Quotes from Timothy Ferriss

The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment. —WARREN G. BENNIS,

the major fears of modern man could be boiled down to two things: too much e-mail and getting fat.

take things like playfulness and purposelessness very seriously. . . . This is not meant to be light, but I think I would have somehow encouraged myself to let go a little bit more and hang in there and not pretend to know where this is all going. You don't need to know where it's all going.

Strauss, Neil: "'The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.'—Norman Vincent Peale

Most people are fast to stop you before you get started but hesitant to get in the way if you're moving.

Even if you are predisposed to being overweight, you're not predestined to be fat.

The means of learning are abundant—it's the desire to learn that's scarce.

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued. —Socrates

1. Limit tasks to the important to shorten work time (80/20). 2. Shorten work time to limit tasks to the important (Parkinson's Law).

Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!

When you're thinking of how to make your business bigger, it's tempting to try to think all the big thoughts, the world-changing, massive-action plans. But please know that it's often the tiny details that really thrill someone enough to make them tell all their friends about you.

If you want great mentors, you have to become a great mentee. If you want to lead, you have to first learn to follow. Ben

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.

My maxim comes from Samuel Beckett, a personal hero of mine: 'Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.' You won't believe what you can accomplish by attempting the impossible with the courage to repeatedly fail better.

The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive. —THICH NHAT HANH

What do you want?" is too imprecise to produce a meaningful and actionable answer.

Parkinson's Law dictates that a task will swell in (perceived) importance and complexity in relation to the time allotted for its completion.

Don't confuse the complex with the difficult. Most situations are simple—many are just emotionally difficult to act upon.

The Tail End" by Tim Urban on the Wait But Why blog—if you only read one article this month, make it that one. It

One evening, intending to ask my host mother to wake me the next morning (okosu), I ask her to violently rape me (okasu). She is very confused.

Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has been made in the last 30 years, many foreign people still speak in foreign languages. —DAVE BARRY

This is the best thing you're ever going to learn in SEAL training.' We were excited to learn what it was, and he told us that when you're a leader, people are going to mimic your behavior, at a minimum. . . . It's a guarantee. So here's the key piece of advice, this is all he said: 'Calm is contagious.

Kids don't do what you say. They do what they see. How you live your life is their example.

Someday" is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you. Pro and con lists are just as bad. If it's important to you and you want to do it "eventually," just do it and correct course along the way.