I value self-discipline, but creating systems that make it next to impossible to misbehave is more reliable than self-control.
TIM FERRISSPoisonous people do not deserve your time. To think otherwise is masochistic.
More Tim Ferriss Quotes
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When you try to do something big its hard to fail completely.
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Learn to be difficult when it counts. In school as in life, having a reputation for being assertive will help you receive preferential treatment without having to beg or fight for it every time.
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If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too.
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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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A person’s success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.
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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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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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One can steal ideas, but no one can steal execution or passion.
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Pacifists become militants. Freedom fighters become tyrants. Blessings become curses. Help becomes hindrance. More becomes less.
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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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Short, sweet, and to the point. Clear writing, and therefore clear commands, comes from clear thinking. Think simple.
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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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The way that you become world-class is… by asking good questions.
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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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Luxury, to me, is not owning a lot of stuff. Luxury, to me, is feeling unrushed.
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