Quotes from Timothy Ferriss

4—Prepare "Titanium Tea" (this name was a joke, but it stuck) (2 to 3 minutes)

Most-gifted or recommended books? Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl The Fourth Turning by William Strauss (Also, Generations by William Strauss, which was gifted to Tony by Bill Clinton) Mindset by Carol Dweck (for parenting) As a Man Thinketh by

how can I fill the bucket with the things that are really important to me?

Marc Andreessen (here) long ago referred to the above double-/triple-threat concept, citing Scott's writing, as "even the secret formula to becoming a CEO. All successful CEOs are like this." He reiterated that you could also cultivate this in school by getting unusual combinations of degrees, like engineering + MBA, law degree + MBA, or undergrad physics + economics.

By focusing inward on yourself as a writer instead of outward on what you think readers will want to read, you'll end up creating the best and most original work, and that one-in-a-thousand person who happens to love it will end up finding their way to you.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."—Henry David Thoreau

Out of Control by Kevin Kelly

You don't "succeed" because you have no weaknesses; you succeed because you find your unique strengths and focus on developing habits around them. . . . Everyone is fighting a battle [and has fought battles] you know nothing about. The heroes in this book are no different. Everyone struggles.

Homo Deus: A Brief History of

Once you assess your own skill and the situation, often things change. As long as you stop and really look, I think people's lives will change kind of radically, especially for women. Women are very, very quick to say they're scared. That's something I really want to change.

Usually, the answer is, "You can die." Then I answer back, "I'd rather die doing something I feel is great and amazing rather than be safe and comfortable living a life I hate.

Remember Who You Are

Desire is a contract that you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want.

started out basically imagining I was writing for a stadium full of replicas of myself—which made things easy because I already knew exactly what topics interested them, what writing style they liked, what their sense of humor was, etc.

Hacer menos trabajo fútil para concentrarse en cosas de mayor importancia personal para uno NO es pereza. Esto nos resulta difícil de aceptar a la mayoría porque nuestra cultura recompensa el sacrificio personal en lugar de la productividad personal.

Somewhere between college graduation and your second job, a chorus enters your internal dialogue: Be realistic and stop pretending. Life isn't like the movies.

Most people exist between the on and off switch. They are unable to turn on and put out high power, and they are unable to turn off completely and enjoy true rest. To learn how to control your on and off

The level of competition is thus fiercest for "realistic" goals, paradoxically making them the most time and energy-consuming.

Every writer in this book has a slightly different process, but they all start with the same thing: a blank page.

This book is for anyone who is sick of the deferred-life plan and wants to live life large instead of postpone it.

Work hard to beat the competition." The truth is that competition is the opposite of creativity. If I am working hard to beat the competition, it actually prevents me from thinking creatively to make all concepts of competition obsolete.

Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.

Those moments show me that this whole thing is bigger than me. It's the realization that there is a "will to pleasure," a "will to power" and, in the words of Viktor Frankl, a "will to meaning." You won't take a bullet for pleasure or power, but you will for meaning.

5—Morning Pages or 5-Minute Journal (5 to 10 minutes)