Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers

ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS

I am not the expert. I’m the experimenter, the scribe, and the guide.

If you find anything amazing in this book, it’s thanks to the brilliant minds who acted as teachers, resources, critics, contributors, proofreaders, and references. If you find anything ridiculous in this book, it’s because I didn’t heed their advice or made a mistake.

Though indebted to hundreds of people, I wish to thank here the many guests who have appeared on my podcast and who grace the pages of this book, listed in alphabetical order:

Scott Adams

James Altucher

Sophia Amoruso

Marc Andreessen

Sekou Andrews

Patrick Arnold

Peter Attia

Scott Belsky

Richard Betts

Mike Birbiglia

Alex Blumberg

Amelia Boone

Justin Boreta

Brené Brown

Bryan Callen

Margaret Cho

Paulo Coelho

Kevin Costner

Whitney Cummings

Dominic D’Agostino

Alain de Botton

Joe De Sena

Mike Del Ponte

Peter Diamandis

Tracy DiNunzio

Jack Dorsey

Stephen J. Dubner

James Fadiman

Jon Favreau

Chris Fussell

Cal Fussman

Adam Gazzaley

Malcolm Gladwell

Evan Goldberg

Marc Goodman

Laird Hamilton

Reid Hoffman

Ryan Holiday

Chase Jarvis

Daymond John

Bryan Johnson

Sebastian Junger

Samy Kamkar

Kevin Kelly

Brian Koppelman

Tim Kreider

Paul Levesque

Will MacAskill

Brian MacKenzie

Justin Mager

Nicholas McCarthy

Gen. Stan McChrystal

Jane McGonigal

Matt Mullenweg

Casey Neistat

Jason Nemer

Edward Norton

Alexis Ohanian

Amanda Palmer

Rhonda Patrick

Caroline Paul

Martin Polanco

Charles Poliquin

Maria Popova

Naval Ravikant

Gabby Reece

Tony Robbins

Robert Rodriguez

Chris Sacca

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Ramit Sethi

Mike Shinoda

Jason Silva

Derek Sivers

Joshua Skenes

Christopher Sommer

Morgan Spurlock

Kelly Starrett

Neil Strauss

Cheryl Strayed

Chade-Meng Tan

Peter Thiel

Pavel Tsatsouline

Luis von Ahn

Josh Waitzkin

Eric Weinstein

Shaun White

Jocko Willink

Rainn Wilson

Chris Young

Andrew Zimmern