Quotes from Tim Ferriss

Writing is thought crystalized on a piece of paper, which can then be reviewed.

To be functionally fluent in a language, for instance, in most cases you need about 1,200 words. To acquire a total of vocabulary words, if you really train someone well they can acquire 200 to 300 words a day, which means that in a week they can acquire the vocabulary necessary to speak a language.

Converting your own passions into a job is the fastest method for eliminating any passion you once had.

Having a size 9 foot is fantastic because almost all of the shoe companies do their prototyping in size 9, so if you visit a place like Nike headquarters, you can try every sort of wacky, out-there model.

The reason I was successful in launching my first book with bloggers is this: I assumed that I should spend as much time on a blogger with a million-person readership as I would pitching an editor of a publication with a million person subscription-base.

There are a lot of things that can be learned from the darker corners of athletics. You have doctors who view bodybuilders as cavalier amateurs of science. And then you have the bodybuilders who view the doctors as too conservative to do anything interesting. So I've tried to become the middleman for putting some of those pieces together.

Online I see people committing 'social media suicide' all the time by one of two ways. Firstly by responding to all criticism, meaning you're never going to find time to complete important milestones of your own, and by responding to things that don't warrant a response. This lends more credibility by driving traffic.

Being called a huckster and a charlatan started several years ago, so that's something I'm accustomed to. In most cases, it doesn't bother me.

My parents did a great job of raising me and my brother. Very supportive parents.

It's just astonishing to me, but not surprising in some respects, how dependent we are on the somewhat meaningless and certainly ephemeral feedback that we get from strangers on the Internet. I think that's a dangerous dependence to develop.

Money doesn't change you; it reveals who you are when you no longer have to be nice.

If only I had more money is the easiest way to postpone the intense self-examination and decision-making necessary to create a life of enjoyment - now and not later.

Never check email first thing in the morning. Instead, complete your most important task before 11:00 A.M. to avoid using lunch or reading email as a postponement excuse.

It isn't enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box.

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

Three ingredients of luxury lifestyle design are time, income, and mobility.

Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference.

Lack of time is actually lack of priorities.

The most important actions are never comfortable.

Slowing down doesn't mean accomplishing less; it means cutting out counterproductive distractions and the perception of being rushed.

Doing the unrealistic is easier than doing the realistic.

Most people can do absolutely awe-inspiring things. Sometimes they just need a little nudge.

What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.

The way that you become world-class is... by asking good questions.