I’ll repeat something you might consider tattooing on your forehead: What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.
TIM FERRISSJust a few words on time management: forget all about it.
More Tim Ferriss Quotes
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Three ingredients of luxury lifestyle design are time, income, and mobility.
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Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!
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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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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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If you don’t have time, the truth is, you don’t have priorities. Think harder; don’t work harder.
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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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When you try to do something big its hard to fail completely.
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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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What you do is infinitely more important than how you do it.
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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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Many a false step was made by standing still.
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It isn’t enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box.
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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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Pacifists become militants. Freedom fighters become tyrants. Blessings become curses. Help becomes hindrance. More becomes less.
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Most people can do absolutely awe-inspiring things. Sometimes they just need a little nudge.
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Age doesn’t matter. An open mind does.
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If someone’s criticism is completely unfounded on data, then I don’t want to hear it. It doesn’t hold up to scrutiny.
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Short, sweet, and to the point. Clear writing, and therefore clear commands, comes from clear thinking. Think simple.
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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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Creating demand is hard. Filling demand is easier. Don’t create a product, then seek someone to sell it to. Find a market – define your customers – then find or develop a product for them.
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Sometimes you need to go on a low-information diet.
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Requiring a lot of time does not make a task important.
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Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.
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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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Slowing down doesn’t mean accomplishing less; it means cutting out counterproductive distractions and the perception of being rushed.
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Exercise is overrated.
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