Quotes from Timothy Ferriss

Richard lost a battle with cancer this year, but he experienced more in this life than most men could in ten, and he lived this quote until his last breath.

That cliché you ignored like a throwaway fortune cookie? Suddenly it makes sense and moves mountains. Conversely, things you initially found enlightening might run their course, like a wonderful high school coach who needs to hand you off to a college coach for you to reach the next level.

si aporta algo al resto del mundo (¿es realmente significativo? ¿mejora el mundo?)

Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center. Big, undreamed-of things—the people on the edge see them first." —Kurt Vonnegut

book Psych by Dr. Judd Biasiotto.

1. Which 20% of sources are causing 80% of my problems and unhappiness? 2. Which 20% of sources are resulting in 80% of my desired outcomes and happiness?

FollowUp.cc: Para seguimientos y recordatorios automáticos del correo electrónico. Yo uso un primo hermano de este servicio llamado Nudgemail, en combinación con Boomerang. Nunca más tendrás que acordarte de perseguir a nadie.

Cuando algo es verdaderamente rompedor, el día previo era una idea descabellada.

The Conquest of Happiness

Albert Hofmann, the inventor of LSD, considered microdosing the most neglected area of research. Hofmann microdosed LSD often for the last few decades of his life. He remained sharp until he died at 101. He would take it when he was walking among trees. In Jim's opinion, microdosing psychedelics does a far better job than a whole class of drugs we now call "cognitive enhancers," most of which are simply derivatives of speed.

también, si te permite poner en práctica una capacidad que hayas desarrollado.»

When 99 percent of your life is your work, either you are really bad at what you do or you are completely off balance with the rest of your life; neither is something to be proud of.

You limit angel investment funds to 10 to 15% or less of your liquid assets. I subscribe to the Nassim Taleb "barbell" school of investment, which I implement as 90% in conservative asset classes like cash-like equivalents and the remaining 10% in speculative investments that can capitalize on positive "black swans.

The billboard would say, "Great opportunities never have 'great opportunity' in the subject line.

Do you understand it?" "Do you think they'll be dominant and growing 3 years from now?" "Do you think this technology will be more or less a part of our lives in 3 years?

Sooner or later, parents have to take responsibility for putting their kids into a system that is indebting them and teaching them to be cogs in an economy that doesn't want cogs anymore. Parents get to decide . . . [and] from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m., those kids are getting homeschooled. And they're either getting home-schooled and watching The Flintstones, or they're getting homeschooled and learning something useful.

John Dewey's dictum that "a problem well put is half-solved

Below are the key questions I asked to arrive at this cord-cutting conclusion. I revisit these questions often, usually every month. I hope they help you remove noise and internal conflict from your life. Are You Doing What You're Uniquely Capable of, What You Feel Placed Here on Earth to Do? Can You Be Replaced?

Always ask: What am I missing? And listen to the answer.

triunfas porque localizas tus capacidades únicas y te concentras en desarrollar rutinas en torno a ellas.

no puedes medirlo, no puedes mejorarlo.

I must be eager to use the product myself. This rules out many great companies, but I want a verified market I understand.

the best opportunities may not even catch your attention at first. More often than not, great opportunities look unattractive on the surface. What makes an opportunity great is upside. If the potential upside were explicitly clear, the opportunity would have already been taken.

GOOD QUESTION TO ASK YOURSELF WHEN TACKLING INCUMBENT COMPANIES (OR IDEAS) "How is their bread buttered?" "What is it that they can't afford to say or think?