4 Quotes & Sayings By A J Jacobs

A.J. Jacobs was born in England and moved to the U.S. at age 10. He has been a reporter for "The New York Times," a staff writer for "Harper's," a writer for the "New York Observer," a web producer for Slate, a staff writer for "Vanity Fair," and a columnist for "GQ." His writing has appeared in the "New York Times," the "Washington Post," the "Wall Street Journal," Harper's, GQ, Playboy, and other publications Read more

In 2002, his book "The Year of Living Biblically" was published to critical acclaim from religious audiences and from critics in secular circles. In 2007, he published his second book, "Legacy: My Life in the Dad Jokes," which was named one of the ten best books of that year by Amazon.com and one of the best books of that year by The Washington Post Book World. He is also the author of two non-fiction books about his life: "The Adventure Zone" (2009) and "Take It From Me: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of a Reluctant Revolutionary" (2011).

In 2012, he released a new book entitled, "The Know-It-Alls: Adventures with Geeks, Bloggers, and the Creation of an Internet Age."

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The key to making healthy decisions is to respect your future self. Honor him or her. Treat him or her like you would treat a friend or a loved one. A Stanford study showed that those who saw a photo of their future self made smarter financial decisions. A. J. Jacobs
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My goal? To test out every diet and exercise regimen on planet earth and figure out which work best. I sweated, I cooked, I learned to pole dance. In the end, I lost weight, lowered my cholesterol and doubled my energy level. I feel better than I ever have. A. J. Jacobs
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I tried the paleo diet, which is the caveman diet - lots of meat. And I tried the calorie restriction diet: The idea is that if you eat very, very little - if you're on the verge of starvation, you will live a very long time, whether or not you want to, of course. A. J. Jacobs