It isn’t enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box.
TIM FERRISSA goal without real consequences is wishful thinking. Good follow-through doesn’t depend on the right intentions. It depends on the right incentives.
More Tim Ferriss Quotes
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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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To enjoy life, you don’t need fancy nonsense, but you do need to control your time and realize that most things just aren’t as serious as you make them out to be.
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You can lose money and make it back, you can’t do that with time.
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If only I had more money is the easiest way to postpone the intense self-examination and decision-making necessary to create a life of enjoyment – now and not later.
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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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Focus on impact, not approval. If you believe you can change the world, which I hope you do, do what you believe is right and expect resistance and expect attackers. Keep calm and carry on!
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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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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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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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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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Learn to ask, “If this is the only thing I accomplish today, will I be satisfied with my day?”
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Exercise is overrated.
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Luxury is feeling unrushed. It is designing a life that allows you to do what you want with high leverage, with many options, all while feeling unrushed.
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Reality is negotiable.
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Age doesn’t matter. An open mind does.
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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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If you spend your time, worth $20-25 per hour, doing something that someone else will do for $10 per hour, it’s simply a poor use of resources.
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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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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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I have plenty of money to do what I want to do, and I have the relationships.
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Just a few words on time management: forget all about it.
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The only rules and limits are those we set for ourselves.
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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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Lack of time is actually lack of priorities.
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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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Most people can do absolutely awe-inspiring things. Sometimes they just need a little nudge.
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