The 4-Hour Workweek Quotes

“Realistic goals, goals restricted to the average ambition level, are uninspiring and will only fuel you through the first or second problem, at which point you throw in the towel.”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich

“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat. “I don’t much care where …” said Alice. “Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat. —LEWIS CARROLL, Alice in Wonderland”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich

“The worst really wasn’t that bad.”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich

“In other words, I was risking an unlikely and temporary 3 or 4 for a probable and permanent 9 or 10,”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich

“If someone isn’t making you stronger, they’re making you weaker.”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek

“Living Well” (Barron’s, March 20, 2006, Suzanne McGee). 4. Goldian VandenBroeck, ed. From Less Is More: An Anthology of Ancient and Modern Voices Raised in Praise of Simplicity (Inner Traditions, 1996).”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich

“But you are the average of the five people you associate with most,”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek

“What 20% of sources are causing 80% of my problems and unhappiness? What 20% of sources are resulting in 80% of my desired outcome and happiness?”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek

“Parkinson’s Law dictates that a task will swell in (perceived) importance and complexity in relation to the time allotted for its completion. It is the magic of the imminent deadline.”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek

“I do what I always do: find a personal e-mail if possible, often through their little-known personal blogs, send a two- to three-paragraph e-mail which explains that I am familiar with their work, and ask one simple-to-answer but thought-provoking question in that e-mail related to their work or life philosophies. The goal is to start a dialogue so they take the time to answer future e-mails—not to ask for help. That can only come after at least three or four genuine e-mail exchanges.”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek

“The universe doesn’t conspire against you, but it doesn’t go out of its way to line up all the pins either. Conditions are never perfect. “Someday” is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek

“find your passions, redefine your dreams, and revive hobbies”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek

“the freedom and resolve to pursue your dreams without reverting to work for work’s sake (W4W).”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek

“NR: To think big but ensure payday comes every day: cash flow first, big payday second.”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek

“NR: To be neither the boss nor the employee, but the owner. To own the trains and have someone else ensure they run on time.”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek

“NR: To distribute recovery periods and adventures (mini-retirements) throughout life on a regular basis and recognize that inactivity is not the goal. Doing that which excites you is.”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek

“NR: To prevent work for work’s sake, and to do the minimum necessary for maximum effect (“minimum effective load”).”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek

“NR: To have others work for you.”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek

“Don’t provoke deliberation before you can take action.”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek

“Money doesn’t change you; it reveals who you are when you no longer have to be nice.”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek

“Lo diferente es mejor cuando es más efectivo o más divertido. Si todo el mundo plantea o resuelve un problema de una determinada manera con resultados deficientes, es hora de preguntarse: ¿qué pasaría si hiciera lo contrario? No sigas un modelo que no funcione. Si la receta es una porquería, no importa lo buen cocinero que seas.”
― Timothy Ferriss, La semana laboral de 4 horas

“Most people can do absolutely awe-inspiring things,” he said. “Sometimes they just need a little nudge.”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek

“The choice is between multiplication of results using strengths or incremental improvement fixing weaknesses that will, at best, become mediocre. Focus on better use of your best weapons instead of constant repair.”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich

“«El hombre razonable se adapta al mundo; el irrazonable persiste en intentar adaptar el mundo a él. Por consiguiente, todo progreso depende del hombre irrazonable.»”
― Timothy Ferriss, La semana laboral de 4 horas

“«Quizá la acción no traiga siempre consigo la felicidad, pero no hay felicidad sin acción.»”
― Timothy Ferriss, La semana laboral de 4 horas

“Es de lejos mucho más lucrativo y divertido aprovechar tus fortalezas en lugar de tratar de arreglar todos tus puntos débiles.”
― Timothy Ferriss, La semana laboral de 4 horas

“No te esfuerces por corregir tus debilidades; potencia tus fortalezas.”
― Timothy Ferriss, La semana laboral de 4 horas

“This brings us full circle. The question you should be asking isn’t, “What do I want?” or “What are my goals?” but “What would excite me?”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich

“Expect small problems. Life is full of compromises, and it’s necessary to let small bad things happen if you want to get huge good things done. There is no escape. Prevent all problems and get nothing done, or accept an allowable level of small problems and focus on the big things.”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek

“E-mail is the last thing people let go of. Fortune 500 CEOs, best-selling authors, celebrities—I know dozens of top performers who delegate everything but e-mail, which they latch onto as something only they can do. “No one can check my e-mail for me” is the unquestioned assumption, or “I answer every e-mail I receive” is the unquestioned bragging right that keeps them in front of a computer for 8–12 hours at a stretch. It’s not fun, and it keeps them from higher-impact or more rewarding activities.”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek