{"id":58212,"date":"2022-01-23T18:39:17","date_gmt":"2022-01-23T22:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=58212"},"modified":"2022-06-13T13:49:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T17:49:28","slug":"tim-ferriss-book-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/tim-ferriss-book-recommendations\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Tim Ferriss Book Recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tim Ferriss is a famous American entrepreneur, author, podcaster, investor, and lifestyle guru. He is probably most famous for his podcast The Tim Ferriss Show<\/em><\/a>, which is one of the top Apple Podcasts in business, and for his 4-Hour <\/em>book series. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since Ferriss\u2019s advice is held in high regard, we put together a list of Tim Ferriss\u2019s book recommendations and mentions. Some of these books were directly recommended by Ferriss\u2014whether on his website or his podcast\u2014and others were ones he\u2019s discussed or mentioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our list starts with Tim Ferriss\u2019s number one book recommendation, The Magic of Thinking Big<\/a>. <\/em>Ferriss said that everybody should read this book first, so naturally, we decided to kick off our list with it. The remaining 19 books are divided into categories by theme and are in no particular ranking order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Business\/Success<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Since Tim Ferriss\u2019s podcast is focused on business, we decided to start our booklist with Ferriss\u2019s top recommended business and success books. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Magic of Thinking Big<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\r\nTITLE: The Magic of Thinking Big
\r\nAUTHOR: David J. Schwartz
\r\nTIME: 37
\r\nREADS: 29.8
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The top book recommendation from Tim Ferriss is The Magic of Thinking Big<\/em><\/a>. <\/em>This book <\/em>was originally published in 1959 and is widely regarded as a self-help classic. Ferriss mentions that the material is outdated, but that doesn\u2019t stop it from being inspirational. Even in 2021, with the abundance of self-help material out there, it got many raving reviews on Amazon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s It About?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We are surrounded by people who seem more successful than us and who earn more money than we do. We may think, \u201cWhat do they have that I haven\u2019t got? Are they just smarter?\u201d In The Magic of Thinking Big<\/em>, author David J. Schwartz says it\u2019s a matter of mindset. Successful people \u201cthink bigger\u201d\u2014they believe in themselves, have a grander scale of imagination, and see bigger possibilities. And they behave accordingly\u2014they have magnetic attitudes, prefer action to waiting, and learn from every setback. Learn the strategies and techniques that successful people use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The E-Myth Revisited<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Many people dream of quitting a job and becoming their own boss by starting a business. A million new businesses are started each year, but 40 percent fail within the first year and 80 percent fail within five years. Underlying the high failure rate are persistent romantic notions about how businesses are born and what it takes to succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In The E-Myth Revisited<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>Michael E. Gerber explains how focusing solely on the product undermines new businesses and just trying to work harder undermines new businesses. The right approach is to view your business like a franchise\u2014to systematize operations so that it no longer relies on you.<\/strong> This thirty-year-old classic is a part-practical and part-philosophical guide to conceptualizing and starting a business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blue Ocean Strategy<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\r\nTITLE: Blue Ocean Strategy
\r\nAUTHOR: W. Chan Kim and Renee A. Mauborgne
\r\nTIME: 31
\r\nREADS: 34.7
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Tired of competing head-to-head with other companies? Do you feel like your strategy differs little from the competition surrounding you? W. Chan Kim and Ren\u00e9e Mauborgne suggest that the answer to competitive problems is to create a blue ocean: a brand-new market for an innovative idea, allowing your company to avoid competing with rivals\u2014because it has no direct rivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Blue Ocean Strategy<\/em><\/a>, Kim and Mauborgne discuss how you can create such a market by focusing on your product\u2019s characteristics that customers really care about while discarding the characteristics they don\u2019t. This creates a new product offering that doesn\u2019t currently exist, in a space without direct competitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Shortform guide, we explore how to develop a blue ocean strategy, how to execute it, and how to anticipate potential problems. We\u2019ll also look at how a blue ocean strategy aligns with other business strategy frameworks, and where it differs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rework<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\nTITLE: Rework
\nAUTHOR: Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
\nTIME: 24
\nREADS: 90.3
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Conventional wisdom says that starting a business requires outside investors, strategic plans, accountants, a board of directors, and many other “musts.” But in Rework,<\/em><\/a> entrepreneurs Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson explain how old-school thinking doesn’t apply in today’s new business paradigm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re launching a company today, you can access online tools and technology that let you operate on a shoestring. You don’t need a big staff of managers and workers. You don’t need to take on huge financial risks. You don’t need to work 100 hours a week. You don’t need to advertise to find customers. You don’t even need an office\u2014your employees can work from home from anywhere in the world. Instead, reject old-school thinking, embrace simplicity, and run your company like a smart, frugal, well-oiled machine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Extreme Ownership<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\r\nTITLE: Extreme Ownership
