You don't have to travel, but I find extended travel to be a helpful tool for reexamining yourself and the constraints you've artificially placed on your life. It's easy to believe everything has to be done one way if you're always in one place around the same people. Timothy Ferriss artificiallyconstrainteasy share on social
Workaholics typically have a lot of achievement with very little appreciation of what they have, whether it's cars or friendships or otherwise. That is a shallow victory. Then you have people with a lot of appreciation and no achievement, which is fine, but it doesn't create a lot of good in the world. Timothy Ferriss achievementappreciationcar share on social
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.' Timothy Ferriss benjaminbodybook share on social
When I left the U.S. for the first time, I spent my first year abroad in Japan. That culture shock and abundance of new stimuli combined with a lack of guidance forced me to develop my own approaches to learning and juggling. Timothy Ferriss abroadabundanceapproach share on social
I used Evernote almost exclusively for researching 'The 4-Hour Body.' I was able to eliminate all of the perpetually open tabs and multiple bookmarking services. It's also all automatically backed up to Evernote, which gives me peace of mind. Timothy Ferriss automaticallybackbody share on social
If retirement means laying on a beach and rubbing coco butter on your stomach, about 48 hours of that will be enough for most people. You'll want something new. Timothy Ferriss beachbuttercoco Change image and share on social
The biggest misconception about work is that you need to spend the majority of your time doing it. Timothy Ferriss bigmajoritymisconception Change image and share on social
After decades of hauling telescopes around in the back of vans and going up to high altitude locations and so forth, I did finally build an observatory, here on Sonoma mountain. Timothy Ferriss altitudebackbuild Change image and share on social
The more books there are on shelves, the more will be sold. Once you get to the level of The Secret and have 40-100 copies in many stores, managers have almost no choice but to put them in prime real estate like front-of-store, end caps, or front window. Timothy Ferriss bookcapchoice share on social
For most people, life would be boring without meaningful work. Timothy Ferriss borelifemeaningful Change image and share on social