5: What is one of the best or most worthwhile investment you’ve ever made?

Mickey Mellen
2 min readMar 1, 2024

Continuing on through the questions from Tim Ferriss in his book “Tribe of Mentors” ( see all of the questions here), we’re on to question number five:

What is one of the best or most worthwhile investments you’ve ever made? (Could be an investment of money, time, energy, etc.)

The first response that I’ll share is from Adam Robinson, who said:

The “problem” with meditation-I thought-was that it wasn’t “practical.” And worse, the time I spent meditating was time that I could have spent analyzing the world. But I eventually reframed meditation as a way to relinquish control of my conscious mind so that my more powerful unconscious mind could take over, and my analysis of the world would improve.

Next are some thoughts from Adam Fisher, related to coaching and mentoring:

The best investment I have made over the last year is a performance coach. I always believed in the concept of a coach, but I was slow to embrace it as part of my life for whatever reason. I strongly believe world-class performers need coaching. I suppose mentors function in this role for many, but coaches, in my opinion, are different. (Coaches) focus on you first…

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Mickey Mellen

I’m a cofounder of @GreenMellen, and I’m into WordPress, blogging and seo. Love my two girls, gadgets, Google Earth, and I try to run when I can.