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The biggest misconception about work is that you need to spend the majority of your time doing it.

Tim Ferriss

The fishing is best where the fewest go. There is just less competition for bigger goals.
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Best Big Competition Goal Inspirational Motivational
Poisonous people do not deserve your time. To think otherwise is masochistic.
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Deserve People Poison Thinking Time
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
Ninety-nine percent of people believe they can’t do great things, so they aim for mediocrity.
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Average Believe Greatness People
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
The only rules and limits are those we set for ourselves.
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Inspirational Limitation Motivational Ourselves Rule
When you try to do something big its hard to fail completely.
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Big Failure Inspirational Motivational Try Yourself
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
An entrepreneur isn’t someone who owns a business, it’s someone who makes things happen.
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Business Entrepreneur Inspirational
People will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.
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Happiness People Uncertain
What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.
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Fear Important Need
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
Focus on impact, not approval. If you believe you can change the world, which I hope you do, do what you believe is right and expect resistance and expect attackers. Keep calm and carry on!
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Approve Attack Believe Calm Carry Expectation Focus Hope Resistance Yourself
Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.
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Better Competition Thinking Worth Yourself
Dreamlining is so named because it applies timelines to what most would consider dreams.
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Dreams Name Time
Are you better off than you were one year ago, one month ago, or one week ago? If not, things will not improve by themselves.
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Better Improvement Time Yourself

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