Tools of Titans

Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers (2016) is a self-help book by Timothy Ferriss, an American entrepreneur.[2] For the book, he interviewed more than one hundred "world class performers" from diverse fields to solicit their advice about how to be successful. The book debuted as a #1 New York Times bestseller.[3]

Tools of Titans
First edition
AuthorTim Ferriss
CountryUnited States
Published2016 (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)[1]
Pages736
ISBN978-1328683786
Websitetoolsoftitans.com

Arnold Schwarzenegger wrote the foreword.[4]

Content

Ferriss noticed common patterns in the successful people he interviewed:[5]

  • 80% had engaged in meditation or mindfulness activities daily[6]
  • A number of males over 45 either never eat breakfast or eat scantily.
  • Many use the ChiliPad device, a sleep aid.[7]
  • Many enjoyed the books Sapiens, Poor Charlie's Almanack, Influence, Man's Search for Meaning.
  • Listen to single songs on repeat for focus.
  • A form of "spec" work (completing projects on their own time and dime, then submitting them to prospective buyers).
  • The belief that "failure is not durable."
  • Turned a weakness into an advantage.

References
  1. Ferriss, Timothy (2017). Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers: Ferriss, Timothy, Schwarzenegger, Arnold. ISBN 978-1328683786.
  2. Ferriss, Timothy (2006). Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-1328683786.
  3. "Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers by Tim Ferriss is the first podcast-based book to become a #1 New York Times Bestseller". www.hmhco.com.
  4. "The One Routine—Yes, One!—Common to Billionaires, Icons and World-Class Performers". The New York Observer. December 6, 2016. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  5. "Intro". Tools of Titans. December 2, 2016.
  6. "'Tools of Titans' author reveals 'common thread' he found in successful people". TODAY.com.
  7. Malito, Alessandra. "What Arnold Schwarzenegger, Marc Andreessen and Margaret Cho have in common". MarketWatch. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
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