Quotes from Tim Ferriss

Unbeknownst to most fun-loving bipeds, not all stress is bad. Indeed, the New Rich don't aim to eliminate all stress. Not in the least.

A person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.

To do the impossible, you need to ignore the popular.

I gauge success in years, not weeks. The weekend box-office approach to book launches is short sighted and encourages crappy books.

When you try to do something big its hard to fail completely.

I really feel like knife skills - not just in the kitchen, but in life - are really critical.

Happiness has a very short half-life.

I do not equate productivity to happiness. For most people, happiness in life is a massive amount of achievement plus a massive amount of appreciation. And you need both of those things.

By working only when you are most effective, life is both more productive and more enjoyable. It's the perfect example of having your cake and eating it, too.

To make a bestseller, there are more customers than just your customers: Selling to the end-user is just one piece of the puzzle. In my case, I needed to first sell myself to the publisher to get marketing support and national retail distribution.

The more books there are on shelves, the more will be sold. Once you get to the level of The Secret and have 40-100 copies in many stores, managers have almost no choice but to put them in prime real estate like front-of-store, end caps, or front window.

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 results I have had in my life; the most enjoyable times, have all come from asking the simple question: 'What is the worst that could happen?'

If you let pride stop you, you will hate life

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.

I don't journal to 'be productive.' I don't do it to find great ideas or to put down prose I can later publish. The pages aren't intended for anyone but me. It's the most cost-effective therapy I've ever found.

Poisonous people do not deserve your time. To think otherwise is masochistic.

If you don't have time, you don't have priorities.

My parents didn't have much money growing up, but they always had a budget for books.

I work hard, but in spurts.

Requiring a lot of time does not make a task important.

Every time I find myself stressed out, it's because I do things primarily driven by growth.

It's very easy to say, 'Well, hey, you should wake up at 4:30 in the morning and do what ABCD people do.' Just because it works for one person, just because it works for even many people, does not mean it will necessarily work for you.

Most of my readers think I'm obsessed with time management, but they haven't seen the other - much more legitimate, much more extreme - obsession. I've recorded almost every workout I've done since age 18. Since 2004, I've been tracking everything from complete lipid panels, insulin, and hemoglobin A1c, to IGF-1 and free testosterone.