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1. She switched her breakfast to a high-protein meal (at least 30% protein) a la the Slow-Carb Diet. Her favorite: spinach, black beans, and egg whites (one-third of a carton of Eggology liquid egg whites) with cayenne pepper flakes. 2. Three times a week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday), she performed a simple sequence of three exercises prior to breakfast, all of which are illustrated in the next few pages: One set: 20 two-legged glute activat..
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Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action. --BENJAMIN DISRAELI, former British Prime Minister
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Dreamline Questions: What are you good at? What could you be the best at? What makes you happy? What excites you? What makes you feel accomplished and good about yourself? What are you most proud of having accomplished in your life? Can you repeat this or further develop it? What do you enjoy sharing or experiencing with other people?
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If the recipe sucks, it doesn't matter how good a cook you are.
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Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." -Anais Nin"
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The worst that could happen wasn't crashing and burning, it was accepting terminal boredom as a tolerable status quo.
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The struggle ends when the gratitude begins.
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Being overwhelmed is often as unproductive as doing nothing, and is far more unpleasant. Being selective--doing less--is the path of the productive.
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It is fatal to know too much at the outcome: boredom comes as quickly to the traveler who knows his route as to the novelist who is overcertain of his plot. --PAUL THEROUX, To the Ends of the Earth
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All 250 + episodes to date can be found at tim.blog/ podcast and itunes.com/ timferriss Jamie Foxx on Workout Routines, Success Habits, and Untold Hollywood Stories (# 124)--tim.blog/ jamie The Scariest Navy SEAL I've Ever Met . . . and What He Taught Me (# 107)--tim.blog/ jocko Arnold Schwarzenegger on Psychological Warfare (and Much More) (# 60)--tim.blog/ arnold Dom D'Agostino on Fasting, Ketosis, and the End of Cancer (# 117)--tim.blog/..
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Charles Munger, right-hand adviser to Warren Buffett, the richest man on the planet, is known for his unparalleled clear thinking and near-failure-proof track record. How did he refine his thinking to help build a $3 trillion business in Berkshire Hathaway? The answer is "mental models," or analytical rules-of-thumb4 pulled from disciplines outside of investing, ranging from physics to evolutionary biology. Eighty to 90 models have helped C..
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I believe that the key to self-sufficiency is breaking free of the mindset that someone, somewhere, owes you something or will come to your rescue.
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Don't pay any attention to what they write about you, just measure it in inches."--Andy Warhol"
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People think focus means saying yes to the thing you've got to focus on. But that's not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully. I'm actually as proud of the things we haven't done as the things I have done. Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things." -Steve Jobs"
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There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant." -Ralph Waldo Emerson"
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Many a false step was made by standing still." -Fortune cookie"
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Must-watch documentary The Gatekeepers (2012)
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The disease of our times is that we live on the surface. We're like the Platte River, a mile wide and an inch deep. I always say, "If you want to become a billionaire, invent something that will allow people to indulge their own Resistance." Somebody did invent it. It's called the Internet. Social media. That wonderland where we can flit from one superficial, jerkoff distraction to another, always remaining on the surface, never"
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Someday" is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you."
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The means of learning are abundant--it's the desire to learn that's scarce.
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If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems. And that's a big mistake.
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Proteins *Egg whites with 1-2 whole eggs for flavor (or, if organic, 2-5 whole eggs, including yolks) *Chicken breast or thigh *Beef (preferably grass-fed) *Fish Pork Legumes *Lentils (also called "dal" or "daal") *Black beans Pinto beans Red beans Soybeans Vegetables *Spinach *Mixed vegetables (including broccoli, cauliflower, or any other cruciferous vegetables) *Sauerkraut, kimchee (full explanation of these later in "Damage Control") As..
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We want to pick big. Infinity is our friend. Infinity is safe. Infinity gives us a place to hide. So, I want to encourage people instead to look for the small. To be on one medium in a place where people can find you. To have one sort of interaction with one tribe, with one group where you don't have a lot of lifeboats.
