black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

The fishing is best where the fewest go. There is just less competition for bigger goals.

Tim Ferriss

For all their bitching about what’s holding them back, most people have a lot of trouble coming up with the defined dreams they’re being held from.
TIM FERRISS

Dreams Hold People Trouble
A goal without real consequences is wishful thinking. Good follow-through doesn’t depend on the right intentions. It depends on the right incentives.
TIM FERRISS

Goal Intention Reality Right Thinking
Requiring a lot of time does not make a task important.
TIM FERRISS

Important Task Time
Lack of time is actually lack of priorities.
TIM FERRISS

Priority Time
People are fond of using the its not what you know, its who you know adage as an excuse for inaction, as if all successful people are born with powerful friends. Nonsense.
TIM FERRISS

Action Born Excuse Friendship People Powerful Success
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.
TIM FERRISS

Condition Perfection Universe Way Yourself
One can steal ideas, but no one can steal execution or passion.
TIM FERRISS

Execution Ideas Passion Steal
Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!
TIM FERRISS

Future Past Small Step
It isn’t enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box.
TIM FERRISS

Box Enough Passive Thinking
Ninety-nine percent of people believe they can’t do great things, so they aim for mediocrity.
TIM FERRISS

Average Believe Greatness People
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.
TIM FERRISS

Action Avoid Busy Comfortable Criticism Discrimination Form Lazy Thinking
To enjoy life, you don’t need fancy nonsense, but you do need to control your time and realize that most things just aren’t as serious as you make them out to be.
TIM FERRISS

Control Enjoyment Need Serious Time Yourself
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.
TIM FERRISS

Creation Customer Demand Development Easy Production Yourself
If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too.
TIM FERRISS

Insecurity Self Love World Yourself
Uncertainty and the prospect of failure can be very scary noises in the shadows. Most people will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.
TIM FERRISS

Failure Happiness People Scare Shadow Uncertain
Money doesn’t change you; it reveals who you are when you no longer have to be nice.
TIM FERRISS

Change Character Money Reveal Yourself

The fishing is best where the fewest go. There is just less competition for bigger goals.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

The fishing is best where the fewest go. There is just less competition for bigger goals.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Tim Ferriss Quotes