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.
TIM FERRISSSlow down and remember this: Most things make no difference. Being busy is a form of mental laziness-lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.
More Tim Ferriss Quotes
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Simplicity requires ruthlessness.
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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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To do the impossible, you need to ignore the popular.
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Pacifists become militants. Freedom fighters become tyrants. Blessings become curses. Help becomes hindrance. More becomes less.
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Three ingredients of luxury lifestyle design are time, income, and mobility.
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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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If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too.
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Most inputs are useless and time is wasted in proportion to the amount that is available.
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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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Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference.
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If you don’t have time, the truth is, you don’t have priorities. Think harder; don’t work harder.
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What you do is infinitely more important than how you do it.
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Slowing down doesn’t mean accomplishing less; it means cutting out counterproductive distractions and the perception of being rushed.
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You can lose money and make it back, you can’t do that with time.
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If we define risk as ‘the likelihood of an irreversible negative outcome,’ inaction is the greatest risk of all.
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An entrepreneur isn’t someone who owns a business, it’s someone who makes things happen.
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For uncommon solutions, you have to look in uncommon places.
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Poisonous people do not deserve your time. To think otherwise is masochistic.
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If you don’t have time, you don’t have priorities.
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Money doesn’t change you; it reveals who you are when you no longer have to be nice.
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Most people can do absolutely awe-inspiring things. Sometimes they just need a little nudge.
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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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Luxury, to me, is not owning a lot of stuff. Luxury, to me, is feeling unrushed.
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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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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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Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.
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