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ONE QUESTION Tim Ferriss asks people on his mind-blowing podcast is, “What book have you gifted most often to others, and why?” This is one of my favourite parts of the show.
Below are some of the answers from people like Tony Robbins that might catch your attention. Thanks to this list, I just got a lot of my Christmas shopping done.
Before we get to that though, let’s recap the books that Tim has recommended:
OK, now it is time for Tim’s podcasts guests to take over. Here are some of the ones that caught my eye. While I’ve read a lot of these, there were some very interesting new finds. I ended up ordering several books.
Kevin Kelly, the founding editor of WIRED magazine, recommends:
Tony Robbins – performance coach to Bill Clinton, Serena Williams, Paul Tudor Jones, Leonardo DiCaprio, Oprah Winfrey, and a bunch of other people you’ve heard of – recommends:
Neil Strauss has written seven New York Times bestsellers, including “The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists.” He offers:
Ryan Holiday is an author and the media strategist behind authors Tucker Max and Robert Greene. Ryan mentioned Farnam Street in his podcast with Tim and might be the only person I know who consistently reads more than I do. He recommends:
Ramit Sethi is a personal finance advisor and entrepreneur. Sethi is the author of the 2009 book on personal finance, “I Will Teach You To Be Rich,” a New York Times Bestseller. He recommends:
Still not satisfied? See what Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Bill Gates recommend.
No women worth asking?
No black people worth asking? No Asian people? Gay, irish, transgender…?
Change the record would you, everything isn’t always an equality issue ffs.
obviously not
Ray, you know full well that none of that group – blacks, Asians, transgender, gay – make up half the population. So it’s absolutely fair to lament that someone compiling a list of influential people can’t think of one woman.
Wow who are these ” highly influential people” never heard of any of them . Sure they felt important to be asked though.
My favourite books are Lord of the rings, Charlie and the chocolate factory and domestique by Charlie wegelius.
How about that
Or maybe you just pilfered it off a news feed
Wow! I just can’t wait to hear what books are recommended by the sleaze who wrote ‘The Game’ and that Tony Robbins bloke who stupid people turn to for inspiration and shallow spiritual mumbo jumbo.
Shantaram is an amazing book highly recommended. It’s as good as papillon and the kite runner.
If someone can recommend me books along these lines id be delighted.
Hi Paddy, I don’t post many comments but have replied on the feed so won’t repeat here..happy reading ;)
Never heard of these people before. But it seems amazon has the same idea on what books to buy. Click on one of those books and magically the rest pop up aswell on amazon. Looks like this is a quick copy and paste article.
Papillon was great too, have you read Midnight Express? Try that- the film didn’t do it justice though :)
Paddy if you liked the Kite Runner, you’ll love another one of his..A Thousand Splendid Suns :)
An article worth saving- I love reading, have read a few of these. Tim Robbins is highly inspirational and Vicktor Frankl teaches that there is always freedom of choice- even when locked inside prison walls- nobody can take your ‘inner you’ away unless you allow that..Im wondering why the author of this article wishes to remain anonymous…? A marketing project? Just wondering..
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