The best from “Tribe of Mentors”

Back in 2017, Tim Ferriss put together a fantastic book titled “Tribe of Mentors“. I say that he “put together” rather than “wrote” the book, because 95% of the content of the book are answers to questions that he collected from other people.

All told, Tim asked 11 questions to roughly 130 people and shared the results in the book. Here are the questions that he asked:

1. What book have you given most as a gift, and why?
2. What purchase of $100 or less has most positively impacted your life in recent memory?
3. How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success?
4. If you could have a billboard anywhere with anything on it, what would it say and why?
5. What is the best or most worthwhile investment you’ve ever made?
6. What is an unusual habit or an absurd thing that you love?
7. What new belief, behavior, or habit has most improved your life?
8. What advice would you give to a driven college student? What advice should they ignore?
9. What are bad recommendations you hear in your profession or area of expertise?
10. What have you become better at saying no to?
11. What do you do when you feel overwhelmed or unfocused?

Not everyone answered all of the questions, but most answered at least two or three. As I was reading through the book I highlighted any answers that stood out to me, and I’ll be sharing those over the coming days and weeks.

Some of the questions provided me a ton of highlights, such as #1 and #4, and some provided me with none, like #2 and #6. Most were somewhere in-between, with three or four answers that I found to be very insightful.

In the meantime, I encourage you to pick up the book and give a go. It’s a long book (624 pages printed, or just shy of 19 hours on Audible), but it goes quickly. With 130+ separate chapters, it’s easy to pop in and out as time allows. Enjoy!