The question you should be asking isn’t, “What do I want?” or “What are my goals?” but “What would excite me?
TIM FERRISSThe universe doesn’t conspire against you, but it doesn’t go out of its way to line up the pins either. Conditions are never perfect.
More Tim Ferriss Quotes
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I’ll repeat something you might consider tattooing on your forehead: What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.
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Being selective-doing less-is the path of the productive. Focus on the important few and ignore the rest.
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If the challenge we face doesn’t scare us, then it’s probably not that important.
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Age doesn’t matter. An open mind does.
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The biggest misconception about work is that you need to spend the majority of your time doing it.
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Being able to quit things that don’t work is integral to being a winner.
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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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It isn’t enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box.
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Emphasize strengths, don’t fix weaknesses.
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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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For uncommon solutions, you have to look in uncommon places.
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The universe doesn’t conspire against you, but it doesn’t go out of its way to line up the pins either. Conditions are never perfect.
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There is always more information than attention.
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I have plenty of money to do what I want to do, and I have the relationships.
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