In every episode of tim ferriss s podcast, the tim ferriss show, he asks his guests what their favorite books are, or what books theyve given as gifts most often. Its safe to say that ferriss knows a lot about business, which also makes him an excellent resource for book recommendations. Aug 18, 2017 strategy tim ferriss just listed 5 books every entrepreneur should read ive read four of the five books tim ferriss recommends. He is also host of the the tim ferriss show, which deconstructs the habits and routines of dozens of icons, billionaires, and worldclass performers. A gift guide that will actually make your life better. Popular tim ferriss books meet your next favorite book. Today i completed reading the book 4 hour workweek by tim ferriss. Tim ferriss gets this, and hes a master of making it work for him. Though im not considering to cut my working hours to 4 hours in a week and live like a king as encouraged by the author, i will be definitely trying to implements few techniques he explained in the book like prioritizing.
A true story my experience with tim ferriss, and people that doubted him, says a lot about your potential for success. Discover tim s favorite audiobooks and next listens curated from authors mentioned on his highly rated podcast the tim ferriss show. Keep in mind that the only thing most people really care about is the score on the board. On his show and blog, hes highlighted a whole host of books, seeking to share some of the same wisdom that inspires him. I humbly share tim ferrisss questions below, adding my own interpretations and thinking exercises to help you apply them. I could never put together a list because there are so few books. Popular blog posts tim ferriss lifestyle design and the 4. Tim ferriss book club the blog of author tim ferriss.
Tim ferrisss 17 questions to solve your life problems. Is there a list of books that tim ferriss mentions on his podcast. Tim ferriss is an entrepreneur, new york times bestselling author, public speaker, and host of one the most downloaded podcasts on earth, the tim ferriss show, where he was called the oprah of audio. From selfhelp to science fiction, theres something for everyone in ferrisss library of recommendations. It sounds too good to be true, but it is one of the most talked about elements of tim ferriss s most popular new york times bestselling book. Tim ferriss speaker agency, speaking fee, videos speaking.
Tim ferriss, the productivity expert, author and inspirational speaker, is an avid reader. Feb 09, 2017 tim ferriss, for instance, augments his practice with both morning meditation 10 to 20 minutes and another journaling approach called morning pages. Tim ferriss wrote a killer lifestyle design book that has influenced. How to start a business or podcast from scratch tim ferriss. He describes it as a short and fun piece of literature that highlights a young mans fight. On his show and blog, hes highlighted a whole host of books, seeking to share some of the same wisdom. With the traditional bookselling outlets unwilling to stock or publicize the title, publisher and author are pulling out all the stops to move copies and show that the deal was a smart one. He is the author of five bestselling books, hosts of one of the top podcasts, and has one of the webs most popular blogs to read.
These tomes cover practically everything, no matter your grand ambitions or thorny problems. Tim ferriss philosophies on productivity and managing your life. Tim ferriss is an american entrepreneur, bestselling author, angel investoradvisor, and one of the most powerful online personalities. Welcome to another episode of the tim ferriss show, where it is my job. How tim ferriss, pat flynn, and mimi ikonn hack their lives. The contrast between great ideas from highperformers and his inner dialog is super motivating and useful. Starting in college, ive fantasized about somehow driving fantastic but underappreciated books into the limelight. The hard choices what we most fear doing, asking, saying are very often exactly what we need to do. Top recommended books by tim ferriss guests airtable. His new book tools of titans is a collection of those lessons, drawn from more than 100 interviews he conducted for the book and his hit podcast, the tim ferriss show.
Get more book recommendations check out the tim ferriss book club and the profile we made for tim ferriss. Lead 10 weird but wonderful book recommendations from the super successful author tim ferriss rounds up an intriguingly offbeat reading list from those who have achieved. Escape 95, live anywhere, and join the new rich 2007 is a selfhelp book by timothy ferriss, an american writer, educational activist, and entrepreneur. Tim ferriss was thirty years old in 2007 when he published the 4hour workweek. Super successful author tim ferriss recommends a list of top 5 books, an offbeat collection from writers whove achieved greatness. The best books and articles i read in 2019 the blog. Heres why you should throw out your fiveyear plan published tue, aug 30 2016 11. Tim ferriss is an entrepreneurs best friend for goto advice. Dec 28, 2016 ferriss refers to bj miller as an expert in death, in the book because hes an advisor to the zen hospice project in san francisco and has guided 1,000 deaths.
