Tim Ferriss Quotes
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One can steal ideas, but no one can steal execution or passion.
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The blind quest for cash is a fool's errand.
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If you look at the purported dangers of salt or fat, there is no consensus of support in scientific literature. So I would ask first: 'Is it possible to have an informed government that actually follows the science?' From what I've seen, it's not likely.
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But you are the average of the five people you associate with most, so do not underestimate the effects of your pessimistic, unambitious, or disorganized friends. If someone isn't making you stronger, they're making you weaker.
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What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.
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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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It isn't enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box.
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It is predicated on the assumption that you dislike what you are doing during the most physically capable years of your life. This is a nonstarter—nothing can justify that sacrifice.
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Remember—boredom is the enemy, not some abstract "failure.
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I think time management as a label encourages people to view each 24-hour period as a slot in which they should pack as much as possible.
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Role models who push us to exceed our limits, physical training that removes our spare tires, and risks that expand our sphere of comfortable action are all examples of eustress—stress that is healthful and the stimulus for growth.
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Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to being a winner.
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The opposite of love is indifference, and the opposite of happiness is boredom.
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Life is too short to be small.
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You can enjoy stargazing just by going out and learning a couple constellations with your kids.
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The downstream effects are unknown. Do your best and hope for the best. If you're improving the world-however you define that-consider your job well done.
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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.
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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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Companies that start by redesigning the economics of an industry often finish by redesigning the whole industry-and owning it.
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Relative income uses two variables: the dollar and time, usually hours.
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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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Ninety-nine percent of people believe they can't do great things, so they aim for mediocrity.
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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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If you don't have time, you don't have priorities.