“Many students come to me full of wonderful intentions hoping to change the world; they plan to spend their time helping the… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“The disease of our times is that we live on the surface. We’re like the Platte River, a mile wide and an… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“Simon received the Nobel Prize in 1978 for his contribution to organizational decision making: It is impossible to have perfect and complete… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“This presents a very curious phenomenon. There are two synergistic approaches for increasing productivity that are inversions of each other: 1. Limit… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“What Does It Feel Like? “If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“But if you don’t cultivate ‘turning it on’ as a way of life in the little moments—and there are hundreds of times… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“even. By the time things were done, I was exhausted and depressed and just really, really unhappy. We all were. But it… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“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).” — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“1. Doing something unimportant well does not make it important. 2. Requiring a lot of time does not make a task important.” — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“I think it’s an analogy for that choice we all have in life: Are you going to fulfill your potential? Or, are… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“The future is here. It’s just not widely distributed yet. —WILLIAM GIBSON,” — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
I tend to split my activities into fun, income and legacy. The number of things in that finance bucket is pretty few… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“First of all, if we’re serious all the time, we’ll wear out before we get the truly serious stuff done. Second, if this book… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“What is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift, and why? Or what are one to three books that have greatly… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“What advice would you give to a smart, driven college student about to enter the “real world”? What advice should they ignore? Nobody really… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can’t see from the center. Big, undreamed-of things—the people on the edge see… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“Pure hell forces action, but anything less can be endured with enough clever rationalization.” — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“What advice would you give to a smart, driven college student about to enter the “real world”? Most of the game is about persistence.… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“Don’t aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“conscious thinking is largely asking and answering questions in your own head. If you want confusion and heartache, ask vague questions. If you want… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“What bullshit excuses do you have for not going after whatever it is that you want? Please,” — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“Using people to leverage a refined process multiplies production; using people as a solution to a poor process multiplies problems.” — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
