86Thousand400: Tim Ferris, Tools of Titans

Embrace your funk

- You think about the entanglement of genius and madness, our brilliance and eccentricity. Understanding that entanglement is a precursor to working with anybody who's trying to be world class at something, because the entanglement is fundamental to their being. They have to, ultimately, embrace their funk, embrace their eccentricity, embrace what makes them different, and then build on it

The Importance of language on a rainy day

- One of the biggest mistakes Josh observed in the first year of Jack's life was parents who have unproductive language around weather being good or bad. Whenever it was raining you'd hear mums, babysitters, dads say 'It's bad weather, we can't go out,' or if it wasn't, 'It's good weather. We can go out.' That means that, somehow, we're externally reliant on conditions being perfect in order to be able to go out and have a good time. So, Jack and Josh never missed a single storm, rain or snow, to go outside and have a romp in it. They've developed this language around how beautiful it is. Now, whenever it's a rainy day, Jack says, 'Look, Dada, it's such a beautiful rainy day,' an they go out and play in it. Josh wanted him to have this internal locus of control - to not be reliant on external conditions being just so

Why you need a "deloading" phase in life

- "Screen-free Saturdays," when I use no laptops and only use my phone for maps and co-ordinating with friends via text. Of course, Tim still uses "mini-retirements" a la The 4 Hour Workweek a few times a year

Brene Brown (Research professor TedTalk "The Power of Vulnerability" viewed 31 million times. Studies vulnerability, courage, worthiness and shame)

When I had the opportunity, did I choose courage over comfort?

- "The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who ears, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming..." - Theodore Roosevelt

- In the moment, what she realised was, you know what? I do want to live a brave life. I do want to live in the arena. And if you're going to live in the arena, the only guarantee is you will get your ass kicked...Daring greatly is being vulnerable. So when you ask yourself, 'Did I dare greatly today?' The big question I ask is, 'When I had the opportunity, did I choose courage over comfort?'

To be trusted, be vulnerable

- The truth is, you can't really earn trust over time with people without being somewhat vulnerable [first]

Jason Silva (Host of Brain Games on National Geographic)

What has become more important to you in the last few years and what has become less important?

- I want to build my life around flow states [the sense of being 'in the zone']

Do you have any quotes that you live your life by or think of often?

- "We are simultaneously gods and worms" - Abraham Maslow

Testing the "Impossible": 17 questions that changed my life

Am I hunting Antelope or Field mice?

- Newt Gingrich uses a brilliant illustration to explain the need to focus on the big things and let the little stuff slide: the analogy of the field mice and the antelope. A lion is fully capable of capturing, killing, and eating a field mouse. But it turns out that the energy required to do so exceeds the caloric content of the mouse itself. So a lion that spent its day hunting and eating field mice would slowly starve to death. A lion can't live on field mice. A lion needs antelope. Antelope are big animals. They take more speed and strength to capture and kill, and once killed, they provide a feast for the lion and her pride. A lion can live a long and happy life on a diet of antelope. The distinction is important. Are you spending all your time exhausting all your energy catching field mice? In the short term it might give you a nice, rewarding feeling. But in the long run you're going to die. So ask yourself at the end of the day, "Did I spend today chasing mice or hunting antelope?"