Since the success of The 4-Hour Workweek, I’ve been able to see some of the worst e-mail pitches out there. Here is an example of how to do it properly, with 5 tips and good template phrases bolded: Hi Tim, I hope all is well (and I gather from your…

How do you generate the most profit with the least effort? How do you maximize margins without sacrificing quality? I’m not talking more customers, nor more revenue, nor more offices and employees. Profit. Based on my interviews with high-performing CEOs (“high-performing” determined using annual-profit-per-employee measurements) in more than a dozen…

When facing life’s questions, who do you turn to for advice? For me, I turn to experts. In the past year, I had the opportunity to ask over 100 brilliant people 11 questions as I put together for my most recent book Tribe of Mentors. One of my favorite questions…

“Not-to-do” lists are often more effective than to-do lists for upgrading performance. — The reason is simple: what you don’t do determines what you can do. Here are nine stressful and common habits that entrepreneurs and office workers should strive to eliminate. The bullets are followed by more detailed descriptions. Focus on one or two at a time, just as you would with…

Email is the single largest interruption in modern life. In a digital world, creating time hinges on minimizing it. The first step towards controlling the email impulse is setting up an autoresponse, which indicates you will be checking email twice per day or less. …

Over the past three years, I’ve been fortunate enough to interview over 200 world-class performers on my podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which recently passed 200,000,000 downloads. The guests included chess prodigies, movie stars, four-star generals, pro athletes, and hedge fund managers. It was a motley crew. More than a…

To do or not to do? To try or not to try? Most people will vote no, whether they consider themselves brave or not. Uncertainty and the prospect of failure can be very scary noises in the shadows. Most people will choose unhappiness over uncertainty. For years, I set goals…

“We don’t rise to the level of our expectations. We fall to the level of our training.” ― Archilochus Mental toughness can take many forms: resilience against attack, calmness in the face of uncertainty, persistence through pain, or focus amidst chaos. Below are eight lessons from eight of the toughest…

Last year was an interesting year for me. I turned 40, lost several close friends of mine, and came to some sobering realizations that often strike people who are in the middle of their lives. I didn’t have a midlife crisis per se, more of a midlife reassessment. So over…