To explain why Tim Ferriss wrote this book, we must start from the exact moment he decided to do so. 2017 was a special year for him: he turned 40 years old and his first book had turned 10, some friends had passed away and he was experiencing quite a few other emotional events. At a crossroads, like everyone else, he began to ask himself some questions: Are my goals my own? How much of life have I missed from underplanning or overplanning? How can I be kinder to myself? How can I start saying the right "nos"?
All these questions made him feel anxious and dismayed, throwing him off balance. So he decided to place them inside an "elegant frame", an act of benevolence towards himself: he addressed the questions to a tribe of Mentors (teachers/mentors) he had carefully chosen. Eleven questions, posed to the most influential and active people in the world. The mentors are investors, partners at multinationals, writers, actors and actresses, poker players, athletes and many others.
Among other things, you will learn:
- the three books that the investor Ray Dalio most frequently recommends;
- the lessons and suggestions of elite athletes like Maria Sharapova, Kelly Slate and Dara Torres;
- how and why Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz says no to most incoming requests;
- the meditation and reflection habits of David Lynch, Jimmy Fallon and Sharon Salzberg;
- why TED curator Chris Anderson thinks "follow your passion" is an advice that should be avoided;
- how Yuval Noah Harari's "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humanity" went from being repeatedly rejected by publishers to becoming a global mega-bestseller.
