Tribe of Mentors
by Timothy Ferriss
Ferriss sent eleven questions to more than a hundred accomplished people and printed the answers: favorite books, best purchases under a hundred dollars, how they say no, what they would put on a billboard. It is a browsing book, uneven by design, and the value is in the repeated themes, meditation, journaling, saying no, that show up across unrelated lives.
Read it if…
you like sampling many perspectives in short bursts and want a bedside book.
Skip it if…
you want coherence or depth; this is deliberately a buffet.
Three things you will actually use
- Notice the patterns across answers; they are the lesson.
- Try one practice for two weeks, then another.
- Return to the 'how do you say no' answers when overcommitted.
Do this first
Read five profiles and write down the one habit that appeared in more than one.
Our verdict
A grab bag with real gems; dip in rather than read through.
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