Tools of Titans

Tim Ferriss outlines what he's learned from high performers across various fields; from athletes, to billionaires, to successful authors and more

He broke the book into 3 categories; Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise.

Here's the ones I found most interesting, and commonalities across multiple people

Meditation

Tim himself noted that 80% of people interview in the book did some form of meditation, with men leaning towards Transcendental Meditation.

Regardless of what type you end up gravitating to, the end goal is the same - to be able to bring your focus back under control. Whether you're focusing on your breath, repeating a word or mantra, grounding yourself by drawing attention to parts of your body, or listening to a narrators voice - the goal is to focus on 1 thing at a time, and if you notice it drifting, gently bring it back. Theres plenty of youtube videos that highlight studies or attempt to go into the physiology behind why meditation works, but my summary above covers the important idea. There are a significant amount of successful people who swear by some form of meditation, so it's worth a try.

Prime your state

This name was given to it in Tony Robbins interview, but it's the idea of setting yourself up in the morning and getting into the right emotional state;

• do 1 pushup (or short exercise routine)

• recite a mantra (think goals, what you're grateful for etc)

• wish happiness for 3 people

• perform a breathing routine

• cold shower

• make your bed

Regardless of what it is, this sort of thing pops up again and again. Go for a small win (hence 1 pushup) first thing. Put your mind and body into a positive place

Just get started

The catchphrase of all your favorite procrastination books. As humans, we don't like change. The shift from comfort to discomfort is... uncomfortable, but it turns out that once you get started, it's not that hard to keep going. Once you're on that walk/run, or once the textbook is already opened, you can pass 30 minutes or an hour without even noticing. It applies to the step above as well - set your goal to do 1 push up, and you might just find that when you're down there, you do a few more.

Just get started and the doing will take care of itself once you get there.