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If we define risk as ‘the likelihood of an irreversible negative outcome,’ inaction is the greatest risk of all.

Tim Ferriss

Dreamlining is so named because it applies timelines to what most would consider dreams.
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Dreams Name Time
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
Three ingredients of luxury lifestyle design are time, income, and mobility.
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Life Luxury Mobility Style
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
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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Easy Enjoyment Examination Intense Life Money Myself Necessary
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
The only rules and limits are those we set for ourselves.
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Inspirational Limitation Motivational Ourselves Rule
To do the impossible, you need to ignore the popular.
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Ignorance Impossible Need Popular
The best way to improve mental performance, is to improve physical performance
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Best Improvement Performance Physical Way Yourself
When you try to do something big its hard to fail completely.
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Big Failure Inspirational Motivational Try Yourself
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
Exercise is overrated.
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Exercise One Liner
Lack of time is actually lack of priorities.
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Priority Time
Sometimes you need to go on a low-information diet.
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Diet Information Need Time
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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Dreams Hold People Trouble
To enjoy life, you don’t need fancy nonsense, but you do need to control your time and realize that most things just aren’t as serious as you make them out to be.
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Control Enjoyment Need Serious Time Yourself

If we define risk as ‘the likelihood of an irreversible negative outcome,’ inaction is the greatest risk of all.

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If we define risk as ‘the likelihood of an irreversible negative outcome,’ inaction is the greatest risk of all.

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