Listen, being a billionaire isn’t easy. If you don’t just inherit the money or find it in a paper bag in the park (a fantasy we’ve all had) you’ve got to earn it, invest it, and then find places to keep it in case burglars break in and take away everything you’re hiding under your mattress (the best place to hide some stacks of twenties) and your big ole’ bucket of gold, too.
But there’s something you can do to make being a millionaire just a mite bit easier. No, we can’t give you the greatest idea of all time or introduce you to a literary agent who will turn your life story into a bestselling memoir that’s made into a movie, but we can tell you what the richest and most successful people eat, and that should absolutely help you on your way. At least if you trust Tim Ferriss, who’s spoken to the world’s best and brightest for his new book Tools of Titans.
According to Thrillist, which has broken down the ways in which the leaders of industry keep themselves nourished, there are several rules you need to follow if you’re going to be the boss. The first rule? Stop eating like trash and start respecting your body for the luxury high-rise with a penthouse and wraparound balconies that it is. The second rule? Well, wait, there are a few:
Ferriss refers to BJ Miller as “an expert in death,” in the book because he’s an advisor to the Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco and has “guided ~1,000 deaths.” You might be wondering what the heck this has to do with cookies.
Miller says that for his patients who are about to die, it’s not always helpful to talk about the meaning of life. Baking cookies with them, however? “Just the basic joy of smelling a cookie. You’re rewarded for being alive and in the moment. Smelling a cookie is not on behalf of some future state. It’s great in the moment, by itself, on behalf of nothing,” he says in the book. No matter where we are in our lives, certainly anyone can appreciate an experience like that. And most importantly, you get to eat cookies when you’re done!
That sounds nice! You know what else sounds nice? Eating the same thing for breakfast (also a thing that titans do because no one’s got time for decisions) and this little cocktail that’s supposed to help even the most staunch insomniacs amongst us drift off to sleep with choirs of angels singing them to their rest:
“There’s a simple cocktail taught to me by the late Seth Roberts, who was a professor emeritus at Berkeley,” Ferris says. “It’s worked for thousands of my fans, and works for about eight out of every ten people.” The recipe is crazy simple: 2 tbsp of apple cider vinegar (he liked Bragg’s) and 1tbsp of raw honey mixed into hot water. Ferriss says it can be effective even if you have a serious sleep disorder like insomnia.
What else should you consider? Goat whey, ketones, and, most impressively, something called Titanium tea (more info over at Thrillist) that will keep you going all day even without coffee. And speaking of coffee: If you want to be very cool and successful and make lots of important business connections, you’re going to have to give that up because it can lead to both chronic fatigue and problems with weight loss in the long run.
And if all else fails, try to fast for short periods of time. That should get your system running. Us, though? We’ll be over here baking cookies and hoping for the best.
