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Short Life Advice from the Best in the World

Tribe of Mentors

#1 New York Times best-selling author Tim Ferriss shares the ultimate choose-your-own-adventure book—a compilation of tools, tactics, and habits from the world's best mentors.

If you read one self-help book this year, let this be it. If you have always hated self-help books, this one will change your mind.

Tools of Titans... is the perfect read for obsessives wanting to boost their new year productivity.

TIMOTHY FERRISS is a serial entrepreneur, #1 New York Times bestselling author, and angel investor/advisor (Facebook, Twitter, Evernote, Uber, and 20+ more). Best known for his rapid-learning techniques, Tim’s books – Tools for Titans, The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body and The 4-Hour Chef – have been published in 30+ languages. The 4-Hour Workweek has spent seven years on The New York Times bestseller list. Tim has been featured by more than 100 media outlets including the New York Times, Economist, TIME, Forbes, Fortune, Outside, NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox and CNN. He has guest lectured in entrepreneurship at Princeton University since 2003. His popular blog www.fourhourblog.com has 1M+ monthly readers, and his Twitter account @tferriss was selected by Mashable as one of only five "Must-Follow" accounts for entrepreneurs. When not damaging his body with abusive sports, he enjoys chocolate, bear claws and Japanese animation.

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 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: 
 
More than 50 morning routines—both for the early riser and those who struggle to get out of bed. 
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

The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers

Tools of Titans

The latest groundbreaking tome from Tim Ferriss, the #1 New York Times best-selling author ofThe 4-Hour Workweek.

Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and one of Forbes’s “Names You Need to Know.” He is an early-stage tech investor/advisor (Uber, Facebook, Alibaba, and more) and the author of three #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, and The 4-Hour Chef. The Observer and other media have called Tim “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his 100M-plus-download podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show.

#1 New York Times Bestseller 
 
The latest groundbreaking tome from Tim Ferriss, the best-selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek. 
 
From the author: “For the last two years, I’ve interviewed nearly two hundred 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, and the show is on the cusp of passing 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.”

Human Intelligence in a Cosmic Context

The Mind's Sky

A startling new vision of the relationship between mind and the universe.

Timothy Ferris, bestselling author of Coming of Age in the Milky Way, brilliantly synthesizes inner and outer space with a penetrating examination into the nature of the universe and the human brain that perceives it. Through the lenses of two innovative fields of scientific research - neuroscience and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, or SETI - Ferris brings into focus a startling new vision of the relationship between mind and universe. 
 
Whether he is contemplating the possibility of otherwordly life-forms or pondering the consequences of virtual reality computer technology, Timothy Ferris captures our sense of wonder with a lucid and imaginative look at one of modern science's greatest challenges; how we can understand, interpret and, ultimately, reconcile the equally mysterious realms of mind and universe. From ancient Stone Age burial mounds to today's state-of-the-art laboratories, solving this eternal riddle has been the goal of philosophers and mystics, occultists and poets, alchemists and scientists. In The Mind's Sky, Ferris examines the 'dance' between mind and cosmos, showing how the universe is partly a construct of the mind itself and asking whether intelligence - far from being a product of our world alone - may have universal currency. 
 
Ferris considers the intriguing complexity of the human brain and what constitutes real intelligence. Laughter, near-death experiences, athletic performance ('Joe Montana's Premotor Cortex'), the neurobiology of mystical experience, and a subtle mental program called 'the interpreter' are all part of his freewheeling quest into the nature of consciousness. 
 
Ferris advances the provocative thesis that SETI, our current search for life on other planets, could reward the human race with the fruit of cosmic knowledge - or prove as cataclysmic as Eve's desire for the apple. And he gives us an inside look at IT - information theory - a new philosophy of knowledge and communication. 
 
Filled with the combination of scientific fact, human anecdote, and provocative insight that has become his trademark, Timothy Ferris's The Mind's Sky offers a rare, life-enhancing perception of our world and our cosmos and underscores the unique choices we face as a species capable of deciding our own fate on the planet - and among the stars.

