Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
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Timothy Ferriss
Notes
One wrong person in your circle can destroy your whole future. It’s that important…“Either you’re in, or you’re in the way.” Often, we chase after people who aren’t “in,” who, for whatever reason, don’t fit into our lives or our business. We waste time with these people when our focus should be on the people who are in…it’s important not to work with crazy people. It’s good to be open-minded and accepting about who you’re friends with, but in a professional setting, where you’re relying on someone, their overall mental health issues usually become a major problem.
We do the things we want to do, period. If we say we are too busy, it is shorthand for “not important enough.” It means you would rather be doing something else that you consider more important.
…study he did of stock performance following founder CEOs departing their businesses: any subsequent positive stock performance was correlated with the founder completely leaving the board rather than hanging around to mentor the next CEO. v One distraction I’ve learned to avoid is consuming media that’s just telling me things I already know and agree with…
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
Theodore Roosevelt
“All good work is done in defiance of management.”
Bob Woodward
“If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn’t plan your mission properly.”
David Hackworth
…a simple recipe can work: focus on what’s in front of you, design great days to create a great life, and try not to make the same mistake twice. That’s it. Stop hitting net balls and try something else, perhaps even the opposite. If you really want extra credit, try not to be a dick, and you’ll be a Voltron-level superstar.
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
The Master Key System
Making Sense of People
Song of Solomon
Autobiography of a Yogi
Propaganda by Edward Bernays
The Century of the Self
Poor Charlie’s Almanack
The Lessons of History
The Selfish Gene
Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
Total Immersion: The Revolutionary Way to Swim Better, Faster, and Easier
Behind the Cloud
The War of Art