Tim Ferriss:

Tim’s doing a new experiment.

(I’m not surprised.)

He’s looking at people and asking himself one question…

“What happened to this person?”

He said, “Normal people are just folks you don’t know well enough yet, right? Nobody’s normal. We’re so full of stuff and trauma and nonsense and silly beliefs. Everyone’s a work in progress and since you’re a work in progress, it’s very hard to know yourself.”

He gave me an example. But didn’t name names.

“There was this woman who had some very peculiar emotions. It turned out that she had watched her father beat her mother into unconsciousness on multiple occasions… knocked out, unconscious, on the floor. And that was just the tip of the iceberg.”

She’s acting in response to her past. Not her present. I think that’s what Tim means when he said, “we’re cause and effect collection machines.”

And that’s really where advice comes from… the intersection between cause, effect, and hindsight.

I feel Tim’s really mastered this new intersection. He’s embracing being “a work in progress.”

That’s what makes his new book so relatable.

It’s called “Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World.”

He reached out to Matt Ridley, Stephen Pressfield, Dustin Moskovitz, Naval Ravikant, Patton Oswalt, Susan Cain, Ben Stiller, Annie Duke… the list goes on and on.

(But don’t worry! I’m in the next book, “Tribe of ALMOST Mentors”).

Each person in the book dissects their success. They slice it open, dig through the guts and give you the heart.

They show you HOW they became a peak performer. And the best part is it’s all through Tim’s lens.

Links and Resources:

• • Read Tim’s Books
    • Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World, releasing today!
    • Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
    • The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
    • The 4-hour chef: The Simple Path to Cooking Like a Pro, Learning Anything, and Living the Good Life
    • The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat Loss, Incredible Sex and Becoming a Superhuman

• Listen to Tim’s Podcast: The Tim Ferriss Show
• And listen to Tim’s newest podcast Tribe of Mentors
• Watch Tim’s TV Show fear{less} in collaboration with Vince Vaughn
• Watch Tim’s TED Talk: Why You Should Define Your Fears Instead of Your Goals
• Follow Tim on Twitter + Facebook + Instagram

Also Mentioned:

• Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha by Tara Brach
• The Headspace App – 10 Minute a Day Guided Meditation
• Loving Kindness Meditation
• The Body Keeps The Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Helming of Trauma by Bessel van Der Kolk M.D.
• AJ Jacobs Esquire article “I Think You’re Fat”
• Lying by Sam Harris
• Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcom Gladwell
• Derren Brown’s Youtube Videos
• The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (Incerto) by Nassim Taleb
• Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life by Nassim Taleb
• The Sandman Comic Book Series by Neil Gaiman
• Neil Gaiman’s Commencement Speech at the University of the Arts in 2012
• Philips Wake Up LIght
• Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
• Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed