Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.
TIM FERRISSPeople 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.
More Tim Ferriss Quotes
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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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It isn’t enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box.
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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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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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Luxury, to me, is not owning a lot of stuff. Luxury, to me, is feeling unrushed.
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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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You can lose money and make it back, you can’t do that with time.
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That’s precisely the question everyone should be asking-why the hell not? – Why not you, why not now.
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Reality is negotiable.
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It’s not enough to have the right answers. You have to have the right questions.
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The question you should be asking isn’t, “What do I want?” or “What are my goals?” but “What would excite me?
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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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If it’s important to you and you want to do it ‘eventually’, just do it and correct course along the way.
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The decent method you follow is better than the perfect method you quit.
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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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What you do is infinitely more important than how you do it.
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To do the impossible, you need to ignore the popular.
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If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too.
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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, you don’t have priorities.
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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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People will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.
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Most people can do absolutely awe-inspiring things. Sometimes they just need a little nudge.
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Fun things happen when you earn dollars, live on pesos, and compensate in rupees.
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For uncommon solutions, you have to look in uncommon places.
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