Tim Ferriss Quotes
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People who avoid all criticism fail. It's destructive criticism we need to avoid, not criticism in all forms.
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Just because you are embarrassed to admit that you're still living the consequences of bad decisions made 5, 10, 20 years ago shouldn't stop you from making good decisions now. If you let pride stop you, you will hate life 5, 10, and 20 years from now for the same reasons.
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Seemingly unrelated things that are in fact really related, that's the stuff I like to talk about. Like dancing, language learning, swimming, three-pointers.
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Companies that start by redesigning the economics of an industry often finish by redesigning the whole industry-and owning it.
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I've seen the promised land, and there is good news. You can have it all.
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There are certain things I will automate, but when it comes to quality control, I want to keep a very close eye.
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Ninety-nine percent of people believe they can't do great things, so they aim for mediocrity.
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At least three time per day at scheduled times, he had to ask himself the following question: Am I being productive or just active? Charney captured the essence of this with less-abstract wording: Am I inventing things to do to avoid the important? He eliminated all of the activities he used as crutches and began to focus on demonstrating results instead of showing dedication. Dedication is often just meaningless work in disguise. Be ruthless and cut the fat.
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Doing less is not being lazy. Don't give in to a culture that values personal sacrifice over personal productivity.
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Pacifists become militants. Freedom fighters become tyrants. Blessings become curses. Help becomes hindrance. More becomes less.
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Exercise is overrated.
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The biggest misconception about work is that you need to spend the majority of your time doing it.
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As far as income goes, there are three currencies in the world; most people ignore two. The three currencies are time, income and mobility, in descending order of importance. Most people focus exclusively on income.
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Resveratrol is fascinating stuff. One of the best sources of information about it is the Immortality Institute. They have a forum where some people are in the 500 Club, as they call it. They've been taking 500 milligrams for years. It's a really great source of data.
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I'll repeat something you might consider tattooing on your forehead: What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.
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If the challenge we face doesn't scare us, then it's probably not that important.
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It's not enough to have the right answers. You have to have the right questions.
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Avoid results-by volume approach, instead focus on few critically important but uncomfortable actions.
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Just because something has been a lot of work or consumed a lot of time doesn't make it productive or worthwhile.
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People are smarter than you think. Give them a chance to prove themselves.
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It is far more lucrative and fun to leverage your strengths instead of attempting to fix all the chinks in your armor. The choice is between multiplication of results using strenths or incremental improvement fixing weaknesses that will, at best, become mediocre. Focus on better use of your best weapons instead of constant repair.
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Life is too short to be small.
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I gauge success in years, not weeks. The weekend box-office approach to book launches is short sighted and encourages crappy books.
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There is always more information than attention.