Book · 2016 · Success
Tools of Titans
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I just got done reading Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss and my mind was blown. It's the tactics, routines, and habits of billionaires, icons, and world-class performers.
What they say about it
- Focuses on high performers“tactics routines and habits of billionaires”3
- Features podcast guest insights“compilation of some of the best habits”3
- Compares to Tribe of Mentors“Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors”2
- Found the book useful“found extremely useful”2
The best things said about it
I mean, you've been your book, The Titans book, is just amazing. All these people telling you what worked. Thank you. If you haven't read that, by the way, guys, please do. It's incredible.
It's about two or three inches thick and it just has morning routines and daily practices of everyone from, I don't know, professional bowlers to neuroscientists to astronauts and everybody in between.
His new book, Tools of Titans, is a compilation of some of the best habits he's learned from his various guests.
Dave Rubin The Rubin Report · Dec 2016 I remember in the Tools of Titans book Tim Ferriss mentioned that a large percentage of the high performers that he documented in that book they skip breakfast and do that intermittent fasting.
It reminded me, actually, in a sense of Tim Ferriss's books, Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors, where he just asked the same questions over and over.
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Why people recommend it
Tools of Titans by Timothy Ferriss is a comprehensive compilation of tactics, routines, and habits drawn from extensive interviews with billionaires, icons, and world-class performers. The book has garnered enthusiastic praise and recommendations across multiple podcasts. On The Tim Ferriss Show, Jack Canfield lauded the book as amazing, urging listeners to read it for its practical insights from successful individuals. The hosts of ChooseFI also heavily featured the title, with Jonathan including it as a special giveaway item and Brad Barrett expressing that reading it completely blew his mind. Beyond direct recommendations, other notable figures have discussed its impact. Chase Jarvis mentioned on The Jordan Harbinger Show that he was personally featured in the book as one of Ferriss's podcast interviewees. On Modern Wisdom, Chris Williamson and Derek Sivers discussed how Ferriss approached brainstorming by hiring a journalist to critically challenge his ideas, reflecting the rigorous mindset found throughout his work. Additionally, Tim Ferriss himself reflected on How I Write about transitioning away from his earlier four-hour series specifically to focus on writing Tools of Titans, marking a significant milestone in his publishing career and cementing the book's value as a modern guide to peak performance and personal optimization.
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Brad Barrett So just to quickly catch anyone up who doesn't know, Tim Urban's article 'The Tail End,' you should Google… 4
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“So just to quickly catch anyone up who doesn't know, Tim Urban's article 'The Tail End,' you should Google it. It's essentially a visual representation of the timeline of your life.”
Discussed
“It reminded me actually in a sense of Tim ferriss's book tools of Titans and tribe of mentors where he just asked the same questions over and over but you could then look in his case”
Discussed
“It reminded me, actually, in a sense of Tim Ferriss's books, 'Tools of Titans' and 'Tribe of Mentors', where he just asked the same questions over and over.”
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“I just got done reading tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss and my mind was blown it's the tactics routines and habits of billionaires icons and world-class performers”
Jack Canfield I mean, you've been your book, The Titans book, is just amazing. All these people telling you what worked.… 1
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“I mean, you've been your book, The Titans book, is just amazing. All these people telling you what worked. Thank you. If you haven't read that, by the way, guys, please do. It's incredible.”
Tim Ferriss And then I retired the jersey, the 4-Hour Jersey, right? Yeah. I wanted to retire that and then move to Too… 2
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“And then I retired the jersey, the 4-Hour Jersey, right? Yeah. I wanted to retire that and then move to Tools of Titans.”
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“and then there's a bunch of stuff from from tools of titans so let's not forget the tools of titans was basically my update to four hour work week for our body and for our chef simultaneously”
Chase Jarvis I mentioned Tim earlier from his one of his books tools for titans it just basically featured a bunch of pe… 1
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“I mentioned Tim earlier from his one of his books tools for titans it just basically featured a bunch of people that he'd interviewed at his podcast I was in that book...”
Chris Mamula I'm a huge Tim Ferriss fan I reached out to Brad because I heard him talking about it and I love the book t… 1
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“I'm a huge Tim Ferriss fan I reached out to Brad because I heard him talking about it and I love the book tools of Titans”
Dave Rubin he's been described as the Oprah of podcasting and his new book tools of Titans is a compilation of some of… 1
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“he's been described as the Oprah of podcasting and his new book tools of Titans is a compilation of some of the best habits he's learned from his various guests”
Derek Sivers Another one from Tim that came to mind is when brainstorming a book, he said, 'I will hire a journalist to… 1
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“Another one from Tim that came to mind is when brainstorming a book, he said, 'I will hire a journalist to push back.' He said, 'Journalists and lawyers are the two that I've found are the best at pushing back on an idea and challenging an idea I have.' So when I'm thinking of a new book to write, I”
Dr John Delony also a few years ago tim ferriss of the four hour work week fame came out with a book called tools of titan… 1
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“also a few years ago tim ferriss of the four hour work week fame came out with a book called tools of titans it's about two or three inches thick and it just has morning routines and daily practices of everyone from i don't know professional bowlers to neuroscientists to astronauts and everybody in between”
James Smith I remember reading uh Tim Ferriss's Tools of the Titans on the ferry back to where I lived. 1
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“I remember reading uh Tim Ferriss's Tools of the Titans on the ferry back to where I lived.”
