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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

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
An entrepreneur isn’t someone who owns a business, it’s someone who makes things happen.
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Business Entrepreneur Inspirational
You can lose money and make it back, you can’t do that with time.
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Lose Money Time Yourself
Emphasize strengths, don’t fix weaknesses.
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Fix Focus Strength Weakness
Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference.
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Difference Remember Slow
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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Easy Enjoyment Examination Intense Life Money Myself Necessary
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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Beg Count Difficult Fight Learning Life Reputation Time
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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Design Feeling Life Luxury Option Yourself
People will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.
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Happiness People Uncertain
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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Control Enjoyment Need Serious Time Yourself
Lack of time is actually lack of priorities.
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Priority Time
Learn to ask, “If this is the only thing I accomplish today, will I be satisfied with my day?”
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Accomplishment Day Learning Myself Satisfaction
One can steal ideas, but no one can steal execution or passion.
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Execution Ideas Passion Steal
Most people can do absolutely awe-inspiring things. Sometimes they just need a little nudge.
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Encouragement Inspirational Need People
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 have plenty of money to do what I want to do, and I have the relationships.
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Abundance Money Myself Relationship

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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