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Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World Hardcover – November 21, 2017

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Tim Ferriss, the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek, shares the ultimate choose-your-own-adventure book—a compilation of tools, tactics, and habits from 130+ of the world's top performers. From iconic entrepreneurs to elite athletes, from artists to billionaire investors, their short profiles can help you answer life's most challenging questions, achieve extraordinary results, and transform your life.

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In 2017, several of my close friends died in rapid succession. It was a very hard year, as it was for many people.

It was also a stark reminder that time is our scarcest, non-renewable resource.

With a renewed sense of urgency, I began asking myself many questions:

Were my goals my own, or simply what I thought I should want?
How much of life had I missed from underplanning or overplanning?
How could I be kinder to myself?
How could I better say “no” to the trivial many to better say “yes” to the critical few?
How could I best reassess my priorities and my purpose in this world?

To find answers, I reached out to the most impressive world-class performers in the world, ranging from wunderkinds in their 20s to icons in their 70s and 80s. No stone was left unturned.

This book contains their answers—practical and tactical advice from mentors who have found solutions. Whether you want to 10x your results, get unstuck, or reinvent yourself, someone else has traveled a similar path and taken notes.

This book, Tribe of Mentors, includes many of the people I grew up viewing as idols or demi-gods. Less than 10% have been on my podcast (The Tim Ferriss Show, more than 200 million downloads), making this a brand-new playbook of playbooks.

No matter your challenge or opportunity, something in these pages can help.

Among other things, you will learn:

• More than 50 morning routines—both for the early riser and those who struggle to get out of bed.
• How TED curator Chris Anderson realized that the best way to get things done is to let go.
• The best purchases of $100 or less (you'll never have to think about the right gift again).
• How to overcome failure and bounce back towards success.
• Why Humans of New York creator Brandon Stanton believes that the best art will always be the riskiest.
• How to meditate and be more mindful (and not just for those that find it easy).
• Why tennis champion Maria Sharapova believe that “losing makes you think in ways victories can’t.”
• How to truly achieve work-life balance (and why most people tell you it isn’t realistic).
• How billionaire Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz transformed the way he engages with difficult situations to reduce suffering.
• Ways to thrive (and survive) the overwhelming amount of information you process every day.
• How to achieve clarity on your purpose and assess your priorities.
• And much more.

This reference book, which I wrote for myself, has already changed my life. I certainly hope the same for you.

I wish you luck as you forge your own path.

All the best,

Tim Ferriss

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624 pages
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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November 21, 2017
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1328994961
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978-1328994967
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"If you read one self-help book this year, let this be it. If you have always hated self-help books, this one will change your mind."
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"Tools of Titans . . . is the perfect read for obsessives wanting to boost their new year productivity."
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"A Poor Richard's Almanack for the 21st century, Tools of Titans is a practical and inspiring guide to being your best."
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TIM FERRISS has been called “a cross between Jack Welch and a Buddhist monk” by The New York Times. He is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ other companies. He is also the author of four #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, and Tools of Titans. The Observer and other media have named him “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 200 million downloads and been selected for “Best of iTunes” three years running.

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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; First Edition (November 21, 2017)
Language : English
Hardcover : 624 pages
ISBN-10 : 1328994961
ISBN-13 : 978-1328994967
Item Weight : 2.2 pounds
Dimensions : 7 x 1.82 x 9 inches

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Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2017

I am huge fan of Tim. This was the most dissapointing book I have read by him.

I'm writing this as constructive feedback. Tim wrote this as an instruction manual. You are supposed to find an actionable nugget on every page, from some of the best people in the world.

But I feel cheated of value. He basically sent out an email to hundreds of successful people, asking them the same questions. Reading this is the equivilant of reading hundreds of emails. As hurried as the responses are, you are trying to read it even more hurriedly. The one thing there is of value, is that Tim has sorted out what he feels is important. But unlike his "Tools of Titan" (which is one of the most valuable books you can have in your bookshelf), the informations is shallow. There is too much knowledge, shallow and without context, which makes most of these pages useless.

