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Requiring a lot of time does not make a task important.

Tim Ferriss

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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Big Life Listening People Short Small Thinking
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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Money Poor Resource Simplicity Time Worth Yourself
Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference.
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Difference Remember Slow
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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Accomplishment Believe Elimination Mandatory Possible World
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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Consumption Data Eat Information Man Source Value Wrong
Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!
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Future Past Small Step
Lack of time is actually lack of priorities.
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Priority Time
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
If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too.
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Insecurity Self Love World Yourself
Reality is negotiable.
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Deep Life One Liner Reality
If you don’t have time, you don’t have priorities.
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Important Priority Time Yourself
Luxury, to me, is not owning a lot of stuff. Luxury, to me, is feeling unrushed.
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Feeling Grace Luxury Myself Peace
Most inputs are useless and time is wasted in proportion to the amount that is available.
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Available Time Wasted
Dreamlining is so named because it applies timelines to what most would consider dreams.
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Dreams Name Time
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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Enjoyment Excitement Inspirational Motivational Myself Question
A goal without real consequences is wishful thinking. Good follow-through doesn’t depend on the right intentions. It depends on the right incentives.
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Goal Intention Reality Right Thinking

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