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If the challenge we face doesn’t scare us, then it’s probably not that important.

Tim Ferriss

Most inputs are useless and time is wasted in proportion to the amount that is available.
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Available Time Wasted
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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Failure Happiness People Scare Shadow Uncertain
Sometimes you need to go on a low-information diet.
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Diet Information Need Time
People are fond of using the its not what you know, its who you know adage as an excuse for inaction, as if all successful people are born with powerful friends. Nonsense.
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Action Born Excuse Friendship People Powerful Success
Requiring a lot of time does not make a task important.
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Important Task Time
For uncommon solutions, you have to look in uncommon places.
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Place See Solution Yourself
The fishing is best where the fewest go. There is just less competition for bigger goals.
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Best Big Competition Goal Inspirational Motivational
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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Complete Criticism Hold Myself
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
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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Attack Best Hate Impact Yourself
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
Ninety-nine percent of people believe they can’t do great things, so they aim for mediocrity.
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Average Believe Greatness People
When you try to do something big its hard to fail completely.
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Big Failure Inspirational Motivational Try Yourself
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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Anxiety Depression Future Past Yourself
Dreamlining is so named because it applies timelines to what most would consider dreams.
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Dreams Name Time
The only rules and limits are those we set for ourselves.
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Inspirational Limitation Motivational Ourselves Rule

If the challenge we face doesn’t scare us, then it’s probably not that important.

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