I like the Tools of Titans format, since it is more of Tim's distillied notes and higlights. It is obvious he spent a lot more time on it, than this one.

I would LOVE more books from Tim. But the format should be different. Knowledge needs to be organized more effectively to have any value. There should be a way to go deeper also, and not just swim on the surface on a ton of ideas. It's probably not possible to do psychoterapy on each individual, but please, Tim. More depth than breadth.

I hope this was insightful in any way. It was my first review, because I want Tim to get feedback if it can help him in any way.

Pura Vida!

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The Laziest Book Tim Ferriss Has Written So Far

Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2017

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This is easily my least favorite of Tim's books. I own all of his books published up till now, listen to his podcasts, get his "5 Bullet Friday" emails, etc., so I should be giving this a 5 star review since as you can see I'm a fanboy, but I feel like I would be doing an injustice to people looking to pick this one up.

To give you an idea of what to expect, here's a summary of how this book was written:
1. Send out an email with 11 questions to a bunch of "successful" people (same questions he asks his podcast guests, usually at the end)
2. Get answers back
3. Compile them into a book
4. The End

The last couple of books from Tim have been following the 80-20 principle he so much believes in: Basically do the smallest amount of work that bring the biggest return. This worked out pretty well for Tools of Titans. That book is full of gems of wisdom, though I was slightly annoyed that it was basically just Cliff notes from his podcasts, which I already listen to religiously. For this new book however, this strategy worked out rather poorly in my opinion.

For one, the information just doesn't feel that valuable to me. As Tim pointed out in his introduction, these are busy people that took probably 5-10 minutes to hammer out an email. The old principle still applies here: You get back what you put in. Not much was put in here, so it doesn't surprise me that not much was returned.

Some of it is ok, some of the advice is cliché, other stuff is somewhat useless (weird habit: top ramen for upset stomach; best purchase under $100: a spatula).

Every few sections there is a page with "Quotes I'm Pondering" which is just regurgitated content from Tim's 5 Bullet Friday emails, another easy way to add a 'little' value to the book.

This book is basically attempting to do what Tools of Titans has already done, but with way less valuable content. Kind of like that awesome blockbuster movie you saw that they made a lame, half-baked sequel to.

Neil Strauss, author and bestie of Tim’s, mentioned in one of his subscribed emails that Tim came to him for advice on how to write a best-selling book that “wouldn’t take years off his life” and that’s how Tribe of Mentors came to be. So we can confirm lazy writing is Tim’s strategy as of late.

I’m really hoping after this Tim will go back to writing a REAL book like The 4 Hour Chef or The 4 Hour Body, which feel like a lot of work went into them. Perhaps that’s not something Tim is willing to do anymore, I don’t know.

I see a lot more negative reviews here, which is hopeful for changing the future, even though the average is still 4.5 stars or so.

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pong master

Epiphany

Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2017

I think a lot of us owe Tim a big thank you for breaking new ground in a world of huckster motivational speakers on the endless book and seminar circuit.
But Tribe unwittingly exposes the dark side of Tim’s contradictions. Perhaps a very long conversation with Nassim Taleb about integrity and reputation-seeking would be his next best retreat. The fascination with Hollywood and stardom and constantly introducing people as “billionaire” and “‘New York Times’ Bestselling Author” etc. suddenly hit me as so...unseemly...missing the cosmic point altogether. He often grazes near the truth but then feints away, rarely grabbing the truth by the lapels and hauling it forth with brass and cojones.
He did the dirty work of sycophancy to launch himself and great ideas and many of the right people into the stratosphere. Seems time to end the compromises.
This is the backdrop to a book which lionizes the likes of Sorkin and Sharapova, not just for their savant-like talents, but as “mentors”. Good grief.
Ah, the old Tools of Titans profiles of everyday brilliant heroes profiled elsewhere like P. Attia, R. Patrick, D. D'agostino, N. Ravikant, W. Hof; C. Sommer and P. Tsatsouline...real, complete, true people - also Gabi and Laird come to mind - who are true mentors in action, word and bravery...thank you again Tim for that.
But now with Tribe we see many others who have reaped far too much pathological adoration already, too many money whores and power whores who deign to preach to us plebes, and too few everyday heroes who are truly humbling, inspiring, and unsung. The Twitter and Facebook people? Good grief, enough. Lean out and push some new boundaries and please...speak truth to power already, rather than the opposite. Save Ferriss...evolve Tim, evolve!

