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4ead828 So, my advice to my 30-year-old self is, don't be a donkey. You can do everything you want to do. You just need foresight and patience. Timothy Ferriss
93fecca Who? Who? Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
9787bc9 The only thing I am afraid of is fear. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
dfdccae My rule always was to do the business of the day in the day. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
da17916 go through an exercise that helps me to get present to the reality of the situation. I tell my story to myself from the perspective of a victim, then I tell the exact same story from a place of 100 percent responsibility. Victim: "I was late to an important event because my girlfriend took too long to get ready. It's not my fault." Responsible: "I acknowledge my breakdown in being late. In the future I am committed to making sure that I do .. Timothy Ferriss
0eba2bc Telling myself the victim story allows me to vent briefly. Once I'm over it, then I realize that if this meeting was so important to me, I should have made it clear to my girlfriend that I couldn't be late, and let her know that if she was running late, I'd have to leave without her. Timothy Ferriss
fb6ec18 Investing in yourself is the most important investment you'll ever make in your life. Timothy Ferriss
3dccd32 Be the silence that listens." -Tara Brach" Timothy Ferriss
ae7eddf Premack [a motivational system where a more-preferred activity can be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity] or a rewards system, but with Timothy Ferriss
5daa93a If you push the fear away, the only version of fear available to you will be its crazy, irrational, or contorted version. If you're willing to feel it, and merge with it, its energy and wisdom will appear. Timothy Ferriss
b884549 David Deutsch's The Beginning of Infinity. It's a remarkable argument for the power of knowledge--as not just a human capability but as a force that shapes the universe. Timothy Ferriss
593fef4 heart rate variability (HRV) training, meditation, and a number of deep work Timothy Ferriss
725d858 Steven Pinker: anything. He's one of the clearest thinkers and communicators of our time. Among many other things, he convinced me that I could never understand myself without understanding how humans evolved. Timothy Ferriss
c0b33e2 Jack Canfield quote, "Everything you want is on the other side of fear." Timothy Ferriss
115c7e3 see every day: "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." It's a short reminder that success can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations we are willing to have, and by the number of uncomfortable actions we are willing to take." Timothy Ferriss
a03fa82 Marie Kondo method: "Discard [say no to] everything that does not spark joy." This includes personal obligations. I'm working" Timothy Ferriss
1d56c10 You're too young." Most of history was built by young people. They just got credit when they were older." Timothy Ferriss
9c56cd5 Emptiness is the fasting of the mind." -Zhuang Zhou 4th century B.C." Timothy Ferriss
5d4aec0 Nonstop Metropolis by Rebecca Solnit. Timothy Ferriss
b859b97 FriXion by Pilot in blue. It writes so smoothly, and being able to erase it gives me a sense of power and delight. I often use the pen with a "smart" notebook (like the Rocketbook Everlast smart notebook)" Timothy Ferriss
ac58992 Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise, instead, seek what they sought." -Matsuo Basho Japanese poet of the Edo period" -- Timothy Ferriss
4899aa3 Las reglas de sentido comun del <> son una fragil coleccion de ilusiones reforzadas por la sociedad. Timothy Ferriss
4016eed Suffering is a moment of clarity, when you can no longer deny the truth of a situation and are forced into uncomfortable change. Timothy Ferriss
5dc7abe Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth." -Muhammad Ali Legendary American professional boxer and activist" Timothy Ferriss
4b13724 If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems. And that's a big mistake." -Frank Wilczek American theoretical physicist, Nobel Prize winner" Timothy Ferriss
3b593d5 Desire is a contract that you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want. Timothy Ferriss
b0995f1 Hacer menos trabajo futil para concentrarse en cosas de mayor importancia personal para uno NO es pereza. Esto nos resulta dificil de aceptar a la mayoria porque nuestra cultura recompensa el sacrificio personal en lugar de la productividad personal. Timothy Ferriss
6b6958a Happiness, or at least peace, is the sense that nothing is missing in this moment. Timothy Ferriss
860cab7 Therefore, to be furious and enraged and bitter that people don't get all of who we are is a really a cruel piece of immaturity. Timothy Ferriss
c97dcd7 An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field." -Niels Bohr Danish physicist and Nobel Prize winner" Timothy Ferriss
ad0a4ce Circumstances over which I have no control. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
997c46d They wanted this iron fist to command them. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
83b48b3 Yes, I know we're all very busy, but what, exactly, is getting done? Are all those people running late for meetings and yelling on their cell phones stopping the spread of malaria or developing feasible alternatives to fossil fuels or making anything beautiful? Timothy Ferriss
3c2d5a9 The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." -George Bernard Shaw" Timothy Ferriss
66bd820 It was called Nine Gates Mystery School. Timothy Ferriss
abdc222 What advice would you give to a smart, driven college student about to enter the "real world"? The seminal change in the business from then to now is that a young person should view the career pyramid differently rather than traditionally. Put the point at the bottom where you are now (at the start of your career) and conceive your future as an expanding opportunity horizon where you can move laterally across the spectrum in search of an ev.. Timothy Ferriss
22d2cef Self-esteem is just the reputation that you have with yourself. Timothy Ferriss
ae4773f A little part of me dies every time someone tells me they've taken a job as a "steppingstone" to something else, when they clearly aren't invested in it. You have one life to live. Time is valuable. If you're using steppingstones, you're also likely relying on someone else's path or definition of success. Make your own." Timothy Ferriss
d12c411 But the best things that ever happened to me came during the times when the shit hit the fan and I had nothing and nobody to help me. Who are you really? What do you really want? Get out there and fail and find out. Timothy Ferriss
287683a Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination." -Oscar Wilde Irish writer, author of The Picture of Dorian Gray" Timothy Ferriss
e480a46 What did I key into the sat-nav system of my life [where do I want to be 10, 20 years from now]? What is my ultimate destination? You have to look at that every time you feel overwhelmed. Remembering that destination will help you make the single most important distinction in life, which is to distinguish between an opportunity to be seized and a temptation to be resisted. Timothy Ferriss
7153a2f Intelligence is like following a GPS route right into a body of water until you drown. Wisdom looks at the route but, when it takes a turn into the ocean, decides not to follow it, then finds a new, better way. Wisdom reigns supreme. Timothy Ferriss
563ad8a The Master Key System by Charles F. Haanel. I have read hundreds of personal development books, but this is the one that clearly showed me how to visualize, contemplate, and focus on what it was I truly wanted. It revealed to me that we only get what we desire most, and to apply myself with a laserlike focus upon a goal, task, or project. That in order to "have" you must "do," and in order to "do" you must "be"--and this process is immediat.. Timothy Ferriss
eeb0243 Ralph Waldo Emerson: "To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children . . . to leave the world a bit better . . . to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived; this is to have succeeded." -- Timothy Ferriss