Tools of Titans
by Timothy Ferriss
Seven hundred pages of distilled podcast interviews: morning routines, workouts, supplements, books and tactics from athletes, investors and artists. It is a reference to dip into rather than read, and the quality varies with the guest. The 'if you could put one message on a billboard' answers alone are worth a browse.
Read it if…
you like sampling many perspectives and want a bedside book you can open anywhere.
Skip it if…
you want coherence; it is deliberately a grab bag.
Three things you will actually use
- Steal one routine from someone whose life you admire.
- Test, do not adopt; most tactics are personal.
- Return to the billboard answers when stuck.
Do this first
Open to any page, try one tactic for a week, then open again.
Our verdict
Massive and uneven; a buffet, not a meal.
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