Being busy is a form of laziness - lazy thinking and indiscriminate action. Being busy is most often used as a guise for avoiding the few critically important but uncomfortable actions.

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.'

The biggest misconception about work is that you need to spend the majority of your time doing it.

I open each class with an explanation of the singular importance of being a "dealmaker." The manifesto of the dealmaker is simple: Reality is negotiable.

The best way to counter-attack a hater is to make it blatantly obvious that their attack has had no impact on you.

Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!

Avoid results-by volume approach, instead focus on few critically important but uncomfortable actions.