Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
by Tim Ferriss
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Tim Ferriss, the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek, shares the ultimate choose-your-own-adventure book—a compilation of tools, tactics, and habits from 130+ of the world's top performers. From iconic entrepreneurs to elite athletes, from artists to billionaire investors, their short profiles can help you answer life's most challenging questions, achieve extraordinary results, and transform your life.From the author:
In 2017, several of my close friends died in show more rapid succession. It was a very hard year, as it was for many people.
It was also a stark reminder that time is our scarcest, non-renewable resource.
With a renewed sense of urgency, I began asking myself many questions:
Were my goals my own, or simply what I thought I should want?
How much of life had I missed from underplanning or overplanning?
How could I be kinder to myself?
How could I better say "no" to the trivial many to better say "yes" to the critical few?
How could I best reassess my priorities and my purpose in this world?
To find answers, I reached out to the most impressive world-class performers in the world, ranging from wunderkinds in their 20s to icons in their 70s and 80s. No stone was left unturned.
This book contains their answers—practical and tactical advice from mentors who have found solutions. Whether you want to 10x your results, get unstuck, or reinvent yourself, someone else has traveled a similar path and taken notes.
This book, Tribe of Mentors, includes many of the people I grew up viewing as idols or demi-gods. Less than 10% have been on my podcast (The Tim Ferriss Show, more than 200 million downloads), making this a brand-new playbook of playbooks.
No matter your challenge or opportunity, something in these pages can help.
Among other things, you will learn:
- How TED curator Chris Anderson realized that the best way to get things done is to let go.
- The best purchases of $100 or less (you'll never have to think about the right gift again).
- How to overcome failure and bounce back towards success.
- Why Humans of New York creator Brandon Stanton believes that the best art will always be the riskiest.
- How to meditate and be more mindful (and not just for those that find it easy).
- Why tennis champion Maria Sharapova believe that "losing makes you think in ways victories can't."
- How to truly achieve work-life balance (and why most people tell you it isn't realistic).
- How billionaire Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz transformed the way he engages with difficult situations to reduce suffering.
- Ways to thrive (and survive) the overwhelming amount of information you process every day.
- How to achieve clarity on your purpose and assess your priorities.
- And much more.
This reference book, which I wrote for myself, has already changed my life. I certainly hope the same for you.
I wish you luck as you forge your own path.
All the best,
Tim Ferriss
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Who wouldn’t love to do this? Who wouldn’t love to ask the best in the world a few important questions about life? Who wouldn’t love to read a book in which the best answer the questions?
That’s what this book is, and I did love it. A few teeny-tiny problems for me. I wouldn’t have chosen this list of bests in the world; I’m not terribly interested in the thoughts of wrestlers and big business sorts, for example. Also, I wouldn’t have chosen this list of questions, although I do honestly like most of the questions. The answers are thoughtful and worth a reread, I think, and I was surprised to hear that even wrestlers can come up with some rather profound thoughts when given an opportunity to speak.
If you are curious, here show more are the questions I like:
“What purchase of $100 or less has most positively impacted your life in the last six months (or in recent memory)?
What is one of the best or most worthwhile investments you’ve ever made?
What is an unusual habit or an absurd thing that you love?
In the last five years, what new belief, behavior, or habit has most improved your life?
When you feel overwhelmed or unfocused, what do you do?
What is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift, and why? Or what are one to three books that have greatly influenced your life?” show less
That’s what this book is, and I did love it. A few teeny-tiny problems for me. I wouldn’t have chosen this list of bests in the world; I’m not terribly interested in the thoughts of wrestlers and big business sorts, for example. Also, I wouldn’t have chosen this list of questions, although I do honestly like most of the questions. The answers are thoughtful and worth a reread, I think, and I was surprised to hear that even wrestlers can come up with some rather profound thoughts when given an opportunity to speak.
If you are curious, here show more are the questions I like:
“What purchase of $100 or less has most positively impacted your life in the last six months (or in recent memory)?
What is one of the best or most worthwhile investments you’ve ever made?
What is an unusual habit or an absurd thing that you love?
In the last five years, what new belief, behavior, or habit has most improved your life?
When you feel overwhelmed or unfocused, what do you do?
What is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift, and why? Or what are one to three books that have greatly influenced your life?” show less
Repetitive and that's a good thing
In this book, you'll read people's answers to the same 10 questions. You will quickly see the same thoughts, insecurities, pain points and ways to refocus that "successful" people use and have. It only reinforces that the path is riddled with ups and downs. Everyone goes through it. I will be returning to this book over and over again.
In this book, you'll read people's answers to the same 10 questions. You will quickly see the same thoughts, insecurities, pain points and ways to refocus that "successful" people use and have. It only reinforces that the path is riddled with ups and downs. Everyone goes through it. I will be returning to this book over and over again.
I am not the target audience for this book. I am 65 and retired so 90% of the advice offered in this book by various mentors (business executives, authors, entrepreneurs etc.) was not for me. I am past being concerned about business or life planning. However, there is some good advice on strategies on planning your career, books to read, productive tools to buy, how to say "No" and people to follow. It's a big book and admittingly I picked and choosed among the mentors to check out their advice.
Tribe of Mentors is a follow up to Tim Ferriss’s previous book Tools of Titans. While starting out as a self promoting bio and productivity hacker, Tim seems to have found his niche in interviewing successful people on the daily habits and beliefs they follow that make them successful. While Tim’s previous book included more main stream celebrities and business leaders this book contains more lesser know mainstream people. Most are the Silicon Valley or web start up founders. Tim uniquely uses a few choice questions that he gives to every profile. In particular are which books do you gift to friends? If you could have any slogan on a billboard, what would it be. What advice would you give to a new college grad? There are a few show more others but in general asking everyone the same questions allows you to compare advise and see any patterns developing. For example many of the interviewees tell how important meditation is in their lives or going for walks to relieve stress. The book is big and is interwoven with many inspiring quotes as well. I have a lot of highlight marks in my copy. show less
An easy read that was probably as easy to produce. Some useful tidbits, but nothing too earth-shattering. The mix of people was interesting.
Another great book from Tim Ferriss.
This has lots of short advice about life from successful people from all walks of life.
Its a smorgasbord – you can open it randomly and learn something new.
It follows on from his podcast and the Tools of Titans – another great book.
Many of his podcast questions are answered by people who haven’t been on the podcast.
This has lots of short advice about life from successful people from all walks of life.
Its a smorgasbord – you can open it randomly and learn something new.
It follows on from his podcast and the Tools of Titans – another great book.
Many of his podcast questions are answered by people who haven’t been on the podcast.
One of the books I selected to read during January 2018 was Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World written by Tim Ferriss. As I listen to The Tim Ferriss Show, where he interviews world-class guests, I wanted to have some of that wisdom in written form. This book did not disappoint. Read more
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Timothy Ferriss is an American author and public speaker. In 2007, he published The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich, which was a New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller. Ferriss grew up in East Hampton, NY and graduated from St. Paul's School. He received a degree in Neuroscience and East show more Asian Studies from Princeton University. Before the release of the 4HWW, Ferriss was an unknown. He marketed the book heavily through bloggers with whom he created personal relationships. He has since been praised for this technique. He has also taken the position that technology such as email, instant messaging and internet-enabled PDAs complicate life rather than simplify it. His teachings fit under the umbrella of what he calls "Lifestyle Design," which he positions as an alternative to the "deferred-life" career path where one would work a 9 to 5 job until retirement in their 60s. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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