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About the Book

Tim has interviewed more than 200 world-class performers for his podcast,\xa0The Tim Ferriss Show.\xa0The 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\u2019s the first time they\u2019ve agreed to a two-to-three-hour interview. This unusual depth has helped make\xa0The Tim Ferriss Show\xa0the first business/interview podcast to pass 100 million downloads.

This book contains the distilled tools, tactics, and \u2018inside baseball\u2019 you won\u2019t find anywhere else. It also includes new tips from past guests, and life lessons from new \u2018guests\u2019 you haven\u2019t met.

Tim said \u201cI created this book, my ultimate notebook of high-leverage tools, for myself. It\u2019s changed my life, and I hope the same for you.\u201d

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About the Author

Tim Ferriss has been listed as one of Fast Company\u2019s \u201cMost Innovative Business People\u201d and one of Fortune\u2019s \u201c40 under 40.\u201d He is an early-stage technology investor/advisor (Uber, Facebook, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and\xa050+ others) and the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers, including\xa0The 4-Hour Workweek\xa0and\xa0Tools of Titans.

The Observer and other media have called Tim \u201cthe Oprah of audio\u201d due to the influence of\xa0The Tim Ferriss Show podcast.

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BIG IDEA 1 (6:50) \u2013 Success comes from beliefs and habits.

Tim summarises the ideas in the book by saying that success comes from beliefs and habits applied consistently. And it\u2019s not always the big things, for example, over 80% of the interviewees have some kind of meditation or mindfulness practice.\xa0

One of the questions he asked almost everyone was \u2018how do you define success?\u2019. It\u2019s interesting to see the different perspectives of people about what success means to them, and what beliefs and habits they contribute their relative success to.

Tim also mentioned in the book that you should look at people who have done things like you want to, not necessarily exactly like you want to. If you want to conquer Mars, don\u2019t go and look for someone who conquered Mars but look for someone who conquered an industry or even a country. You can borrow from this \u2018collective DNA\u2019, without needing the other person to have done exactly what you want to do.

BIG IDEA 2 (9:10) \u2013 Maximise your strengths.

Tim says that everyone struggles and practically everyone is a mess (at least at a point in time). But people don\u2019t succeed because they have zero weaknesses. They found one or two strengths and developed habits around them to maximise them.

They brought those strengths to life and used them to their advantage. For some people this was a physical strength (particularly athletes) whereas for others it could be their ability to focus or apply themselves to a particular field.

This is only possible with self-awareness. You can only use your strengths by working out what they are before using them to the advantage of yourself, your\xa0 company or your team, whatever it happens to be.

BIG IDEA 3 (11:07) \u2013 Learn from others.

This is the fundamental reason why the book exists \u2013 to learn from others. Most of the people Tim interviewed in the book mentioned the mentors, peers or other people they have learned from. They\u2019ve either lived with them, worked with them, collaborated with them or indirectly learnt from them through their books, writings or podcasts.

The question that Tim often asks at the end of the interviews is \u2018which book have you gifted the most?\u2019. There\u2019s a whole section at the end of the book dedicated to all their answers.

It goes to show that success is not a solo pursuit. None of these people achieved what they have achieved alone. They all have other people around them. Many of them talked about people from other fields who are at the top of their game. Who they can learn successful habits, mindset and behaviours from.

When you find these good people to learn from, ask new and different questions. And questions that will help you understand what makes them successful \u2013 not just what the \u2018answer is\u2019.

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