Episode · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2019-04-30
Books mentioned on #370: Adam Savage on Great Tools, Great Projects, and Great Lessons
"A true creator knows that you follow the thing to where it's going, not to where you think it ought to go." — Adam Savage Adam Savage (TW: @donttrythis IG: @therealadamsavage FB: therealadamsavage) has spent his life gathering skills that allow him to take what's in his brain and make it real.
Adam Savage discussed Born Standing Up by Steve Martin.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Born Standing Up
Born Standing Up by Steve Martin is a memoir chronicling the author's formative years in stand-up comedy before he walked away from the stage at the peak of his career.
Discussed“all that being said there's a quote in Steve Martin's book born standing up when someone says to him you will eventually use everything you've ever learned”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Every Tool's a Hammer
“every tool is a hammer”
Plugged Every Tool's a Hammer
“okay so when I when I sold this book to the publisher to assignment to atria at Simon & Schuster the chapter in the book that I used as my as my North Star as a chapter called use more cooling fluid”