Tim Ferriss Quotes

I'm obsessed with making lists.

I'll read anything. In fact, I'll read while I'm doing other things, which is not a good idea.

I'm always jotting things down on pieces of paper. I've got pieces of paper all over my house.

I have the obsessiveness of someone who's a sober, recovering addict displacing his addiction. Except I never had the addiction.

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

I always have pen and paper with me.

I had a real computer solitaire problem. I'd gotten to the point where I had to win a game before I could write, and each time I got up to get a cup of water, I had to win a game. It was a nightmare.

I can't leave anywhere without making my bed; it's ingrained.

I just have to stop biting my nails. I've been on and off that bandwagon so many times. I feel like it's going to be a lifelong struggle.

I call myself an addicted organizer.

Is it really not possible to touch the gaming table without being instantly infected by superstition?

An addict is an addict. If they're not acting out in one area, it tends to come out in another. I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate.

People, especially successful people, are habitual creatures. They're organized. This makes them productive - Gus Mitchell

It became a habit of mine never to leave the house without a pencil in my pocket.

For many people it's Facebook, or sports on TV, whatever it is. I have my own demons that I battle. But whatever they are, you wish you could not do them. For most of us it's "I cannot get off Facebook." But imagine that your demon has you living on the street. I don't think those compulsions and obsessions are that different.

People do not persist in their vices because they are not weary of them, but because they cannot leave them off. It is the nature of vice to leave us no resource but in itself.

An organization that is not facing up to people who are not getting the job done, is going to have difficulties.

Addiction - When you can give up something any time, as long as it's next Tuesday.

Keep a note pad and pencil on your bedside table. Million-dollar ideas sometimes strike at 3 A.M.

Here's what management is about: Pick good people and set the right priorities.

I have always lived my life by making lists: lists of people to call, lists of ideas, lists of companies to set up, lists of people who can make things happen. Each day I work through these lists, and that sequence of calls propels me forward.

Our days are like identical suitcases. Even though they are all the same size, some people are able to pack more into them then others. The reason? They know what to pack.

It is easy to assume a habit; but when you try to cast it off, it will take skin and all.

I'm the ultimate organizer! My major at Stanford was "Organizational Behavior" so I love to multi-task and stay extra busy.

I'm one of the people that when I wake up I have to do what I do. It's not like I want to do it. I kind of have to do it.