Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
Mother Dirt: It cured my acne and skin problems permanently. It’s a $49 spray with oxidizing bacteria that you use in place of soap, and it restores your skin to its natural balance. If I could buy this for every teenager in America, I would.
Timothy Ferriss • Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
A good book that would help us is Understanding Media by Marshall McLuhan. It should be the online behavior bible of the 21st century. We all use media 24/7 but most of us have never truly studied it.
Timothy Ferriss • Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
My favorite word in any language is saudade—the Portuguese word that’s at the heart of Brazilian and Portuguese culture and music. It means, roughly, a sweet longing for a beloved thing or person that will likely never return.
Timothy Ferriss • Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
The Passion Trap: How to Right an Unbalanced Relationship by relationship therapist and psychologist Dean C. Delis. This was given to me by a friend when I was on the tail end of a very difficult relationship, and it was utterly illuminating. The author examines the psychological forces behind human attraction and explains the most common drivers o
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At this point, I can see a clear pattern of rejection every time I try to get closer to my real self, so the feeling of “looking like a failure” has become more of a fuel than a burden.
Timothy Ferriss • Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
They say: “Think big! Have a compelling vision!” I say: Think small. Do something super cool by the end of the day! I write about “excellence.” Most see excellence as some grand aspiration. Wrong. Dead wrong. My two cents: Excellence is the next five minutes or nothing at all. It’s the quality of your next five-minute conversation. It’s the quality
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I loved the creative process itself, and I realized I couldn’t let my ability to be creative depend on somebody else deciding to hire me. I had to take matters into my own hands.
Timothy Ferriss • Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
“Hard choices, easy life. Easy choices, hard life.
Timothy Ferriss • Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
Poor Charlie’s Almanack, by Charles T. Munger. I’ve been enjoying Charlie Munger’s speeches online for years; this is the ultimate collection of the best of them. Watching Becoming Warren Buffett on a recent flight reminded me how much of a legend Charlie is.
Timothy Ferriss • Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
abilities. I don’t think failure is sometimes part of the process—it always is. When you feel you can’t go on, know that you’re just getting started.