\r\nAUTHOR: Jocko Willink and Leif Babin<\/a>
\r\nTIME: 42
\r\nREADS: 34.3
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What\u2019s the secret to being a great leader<\/a>? Whether you\u2019re in a warzone or on the front lines of a corporate battle,Extreme Ownership<\/em><\/a> argues that the best leaders take full responsibility for their actions and decisions, their teams, and their failures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authors Jocko Willink and Leif Babin are former U.S. Navy SEALs who served in Iraq. They honed the principles of Extreme Ownership on the battlefield, then applied the same tenets to the corporate world as business consultants. Willink and Babin illustrate how effective leaders exercise Extreme Ownership\u2014by admitting failures, believing in their missions, checking their egos, delegating, and being accountable\u2014through compelling war stories and useful business anecdotes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hard Thing About Hard Things<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\nTITLE: The Hard Thing About Hard Things<\/a>
\nAUTHOR: Ben Horowitz
\nTIME: 41
\nREADS: 106.8
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Ben Horowitz was a public CEO through the dotcom bubble<\/a> and burst. He learned a lot of hard lessons about how to build a company and get it to survive. Now co-founder of the venture capital<\/a> firm Andreessen Horowitz<\/a>, he shares his advice to other founders and senior executives on getting through your company\u2019s inevitable hard times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hard Thing About Hard Things<\/em><\/a> covers a wide span of topics, including handling the psychology of a failing company, building a good place to work, scaling a company<\/a>, and being a good CEO. It\u2019s targeted to startup founders and CEOs, but there\u2019s good advice here for anyone who wants to help build a better company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\nTITLE: The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing<\/a>
\nAUTHOR: Al Ries and Jack Trout
\nTIME: 22
\nREADS: 89.8
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Marketing seems like a simple task: Have a great product, tell people about it, and they\u2019ll buy it. But it\u2019s not that straightforward. In fact, the success of your business depends less on the quality of your product than on consumers\u2019 perception of your product\u2014and that\u2019s where skillful marketing comes in. In The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing<\/em><\/a>,<\/em> advertising experts Al Ries and Jack Trout explain the universal laws that govern what works and what doesn\u2019t in marketing. Ries and Trout spent more than 25 years studying the successes and failures of countless well-known and little-known brands, and they boiled their findings down to these 22 principles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psychology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The second category of book recommendations by Tim Ferriss is psychology. Below, we discuss some of Ferriss\u2019s book recommendations for improving your mindset and developing good habits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Body Keeps the Score<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\r\nTITLE: The Body Keeps the Score
\r\nAUTHOR: Bessel van der Kolk
\r\nTIME: 40
\r\nREADS: 20.7
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Trauma can stem from abuse to a severe car accident to wartime combat\u2014and cause a lifetime of flashbacks, nightmares, isolation, insomnia, hypervigilance, and rage. In The Body Keeps the Score<\/em><\/a>,<\/em> the author explores how diagnosing and treating trauma has evolved as new technologies, research, and fields of science emerged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trauma\u2019s impact is not only mental, emotional, and neurological, but also physiological: Trauma rewires the brain to put people in a constant state of stress or numbness, leading to a host of physical problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Six Thinking Hats<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\nTITLE: Six Thinking Hats
\nAUTHOR: Edward de Bono
\nTIME: 21
\nREADS: 99.1
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In Six Thinking Hats, <\/em>doctor and psychologist Edward de Bono takes the phrase \u201cput your thinking cap on\u201d to a new level. As De Bono explains, our normal thinking process is a hopeless tangle of six different types of thinking. We can improve the quality and efficiency of our decisions by untangling these six thinking types (symbolized by six hats of different colors) and deploying them more consciously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Six Thinking Hats <\/em><\/a>will teach you how to incorporate factual, emotional, critical, constructive, creative, and metacognitive information into your thinking process, along with strategies you can use to generate ideas in each of these modes. If you\u2019re looking for ways to dramatically cut your decision-making<\/a> time, calm your inner critic, or increase your team\u2019s creativity, the Six Hats method can help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grit<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\r\nTITLE: Grit
\r\nAUTHOR: Angela Duckworth
\r\nTIME: 21
\r\nREADS: 63.8
