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Tools Of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers Kindle Edition
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“For the last two years, I’ve interviewed more than 200 world-class performers for my podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show. The guests range from super celebs (Jamie Foxx, Arnold Schwarzenegger, etc.) and athletes (icons of powerlifting, gymnastics, surfing, etc.) to legendary Special Operations commanders and black-market biochemists. For most of my guests, it’s the first time they’ve agreed to a two-to-three-hour interview. This unusual depth has helped make The Tim Ferriss Show the first business/interview podcast to pass 100 million downloads.
“This book contains the distilled tools, tactics, and ‘inside baseball’ you won’t find anywhere else. It also includes new tips from past guests, and life lessons from new ‘guests’ you haven’t met.
“What makes the show different is a relentless focus on actionable details. This is reflected in the questions. For example: What do these people do in the first sixty minutes of each morning? What do their workout routines look like, and why? What books have they gifted most to other people? What are the biggest wastes of time for novices in their field? What supplements do they take on a daily basis?
“I don’t view myself as an interviewer. I view myself as an experimenter. If I can’t test something and replicate results in the messy reality of everyday life, I’m not interested.
“Everything within these pages has been vetted, explored, and applied to my own life in some fashion. I’ve used dozens of the tactics and philosophies in high-stakes negotiations, high-risk environments, or large business dealings. The lessons have made me millions of dollars and saved me years of wasted effort and frustration.
“I created this book, my ultimate notebook of high-leverage tools, for myself. It’s changed my life, and I hope the same for you.”
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- PublisherHarper Business
- Publication dateDecember 6, 2016
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"Tools of Titans...is the perfect read for obsessives wanting to boost their new year productivity." —Financial Times "A Poor Richard's Almanack for the 21st century, Tools of Titans is a practical and inspiring guide to being your best." —BookPage —
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Ray Porter is an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator and fifteen-year veteran of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He has appeared in numerous films and television shows, including Almost Famous, ER, and Frasier.
Timothy Ferriss is an American entrepreneur, investor, author, and podcaster.
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Tim Ferriss has been listed as one of Fast Company‘s ‘Most Innovative Business People’ and one of Fortune‘s ‘40 under 40’. He is an early-stage technology investor/advisor (Uber, Facebook, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ others) and the author of four #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers, including The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef and Tools of Titans. The Observer and other media have called Tim ‘the Oprah of audio’ due to the influence of The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, which is the first business/interview podcast to exceed 200 million downloads. Tim received his BA from Princeton University in 2000, where he focused on language acquisition and East Asian Studies. He developed his non-fiction writing with Pulitzer Prize winner John McPhee and formed his life philosophies under Nobel Prize winner Kenzaburo Oe. He is far dumber than both. Tim enjoys bear claws, chocolate croissants, writing ‘About’ pages in third person and neglecting italics.
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Tim's work 'Tools of Titans' does the opposite and is one of the most - SCRATCH THAT IT IS THE MOST calorically dense advice/insight/tools written works I have ever read.
I know some of the 'Titans' he references (ex: Tony Robbins - long ago my wife an I used to help volunteer staff his programs) I say this not as 'Heck yah! I KNOW these guys' ... No, it is in a wonderful way that I can read something about and from someone I know AND STILL COME AWAY WITH A NEW INSIGHT!
SO HERE IS MY SELF APPOINTED CHALLENGE:
As I read, re-read, jumped around, highlighted, underlined and feel asleep and woke up thinking about all that I found in Tim's book ... I felt had I MUST do this.
Background: I have been diagnosed with Parkinson's from exposure to Agent Orange and/or toxic water from Camp Lejeune. I have had multiple TBI. I have had 21 surgeries and ... my cervical spine is exhibiting the same signs as it did prior to my last (and botched) cervical spine surgery. I weigh 292 lbs ... though my caloric intake, according to Myfitnesspal dot come should be showing a 1.5 lb/week loss ... and yet, I have gained 60 some lbs in the past year.
