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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| d6b0742 | Ignore the unfairness--there is no fair. Play the hand that you're dealt to the best of your ability. People are highly consistent, so you will eventually get what you deserve and so will they. In the end, everyone gets the same judgment: death. | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| 2390354 | The easiest way to learn the swing is based on a method developed by Zar Horton: Stand with the kettlebell directly between the middle of your feet. Bend down and do deadlifts (head up, | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| 34f19d1 | It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God but to create him. | Artificial intelligence | ||
| 3e9edfd | A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God. | Artificial intelligence | ||
| 8a3c401 | 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. | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| 69585ea | I used to resent obstacles along the path, thinking, "If only that hadn't happened life would be so good." Then I suddenly realized, life is the obstacles. There is no underlying path. Our role here is to get better at navigating those obstacles. I strive to find calm, measured responses and to see hindrances as a chance to problem-solve." | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| ab191e1 | 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. | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| f71eee3 | Koppelman (TW: @briankoppelman, briankoppelman.com) is a screenwriter, novelist, director, and producer. Prior to his hit show Billions, which he co-created and executive produced (and co-wrote | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| 974ef3c | Diversity in counsel, unity in command." -Cyrus the Great" | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| b1f115f | Don't let someone knock you off course before you reach your destination. Trust the work. Always trust the work. | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| 0be9884 | In the end, a lack of focus is usually just fear: fear that whatever project I'm attempting will go nowhere or fail miserably. | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| 18b9724 | metodo de las afirmaciones de Scott Adams | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| 8df8e63 | I did make a conscious decision, a long time ago, to choose time over money, since you can always make more money. And I've always understood that the best investment of my limited time on earth is to spend it with people I love. I suppose it's possible I'll lie on my deathbed regretting that I didn't work harder, write more, and say everything I had to say, but I think what I'll really wish is that I could have one more round of Delanceys .. | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| 2c7582e | Whether it's a morning routine, or a philosophy or training tip, or just motivation to get through your day, there isn't a person on this planet who doesn't benefit from a little outside help. | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| aa78d4b | In this way, quitting should never be seen as the end of something grudging and unpleasant. Rather, it's a vital step in beginning something new and wonderful. | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| 44d06ba | A problem is a terrible thing to waste." This is highly related to the "scratch your own itch" thread that pops up throughout this book. Peter expands: "I think of problems as gold mines. The world's biggest problems are the world's biggest business opportunities." | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| 4baf1e0 | Diet and Exercise" - "Eat and Train" Coach Sommer dislikes the fitness fixation on "diet and exercise." He finds it much more productive to focus on "eat and train." One is aesthetic, and the other is functional. The former may not have a clear goal, the latter always does." | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| f9799f1 | Well, I decided to flip it around and travel when I was really young, when I had zero money. And I had experiences that, basically, even a billion dollars couldn't have bought. | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| f112a39 | If you could have a gigantic billboard anywhere with anything on it, what would it say and why? I would not have a billboard, and I would take down every billboard that everybody else has put up. | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| 4aac7fb | For men, the "boner or no boner" test is a simple but excellent indicator of sleep quality, hormonal health (GH, FSH, testosterone), circadian rhythm timing, and more." | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| 89f4719 | When you complain, nobody wants to help you,' and it's the simplest thing and so plainly spoken. Only he could really say that brutal, honest truth, but it's true, right? If you spend your time focusing on the things that are wrong, and that's what you express and project to people you know, you don't become a source of growth for people, you become a source of destruction for people. That draws more destructiveness. | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| 9ba5398 | track of how many times we've been rejected. Keeping track of how many times it didn't work. Keeping track of all the times someone has broken our heart or double-crossed us or let us down. Of course, we can keep track of those things, but why? Why keep track of them? Are they making us better? "Wouldn't it make more sense to keep track of the other stuff? To keep track of all the times it worked?" | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| ce0aa0e | Tons of people deserve to be successful because they're supersmart and interesting and work hard, but they just haven't had the luck. | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| 3fee813 | Be a member of your target market and don't speculate what others need or will be willing to buy. | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| acfa040 | My son was one of a kind. You are the first of a kind. David? | Artificial intelligence | ||
| a3c5bb1 | You don't "succeed" because you have no weaknesses; you succeed because you find your unique strengths and focus on developing habits around them. . . . Everyone is fighting a battle [and has fought battles] you know nothing about. The heroes in this book are no different. Everyone struggles." | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| 50151f7 | Five days a week, I read my goals before I go to sleep and when I wake up. There are 10 goals around health, family, business, etc., with expiration dates, and I update them every 6 months. | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| 767957a | Maxims and Reflections by Goethe: | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| 6b6d915 | Here are a few common time-consumers in small businesses with online presences. Submitting articles to drive traffic to site and build mailing lists Participating in or moderating discussion forums and message boards Managing affiliate programs Creating content for and publishing newsletters and blog postings Background research components of new marketing initiatives or analysis of current marketing results Don't expect miracles from a sin.. | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| 5bdd7ec | Looking somebody in the eye . . . is often the antidote for what is ailing us. | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| c483c49 | Two Words for Conflict Resolution "[My mentor's] life advice to me, when I'm going into a conflict or a difficult situation with my parents or an argument with Neil [Gaiman, her husband] is, 'Say less.' That's it. Just say less." | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| b7b5c1c | The key in a restaurant, and the key in any kind of high-pressure situation, I think, is that 75% of success is staying calm and not losing your nerve. The rest you figure out, but once you lose your calm, everything else starts falling apart fast. | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| 29d011e | Most who avoid quitting their jobs entertain the thought that their course will improve with time or increases in income. This seems valid and is a tempting hallucination when a job is boring or uninspiring instead of pure hell. Pure hell forces action, but anything less can be endured with enough clever rationalization. Do you really think it will improve or is it wishful thinking and an excuse for inaction? If you were confident in improv.. | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| 873d010 | After it was sold, the president of one potential marketing partner, a large bookseller, e-mailed me historical bestseller statistics to make it clear--this wouldn't be a mainstream success. So I did all I knew how to do. I wrote it with two of my closest friends in mind, speaking directly to them and their problems--problems I long had--and I focused on the unusual options | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| 3e199fb | Humans Use Only 10% of Their Brains? Not Quite . . . "The most complex structure in the entire universe doesn't have just a vacant parking lot waiting for someone to drive in and start building. It's all used all the time, and in complex ways that we don't always understand." | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| 2af11b4 | For me, it's not how much time you spend doing what you love. It's how little time you spend doing what you hate. | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| 146bf6b | Changing on the Job. | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| 5d076eb | The letters I-M are all that lies between 'Possible' and 'Impossible' Which means 'I'm' the only thing between 'Possible' and 'Impossible' So every day I choose to do the I'mpossible. | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| a2f71ef | insomnio es un gloton. Se alimenta de cualquier clase de pensamiento, incluso cuando piensas en no pensar. Clifton Fadiman, antiguo director de Simon & Schuster | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| 329a49e | Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect." --Mark Twain." -- | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| a7f4f78 | CHANGE YOUR WORDS, CHANGE YOUR WORLD | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| f760fdf | Or Dick Fosbury, who went backwards over the high jump bar for the first time in the Olympics, winning gold --" ERIC: "1968, you got it." TIM: "Ridiculed, then mimicked, and eventually made standard." | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| 737b5e6 | 1--It doesn't matter how many people don't get it. What matters is how many people do. | Timothy Ferriss | ||
| 5e7625c | 2--10% of people will find a way to take anything personally. Expect it and treat it as math. | Timothy Ferriss |