An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-loss, Incredible Sex and Becoming Superhuman

The 4-Hour Body

A revolutionary approach to body transformation from the international bestselling author of The 4-Hour Work Week

Revolutionise how you approach diet, health and fitness with the practical and easy-to-implement guide from the international bestselling author. 
 
‘Set to redefine the health genre’ – Bookseller 
 
'This book has changed my life' ***** Reader review 
 
You don't need to exhaust yourself to lose weight, build strength or improve your endurance. 
 
Whatever your physical goal, The 4-Hour Body eclipses every other health manual by sharing the best kept secrets in cutting-edge science and research. Tim Ferriss, bestselling author of The 4-Hour Work Week, distils this research into clear, actionable strategies for redesigning the human body – fast. 
 
With a commitment of less than four hours a week, Ferriss shows how you can reach your true genetic potential in just 3–6 months. Choose from a flexible menu of approaches, from simple tweaks to extreme experiments, to achieve dramatic, measurable results. 
 
Based on over 15 years of research and featuring personal stories and delicious recipes, The 4 Hour Body will show you (in less than 30 minutes each) how to:<ul><li>Lose 2% of body fat in two weeks</li><li>Gain 15kg of muscle in 28 days - in four hours of total gym time</li><li>Sleep two hours per day and feel fully rested</li><li>Go from running 5 km to 50 km in 12 weeks</li><li>Add 70+kg to your lifts in six months</li></ul> 
Packed full of personal case studies, recipes and top tips, this book will help you achieve your body goals in record time and change the way you look forever.

Mr. Ferriss makes   difficult things seem very easy.

Ferris is   set to redefine the health genre.

Timothy Ferriss

A long-overdue manifesto for the mobile lifestyle

Jack Canfield, co-creator Chicken Soup for the Soul

The book that has caught the imagination of overworked America

This is a whole new ball game. Highly recommended.

Dr. Stewart D. Friedman, Adviser to Jack Welch and Former Vice President Al Gore on Work/Family Issues, Director of the Work/Life Integration Project, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Stunning and amazing. From mini-retirements to outsourcing your life, 
it's all here. Whether you're a wage slave or a Fortune 500 CEO, this 
book will change your life!

Phil Town, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of "Rule #1

The 4-Hour Workweek is a new way of solving a very old problem: just how can we work to live and prevent our lives from being all about work? A world of infinite options awaits those who would read this book and be inspired by it!

Michael E. Gerber, Founder & Chairman of E-Myth Worldwide and the World's #1 Small Business Guru

Timothy has packed more lives into his 29 years than Steve Jobs has in his 51.

Tom Foremski, Journalist and Publisher of SiliconValleyWatcher.com

Thanks to Tim Ferriss, I have more time in my life to travel, spend time with family and write book blurbs. This is a dazzling and highly useful 
work.

A.J. Jacobs, Editor-at-Large, Esquire Magazine, Author of "The Know-It-All

If you want to live life on your own terms, this is your blueprint.

Mike Maples, Co-founder of Motive Communications (IPO to $260M market cap), Founding Executive of Tivoli (sold to IBM for $750M)

Simply put, do what he says and you can live like a millionaire.

Albert Pope, Derivatives Trading, UBS World Headquarters

This engaging book makes you ask the most important question that you will ever face: What exactly is it that you want out of work and life, and why? Tim Ferriss is a master of getting more for less, often with the help of people he doesn't even know, and here he gives away his secrets for fulfilling your dreams.

Bo Burlingham, Editor-at-Large, "Inc." magazine, Author of "Small Giants: Companies That Choose To Be Great Instead of Big"

Reading this book is like putting a few zeros on your income. Tim brings lifestyle to a new level-listen to him!

Michael D. Kerlin, McKinsey & Company Consultant to Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund, J. William Fulbright Scholar

I devoured this book in one sitting.

