You can lose money and make it back, you can’t do that with time.
TIM FERRISSThe biggest misconception about work is that you need to spend the majority of your time doing it.
More Tim Ferriss Quotes
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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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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.
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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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Dreamlining is so named because it applies timelines to what most would consider dreams.
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Luxury, to me, is not owning a lot of stuff. Luxury, to me, is feeling unrushed.
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Being selective-doing less-is the path of the productive. Focus on the important few and ignore the rest.
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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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An entrepreneur isn’t someone who owns a business, it’s someone who makes things happen.
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Requiring a lot of time does not make a task important.
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Reality is negotiable.
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Most people can do absolutely awe-inspiring things. Sometimes they just need a little nudge.
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Age doesn’t matter. An open mind does.
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It’s not enough to have the right answers. You have to have the right questions.
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Learn to ask, “If this is the only thing I accomplish today, will I be satisfied with my day?”
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That’s precisely the question everyone should be asking-why the hell not? – Why not you, why not now.
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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.
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If someone’s criticism is completely unfounded on data, then I don’t want to hear it. It doesn’t hold up to scrutiny.
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The most important actions are never comfortable.
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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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The way that you become world-class is… by asking good questions.
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Money doesn’t change you; it reveals who you are when you no longer have to be nice.
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If you don’t have time, the truth is, you don’t have priorities. Think harder; don’t work harder.
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Many a false step was made by standing still.
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If we define risk as ‘the likelihood of an irreversible negative outcome,’ inaction is the greatest risk of all.
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The best way to improve mental performance, is to improve physical performance
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Pacifists become militants. Freedom fighters become tyrants. Blessings become curses. Help becomes hindrance. More becomes less.
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