Quotes from Timothy Ferriss

Premack [a motivational system where a more-preferred activity can be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity] or a rewards system, but with

I believe I'm below average. It's a deliberate, cultivated belief to compensate for our tendency to think we're above average.

Two of his favorite, easy-to-find teas are both from Red Blossom Tea Company: Tung Ting dark roast oolong, and, for something milder, Silver Needle white tea.

Inside suffering is the seed of change.

case—a tolerable and comfortable existence doing something unfulfilling. The last is most common and most insidious.

Hardcore History by

The whole point of addiction is that people are compelled to it by suffering, trauma, unease, and emotional pain. If you want to help people, ask why they are in so much pain that they are driven (there's that word again) to escape from it through ultimately self-harming habits or substances. Then support them in healing the trauma at the core of their addiction, a process that always starts with nonjudgmental curiosity and compassion.

Blinkist—an app that condenses nonfiction books into 15-minute reads.

Genghis Khan y el inicio del mundo moderno (Crítica, DL 2006).

When I'm old, how much would I be willing to pay to travel back in time and relive the moment that I'm experiencing right now?

El «acondicionamiento hipertérmico» (o exposición controlada al calor) ayuda a aumentar la producción de la hormona del crecimiento y mejora considerablemente la resistencia.

10 por ciento mayor, no suele resultarte cien veces más difícil, pero la recompensa sí es cien veces mayor.»

Most of history was built by young people. They just got credit when they were older.

a Barnes and Noble with no goal in particular, I chance upon a book about suicide. It's right there in front of me on a display table. Perhaps this is the "miracle"? I sit down and read the entire book, taking copious notes into a journal, including other books listed in the bibliography.

The stars will never align

What you seek is seeking you." —RUMI

It's not how well you play the game, it's deciding what game you want to play."—Kwame Appiah.

Let life ripen and then fall. Will is not the way at all."—Lao Tzu, from The Way of Life According to Lao Tzu

Cuando tengas que optar entre dos cosas… elige ambas. 3.ª ley: Múltiples proyectos conducen a múltiples éxitos.

Audiogon Seth is an audiophile. He particularly enjoys focusing on analog and, in many ways, anachronistic equipment still made by hand. Audiogon is a website "where you can find people who buy things new and sell them 6 months later in perfect condition.

One of his favorite tools for habit tracking and behavioral modification Way of Life app.

Si dejas que el aprendizaje te lleve a la acción, te haces rico».

Tom Peters is still reinventing himself." His most recent book is The Little BIG Things: 163 Ways to Pursue Excellence.

If you dare, then you have already gotten further ahead than 99 percent of all the others." Daniel Ek