Charles L. Brock, Chairman and CEO, Brock Capital Group, Former CFO, COO, and General Counsel, Scholastic, Inc., Former President, Harvard Law School Association.

Outsourcing is no longer just for Fortune 500 companies. Small and mid-sized firms, as well as busy professionals, can outsource their work to increase their productivity and free time for more important commitments. It's time for the world to take advantage of this revolution.

Vivek Kulkarni, CEO Brickwork India and former IT Secretary, Bangalore, Credited as the"techno-bureaucrat" who helped make Bangalore an IT destination in India

Tim is the master! I should know. I followed his rags to riches path and watched him transform himself from competitive fighter to entrepreneur. He tears apart conventional assumptions until he finds a better way.

Dan Partland, Emmy Award-Winning Producer"; American High, Welcome to the Dollhouse

An absolute necessity for those adventurous souls who want to live life to its fullest!

John Lusk, Group Product Manager, Microsoft World Headquarters

If you want to live your dreams now, and not in 20 or 30 years, buy this book!

Laura Roden, Chairman of the Silicon Valley Association of Start-up Entrepreneurs, Lecturer in Corporate Finance, San Jose State University

With this kind of time management and focus on the important things in life, people should be able to get 15 times as much done in a normal work week.

Tim Draper, Founder, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Financiers to innovators including Hotmail, Skype, and Overture.com

Tim Ferriss's book is about gaining the courage to streamline your life 
... But even more than that, it challenges the reader to seriously consider an essential-yet rarely asked-question: What do you really want from life?

Rolf Potts, Author of "Vagabonding" and Travel Columnist for Yahoo! News

Tim has done what most people only dream of doing. I can't believe he is going to let his secrets out of the bag. This book is a must read!

Stephen Key, Top Inventor and Team Designer of Teddy Ruxpin, Lazer Tag, Consultant to "American Inventor"

(Vermilion Life Essentials)

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 
 
Discover the life-changing, inspirational business book on escaping the 9-5 and finding a new way of living from the bestselling author and entrepreneur. 
 
‘This book is a must read!’ Stephen Key, award-winning entrepreneur, inventor and bestselling author of One Simple Idea 
 
‘[The] self-help hit of the decade’ Men’s Journal 
 
Don’t wait to start living. Learn how to create a life that isn’t all about work with the bestselling phenomenon. 
 
Forget the old concept of retirement and the rest of the deferred-life plan - there is no need to wait and every reason not to, especially in unpredictable economic times. 
 
Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, experiencing high-end world travel, earning a monthly five-figure income with zero management, or just living more and working less, this book is the blueprint. 
 
This step-by-step guide to living the life you want reveals:<ul><li>How Tim went from $40,000 dollars per year and 80 hours per week to $40,000 per MONTH and 4 hours per week</li><li>How to outsource your life and do whatever you want</li><li>How to eliminate 50% of your work in 48 hours</li><li>How to trade a long-haul career for short work bursts and frequent 'mini-retirements'</li></ul>This edition also includes: 
<ul><li>More than 50 practical tips and case studies from readers who have doubled their income, overcome common sticking points and reinvented themselves using the original book as a starting point</li><li>Real-world templates you can copy for eliminating email and negotiating with bosses and clients</li><li>Tips for how lifestyle design principles can be used to live ambitiously in unpredictable economic times</li><li>The latest tools and tricks, as well as high-tech shortcuts, for living like a diplomat or millionaire without being either.</li></ul>Whether you’re just starting work or have been employed for decades, The 4-Hour Work Week is the inspirational, essential guide to living the life you want to lead.

Timothy Ferriss

Praise for The 4-Hour Work Week

A long-overdue manifesto for the mobile lifestyle

The book that has caught the imagination of overworked America

This is a whole new ball game. Highly recommended.

A long-overdue manifesto for the mobile lifestyle

The book that has caught the imagination of overworked America

This is a whole new ball game. Highly recommended.

A long-overdue manifesto for the mobile lifestyle

The book that has caught the imagination of overworked America

This is a whole new ball game. Highly recommended.

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