Boyd Varty
South African lion tracker, wildlife activist and author of The Lion Tracker's Guide to Life
Boyd Varty (South African lion tracker, wildlife activist and author of The Lion Tracker's Guide to Life) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include The Lion Tracker's Guide to Life, Animal tracking.
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The Lion Tracker's Guide to Life
Varty says the first requirement for tracking, and for personal transformation, is becoming comfortable with not knowing.
“the first thing that you will have to do if you want to go track a lion in the wild is you will have to become super uncomfortable with unknowns”
The Tim Ferriss Show: #881: Tales of Overcoming The Odds, and How to Turn Losses Into Wins — Tim McGraw, Terry Crews, Dax Shepard, and More (Sep 4, 2026) · Listen from 58:02
Animal tracking
Boyd Varty explains that trackers reduce infinite possibilities by focusing only on finding the next track.
“all he needs is the next first track and then the next first track and then the next first track and the next first track”
The Tim Ferriss Show: #881: Tales of Overcoming The Odds, and How to Turn Losses Into Wins — Tim McGraw, Terry Crews, Dax Shepard, and More (Sep 4, 2026) · Listen from 56:07
Appearances
#881: Tales of Overcoming The Odds, and How to Turn Losses Into Wins — Tim McGraw, Terry Crews, Dax Shepard, and MoreThe Tim Ferriss Show · Sep 4, 2026 · 1 h 5 min
Tim Ferriss compiles past interviews in which BJ Miller, Terry Crews, Tim McGraw, Dax Shepard, Cathy Lanier, Janna Levin and others describe turning setbacks into later success.
Often appears with
- Tim Ferriss · 1 shared episode
- BJ Miller · 1 shared episode
- Terry Crews · 1 shared episode
- Tim McGraw · 1 shared episode
- Jessica Lahey · 1 shared episode
- Dax Shepard · 1 shared episode
- Cathy Lanier · 1 shared episode
- Janna Levin · 1 shared episode