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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 decent method you follow is better than the perfect method you quit.
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Better Method Perfection Quit Yourself
You can lose money and make it back, you can’t do that with time.
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Lose Money Time Yourself
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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Failure Happiness People Scare Shadow Uncertain
Exercise is overrated.
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Exercise One Liner
If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too.
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Insecurity Self Love World Yourself
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
If the challenge we face doesn’t scare us, then it’s probably not that important.
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Challenge Face Important Scare
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
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
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
If you spend your time, worth $20-25 per hour, doing something that someone else will do for $10 per hour, it’s simply a poor use of resources.
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Money Poor Resource Simplicity Time Worth Yourself
Lack of time is actually lack of priorities.
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Priority Time
To do the impossible, you need to ignore the popular.
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Ignorance Impossible Need Popular
Luxury, to me, is not owning a lot of stuff. Luxury, to me, is feeling unrushed.
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Feeling Grace Luxury Myself Peace
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
Being able to quit things that don’t work is integral to being a winner.
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Leaving Quit Winner Work

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