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Timothy Ferriss


American
July 20, 1977
Author
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I'm not a fan of idleness, except in small doses.


Timothy Ferriss
Tags: Small Fan Except
The way we measure productivity is flawed. People checking their BlackBerry over dinner is not the measure of productivity.
Timothy Ferriss
Tags: People Way Over
People really do think they have to choose between high stress and high reward jobs, and low stress and low reward jobs.
Timothy Ferriss
I gauge success in years, not weeks. The weekend box-office approach to book launches is short sighted and encourages crappy books.
Timothy Ferriss
Tags: Years Book Books
One of the bigger misconceptions of learning is that many skills take a lifetime to get world-class at, or 10,000 hours to become world-class at.
Timothy Ferriss
Tags: Learning Get Many
I tend to split my activities into fun, income and legacy. The number of things in that finance bucket is pretty few and far between and doesn't consume much time at all.
Timothy Ferriss
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.
Timothy Ferriss
Tags: You Like Because
I think there's a difference between having a bestselling book - meaning through marketing, PR and buying that first wave of customers - and writing a bestselling book. The second implies that the product propels itself to the best seller list.
Timothy Ferriss
I was an All-American in wrestling in high school, was National Champion in Chinese kickboxing in 1999 and have spent a lot of time around professional athletes, which includes my eight-plus years as CEO of a sports nutrition company.
Timothy Ferriss
Tags: Time Sports Which
I might seem biased, but I use Evernote every day. It came to me through my readers, who I'd asked for software recommendations via Twitter and Facebook. For seemingly every function, the answer was 'Man, you have to use Evernote.'
Timothy Ferriss
Tags: You Me Who
I have scary eyes. I look like the guy in 'American History X,' yes. I remember coming home from school and asking my mum if I could get an eye transplant, and of course she declined.
Timothy Ferriss
Tags: Home History Like
I've found cinnamon to be very effective for lowering the glycemic response to meals. People have heard that before, but I didn't realize how profound it could be until I did the actual testing with continuous glucose monitors. And I tested all different varieties and species of cinnamon from Ceylon to Saigon.
Timothy Ferriss
Tags: People Very How
I like work/life separation, not work/life balance. What I mean by that is, if I'm on, I want to be on and maximally productive. If I'm off, I don't want to think about work. When people strive for work/life balance, they end up blending them. That's how you end up checking email all day Saturday.
Timothy Ferriss
Tags: Work You People
Most of my readers think I'm obsessed with time management, but they haven't seen the other - much more legitimate, much more extreme - obsession. I've recorded almost every workout I've done since age 18. Since 2004, I've been tracking everything from complete lipid panels, insulin, and hemoglobin A1c, to IGF-1 and free testosterone.
Timothy Ferriss
Tags: Time Age Think