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Quotes from Timothy Ferriss

All of my biggest wins have come from leveraging strengths instead of fixing weaknesses. Investing is hard enough without having to change your core behaviors. Don't push a boulder uphill just because you can.
~ Timothy Ferriss
Autobiografía de un yogui, de Paramahansa Yogananda (Ananda, 2010). Éste es uno de los libros más impactantes que leyó Dan mientras vivió en la selva. Steve Jobs pidió que repartieran este libro entre los asistentes a su funeral.
~ Timothy Ferriss
The rule is: The basics are the basics, and you can't beat the basics.
~ Timothy Ferriss
The only way to truly learn something is by doing it. Yes, listen to guidance. But don't wait.
~ Timothy Ferriss
I've given it to, maybe ten of them have actually opened the book and done the exercises. Of those ten, seven have had books, movies, TV shows,
~ Timothy Ferriss
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. For females: West with the Night by Beryl Markham.
~ Timothy Ferriss
There is very little luck involved. Winning your great job is about hard work, stamina, grit, ingenuity, and timing.
~ Timothy Ferriss
aunque en realidad responde a una completa y profunda falta de prioridades y de respeto por uno mismo.»
~ Timothy Ferriss
Is There a Quote That Guides Your Life? "It's a belief: Life is always happening for us, not to us. It's our job to find out where the benefit is. If we do, life is magnificent.
~ Timothy Ferriss
what if I asked 100+ brilliant people the very questions I want to answer for myself? Or somehow got them to guide me in the right direction?
~ Timothy Ferriss
German poet Johann Wolfgang Goethe had the right perspective: "Mysteries are not necessarily miracles." To do the impossible (sail around the world, break the four-minute mile, reach the moon), you need to ignore the popular.
~ Timothy Ferriss
You need to build your own house, your own shelter.
~ Timothy Ferriss
In other words, the minutiae fit around the big things, but the big things don't fit around the minutiae.
~ Timothy Ferriss
Accept reality, but focus on the solution. Take that issue, take that setback, take that problem, and turn it into something good. Go forward. And, if you are part of a team, that attitude will spread throughout.
~ Timothy Ferriss
If you want to be a stud later, you have to be a pud now.
~ Timothy Ferriss
The best solution is to use both together: Identify the few critical tasks that contribute most to income and schedule them with very short and clear deadlines.
~ Timothy Ferriss
Dark means DARK. "They've done studies where they shine a laser on the back of someone's knee, and people pick it up. It's light. You cannot have your phone in your room. You cannot have a TV in your room. It needs to be black, black as night.
~ Timothy Ferriss
NetLimiter con Windows
~ Timothy Ferriss
If you're running around like a chicken with its head cut off and assign your VA to do that for you, it doesn't improve the order of the universe.
~ Timothy Ferriss
Underrated comedians to pay attention to Sebastian Maniscalco (totally
~ Timothy Ferriss
Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.
~ Timothy Ferriss
Brené is also the New York Times best-selling author of Daring Greatly, The Gifts of Imperfection, Rising Strong, and Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone.
~ Timothy Ferriss
How has being "realistic" or "responsible" kept you from the life you want? How has doing what you "should" resulted in subpar experiences or regret for not having done something else?
~ Timothy Ferriss
The books Superforecasting (by Philip E. Tetlock and Dan Gardner) and How to Measure Anything (by Douglas W. Hubbard) have some good advice on how to improve your ability to make accurate predictions. And Decisive (by Chip Heath and Dan Heath) explains four of the biggest judgment errors (like framing your decision too narrowly, or letting temporary emotions cloud your judgment) and gives tips for combating them.
~ Timothy Ferriss