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The way that you become world-class is… by asking good questions.

Tim Ferriss

There are two components that are fundamental to enjoy life and feel good about yourself: continual learning and service.
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Component Enjoyment Fundamental Learning Service
Requiring a lot of time does not make a task important.
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Important Task Time
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
Dreamlining is so named because it applies timelines to what most would consider dreams.
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Dreams Name Time
Just as modern man consumes both too many calories and calories of no nutritional value, information workers eat data both in excess and from the wrong sources.
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Consumption Data Eat Information Man Source Value Wrong
If the challenge we face doesn’t scare us, then it’s probably not that important.
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Challenge Face Important Scare
One can steal ideas, but no one can steal execution or passion.
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Execution Ideas Passion Steal
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
If you don’t have time, the truth is, you don’t have priorities. Think harder; don’t work harder.
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Priority Time Truth Work Yourself
Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!
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Future Past Small Step
It’s not enough to have the right answers. You have to have the right questions.
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Enough Question Right Yourself
Pacifists become militants. Freedom fighters become tyrants. Blessings become curses. Help becomes hindrance. More becomes less.
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Blessing Curse Fight Freedom Help Military Minimalism
Being selective-doing less-is the path of the productive. Focus on the important few and ignore the rest.
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Ignorance Important Path Production Selection
If we define risk as ‘the likelihood of an irreversible negative outcome,’ inaction is the greatest risk of all.
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Action Definition Greatness Negative Risk
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
To do the impossible, you need to ignore the popular.
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Ignorance Impossible Need Popular

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