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The biggest misconception about work is that you need to spend the majority of your time doing it.

Tim Ferriss

Pacifists become militants. Freedom fighters become tyrants. Blessings become curses. Help becomes hindrance. More becomes less.
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Blessing Curse Fight Freedom Help Military Minimalism
The question you should be asking isn’t, “What do I want?” or “What are my goals?” but “What would excite me?
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Enjoyment Excitement Inspirational Motivational Myself Question
The goal is not to simply eliminate the bad, which does nothing more than leave you with a vacuum, but to pursue and experience the best in the world.
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Best Elimination Experience Goal Leaving Simplicity World
Role models who push us to exceed our limits, physical training that removes our spare tires, and risks that expand our sphere of comfortable action are all examples of eustress—stress that is healthful and the stimulus for growth.
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Comfortable Growth Health Limitation Modeling Risk Role
If you don’t have time, the truth is, you don’t have priorities. Think harder; don’t work harder.
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Priority Time Truth Work Yourself
A goal without real consequences is wishful thinking. Good follow-through doesn’t depend on the right intentions. It depends on the right incentives.
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Goal Intention Reality Right Thinking
The best way to counter-attack a hater is to make it blatantly obvious that their attack has had no impact on you.
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Attack Best Hate Impact Yourself
There are two components that are fundamental to enjoy life and feel good about yourself: continual learning and service.
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Component Enjoyment Fundamental Learning Service
Simplicity requires ruthlessness.
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One Liner Simplicity
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
Short, sweet, and to the point. Clear writing, and therefore clear commands, comes from clear thinking. Think simple.
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Clear Command Point Simplicity Sweet Thinking Writing
Lack of time is actually lack of priorities.
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Priority Time
If you don’t have time, you don’t have priorities.
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Important Priority Time Yourself
Sometimes you need to go on a low-information diet.
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Diet Information Need Time
Many a false step was made by standing still.
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Coward Fake Mistake Stand Step Wisdom
Emphasize strengths, don’t fix weaknesses.
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Fix Focus Strength Weakness

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