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It’s not enough to have the right answers. You have to have the right questions.

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
Requiring a lot of time does not make a task important.
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Important Task Time
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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Close Control Eyes Myself Quality
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
Just a few words on time management: forget all about it.
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Forget Management Time Word
Exercise is overrated.
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Exercise One Liner
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
Poisonous people do not deserve your time. To think otherwise is masochistic.
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Deserve People Poison Thinking Time
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
Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!
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Future Past Small Step
Sometimes you need to go on a low-information diet.
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Diet Information Need 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
The only rules and limits are those we set for ourselves.
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Inspirational Limitation Motivational Ourselves Rule
If someone’s criticism is completely unfounded on data, then I don’t want to hear it. It doesn’t hold up to scrutiny.
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Complete Criticism Hold Myself
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
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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