Learn to be difficult when it counts.
TIM FERRISSOne can steal ideas, but no one can steal execution or passion.
More Tim Ferriss Quotes
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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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Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference. Being busy is a form of mental laziness-lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.
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When you try to do something big its hard to fail completely.
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What you do is infinitely more important than how you do it.
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The only rules and limits are those we set for ourselves.
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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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There are two components that are fundamental to enjoy life and feel good about yourself: continual learning and service.
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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 decent method you follow is better than the perfect method you quit.
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Emphasize strengths, don’t fix weaknesses.
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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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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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It isn’t enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box.
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Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!
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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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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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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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Being busy is a form of laziness – lazy thinking and indiscriminate action. Being busy is most often used as a guise for avoiding the few critically important but uncomfortable actions.
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Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.
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What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.
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To do the impossible, you need to ignore the popular.
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Sometimes you need to go on a low-information diet.
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Fun things happen when you earn dollars, live on pesos, and compensate in rupees.
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If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too.
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Many a false step was made by standing still.
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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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