#439: Tools of Titans — Derek Sivers, BJ Miller, and Christopher Sommer

Tim Ferriss (0:24)

Hello, boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen, this is Tim Ferris, and welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferris Show. This episode will share some of my favorite advice and profiles from the audiobook of Tools of Titans. You heard that right, audiobook. Thousands of you have asked for years for the audiobook versions of Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors, and they are available today. Go to audible.com/ferris for more details or to download either of them. Today's episode will focus on Tools of Titans and features the introduction of the book as well as a few of my favorite people, profiles of Derek Sivers, BJ Miller, and Coach Christopher Sommer. Shows you the breadth of expertise and how different these profiles can also be. Just a few notes on format. I recorded the introduction to the book and selected three fantastic top-ranked narrators to handle the rest, along with some surprise appearances from friends of mine you might know. The short bios, which you'll hear at the beginning of each profile, are read by Kaleo Griffith. Ray Porter reads the bulk of each profile, including all of my words. Ray actually narrated my first book, The 4-Hour Workweek, a lot of you love him already. He did an incredible job. Quotations from female guests are read by the wonderful Thérèse Plummer. The audiobook of Tools of Titans contains the distilled tools and routines I've gathered after interviewing hundreds of world-class performers on this podcast. Everything has been vetted and applied to my own life in some fashion. The techniques, the strategies and the philosophies in Tools of Titans have made me more effective, saved me years of wasted effort and frustration and have helped me navigate, quite frankly, some very difficult periods of my life. Many periods of darkness and uncertainty. The advice has truly made me a happier, healthier person and changed my life. I hope the same for you. Please enjoy this episode. 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