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For uncommon solutions, you have to look in uncommon places.

Tim Ferriss

Learn to ask, “If this is the only thing I accomplish today, will I be satisfied with my day?”
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Accomplishment Day Learning Myself Satisfaction
Most inputs are useless and time is wasted in proportion to the amount that is available.
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Available Time Wasted
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
If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too.
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Insecurity Self Love World Yourself
Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference.
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Difference Remember Slow
People will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.
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Happiness People Uncertain
Sometimes you need to go on a low-information diet.
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Diet Information Need Time
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
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
There are certain things I will automate, but when it comes to quality control, I want to keep a very close eye.
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Close Control Eyes Myself Quality
When you try to do something big its hard to fail completely.
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Big Failure Inspirational Motivational Try Yourself
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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Beg Count Difficult Fight Learning Life Reputation Time
Most people can do absolutely awe-inspiring things. Sometimes they just need a little nudge.
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Encouragement Inspirational Need People
I value self-discipline, but creating systems that make it next to impossible to misbehave is more reliable than self-control.
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Control Discipline Independent Value
Being able to quit things that don’t work is integral to being a winner.
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Leaving Quit Winner Work
Lack of time is actually lack of priorities.
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Priority Time

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