In the past year, i had the opportunity to ask over 100 brilliant people 11 questions as i put together for my most recent book. The tactics, routines, and habits of billionaires, icons, and worldclass performers, tim ferriss 736 pages paperback ebook this book summary is part of an ongoing project to summarise 70 books. Tim ferriss healthy diet for successful people thrillist. I have a soft spot for outofprint tomes and niche publications. Or, at least i try to listen, but my podcast queue is mounting faster than i can possibly keep up. Books recommended in 4 hour workweek by tim ferriss. The 4 hour work week by tim ferriss is an outstanding book.
Now, im not consulting that list of suggested books. When facing lifes questions, who do you turn to for advice. Tim ferrisss 17 questions are a great start to questioning what you can improve about your life. On the podcast, tim deconstructions worldclass performers in all fields including. From selfhelp to science fiction, theres something. Tim ferriss asks a set of the same 11 questions to some of the top performers in the world, and this book is a collection of answers from 1 of these people. In 2018, half of my books were those suggested by guests of the tim ferriss show podcast. If you cant generate 10 ideas, generate 20 james altucheran american hedge fund manager who founded or cofounded more than 20 companiesrecommends the habit of writing down 10 ideas. Hes the author of 5 best selling books dedicated to personal development. The 4hour workweek author tim ferriss shares the 5 books that have. I am a big fan of tim ferriss, the author of the book 4 hour work week.
An uncommon guide to the art of longterm world travel by rolf potts, the magic of thinking big by david j. First off, huge congratulations on the incredible world travels. He discusses them in his bestselling book tools of titans heres my detailed summary of the book. Now, a decade later, the book has sold over a million copies and catapulted ferriss.
Theres a lot of ideas and aspects that i got from the book that i was able to apply to my own life that has made me more effective and productive, freeing up a lot more time and also ways to generate automated income for myself. The 4hour body is the result of an obsessive quest, spanning more than a decade, to hack the human body using data science. Tim ferriss and kevin rose discuss their top 5 mustread books. The 4hour workweek summary january, 2016 january 25, 2020 niklas goeke entrepreneurship, personal finance, self improvement 1sentencesummary. Consequently, hes amassed an enormous number of book recommendations many of which are detailed in his book tribe of mentors, and hes read quite a few books. The first book published was vagabonding by rolf potts. The tim ferriss show one of my favorite podcasts is the tim ferriss show, says mary dyer, financial education officer. Strategy tim ferriss just listed 5 books every entrepreneur should read ive read four of the five books tim ferriss recommends. I started this reading project in 2017 by reading only books suggested in tim ferriss book tools of titans. Tim ferriss is one of fast companys most innovative business people and an earlystage tech investoradvisor in uber, facebook, twitter, shopify, duolingo, alibaba, and. The top 17 books recommended by tim ferriss podcast guests. The podcast includes a variety of insightful conversations and interviews that tim has had with worldclass performers, including athletes, musicians, innovators, and entrepreneurs.
Jan 11, 2012 its not exclusive to tim ferriss, but he is i believe the marquee example of a major shift that has happened in the last 5 years within the world of book promotion. Hes known as the king of selfoptimization, always approaching the world as a student. Stoicism resources and recommendations tim ferrisss 4hour. Now, im not consulting that list of suggested books but pull from a variety of sources. A muse moneymaking opportunity is one that is inexpensive to set up yet generates passive income while you kiteboard, eat a bowl of cereal, or watch tv. Dec 19, 2016 the top 17 books recommended by tim ferriss podcast guests i put the 204 book recommendations from tim ferriss top podcast guests into a pivot table. And its a hilarious book but it also shows you how good he was at. Discover tim s favorite audiobooks and next listens curated from authors mentioned on his highly rated podcast the tim ferriss. A most helpful addition to this book, all about the art of international travel, is the authors website, which has travel updates and increased resources for. Health, wellness, and productivity guru tim ferriss teaches people lifestyle design so that they can live the life they want now instead of waiting until retirement. Tim ferriss and amazon try to reinvent publishing the new. Tim ferriss just listed 5 books every entrepreneur should. Here are 10 of tim ferrisss favorite books for entrepreneurs. The top 10 fiction books for nonfiction addicts thought.
