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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.

Tim Ferriss

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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Action Born Excuse Friendship People Powerful Success
I value self-discipline, but creating systems that make it next to impossible to misbehave is more reliable than self-control.
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Control Discipline Independent Value
If the challenge we face doesn’t scare us, then it’s probably not that important.
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Challenge Face Important Scare
Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference.
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Difference Remember Slow
Lack of time is actually lack of priorities.
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Priority Time
Short, sweet, and to the point. Clear writing, and therefore clear commands, comes from clear thinking. Think simple.
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Clear Command Point Simplicity Sweet Thinking Writing
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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Correct Important Way Yourself
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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Comfortable Growth Health Limitation Modeling Risk Role
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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Comfortable Himself Life Measurement Person Success Willing
Three ingredients of luxury lifestyle design are time, income, and mobility.
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Life Luxury Mobility Style
An entrepreneur isn’t someone who owns a business, it’s someone who makes things happen.
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Business Entrepreneur Inspirational
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
What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.
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Fear Important Need
Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!
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Future Past Small Step
Slowing down doesn’t mean accomplishing less; it means cutting out counterproductive distractions and the perception of being rushed.
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Accomplishment Distraction Perception Slow
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.
TIM FERRISS

Dreams Hold People Trouble

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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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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