(if you are the impatient type skip the next few paragraphs as this is background info)
My local Medical doctors shrug and either tell me 'Don't worry about it' - shorthand for dude, you are so SCREWED that ain't gonna be what gets ya!' OR they insist I am overeating despite my willingness to show them my nutrition logs.
I even went to Mayo clinic this past June ... a process that took 3 months to book. My wife and I sat down with the Doc on my first day and he liked at us like 'What the ____ are you doing here?" He cleared his throat and said "Well, I'm leaving for Germany in 6 hours to give a speech' (anyone know german cuss words to describe this ?)
So, somewhat discouraged I shuffled down for my blood draw and then went to scheduling to see what tests I had for the rest of my scheduled week.
Have you ever watched someone squirm when they have to give you really bad news ... but don't know how to say it? That was my experience watching the Lady at Mayo Clinic assigned to give me my week's schedule. The poor woman looked like a 2nd grader that had a seriously full bladder squirming in their seat.
She kept looking around to see if ANYONE could/would relive her of telling us and on realizing "Nope, i gotta tell this guy to go poo in his hat' she blurted out "YOUR NEXT APPOINT FOR THIS WEEK IS SCHEDULED FOR .... AUGUST 2ND"
That was on Tuesday June 7th. August was a TEENSY BIT LONGER THAN I WAS PREPARED TO SPEND WAITING IN THEIR WAITING ROOM!
Bottom line: Traditional Medicine has written me off. Which is fine ... as I have written them off too!
************** if you were skipping paragraphs please rejoin us here ********************
Good people of the Amazonian reading tribe ... I have to STRIKE THAT ... I MUST DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT
OR ... I WILL DIE.
That is not hyperbole. That is not exaggeration. I believe this to be fact.
I placed photos of my scale ... and of my medicines (blurry so no label info shows) I take 21 some meds/day. Yes ... wayyyy too many! I am a 'pill-serf'
IF DO NOT CHANGE THE PROCESS OF HOW I FEED, CARE FOR AND PROVIDE FOR THIS PHYSICAL BODY I WILL NOT LIKELY INHABIT IT MUCH LONGER.
To that end, I pledge I will start blogging and logging my results as I work through Tim's 'Tools of Titans'.
(Talk about go BIG or go home ... yeah? precisely!)
The blog will be named That Lonesome Road dot ____ (apologies if Amazon thinks this is promotional, I seek to serve not promote and ask you allow me to do this in a way that meets your standards) and I invite any and all of you to join me as I do my all to save my life and insure my Music does not go to my grave unplayed.
I pledge:
1. I will be brutally honest.
2. If I feel the desire to hold back from fear of ____ ... then I know I am on the right path.
3. I will keep an honest record and tell you if what I have done works ... and if not whether I think I was the reason or no.
4. I am doing this to hold myself accountable NOT seek notoriety. If I sound like a pompous jerk please let me know.
5. I will do one of the hardest things I rarely do - I will ask for help.
6. Though the subject is ... well, it ain't Sunshine and Roses ... I pledge to have a sense of humor about this!
7. I will say Please; Thank You; I am Sorry; Will be on Time; & Will finish what I start. Genuine good manners, Graciousness, and Accountability are very scarce these days. I pledge I will embody that ... or you have my complete permission to take a whiz in my cup of ...
Thank you Tim for writing this and capturing these insights.
Thank you to all who contributed.
Thank you to all who read this - I pray it is of service.
DS
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2016
Tim's work 'Tools of Titans' does the opposite and is one of the most - SCRATCH THAT IT IS THE MOST calorically dense advice/insight/tools written works I have ever read.
I know some of the 'Titans' he references (ex: Tony Robbins - long ago my wife an I used to help volunteer staff his programs) I say this not as 'Heck yah! I KNOW these guys' ... No, it is in a wonderful way that I can read something about and from someone I know AND STILL COME AWAY WITH A NEW INSIGHT!
SO HERE IS MY SELF APPOINTED CHALLENGE:
As I read, re-read, jumped around, highlighted, underlined and feel asleep and woke up thinking about all that I found in Tim's book ... I felt had I MUST do this.
