Notes from my recent reading of Tools of Titans, by Tim Ferriss. . .
Lessons & Tools
- Rehearsing worst case scenario (5)
- Sauna for endurance (4,7)
- Ketosis + fasting (24, 26 – Tim’s recipe)
- 4 health bullets to dodge (67):
- heart disease
- cerebrovascular disease
- cancer
- neurological degeneration
- Weight training = best bang for your buck (70)
- Insulin = aging (77)
- “Calm is contagious” (91)
- “Go first” (94)
- Just note gone, e.g. absence of pain (156)
- “Impatience with frustration is the primary reason why people fail to achieve their goals” (161)
- 21-day no complaint challenge (172)
- Take 45 minutes instead of 43 , aka no red-face (190)
- State -> story -> strategy, priming (212)
- “I gotta cheer for me, before anyone else can” – Kanye (222)
- “Never go to sleep without a request to your subconscious” (231)
- 10yr plan? Why not 6 months? (233)
- “Idea muscle” – write down 10 ideas each morning (247)
- If you can’t get 10, do 20 (go dumber)
- Set 2 goals: 1 serious, 1 silly (273)
- Ask more: “I don’t understand. Could you please explain it to me?” (333)
- “Inspiration is for amateurs” (357)
- Death countdown clock (471)
- Codependence = when you look to other people to decide how you feel (479)
- Create slack (584)
- Morning pages (615)
- Running journal for memories (634)
- Action -> inspiration (636)
Follow Up
- How to retain what you read better
- Von Restorff effect
- In a group of homogenous inputs, the input that differs from the rest is most likely to be remembered
- Better basketball (58)
- Brian Dorfman shoulder therapy (62)
- Supplements (68)
- Magnesium, aging, insulin (77)
- Article: “Should we all take a bit of lithium” article (63)
- Book: “Mistakes were made” – cognitive dissonance (70)
- Book: “10% Happier” (70)
- Gotu Kola for skin and stretch marks (76)
- Self blood/insulin tests (76)
- See Dr. re: energy + supplements
- Book: “59 Seconds: change your life in under a minute” (79)
- Book: “Psych” – 100% on, 100% off
- neuroscape.ucsf.edu (135)
- 4 categories of gratitude (147)
- old relationship
- opportunity
- something amazing from yesterday
- something close + simple
- Transcendental meditation (150)
- 10 seconds wish for two people around you to be happy (157)
- Podcast: Derek Sivers episode (184)
- Book: “Stumbling on Happiness” (192)
- Article: “The CEO of Automattic on holding auditions” (206)
- Music: Franz Liszt (209)
- Book: “Unlimited Power” (210)
- Tried it, didn’t resonate for me at the time
- Mac nut (213)
- Book: “The War of Art” (243)
- Book: “Open” by Andre Agassi (272)
- Podcast: “Hardcore History” (285)
- Book: “Checklist Manifesto” (291)
- Music: Daft Punk: Homework, Kraftwerk (330)
- Book: “The Ego is The Enemy” + “The Obstacle is The Way” (334)
- App: Way of Life (342)
- Book: “Life is Elsewhere” by Milan Kundera (348)
- Book: “The Proud Highway” by Hunter S. Thompson (356)
- Book: “Unbearable Lightness of Being”
- Book: stuff by John Muir
- Book: “Start with Why” (373)
- Book: “Daily Rituals” (381)
- Article: “Maker’s schedule, manager’s schedule” (387)
- Article: “Brain Pickings” (406)
- Book: “Diaries of Henry David Thoreau” (408, 410)
- Book: “Doing Good Better” (447)
- “Giving what we can” (447)
- Book: “Lying” by Sam Harris (479)
- Book: ” The Power of Myth” + “The Hero with 1,000 Faces” (484)
- Book: “One Hundred Years of Solitude” (498)
- Book: “Think Twice” (599)