For episode #888, I couldn’t resist going down a rabbit hole about the number eight and what it can tell us about luck, language, money, and fate. Join me for a nerdy tour of China, Japan, and Korea, including a million-dollar license plate, disappearing hotel floors, a casino room designed around one gambler’s birthday, and the lucky number hiding in Toyota’s name. This is my excuse to dust off some of my East Asian Studies background and indulge a few wonderfully weird interests. Please enjoy! This episode is brought to you by: AG1 all-in-one nutritional supplement: https://DrinkAG1.com/Tim* Timestamps: 00:00 Episode 888: How do you design luck? 01:44 Why eight is lucky in Chinese culture. 04:48 Expensive phone numbers, license plates, and Olympic dates. 07:04 Lucky skyscrapers and apartment prices. 08:00 Four, death, and disappearing hotel floors. 09:31 Casinos, feng shui, and designing for good fortune. 12:12 A gaming room designed around one gambler’s birthday. 13:47 Uncle Sam’s lucky-money products. 14:20 Japan: Tim’s exchange-student experience. 14:36 How Japanese writing works: kanji, hiragana, and katakana. 16:53 Hachi, suehirogari, and the shape of growing prosperity. 18:33 From Toyoda to Toyota: eight lucky strokes. 19:25 The Shikoku pilgrimage, 88 temples, and Craig Mod. 21:32 Korea: saju palja, eight characters, and the language of fate. 23:43 666 and the number of the beast. 24:20 Heavy metal, the evil eye, and Ronnie James Dio’s grandmother. 26:21 Why six and 666 can mean good fortune in China. 27:24 88, 886, and a numerological goodbye. * For show notes and past guests on The Tim Ferriss Show, please visit tim.blog/podcast. For deals from sponsors of The Tim Ferriss Show, please visit tim.blog/podcast-sponsors Sign up for Tim’s email newsletter (5-Bullet Friday) at tim.blog/friday. For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts. Discover Tim’s books: tim.blog/books. Follow Tim: Twitter: twitter.com/tferriss Instagram: instagram.com/timferriss YouTube: youtube.com/timferriss Facebook: facebook.com/timferriss LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/timferriss See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
