Mar 5, 2026 · 2 hr 49 min · 15 segments
**Jim Collins** has published multiple international bestsellers that have sold in total more than eleven million copies worldwide, including the perennial favorite…
Jim CollinsGuest
Tim FerrissHost
My first interview with Jim Collins is one of the most popular episodes of the podcast of all time.
It is episode 361, titled Jim Collins: A Rare Interview With a Reclusive Polymath, and I believe it was his first ever podcast.
But first, who is Jim? Jim is the author of multiple mega bestsellers, including Good to Great, with more than eleven million copies sold worldwide, all exploring the big questions of leadership and life.
His brand-new book is What to Make of a Life, subtitle Cliffs, Fog, Fire, and the Self-Knowledge Imperative.
You can also catch Jim live, which is incredibly, incredibly rare, on April ninth at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, so just hop on Google or somewhere else to find the details for that.
You can find the links to everything we discuss in the show notes for this episode at tim.blog/podcast.
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My first interview with Jim Collins is one of the most popular episodes of the podcast of all time.
It is episode 361, titled Jim Collins: A Rare Interview With a Reclusive Polymath, and I believe it was his first ever podcast.
But first, who is Jim? Jim is the author of multiple mega bestsellers, including Good to Great, with more than eleven million copies sold worldwide, all exploring the big questions of leadership and life.
His brand-new book is What to Make of a Life, subtitle Cliffs, Fog, Fire, and the Self-Knowledge Imperative.
You can also catch Jim live, which is incredibly, incredibly rare, on April ninth at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, so just hop on Google or somewhere else to find the details for that.
You can find the links to everything we discuss in the show notes for this episode at tim.blog/podcast.