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That’s precisely the question everyone should be asking-why the hell not? – Why not you, why not now.

Tim Ferriss

Pacifists become militants. Freedom fighters become tyrants. Blessings become curses. Help becomes hindrance. More becomes less.
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Blessing Curse Fight Freedom Help Military Minimalism
Most inputs are useless and time is wasted in proportion to the amount that is available.
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Available Time Wasted
If you don’t have time, the truth is, you don’t have priorities. Think harder; don’t work harder.
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Priority Time Truth Work Yourself
The most important actions are never comfortable.
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Action Brave Comfortable Important Inspirational
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
There are certain things I will automate, but when it comes to quality control, I want to keep a very close eye.
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Close Control Eyes Myself Quality
If the challenge we face doesn’t scare us, then it’s probably not that important.
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Challenge Face Important Scare
Lack of time is actually lack of priorities.
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Priority Time
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
What you do is infinitely more important than how you do it.
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Action Important Method Way Yourself
The question you should be asking isn’t, “What do I want?” or “What are my goals?” but “What would excite me?
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Enjoyment Excitement Inspirational Motivational Myself Question
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.
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Control Enjoyment Need Serious Time Yourself
If only I had more money is the easiest way to postpone the intense self-examination and decision-making necessary to create a life of enjoyment – now and not later.
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Easy Enjoyment Examination Intense Life Money Myself Necessary
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
People will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.
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Happiness People Uncertain
It’s not enough to have the right answers. You have to have the right questions.
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Enough Question Right Yourself

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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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