{"id":75654,"date":"2017-11-28T16:47:04","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T22:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=75654"},"modified":"2026-10-07T12:04:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T17:04:33","slug":"tribe-of-mentors-tim-ferriss-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/manhood\/tribe-of-mentors-tim-ferriss-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast #359: Tribe of Mentors \u2014 Short Life Advice From the Best of the Best"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Do you sometimes wish you had a cabinet of counselors you could go to for advice and insight on how to make life better and easier for yourself?&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Well, my guest <span class=\"s2\">today<\/span> created his own board of mighty mentors \u2014 a metaphorical round table of some of the most successful people in the world \u2014 and asked them all the same 11 questions on how to live a more fulfilling and productive life. And he wrote a book to share all the insights he learned with others.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">His name is Tim Ferriss, and he&#8217;s an author and the host of the&nbsp;Tim Ferriss Podcast. In his latest book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B071KJ7PTB\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B071KJ7PTB&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=stucosuccess&amp;linkId=FSXA3GZUT5SFDAZ4\"><i>Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice From the Best in the World<\/i><\/a>, Tim shares the answers he got to the 11 questions he posed to a diverse range of successful people like Steven Pressfield, Jocko Willink, Bear Grylls, and Greg Norman, among many others. In <span class=\"s2\">today<\/span>\u2019s episode, Tim shares insights from the people he interviewed on how to say no without feeling guilty or looking like a jerk, the books successful people frequently gift others, and what to do when you\u2019re feeling overwhelmed, distracted, and just generally down.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B071KJ7PTB\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B071KJ7PTB&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=stucosuccess&amp;linkId=FSXA3GZUT5SFDAZ4\">Tribe of Mentors<\/a>&nbsp;<\/i>is a fun book packed with actionable advice. Great book to just pick up and randomly flip through for something interesting to read. Makes for a great bathroom book too. My favorite answers were to the questions on how to say no, books people frequently gift, and what to do when you feel overwhelmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you sometimes wish you had a cabinet of counselors you could go to for advice and insight on how to make life better and easier for yourself?&nbsp; Well, my guest today created his own board of mighty mentors \u2014 a metaphorical round table of some of the most successful people in the world \u2014 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