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

People don’t want to be millionaires — they want to experience what they believe only millions can buy.

— Timothy Ferriss

People will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.

— Timothy Ferriss

Simple works, complex fails.

— Timothy Ferriss

Someday" is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.

— Timothy Ferriss

Someday” is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.

— Timothy Ferriss

Sports just happen to be excellent for avoiding foreign-language stage fright and developing lasting friendships while still sounding like Tarzan.

— Timothy Ferriss

The fishing is best where the fewest go and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone is aiming for base hits.

— Timothy Ferriss

What you study is more important than how you study. Students are subordinate to materials, much like novice cooks are subordinate to recipes. If you select the wrong material, the wrong textbook, the wrong group of words, it doesn't matter how much (or how well) you study. It doesn't matter how good your teacher is. One must find the highest-frequency material. Material beats method.

— Timothy Ferriss

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