Joe Rogan Tim Ferris he has a book now called tools of the Titans and he someone he I guess he he has his own podcast… 1
Discussed
“Tim Ferris he has a book now called tools of the Titans and he someone he I guess he he has his own podcast or someone just for me and he basically talks to all the top people or um in their field and so he wrote a list of like all the tips that these people suggested”
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“yeah I remember in the tools of Titans book Tim Ferriss mentioned that a large percentage of the high performers that he documented in that book they they skip breakfast and do that intermittent fasting”
Discussed
“and I've been reading tools of Titans with Tim Ferriss and he was talking about how he would go about doing this three-day fast”
Discussed
“for the past couple weeks we've been also doing Tim ferriss's book tools of Titans and Brad”
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“for this for one more week we're also doing Tim ferriss's book tools of Titans and that's one that both Brad and myself have read and found extremely useful”
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“and then for a short period of time we're also including in this Tim ferriss's book a tools of Titans”
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Passing
“gymnastic strength training GST and you can look up coach chris summer so mme r he's in tools of titans He has also been interviewed on the podcast hilarious salty old dog just like jersey”
Plugged
“With Tools of Titans, no, was it Tools of Titans?”
Plugged
“Uh the law of category is a chapter from the 22 immutable laws of marketing. I think I put it I think I excerpted in Tools of Titans or Tribe of Mentors because that chapter had a huge impact.”
Plugged
“I think they're in Tools of Titans, maybe Tribe of Mentors, but also on Tim.blog. There's a PDF with the 17 questions I most often ask myself.”
Plugged
“things that you can do to stabilize everything else in effect that I did put some of in Tools of Titans with say some of Peter Tia's exercises and so on.”
Passing
“His books, which include the 4-hour work week, Tribe of Mentors, Tools of Titans, have sold millions of copies.”
Plugged
“I mean, I've paid a lot of attention to fasting, wrote about it in Tools of Titans, and kind of gave some of my protocols that I tend to follow.”
Passing
“For those of you who aren't familiar with Tim, he's the author of multiple best-selling books, including the 4-Hour Work Week, 4Hour Body, and Tools of Titans.”
Plugged
“by the way someone was just raving to me last night about tools of titans this is the groom who just was married”
Plugged
“I added to tools of Titans which was effectively an addendum to my previous books”
Plugged
“I think I put it in either Tools of Titans or Tribe of Mentors. I liked it that much.”
Passing
“4-Hour Workweek, 4-Hour Body, 4-Hour Chef and then Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors.”
Plugged
“And I would say Tools of Titans really was intended to be almost an addendum to The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body and The 4-Hour Chef in terms of, say, healthy, wealthy, wise, not necessarily in that order.”
Plugged
“Tim Ferriss: Remarkably, that book and probably Tools of Titans are my two bestselling books still to this day.”
Plugged
“that's something that was not included in the 4-Hour Body that were I to rewrite it today I would include a section and there was a bit in tools of Titans to address that on more extended fasts”
Plugged
“That were I to rewrite it today, I would include a section, and there was a bit in Tools of Titans to address that on more extended fasts, let's just call it three to seven day fasts.”
Passing
“so it's a cross between tools of titans from tim and you know a 12 rulesie type thing”
Plugged
“a new version of tribe of mentors or tools of titans... high performing guy got a lot out of both of the books... the motivation would very much echo what is written in the introduction or the preface to tools of titans”
Plugged
“it would be tools of titans i think that is just the largest funnel in the sense that it will appeal to the highest percentage of people i could give it to”
Plugged
“Those additions, however, were put into Tools of Titans. So, a lot of the additions that I would have made to The 4-Hour Body were put into Tools of Titans.”
Plugged
“Those are found in Tools of Titans as well.”
Plugged
“That is how strongly I felt about it. But you must, if you have not, read The Tail End by Tim Urban. And if you've read it, print it out, read it again. Read it every morning. It is that powerful.”
Plugged
“so i would suggest getting a book like the 22 immutable laws of marketing reading a short chapter called the law of category i believe i put an updated slash edited version of that in either tools of titans or tribe mentors because i think it's that valuable”
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Plugged
“and tools of titans my previous book”
Plugged
“this one is particularly important to me as I wrote in tools of titans the super heroes you have in your mind idols icons elite athletes billionaires etc”
Passing
“he's also the author of several books including the 4-hour workweek of the 4-hour chef and tools of titans”
Plugged
“for anyone who has read Tools of Titans for instance there are many examples of different formats you can use for fasting for different purposes.”
Plugged
“If I had to pick one interview from the Many and Tools of Titans, which one would you choose and why?”
Plugged
“and there's a book that you had mentioned, also very kindly in Tools of Titans, so thank you. Well, I suppose it was removed from the audio, but nonetheless, Dropping Ashes on the Buddha, Mhm.”
Plugged
“and the Dickens process that I ended up along with Tony uh including in Tools of Titans, one of my more recent books, because it had such a big impact, made the entire event an easy like 10 to 100 extra turn for me.”
Passing
“We know that your latest book is Tools of Titans and that you host a hugely successful podcast called The Tim Ferriss Show.”
Passing
“and we do that too I've got Tim Ferriss tools of titans in front of me right now that I just checked out but yeah it's a good library is an awesome resource”
Plugged
“and this I kind of went into a few different aspects of this in tools of Titans but he said it's very important to put away your moral compass in the beginning”
Plugged
“and I would say also that tools of Titans is really never intended to be a book it was just a notebook that I was compiling for my own use”
Plugged
“I would have to recommend not biased uh I would have to recommend tools of Titans because this is the first book I enjoyed writing”