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.
TIM FERRISSIf it’s important to you and you want to do it ‘eventually’, just do it and correct course along the way.
More Tim Ferriss Quotes
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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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Learn to be difficult when it counts. In school as in life, having a reputation for being assertive will help you receive preferential treatment without having to beg or fight for it every time.
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Learn to ask, “If this is the only thing I accomplish today, will I be satisfied with my day?”
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Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference.
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This is not my phrase, but if you’re stuck in the past, then you’re depressed. If you’re stuck in the future, then you’re anxious.
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Many a false step was made by standing still.
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If you spend your time, worth $20-25 per hour, doing something that someone else will do for $10 per hour, it’s simply a poor use of resources.
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For uncommon solutions, you have to look in uncommon places.
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The way that you become world-class is… by asking good questions.
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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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Lack of time is actually lack of priorities.
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Simplicity requires ruthlessness.
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Just a few words on time management: forget all about it.
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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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Poisonous people do not deserve your time. To think otherwise is masochistic.
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