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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.

Tim Ferriss

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
What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.
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Fear Important Need
Just a few words on time management: forget all about it.
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Forget Management Time Word
Learn to be difficult when it counts.
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Count Difficult Learning
Sometimes you need to go on a low-information diet.
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Diet Information Need 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
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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Comfortable Growth Health Limitation Modeling Risk Role
Money doesn’t change you; it reveals who you are when you no longer have to be nice.
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Change Character Money Reveal Yourself
The most important actions are never comfortable.
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Action Brave Comfortable Important Inspirational
The decent method you follow is better than the perfect method you quit.
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Better Method Perfection Quit Yourself
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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Action Difference Mental Remember Slow Thinking
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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Condition Perfection Universe Way Yourself
Slowing down doesn’t mean accomplishing less; it means cutting out counterproductive distractions and the perception of being rushed.
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Accomplishment Distraction Perception Slow
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
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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Anxiety Depression Future Past Yourself
Most people can do absolutely awe-inspiring things. Sometimes they just need a little nudge.
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Encouragement Inspirational Need People

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