Timothy Ferriss Quotes
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Timothy Ferriss Famous Quotes & Sayings
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People really do think they have to choose between high stress and high reward jobs, and low stress and low reward jobs.
One of the bigger misconceptions of learning is that many skills take a lifetime to get world-class at, or 10,000 hours to become world-class at.
The worst that could happen wasn't crashing and burning, it was accepting terminal boredom as a tolerable status quo.
I think you'd love this puppy. Why don't you just take him home and see what you think? You can just bring him back if you change your mind.
But the truth is, you can't really earn trust over time with people without being somewhat vulnerable [first].
You're not responsible for the hand of cards you were dealt. You're responsible for maxing out what you were given.
I will take as a given that, for most people, somewhere between six and seven billion of them, the perfect job is the one that takes the least time.
Fasting before chemotherapy is definitely something that should be implemented in our oncology wards,
The question you should be asking isn't, "What do I want?" or "What are my goals?" but "What would excite me?
we would always think: 'Okay, if we do X today, what does that result in tomorrow, a year from now, ten years from now?' The
The top 1% often succeed despite how they train, not because of it. Superior genetics, or a luxurious full-time schedule, make up for a lot.
What I don't like is snark for snark's sake. If you are going to make fun of me, at least be witty while doing it.
Fear itself is quite fear-inducing. Most intelligent people in the world dress it up as something else: optimistic denial.
As author P. J. O'Rourke puts it: Veal is a very young beef and, like a very young girlfriend, it's cute but boring and expensive.
I didn't even like white wine. Then I tasted it and bought a case. It was the first case of any wine I'd ever bought.
The best way to counter-attack a hater is to make it blatantly obvious that their attack has had no impact on you.
I overhear Bobby Flay say, "Take risks and you'll get the payoffs. Learn from your mistakes until you succeed. It's that simple." I
Pricing low is shortsighted, because someone else is always willing to sacrifice more profit margin and drive you both bankrupt.
One does not accumulate but eliminate. It is not daily increase but daily decrease. The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity. - BRUCE LEE
You won't believe what you can accomplish by attempting the impossible with the courage to repeatedly fail better.
I didn't survive, I prepared." Nelson Mandela's answer when Tony asked him, "Sir, how did you survive all those years in prison?
So I think, every day, it's something to reflect on and think about 'How do I become less competitive in order that I can become more successful?
We do not rise to the level of our expectations. We fall to the level of our training." - Archilochus
Far from being a reason not to travel and seek adventure, children are perhaps the best reason of all to do both.
Once we get those muddy, maddening, confusing thoughts [nebulous worries, jitters, and preoccupations] on the page, we face our day with clearer eyes.
Adults are always asking kids what they want to be when they grow up because they are looking for ideas. - PAULA POUNDSTONE
When you have the best and tastiest ingredients, you can cook very simply and the food will be extraordinary because it tastes like what it is.
There were three reasons why we survived: We had no money, we had no technology, and we had no plan. Every dollar, we used very carefully.
it's nice to know that when you get started each day seems to matter less than learning how to get started consistently, however
Learn to slow down. Get lost intentionally. Observe how you judge both yourself and those around you.
For all their bitching about what's holding them back, most people have a lot of trouble coming up with the defined dreams they're being held from.
Success, however you define it, is achievable if you collect the right field-tested beliefs and habits.
Parkinson's Law dictates that a task will swell in (perceived) importance and complexity in relation to the time allotted for its completion. It
A person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.
Sports just happen to be excellent for avoiding foreign-language stage fright and developing lasting friendships while still sounding like Tarzan.
Case - a tolerable and comfortable existence doing something unfulfilling. The last is most common and most insidious.
I participate in a program called D.E.A.R. which stands for Drop Everything and Read, where a few times a month I come in and read to each class.
Oh, that wasn't a failure. That was a key moment of my development that I needed to take, and I can trust my instinct. I really can.
if we move beyond the education bubble that we're living in today, the future will be one in which people can speak about these things more clearly.
Being overwhelmed is often as unproductive as doing nothing, and is far more unpleasant. Being selective - doing less - is the path of the productive.
(1) Define a to-do list and (2) define a not-to-do list. In general terms, there are but two questions:
There is more freedom to be gained from practicing poverty than chasing wealth. Suffer a little regularly and you often cease to suffer.
I am a big believer that if you have a very clear vision of where you want to go, then the rest of it is much easier.
As chef Mehdi Chellaoui says, "I use lemon like I use salt." Mario Batali would agree: if something is missing, it's probably acid.