Background: I have been diagnosed with Parkinson's from exposure to Agent Orange and/or toxic water from Camp Lejeune. I have had multiple TBI. I have had 21 surgeries and ... my cervical spine is exhibiting the same signs as it did prior to my last (and botched) cervical spine surgery. I weigh 292 lbs ... though my caloric intake, according to Myfitnesspal dot come should be showing a 1.5 lb/week loss ... and yet, I have gained 60 some lbs in the past year.
(if you are the impatient type skip the next few paragraphs as this is background info)
My local Medical doctors shrug and either tell me 'Don't worry about it' - shorthand for dude, you are so SCREWED that ain't gonna be what gets ya!' OR they insist I am overeating despite my willingness to show them my nutrition logs.
I even went to Mayo clinic this past June ... a process that took 3 months to book. My wife and I sat down with the Doc on my first day and he liked at us like 'What the ____ are you doing here?" He cleared his throat and said "Well, I'm leaving for Germany in 6 hours to give a speech' (anyone know german cuss words to describe this ?)
So, somewhat discouraged I shuffled down for my blood draw and then went to scheduling to see what tests I had for the rest of my scheduled week.
Have you ever watched someone squirm when they have to give you really bad news ... but don't know how to say it? That was my experience watching the Lady at Mayo Clinic assigned to give me my week's schedule. The poor woman looked like a 2nd grader that had a seriously full bladder squirming in their seat.
She kept looking around to see if ANYONE could/would relive her of telling us and on realizing "Nope, i gotta tell this guy to go poo in his hat' she blurted out "YOUR NEXT APPOINT FOR THIS WEEK IS SCHEDULED FOR .... AUGUST 2ND"
That was on Tuesday June 7th. August was a TEENSY BIT LONGER THAN I WAS PREPARED TO SPEND WAITING IN THEIR WAITING ROOM!
Bottom line: Traditional Medicine has written me off. Which is fine ... as I have written them off too!
************** if you were skipping paragraphs please rejoin us here ********************
Good people of the Amazonian reading tribe ... I have to STRIKE THAT ... I MUST DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT
OR ... I WILL DIE.
That is not hyperbole. That is not exaggeration. I believe this to be fact.
I placed photos of my scale ... and of my medicines (blurry so no label info shows) I take 21 some meds/day. Yes ... wayyyy too many! I am a 'pill-serf'
IF DO NOT CHANGE THE PROCESS OF HOW I FEED, CARE FOR AND PROVIDE FOR THIS PHYSICAL BODY I WILL NOT LIKELY INHABIT IT MUCH LONGER.
To that end, I pledge I will start blogging and logging my results as I work through Tim's 'Tools of Titans'.
(Talk about go BIG or go home ... yeah? precisely!)
The blog will be named That Lonesome Road dot ____ (apologies if Amazon thinks this is promotional, I seek to serve not promote and ask you allow me to do this in a way that meets your standards) and I invite any and all of you to join me as I do my all to save my life and insure my Music does not go to my grave unplayed.
I pledge:
1. I will be brutally honest.
2. If I feel the desire to hold back from fear of ____ ... then I know I am on the right path.
3. I will keep an honest record and tell you if what I have done works ... and if not whether I think I was the reason or no.
4. I am doing this to hold myself accountable NOT seek notoriety. If I sound like a pompous jerk please let me know.
5. I will do one of the hardest things I rarely do - I will ask for help.
6. Though the subject is ... well, it ain't Sunshine and Roses ... I pledge to have a sense of humor about this!
7. I will say Please; Thank You; I am Sorry; Will be on Time; & Will finish what I start. Genuine good manners, Graciousness, and Accountability are very scarce these days. I pledge I will embody that ... or you have my complete permission to take a whiz in my cup of ...
Thank you Tim for writing this and capturing these insights.
Thank you to all who contributed.
Thank you to all who read this - I pray it is of service.
