Every Tool's a Hammer

Life Is What You Make It

By: Adam Savage

Narrated by: Adam Savage

Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins

Publisher's summary

MythBusters’ Adam Savage - Discovery Channel star and one of the most beloved figures in science and tech - shares his golden rules of creativity, from finding inspiration to following through and successfully turning your idea into reality.

Adam Savage is a maker. From Chewbacca’s bandolier to a thousand-shot Nerf gun, he has built thousands of spectacular projects as a special effects artist and the cohost of MythBusters. Adam is also an educator, passionate about instilling the principles of making in the next generation of inventors and inspiring them to turn their curiosity into creation.

In this practical and passionate guide, Adam weaves together vivid personal stories, original sketches and photographs from some of his most memorable projects, and interviews with many of his iconic and visionary friends in the arts and sciences - including Pixar director Andrew Stanton, Nick Offerman, Oscar-winner Guillermo Del Toro and artist Tom Sachs - to demonstrate the many lessons he has picked up from a lifetime of making.

Things like: don’t wait until everything is perfect - in your workshop or in your life - to begin. Plan with pencil and paper. Sweep up every day. Learn from doing. Share your toys. There is an exact tool for every task (Adam probably has four of them in his wondrous shop), but if you need to pound in a nail and all you have handy is a skill saw - hammer away. The most important thing, always, is just that you make something.

Every Tool’s a Hammer is sure to guide and inspire you to build, make, invent, explore and, most of all, enjoy the thrills of being a creator.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2019 Adam Savage (P)2019 Simon & Schuster UK

Critic reviews

"Adam has drawn for us an imperative how-to for creativity... I am aware of no human outside of fiction more qualified to pen this rousing paean to making. I adore this book," (Nick Offerman, star of Parks and Recreation)

Just awesome!

Great to listen to, great info and inspirational! I will listen to it again and again!

Loved it! Great content on creativity and making

If you love creativity and making this is a great book. The beauty of this book is it gave me permission to do the things I was already doing, but thought I was weird doing them.

Obsession is a way of life

Best way to explain that itch of creation and grasp the need of obsession and loving your work.

Awesome book Adam

This book has a lot of great organizational tips for all kinds of makers. Adam does an excellent job narrating his book. I have already recommended it to others.

10/10 listened to it 7 times and still love it

Amazing and would suggest it to anyone with a passion for creating and making. Great for listening to while working on big and small projects

Makes this is a must read

after listening to this you realize the humble beginnings he came from to become world renowned maker he is. Also in a field where information is valuable he shares some basic information that is very useful .

This was Awesome and Helpful

This book was awesome. I expected to get a mix of Adam's classic manic energy, fun stories, and useful factoids. This was even better. I listened to this book while writing my dissertation, and was struggling with a particularly unwieldy chapter. This helped me organize my thoughts better and motivated me to get over the hump. It also gave me plenty of new perspectives on my work, my life, and my hobbies. Thanks Adam!

dyslexic engineer

as an engineer I always love learning from Mr.Savage's revolutionary and and unique solutions to problems and now the story behind some of them.

this book is my bible

as someone who obsesses and is a creative, this book is perfect. it is amazing

Really great book

Informative and fun
I look forward to listening to this again.
Adam is funny and gives great advice