If someone’s criticism is completely unfounded on data, then I don’t want to hear it. It doesn’t hold up to scrutiny.
TIM FERRISSThe question you should be asking isn’t, “What do I want?” or “What are my goals?” but “What would excite me?
More Tim Ferriss Quotes
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Think big and don’t listen to people who tell you it can’t be done. Life’s too short to think small.
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There are two components that are fundamental to enjoy life and feel good about yourself: continual learning and service.
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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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The fishing is best where the fewest go. There is just less competition for bigger goals.
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If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too.
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To do the impossible, you need to ignore the popular.
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The goal is not to simply eliminate the bad, which does nothing more than leave you with a vacuum, but to pursue and experience the best in the world.
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I’ll repeat something you might consider tattooing on your forehead: What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.
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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.
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If the challenge we face doesn’t scare us, then it’s probably not that important.
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If you don’t have time, you don’t have priorities.
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Reality is negotiable.
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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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When you try to do something big its hard to fail completely.
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Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!
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