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Brad Lindenberg

Literary a waste of time - compilation of other people’s email responses

Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2017

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Literary a waste of time - compilation of other people’s email responses. Low effort method of publishing a book, like the 4 hour work week preaches. Don’t spend money on this hack of a book.

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santhosh

Big Fan! Disappointed!

Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2017

I'm a big fan of Tim Ferriss and ran to the nearby Barnes and Nobles as soon as I heard that this book is released. However, I must say I'm terribly disappointed. It looks like he hasn't put much effort and research onto this one compared to his previous titles. Its just nicely formatted notes of his interviews with these people and feels not so different from his podcast. It feels like his attempt to monetize all the notes he had lying around.

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ML Cave

Somewhat interesting, but not his best work.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 25, 2017

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I'm big Tim Ferriss fan, but I think this is his worst book. Pretty formulaic and does not compare with tools of titans. Go there first, if you love it, then get this too.

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AoifeH

Odd book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 17, 2018

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I had never heard of the author before when I picked this one up on a suggestion. I took the premise from reading the sample that the book was geared towards giving well thought through, meaningful advice to people. However, what the book actually delivers is a carefully curated set of answers to fairly inane questions. I am not saying there is not moments of value in the book - I did actually enjoy some of the answers, particularly when some of the respondents were obviously gifted in some manner and showed themselves to have very different thought and action processes to us "average" Joe Soaps. But some of them are monumentally tedious (and in fairness to the author (curator) he does say that the reader won't find half of them interesting). I finished the book feeling the author had taken a very lazy way to produce a book.

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Mark R. - Dublin

Good Advice from the front row.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 19, 2017

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Having read The Four Hour Work Week when first published I came to this book by accident as it popped up as a recommendation on my Amazon account.
The nature of the format makes it an easy read in bite sized chunks. The different takes on the same questions by the multiple contributors are serious food for thought. There are some very valuable lessons to be had without this in any way feeling like text book or must read College bibliography.
I loved this book. The only reason I have given it four stars & not five is that the list of contributors is very US-centric. If you live elsewhere in the world as I do then you might find yourself doing a quite a few internet searches to put faces to names.

6 people found this helpful

JD Astill

Like Tools for Titans

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 18, 2018

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For me this is volume 2 of a body of work designed to give you an insight in to the minds of some our thought leaders, athletes, celebrities, media mavericks and movers. Like Tools for Titans, it is thought provoking and situation sensitive, and by that I mean there is something pretty much for every scenario in your life, be it taking a risk, looking for stress relief or improving your athletic and mental performance. I believe these books are reference materials for the curious and the dissatisfied. The guests have had massive success, and survived, in some cases, near critical failures. They leave you inspired to move and in some cases embarrassed by your lack of innovation and accountability. I refer to both nearly every day.

2 people found this helpful

Ben Turner

Not a bad book, don't expect too much

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 21, 2020

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Maybe there is to much information here to take in and act on, maybe the book is too big and bulky, I don't know, but there's something about it that makes it hard for me to like.

The idea is great, but some of the answers seem forced. I think it's a book to come back to at a different point in life and keep reading until something hits you.

Also, many of the people are so far into the future, so famous, so successful, that I find it difficult to imagine applying what they say to my life.

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