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Many successful leaders and businesspeople are lauded as \u201cgreat geniuses,\u201d but psychologist Angela Duckworth argues that talent and intelligence matter less to success than grit: the personality trait behind perseverance, hard work, and goal-setting. In Grit<\/em><\/a>, she explores what grit is, where it comes from, how it drives success, and how you can develop it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duckworth is primarily interested in how to raise gritty kids, and her insights have inspired parents and educators around the globe since the book\u2019s publication in 2016. However, she believes that adults, too, can develop grit, and she lays out specific, measurable ways to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her work has fueled debates about which matters more\u2014talent or effort. In the Shortform guide, we examine these controversies and consider insights from other psychologists who either support Duckworth\u2019s ideas or reveal nuances of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Power of Habit<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\r\nTITLE: The Power of Habit
\r\nAUTHOR: Charles Duhigg
\r\nTIME: 22
\r\nREADS: 42.8
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Do you have any bad habits you want to break? Or do you want to start a new habit, like healthier eating, exercise, or reading more?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You’re not alone. People try and fail to change their habits all the time. But they often fail because they believe it’s simply about willpower\u2014stopping the habit by brute force\u2014without understanding the nature of the habit and how to most effectively change it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Power of Habit<\/em><\/a> gives you an incredibly useful framework for understanding your habits and for changing them. In short, you must set up a routine that gives you fast positive feedback, and keep doing it until it becomes a fully-formed habit. Learn the strategies for developing a lasting habit here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Stop Worrying and Start Living<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\nTITLE: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living<\/a>
\nAUTHOR: Dale Carnegie
\nTIME: 33
\nREADS: 127.9
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None of us is a stranger to worry\u2014our minds are clouded by ambitions and goals, relationships, work obligations, concerns about the future, generalized anxiety, and so on. Left unchecked, worry and stress can easily consume you. But, with the right mindset and skills, you can start cutting unnecessary worry from your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In <\/em>How To Stop Worrying and Start Living<\/em><\/a>, Dale Carnegie offers timeless advice for stopping worry from ruling your life. You\u2019ll learn how imagining a worst-case scenario can stop your anxiety, why criticism is a compliment, and why smart spending is better than a raise\u2014and you\u2019ll come away with the right tools to build a happier, less worried mindset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spiritual<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While Tim Ferriss\u2019s spiritual beliefs tend to be in the realm of Stoicism, that didn\u2019t stop him from suggesting books that involve other spiritual practices and belief systems, such as Buddhism. Here are Ferriss\u2019s top books that discuss spirituality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10% Happier<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Former ABC News anchor Dan Harris believes anyone can benefit from meditation<\/a>. In 10% Happier<\/em><\/a>,<\/em> he offers a skeptic\u2019s journey through the world of self-help following his meltdown on live television. Harris explains how meditation allowed him to get control of his anxiety, manage his ego, and become a more compassionate person. This book explores how mindfulness and meditation can improve your life and career\u2014even by just 10%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Shortform guide, we explore Harris\u2019s understanding of mindfulness, meditation, and Buddhist principles. We\u2019ll also discuss the lessons meditation can teach you, explain how to start meditating<\/a>, and debunk some common misconceptions about mindfulness. Along the way, we\u2019ll provide research on meditation and other actionable tips from experts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Obstacle Is the Way<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\nTITLE: The Obstacle Is The Way
\nAUTHOR: Ryan Holiday
\nTIME: 37
\nREADS: 83.8
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Everyone encounters obstacles that frustrate their plans and goals. But an age-old formula for success used by some of the great figures in history\u2014including Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Edison, Amelia Earhart, and Steve Jobs\u2014can help anyone turn roadblocks into opportunities. In The Obstacle Is the Way<\/em><\/a>,<\/em> Ryan Holiday explains how to apply the principles of Stoicism<\/a> to overcoming challenges in everyday life. Following the path of ancient wisdom, you\u2019ll find that what stands in your way can become your way forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Radical Acceptance<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\nTITLE: Radical Acceptance
\nAUTHOR: Tara Brach
\nTIME: 40
\nREADS: 103.4
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Radical Acceptance<\/em><\/a> <\/em>is a meditative practice wherein we acknowledge what we\u2019re experiencing\u2014positive or negative\u2014and welcome it. <\/strong>It\u2019s a powerful tool that allows us to be fully present<\/a> in each passing moment. It helps us avoid getting stuck in our own heads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tara Brach, a practicing psychologist and devout Buddhist, discusses how we can use Radical Acceptance to live our lives more fully by always bringing our full attention to the present moment and accepting it for what it is. You’ll learn how we get trapped in the stories we tell ourselves, and how Radical Acceptance<\/em> can bring us out of the trance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miscellaneous<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One of the best things about Tim Ferriss\u2019s book recommendations is that he reads such a wide variety of genres and doesn\u2019t just choose one niche. So, here are some books that are a little different from the categories above, covering lifestyle, history, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essentialism<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\r\nTITLE: Essentialism
\r\nAUTHOR: Greg McKeown
\r\nTIME: 33
\r\nREADS: 36.2
