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Timothy Ferriss
Tribe of Mentors : Short Life Advice from the B...

Timothy Ferriss
Tribe of Mentors : Short Life Advice from the Best in the World

2017 | Nakladatelství The Book Service Ltd (Penguin)

When facing life's questions, who do you turn to for advice? We all need mentors, particularly when the odds seem stacked against us. To find his own, bestselling author and podcast guru Tim Ferriss tracked down more than 100 eclectic experts to help him, and you, navigate life. Through short, action-packed profiles, h…e shares their secrets for success, happiness, meaning, and more. No matter the challenge or opportunity, something in these pages can help. You will learn: - The three books legendary investor Ray Dalio recommends most often - Lessons and tips from elite athletes like Maria Sharapova, Kelly Slater, Tony Hawk and Dan Gable - How and why Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz says no to most incoming requests - The meditation and mindfulness practices of David Lynch, Jimmy Fallon, Sharon Salzberg, Rick Rubin, Sarah Elizabeth Lewis and others - The high-school loss that motivated actor Terry Crews for life . . . and how you can use the lesson - Why TED curator Chris Anderson thinks `pursue your passion' is terrible advice - How Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens went from repeated rejections to global mega-bestseller - Why comedian Patton Oswalt wishes at least one catastrophic failure on anyone in the arts - Astrophysicist Janna Levin's unique reframe that helps her see obstacles as opportunities - Why actor Ben Stiller likes to dunk his head in a bucket of ice in the morning TIM FERRISS is one of Fast Company's `Most Innovative Business People' and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Alibaba and more. He is also the author of The 4-Hour Work Week, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef and Tools of Titans. The Observer and other media have named him `the Oprah of audio' due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 200 million downloads. When facing life's questions, who do you turn to for advice? We all need mentors, particularly when the odds seem stacked against us. To find his own, bestselling author and podcast guru Tim Ferriss t…racked down more than 100 eclectic experts to help him, and you, navigate life. Through short, action-packed profiles, he shares their secrets for success, happiness, meaning, and more. No matter the challenge or opportunity, something in these pages can help. You will learn: - The three books legendary investor Ray Dalio recommends most often - Lessons and tips from elite athletes like Maria Sharapova, Kelly Slater, Tony Hawk and Dan Gable - How and why Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz says no to most incoming requests - The meditation and mindfulness practices of David Lynch, Jimmy Fallon, Sharon Salzberg, Rick Rubin, Sarah Elizabeth Lewis and others - The high-school loss that motivated actor Terry Crews for life . . . and how you can use the lesson - Why TED curator Chris Anderson thinks `pursue your passion' is terrible advice - How Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens went from repeated rejections to global mega-bestseller - Why comedian Patton Oswalt wishes at least one catastrophic failure on anyone in the arts - Astrophysicist Janna Levin's unique reframe that helps her see obstacles as opportunities - Why actor Ben Stiller likes to dunk his head in a bucket of ice in the morning TIM FERRISS is one of Fast Company's `Most Innovative Business People' and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Alibaba and more. He is also the author of The 4-Hour Work Week, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef and Tools of Titans. The Observer and other media have named him `the Oprah of audio' due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 200 million downloads.

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O knize

Stav:	Nová
Vazba:	Brožovaná
Počet stran:	598
Jazyk:	anglicky
ISBN10:	1785041851
ISBN:	9781785041853
Vydání:	1
Vystaveno:	29. 3. 2025 0:27
Číslo položky:	1195447

O autorovi

Timothy Ferriss

Timothy Ferriss je americký spisovatel, autor bestsellerů o osobním rozvoji, podnikatel, investor a speaker. V roce 2007 vydal knihu „The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich“, v češtině vyšla v roce 2010 pod názvem „Čtyřhodinový pracovní týden: Nemarněte celé dny v práci, žijte kdekoli a staňte se novým bohatým“ . Tato kniha se krátce po svém vydání stala bestsellerem a vyšplhala se na první místo v žebříčku nejlépe prodávaných knih, který sestavuje New York Times, Wall Street Journal nebo BusinessWeek, a autora katapultovala mezi americké celebrity. K tomuto dílu se brzy přidaly i další úspěšné kniny s tématem „čtyřhodinovky“, jako je „Čtyřhodinové tělo“ nebo „Čtyřhodinový šéfkuchař“. V roce 2016 Ferriss vydal knihu „Tools of Titans“, která vyšla česky v roce 2017 pod názvem „Nástroje titánů: Návyky a taktiky výjimečných osobností, miliardářů a světových ikon.“ Zatím poslední novinkou z pera tohoto autora je kniha „Tribe of mentors: Short Life Advice From the Best in the World“. Tato publikace obsahuje krátké taktické rady od světově nejznámějších úspěšných podnikatelů, sportovců, investorů, umělců nebo hráčů pokeru. Timothy Ferriss aktuálně působí také jako investor a poradce předních společností, mezi jinými je to Facebook, Twitter, StumbleUpon, Evernote nebo Uber. Zároveň je autorem úspěšného blogu, který magazín Inc. Magazine's zařadil mezi 19 blogů, které stojí za pozornost. Blog byl také označen za jedničku mezi top 150 blogy zaměřenými na management a leadership . Toto hodnocení je založené na ukazatelích, jako je Google PageRank, Alexa traffic ranking nebo PostRank. Timothy Ferriss se narodil 20. července 1977 v USA, vyrůstal v East Hamptonu, New York, a absolvoval neurovědy a východoasijská studia na prestižní Princeton University. Nějakou dobu žil v kalifornském San José, kde provozoval společnost BrainQUICKEN specializovanou na on...

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