The 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.'

You think you're fatigued, therefore you can't exercise. In fact, you choose not to move, therefore you feel fatigued.

I value self-discipline, but creating systems that make it next to impossible to misbehave is more reliable than self-control.

It'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.

Short, sweet, and to the point. Clear writing, and therefore clear commands, comes from clear thinking. Think simple.

One can steal ideas, but no one can steal execution or passion.

Rather than spend my life on data entry and typing, I also take photos on my iPhone of business cards, wine labels, menus, or anything I want to have searchable on-the-run.