Books recommended on the tim ferriss podcast favorite. Tim ferriss s 4hour workweek and lifestyle design blog. The book vagabonding traveled with me around the globe for 18 months. What are the books and websites recommended by tim ferriss in. Multiple passports, swiss banking, and crossing borders from geek to freak.
Tim ferriss shares the four books that he gifts most. Tim ferris recommends fiction books for exclusively nonfiction readers. Dec 02, 2016 i love the way tim freely projects his inner psychotic, bigpicture, perfectionist, harddriving, selfdoubting, and selfmotivated emotions into his books. Tim is the master of finding unique lifehacks and techniques to help you live a. The books of titans project is a quest to continue in lifelong learning by reading 52 good books. He selected books that had a dramatic impact on his life and thinking, with the end goal of bringing these influential yet underappreciated gems into the limelight.
It contains the collective wisdom of hundreds of elite athletes, dozens of mds, and thousands of hours of jawdropping personal experimentation. Its a process where we can take someone elses experiences and ideas, and apply them to our own lives. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. For those wanting to achieve greatness, there are more than a million books. Sam harris is a philosopher, neuroscientist, and the author of the end of faith, the moral landscape, waking up, lying and a few more awesome books. How to attract the best mentors, according to tim ferriss. These tomes cover practically everything, no matter your grand ambitions or. Nov 21, 2017 in his new book, tribe of mentors, bestselling author tim ferriss asks these kinds of pointed questions to more than 100 of the worlds best thinkers and doers. I think its a list worth considering, but it makes me think about recommendations in general. Tim ferriss, author of the four hour work week, mentions vagabonding as one of the top four highly recommended additions to anyones book list who wants to get out of the modern rat race. The book has spent more than four years on the new york times best seller list, has been translated into 40 languages and has sold more than 2. Jul 05, 2017 strategy before tim ferriss became tim ferriss. To your question, here are a few books that have affected me or made me think differently in the last few years.
Up to no coherent good once again, the random show returns. The 4 hour work week by tim ferriss is one of my favorite books of alltime, and is what originally inspired me to become an internet marketer and pursue a life of freedom at. What im reading descriptions from most weeks in 2019. May 16, 2019 tim ferriss, the productivity expert, author and inspirational speaker, is an avid reader. All 452 book recommendations from tools of titans, by. Although the the baron in the trees is fiction, ferriss says this book is still a great read for nonfiction enthusiasts. Tim ferriss shares his top book recommendations on audible. Fill up your reading list, with books recommended by guests on the tim ferriss show podcast and tim himself. Expanded and updated, with over 100 new pages of cuttingedge content. As in tools of titans, my favorite part of the book was reading the book recommendations. In november 20, ferriss began an audiobook publishing venture, tim ferriss publishing. Book recommendations from tim ferriss iris reading. Tim ferriss just listed 5 books every entrepreneur should read.
Nov 20, 2012 tim ferriss 4hour chef is the first big book to be published by amazon. Is there a list of books that tim ferriss mentions on his. To kick things off, here are four of my recommendations, which i had. I get sent 2030 books per week, but this is the one book im focused on.
His ideas and actionable takeaways are captured in his bestselling book the 4hour workweek. This is a full master list of favorite and mostgifted books from all the tim ferriss show podcast guests starting from episode 1. What are the books and websites recommended by tim ferriss. Its a good read and i gained good knowledge by the time i turned the last page of the book. The books of titans lifelong reading project podcast 52. In their posts richard and matt answered questions from tim ferriss book.