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Learn to be difficult when it counts.

Tim Ferriss

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
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
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
Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!
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Future Past Small Step
Most inputs are useless and time is wasted in proportion to the amount that is available.
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Available Time Wasted
Requiring a lot of time does not make a task important.
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Important Task Time
Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference. Being busy is a form of mental laziness-lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.
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Action Difference Mental Remember Slow Thinking
Sometimes you need to go on a low-information diet.
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Diet Information Need Time
If the challenge we face doesn’t scare us, then it’s probably not that important.
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Challenge Face Important Scare
Ninety-nine percent of people believe they can’t do great things, so they aim for mediocrity.
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Average Believe Greatness People
Luxury, to me, is not owning a lot of stuff. Luxury, to me, is feeling unrushed.
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Feeling Grace Luxury Myself Peace
Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference.
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Difference Remember Slow
An entrepreneur isn’t someone who owns a business, it’s someone who makes things happen.
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Business Entrepreneur Inspirational
Creating demand is hard. Filling demand is easier. Don’t create a product, then seek someone to sell it to. Find a market – define your customers – then find or develop a product for them.
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Creation Customer Demand Development Easy Production Yourself
One can steal ideas, but no one can steal execution or passion.
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Execution Ideas Passion Steal
Simplicity requires ruthlessness.
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One Liner Simplicity

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