If you look at the purported dangers of salt or fat, there is no consensus of support in scientific literature. So I would ask first: 'Is it possible to have an informed government that actually follows the science?' From what I've seen, it's not likely.
Tim FerrissI will take as a given that, for most people, somewhere between six and seven billion of them, the perfect job is the one that takes the least time.
Tim FerrissYou think you're fatigued, therefore you can't exercise. In fact, you choose not to move, therefore you feel fatigued.
Tim FerrissIn all cases where doubt crops up, ask yourself, "If I had a gun to my head and had to do it, how would I do it?" It's not as hard as you think.
Tim FerrissI still feel there are much smarter self-promoters out there than me. I am very methodical about my messaging, and I know how to gain attention very quickly.
Tim FerrissResveratrol is fascinating stuff. One of the best sources of information about it is the Immortality Institute. They have a forum where some people are in the 500 Club, as they call it. They've been taking 500 milligrams for years. It's a really great source of data.
Tim FerrissI do my best writing between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.. Almost every friend I have who is a consistently productive writer, does their best writing between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. My quota is two crappy pages per day. I keep it really low so I'm not so intimidated that I never get started. I will do the gathering of interviews and research throughout the day. I'll get all my notes and materials together and then I'll do the synthesis between 10 p.m. to bed, which is usually 4 or 5 a.m.
Tim FerrissTo enjoy life, you don't need fancy nonsense, but you do need to control your time and realize that most things just aren't as serious as you make them out to be.
Tim FerrissA person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.
Tim FerrissThe least-crowded channel for meeting high profile bloggers is in person. Email is the most difficult, the most crowded... I'm a top 1,000 blogger, not a top 100 blogger, and I get hundreds of pitches by email every week. Most of them I don't even see because my assistant declines them.
Tim FerrissEverything that works in sales has been done already. Just keep track of the crap that you buy, or the awesome stuff that you buy, and decide what was the trigger, and then just sell to people like you. It's really that easy - and that's what I do.
Tim FerrissThe truth is that since the first book, I have wanted to emulate Benjamin Franklin and put together a healthy, wealthy and wise trilogy and so healthy was 'The 4-Hour Body,' wealthy was 'The 4-Hour Workweek' and then wise is 'The 4-Hour Chef.'
Tim FerrissInformation is useless if it is not applied to something important or if you will forget it before you have a chance to apply it.
Tim FerrissIt is predicated on the assumption that you dislike what you are doing during the most physically capable years of your life. This is a nonstarter—nothing can justify that sacrifice.
Tim FerrissThe goal is not to simply eliminate the bad, which does nothing more than leave you with a vacuum, but to pursue and experience the best in the world.
Tim FerrissThe key to having more time is doing less, and there are two paths to get there, both of which should be used together: (1) Define a short to-do list and (2) define a not-to-do list.
Tim FerrissFor the employee, the goal is to have full access to necessary information and as much independent decision-making ability as possible. For the entrepreneur, the goal is to grant as much information and independent decision-making ability to employees or contractors as possible.
Tim FerrissFear is your friend. It is an indicator. Sometimes it shows you what you shouldn't do, more often than not it shows you what you should do.
Tim FerrissIt's lonely at the top. Ninety-nine percent of people in the world are convinced they are incapable of achieving great things, so they aim for the mediocre. The level of competition is thus fiercest for "realistic" goals, paradoxically making them the most time-consuming and energy consuming. It is easier to raise $10,000,000 than it is $1,000,000. It is easier to pick up the one perfect 10 in the bar than the five 8s.
Tim FerrissIt isn't enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box.
Tim FerrissI'm not a big believer in long-term planning and far-off goals. In fact, I generally set 3-month and 6-month dreamlines. The variables change too much and in-the-future distance becomes an excuse for postponing action.
Tim FerrissThe downstream effects are unknown. Do your best and hope for the best. If you're improving the world-however you define that-consider your job well done.
Tim FerrissMassive elimination is the most important step and the most neglected step for entrepreneurs.
Tim FerrissIf we define risk as 'the likelihood of an irreversible negative outcome,' inaction is the greatest risk of all.
Tim FerrissAvoid results-by volume approach, instead focus on few critically important but uncomfortable actions.
Tim FerrissShort, sweet, and to the point. Clear writing, and therefore clear commands, comes from clear thinking. Think simple.
Tim FerrissCreating demand is hard. Filling demand is easier. Don't create a product, then seek someone to sell it to. Find a market - define your customers - then find or develop a product for them.
Tim FerrissThe best results I have had in my life; the most enjoyable times, have all come from asking the simple question: 'What is the worst that could happen?'
Tim FerrissThe biggest misconception about work is that you need to spend the majority of your time doing it.
Tim FerrissEveryone is going to binge on a diet, for instance, so plan for it, schedule it, and contain the damage.
Tim FerrissThis is not my phrase, but if you're stuck in the past, then you're depressed. If you're stuck in the future, then you're anxious.
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