DS
To be sure, there are some great tactics, routines, and habits, much of which you are familiar with if you have followed Tim for any length of time. One of the limits of the book is that it is only about the "titans" he has interviewed on his podcast. It's not a fault (many titans no doubt are on his wish list to interview), but it is a limit. While the book has the likes of Peter Diamandis, Malcolm Gladwell, Kevin Kelly, General Stan McChrystal, Tony Robbins, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Peter Thiel -- and personal favorites of mine like James Altucher and Rolf Potts (who I discovered thru Tim), there are others who I would not necessarily consider a titan. I have nothing against Margaret Cho, Whitney Cummings, and Rainn Wilson, but "titans" might be a stretch. But again -- I get it -- it's about whose who Ferriss has interviewed.
Some tips that resonated with me: Travel with boxes of sardines, oysters, and macadamia nuts (page 28), the Sleep Mask (page 141, bought it immediately and now use it), capping the downside and asymmetrical risk and reward (page 214 and 215), the Law of Category (page 276), being reminded about 1,000 true fans (page 292), I really need to read Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman (page 327 and I think elsewhere), the importance of saying no; if you say yes to too many things, your agenda becomes a list of other people's agendas (page 387), leveraging strengths instead of fixing weaknesses (page 389), star therapy (page 401), using pseudonyms while traveling (page 425), cover up your laptop camera (page 429), the Dickens Process (449), submerge yourself in the greatest works of all time (page 505), you should always have hot chilies, shallots, and lemons in your kitchen (page 541), how to make soft-boiled eggs (page 559), Marlon Brando and genius (page 562). Oh and Rick Rubin is awesome.
I just noticed in going through these tips (some I knew, some I was reminded of), that many of the titans are from Silicon Valley/tech oriented and many are young, perhaps too young to be in the Wise Section just yet. The only tip I physically disliked was the young professor who said the worst advice he ever heard was "follow your passions." I tried to read his reasoning, which as I recall included words like "satisfying." He's wrong, and ironically, I would tell Tim that THAT was the worst advice I have heard. It may be a cliché and I know it can be fashionable to criticize a cliché, but you absolutely must figure out what makes you say "Hell ya," as is described elsewhere in the book.
To conclude, I would say "Titans" is a tome of some very useful information, especially if you are unfamiliar with Ferriss and his work. But it doesn't quite fill the shoes of its lofty and challenging premise, again because it was limited to the podcast interviewees. And it probably didn't need to be almost 700 pages. Having said that, I would still recommend it to those still living in The Matrix. And if you haven't read "4 Hour Workweek" -- do it.
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histórias de várias pessoas de sucesso empresarial pelo mundo todo. Muitk bom
Pros:
✅ Diverse Perspectives: With contributions from nearly 200 "world-class performers" spanning various fields, this book offers a rich tapestry of experiences, philosophies, and approaches, ensuring that there is something valuable for everyone. 🌐
✅ Highly Practical: Ferriss's relentless focus on actionable details and replicable tactics makes this book an invaluable resource for anyone seeking tangible strategies to improve their lives. 💡
✅ Engaging Storytelling: Ferriss's captivating writing style and his ability to weave together personal anecdotes and real-life examples make this book an absolute page-turner. 📖
Cons:
❌ Information Overload: With such a wealth of information packed into one volume, it may be challenging for some readers to fully absorb and implement all the insights, requiring a selective and focused approach. 🤯
❌ Niche Applicability: While the book covers a broad range of topics, some of the more niche or advanced strategies may not resonate with or be relevant to all readers. 🎯
As someone constantly striving for self-improvement and personal growth, I found "Tools of Titans" to be an absolute game-changer. Ferriss's curation of diverse perspectives and his unwavering commitment to practicality make this book a true gem. 💎
Whether you're an entrepreneur seeking to optimize your productivity, an athlete looking to take your performance to the next level, or simply someone seeking a more fulfilling life, this book is an invaluable resource that will undoubtedly expand your horizons and equip you with the tools you need to achieve your goals. Highly recommended for anyone seeking wisdom, inspiration, and actionable strategies from some of the greatest minds of our time. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
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