Quotes from Timothy Ferriss

Start with Why by Simon Sinek.

Last, play with foodpairing.be, which is based on the Volatile Compounds in Food (VCF) database. The objective is to start thinking about how to mix and match foods based on similar characteristics.

Narzu? sobie niemo?liwie krótkie terminy, by zmusi? si? do natychmiastowych dzia?a? i odrzucenia drobiazgów.

What will matter to me in six months, a year, five years? What is essential, and what is optional, in my life priorities?

Where can you create a "red team" in your life to stress-test your most treasured beliefs?

Clear the path for the people above you and you will eventually create a path for yourself.

It's a matter of reminding yourself what your purpose in life is, right? What you're here for. If you haven't connected with what your purpose and mission in life is, then forget anything I've said. That is the number-one thing you need to do: Find out what you need to be doing on this planet, why you were put here, and what wakes you up in the mornings.

Franklin would never have been published if he'd prioritized credit over creative expression—

What Blessings in Excess Have Become a Curse? Where Do You Have Too Much of a Good Thing?

Humans are imperfect creatures. You don't "succeed" because you have no weaknesses; you succeed because you find your unique strengths and focus on developing habits around them.

The elites sneer at commerce as tawdry, but it's what gives people what they want and need, and pays for everything else, including the luxury of art.

First, you could define failing simply as having a losing outcome, like losing a hand. But one of the lessons poker teaches you is that this is an unproductive way to define failure because you can win a hand by making very poor decisions and lose a hand while making very good decisions.

SETH: "For me, if you are feeling stuck, it's all about The War of Art and The Art of Possibility. If you are feeling stressed, it's about Pema. If you need to see a path that is more colored than the one you're already on, which is pretty Technicolor, then it's Zig. And if you just want to cry a little, it's Just Kids, and then Debt is the one that is closest to reading a book. I don't think many people should listen to Debt ten times.

5—You can't reason someone out of something they didn't reason themselves into. #6—"Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity. You'll avoid the tough decisions, and you'll avoid confronting the people who need to be confronted."—Colin Powell #7—"If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid."—Epictetus

Riesgos y beneficios asimétricos:

Annie regularly shares her observations on the science of smart decision-making (applied to much more than poker) on her blog, Annie's Analysis,

The truth is that the pain of broken trust and betrayed friendship is simply the cost of caring and deeply connecting to others.

36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein

I also keep a handful of blank pages in my morning journal to build a quote section over the course of the journal (pulling quotes from reading, podcasts, etc.). That way, I can easily refer back to it and flip through when looking for some insight.

2. Check e-mail twice per day, once at 12:00 noon or just prior to lunch, and again at 4:00 P.M. 12:00 P.M. and 4:00 P.M. are times that ensure you will have the most responses from previously sent e-mail.

The Strategy of Conflict by Thomas C. Schelling The Science of Words by George A. Miller Retreat from Doomsday by John Mueller The Nurture Assumption by Judith Rich Harris The Evolution of Human Sexuality by Donald Symons Knowledge and Decisions by Thomas Sowell Clear and Simple as the Truth by Francis Noël-Thomas and Mark Turner

Poker has taught me to disconnect failure from outcomes. Just because I lose doesn't mean I failed, and just because I won doesn't mean I succeeded—not when you define success and failure around making good decisions that will win in the long run.

Making effective decisions—and learning effectively—requires massive elimination and the removal of options.

No Country for Old Men