to each moment of the day.
Hurry up and fail. Brilliant
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LOVE the production value of this
Good interview- Two great guys.
Total badass. Great interview :)
Yes!!! The training suggestions are dead on from Tim, I've recently became a become instructor for b-con (bleeding control ) as well as got certified in tccc/tecc, now I'm role playing for a tactical medicine training group. More pistol training, I carry an ifak, a TQ on my belt, TQ on the ifak as well. Situational awareness is so important and it needs to be practiced like any other skill. If you're doing TQ practice do it with others, my buddies we text each other TQ check, left ar, or right leg, you have any one send a pic of a TQ on tight as response. We randomly throw tourniquets at each other and call a limb out. Now in under 30 Seconds those need to be on. I'm not former military or law enforcement, I just wanted to be enter prepared for the world we live in. Tim is doing great things with sheepdog.... and doing this training and way of life it's a ton of fun. I did this as a way to be more prepared now it's normal for me and I have a blast role playing the trainings and helping first responders learn by failing when it won't cost the their lives and better prepare them for the job
Hello Tim, liked this video. Its interesting to hear stories in the podcast about topics and a world which sometimes are very far from my own life. May I suggest that you sometimes in your podcast - with a non American and for example also female audience in mind - “translate” certain things a bit? Like abbreviations, places etc. I sometimes miss context in the podcast and certain elements therefore come accross as “incrowd”, by which I mean you need to have some background or insider knowledge to understand who the guest is and what he or she is talking about. If you want to reach a bigger audience (maybe you don’t?) you maybe want to keep this in mind and offer some explanation here and there. For example: what is The Pit?? I deduced from the follow up conversation that is a gym, but as a Dutch person living in the Netherlands, I had never heard about it.
Badass. Salute.
Great interview.
He used the old Donald cerrone comment. “Not today”. Love it. Mad respect Tim
Amazing Green Beret and Army Ranger And Paratrooper
Success is moving the point of failure back
14:30 if you pay attention you'll notice Tim had to pause time because he was summoned to a new dimension to save a parallel universe from imminent doom before returning to finish the podcast
holy shit tim kennedy
This threw me back to 2001 hard
I love this guy such a bad ass!!!
God Bless Tim Kennedy, hope you come back safe!
Fierce! Ranger Up!
what a truly fascinating dude
Tim!! Please get a longer table! You looked uncomfortable being so close!!
The quiet professionals? Tim Kennedy is anything but that.
50:43 *singing* Do you really want to hurt me? Do you really want to make me cry? 😂😂😆
Hope everyone learned their lessons. 😇🇺🇸
Love this podcast.
Porque é com Tim kennedy nota 1000
tim kennedy você é maravilhoso ok
Tim "My friend Josh Waitzkin, who if you don't know wrote the Art of Learning and was the basis for Finding Bobby Fisher and was considered a former chess prodigy" Ferriss.
Tim tim & Tim!
World needs more TKs
I need to watch this for breakfast everyday better then coffee I’m ready to kick this days ass now !
Tim Kennedy America hero
love this new intro!
Time for Round 2!
Okay - I’m about 10 minutes in - I’m starting to like the podcast after initially be put off ..., without question Kennedy is quite intelligent and has some pretty badass stories... perhaps I’ve changed my mind - lol
Damnit this guy is awesome!
Respect
Man Tim is so smart and well spoken
Like....other than talking to and about successful people...what does Tim Ferriss do? I'm not being a wise ass, but really, like, what are this dude's qualifications for being an expert?
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