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If we define risk as ‘the likelihood of an irreversible negative outcome,’ inaction is the greatest risk of all.

Tim Ferriss

Slowing down doesn’t mean accomplishing less; it means cutting out counterproductive distractions and the perception of being rushed.
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Accomplishment Distraction Perception Slow
If the challenge we face doesn’t scare us, then it’s probably not that important.
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Challenge Face Important Scare
It isn’t enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box.
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Box Enough Passive Thinking
A person’s success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.
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Comfortable Himself Life Measurement Person Success Willing
Sometimes you need to go on a low-information diet.
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Diet Information Need Time
Think big and don’t listen to people who tell you it can’t be done. Life’s too short to think small.
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Big Life Listening People Short Small Thinking
Being busy is a form of laziness – lazy thinking and indiscriminate action. Being busy is most often used as a guise for avoiding the few critically important but uncomfortable actions.
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Action Avoid Busy Comfortable Criticism Discrimination Form Lazy Thinking
Uncertainty and the prospect of failure can be very scary noises in the shadows. Most people will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.
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Failure Happiness People Scare Shadow Uncertain
The biggest misconception about work is that you need to spend the majority of your time doing it.
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Assumption Big Smart Time Work
When you try to do something big its hard to fail completely.
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Big Failure Inspirational Motivational Try Yourself
If we define risk as ‘the likelihood of an irreversible negative outcome,’ inaction is the greatest risk of all.
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Action Definition Greatness Negative Risk
Focus on impact, not approval. If you believe you can change the world, which I hope you do, do what you believe is right and expect resistance and expect attackers. Keep calm and carry on!
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Approve Attack Believe Calm Carry Expectation Focus Hope Resistance Yourself
Most inputs are useless and time is wasted in proportion to the amount that is available.
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Available Time Wasted
Exercise is overrated.
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Exercise One Liner
For all their bitching about what’s holding them back, most people have a lot of trouble coming up with the defined dreams they’re being held from.
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Dreams Hold People Trouble
To do the impossible, you need to ignore the popular.
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Ignorance Impossible Need Popular

If we define risk as ‘the likelihood of an irreversible negative outcome,’ inaction is the greatest risk of all.

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