It isn’t enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box.
TIM FERRISSBeing able to quit things that don’t work is integral to being a winner.
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The universe doesn’t conspire against you, but it doesn’t go out of its way to line up the pins either. Conditions are never perfect.
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If only I had more money is the easiest way to postpone the intense self-examination and decision-making necessary to create a life of enjoyment – now and not later.
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Most inputs are useless and time is wasted in proportion to the amount that is available.
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Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.
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Exercise is overrated.
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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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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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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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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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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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The most important actions are never comfortable.
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I have plenty of money to do what I want to do, and I have the relationships.
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Are you better off than you were one year ago, one month ago, or one week ago? If not, things will not improve by themselves.
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Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!
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To do the impossible, you need to ignore the popular.
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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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There is always more information than attention.
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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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The biggest misconception about work is that you need to spend the majority of your time doing it.
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There are two components that are fundamental to enjoy life and feel good about yourself: continual learning and service.
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Just as modern man consumes both too many calories and calories of no nutritional value, information workers eat data both in excess and from the wrong sources.
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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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If you don’t have time, you don’t have priorities.
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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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Believe it or not, it is not only possible to accomplish more by doing less, it is mandatory. Enter the world of elimination.
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It’s not enough to have the right answers. You have to have the right questions.
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