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We feel constantly pressed for time. We try to do too much, yet when someone makes a request, we say yes without thinking. We feel we have to do it all. But because we\u2019re going in so many directions, we make little progress in any of them. Yet most of these activities are trivial. As Greg McKeown, author of <\/em>Essentialism<\/em><\/a> puts it, we\u2019re majoring in minor activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The way out of this trap is to practice essentialism: \u201cdo less but better<\/a>.\u201d McKeown explains how you can distinguish the vital few from the trivial, then eliminate the nonessentials and make your optimum contribution in your life and work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ride of a Lifetime<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\nTITLE: The Ride of a Lifetime
\nAUTHOR: Bob Iger
\nTIME: 45
\nREADS: 66.6
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Bob Iger has had a long career\u201422 years at ABC, then 23 at Disney (after Disney acquired ABC<\/a>). He started as a bottom-level crew member on television sets and eventually became CEO of Disney for 15 years. He led Disney through momentous changes in technology, global expansion, and its noted acquisitions of Pixar, Marvel, and Lucasfilm. He still looks back at his career in mild disbelief as an incredible, lucky ride of a lifetime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ride of a Lifetime<\/em><\/a> is a retelling of his professional career, with his leadership principles woven in. You\u2019ll learn why being an optimist is good for your career, how to take big risks, why you should always sweat the details, and how to fire someone<\/a> respectfully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting to Yes<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\r\nTITLE: Getting to Yes
\r\nAUTHOR: Roger Fisher and William Ury
\r\nTIME: 30
\r\nREADS: 32.3
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Getting to Yes<\/em><\/a> <\/em>by Roger Fisher and William Ury is a practical guide to negotiating more effectively whether you\u2019re haggling over a price, negotiating for a pay increase, or debating how to divide the housework. The authors propose an alternative to traditional adversarial bargaining, which often results in unfair agreements and strained relationships. Principled negotiation<\/a>, by contrast, aims to reach wise and fair agreements efficiently and civilly. In addition to walking you through their method, the authors offer numerous tips and techniques for handling challenging negotiations. Anyone can use their method, under any circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poor Charlie\u2019s Almanack<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\nTITLE: Poor Charlie's Almanack
\nAUTHOR: Charles T. Munger
\nTIME: 58
\nREADS: 172.5
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Charlie Munger is Warren Buffett\u2019s long-time partner at Berkshire Hathaway. Content to being the lesser-known of the two, Munger is no less impressive. Bill Gates says that Charlie Munger \u201cis truly the broadest thinker I have ever encountered,\u201d and Buffett calls him the ideal partner who is \u201cboth smarter and wiser.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poor Charlie\u2019s Almanack<\/em><\/a> is a collection of Charlie Munger\u2019s best advice given over 30 years, in the form of 11 speeches given as commencement addresses and roundtable talks. He covers a wide range of topics, including rationality and decision making, investing, and how to live a good life. You\u2019ll learn why Charlie considers multidisciplinary learning vital to success, his checklist for investment criteria, and how to build a trillion dollar company from scratch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lessons of History<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\r\nTITLE: The Lessons of History<\/a>
\r\nAUTHOR: Will Durant and Ariel Durant
\r\nTIME: 14
\r\nREADS: 30.6
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What can you learn from 5,000 years of history? Are we in truly novel times, or do we face the same problems that the Romans and Egyptians faced 2,000 years ago?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will & Ariel Durant, Pulitzer Prize winning historians, are famed for writing The Story of Civilization<\/em>, a massive 9766-page, 11-volume treatise of the entirety of Western history. They compiled the most important recurring patterns in the book The Lessons of History<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn how human nature hasn\u2019t changed over thousands of years, how societies cycle between inequality and redistribution like a heartbeat, and why eventually all civilizations fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wrapping It Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As an avid reader, Tim Ferriss has recommended and discussed many books on his podcast and in interviews (some have counted over 100). We chose what we felt were the top 20 recommendations, but if you feel like there are others that should be on this list, please leave them in the comments below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, guides and summaries for every one of these books are available on the Shortform<\/a> website. Of course, we always recommend supporting the authors and reading the originals, but if you don\u2019t have the time to read the full books or you want more background and context for the material, Shortform has you covered. Happy reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tim Ferriss is a famous American entrepreneur, author, podcaster, investor, and lifestyle guru. He is probably most famous for his podcast The Tim Ferriss Show, which is one of the top Apple Podcasts in business, and for his 4-Hour book series.  Since Ferriss\u2019s advice is held in high regard, we put together a list of Tim Ferriss\u2019s book recommendations and mentions. Some of these books were directly recommended by Ferriss\u2014whether on his website or his podcast\u2014and others were ones he\u2019s discussed or mentioned. Our list starts with Tim Ferriss\u2019s number one book recommendation, The Magic of Thinking Big. 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