Tools of Titans

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Tools of Titans
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First edition
Author Timothy Ferriss
CountryUnited States
Published2016 (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) [1]
Pages736
ISBN 978-1328683786
Website toolsoftitans.com

Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers (2016) is a self-help book by Timothy Ferriss, an American entrepreneur. [2] For the book, he interviewed more than one hundred "world class performers" from diverse fields to solicit their advice about how to be successful. The book debuted as a #1 New York Times bestseller. [3]

Contents

Arnold Schwarzenegger wrote the foreword. [4]

Content

Ferriss noticed patterns in the successful people he interviewed, including: [5]

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References

  1. Ferriss, Timothy (2017). Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers: Ferriss, Timothy, Schwarzenegger, Arnold. ISBN   978-1328683786.
  2. Ferriss, Timothy (2006). Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN   978-1328683786.
  3. "Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers by Tim Ferriss is the first podcast-based book to become a #1 New York Times Bestseller". www.hmhco.com.
  4. "The One Routine—Yes, One!—Common to Billionaires, Icons and World-Class Performers". The New York Observer . December 6, 2016. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  5. "Intro". Tools of Titans. December 2, 2016.
  6. "'Tools of Titans' author reveals 'common thread' he found in successful people". TODAY.com.
  7. Malito, Alessandra. "What Arnold Schwarzenegger, Marc Andreessen and Margaret Cho have in common". MarketWatch. Retrieved April 9, 2021.