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House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski: "This is a book that you have to hold, because there are parts of it where you need to turn it upside down to read it. There are certain pages where, you are reading it, and it turns in a circle. . . . This is a book that's an entire sensory experience."
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In this book, you'll naturally look for common habits and recommendations, and you should. Here are a few patterns, some odder than others: More than 80% of the interviewees have some form of daily mindfulness or meditation practice A surprising number of males (not females) over 45 never eat breakfast, or eat only the scantiest of fare (e.g., Laird Hamilton, page 92; Malcolm Gladwell, page 572; General Stanley McChrystal, page 435) Many us..
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The Magic of Goulash "The trip down the aisle [on a bus or train, during his travels] was where all the stakes were. Because as I'm going down that aisle, I've got to look for an empty seat next to somebody who seems interesting. Somebody I can trust, somebody who might be able to trust me. The stakes are high because I know that at the end of that ride, wherever it was going, that person had to invite me to their home. Because I had no mon..
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Herbs? Herbs are from the leaves and stems of plants. Spices, on the other hand, are from the root, bark, and seeds.
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most people spend most of their time on defense, in reactive mode, in playing with the cards they got instead of moving to a different table with different cards. Instead
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In the world of ideas, to name something is to own it. If you can name an issue, you can own the issue." --Thomas L. Friedman"
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So I think, every day, it's something to reflect on and think about 'How do I become less competitive in order that I can become more successful?
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This is a story about a tiger named Mohini that was in captivity in a zoo, who was rescued from an animal sanctuary. Mohini had been confined to a 10-by-10-foot cage with a concrete floor for 5 or 10 years. They finally released her into this big pasture: With excitement and anticipation, they released Mohini into her new and expensive environment, but it was too late. The tiger immediately sought refuge in a corner of the compound, where s..
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What would this look like if it were easy?
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The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him." -G. K. Chesterton English philosopher known as the "prince of paradox" "All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast." -John Gunther American journalist, author of Death Be Not Proud "The acquisition of riches has been for many men, not an end, but a change, of troubles." -Epicurus Ancient Greek philosopher, founder of the schoo..
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Doing something unimportant well does not make it important. 2. Requiring a lot of time does not make a task important.
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Though you can upgrade your brain domestically, traveling and relocating provides unique conditions that make progress much faster. The different surroundings act as a counterpoint and mirror for your own prejudices, making weaknesses that much easier to fix. I
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The great majority of that which gives you angst never happens, so you must evict it. Don't let it live rent-free in your brain.
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Sometimes Cookies Are the Best Medicine For hospice patients at death's door, big existential conversations aren't always the needed medicine. One oddly powerful alternative is baking cookies together. "Just the basic joy of smelling a cookie. It smells freaking great. [And it's like the snowball.] You're rewarded for being alive and in the moment. Smelling a cookie is not on behalf of some future state. It's great in the moment, by itself,..
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The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page or Sergey Brin won't make a search engine. And the next Mark Zuckerberg won't create a social network. If you are copying these guys, you aren't learning from them." *"
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Borrow liberally, combine uniquely, and create your own bespoke blueprint.
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Success, however you define it, is achievable if you collect the right field-tested beliefs and habits.
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My original intention with The 4-Hour Workweek (4HWW), The 4-Hour Body (4HB), and The 4-Hour Chef (4HC) was to create a trilogy themed after Ben Franklin's famous quote: "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise." People constantly ask me, "What would you put in The 4-Hour Workweek if you were to write it again? How would you update it?" Ditto for 4HB and 4HC. Tools of Titans contains most of the answers for al..
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Realistic goals, goals restricted to the average ambition level, are uninspiring and will only fuel you through the first or second problem, at which point you throw in the towel. If the potential payoff is mediocre or average, so is your effort.
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It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." --J. Krishnamurti"
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everything around you that you call 'life' was made up by people that were no smarter than you. And
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