About this book
For two years Elias asked the same eleven questions to everyone from generals to Grammy winners, billionaire investors to Olympic coaches. Field Notes from Giants is what survived: the morning routines, the books gifted most, the failure CVs, and the tiny habits that compound.
Organised for browsing — healthy, wealthy, wise — each profile ends with the guest's answers in their own words, plus Elias's marginalia: what he actually tried, what worked, and what he quietly dropped.
What's inside
- The morning audit: what 80% of guests do in the first hour — and the three patterns worth stealing.
- Failure CVs: the biggest professional collapses, annotated with what each one taught.
- The borrowed bookshelf: the 20 titles gifted most often, with one-line reasons from the givers.
- Saying no: the exact scripts guests use to decline politely — and the “not-to-do” lists.
Who it's for
Anyone assembling a personal operating system. Read it cover to cover or keep it by the bed for one profile a night — readers report the margins fill up fast either way.
★★★★★
“I bought four copies. One for me, three for people I mentor. The morning-audit chapter alone repaid it.”
— Sofia R., founder, Amsterdam
★★★★★
“An encyclopedia of excellence you can actually use. Dog-eared within a week.”
— Metro Journal, Nonfiction Pick
Details: 640 pages · Illustrated · Hardcover, ebook, audiobook.