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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.

Tim Ferriss

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
Fun things happen when you earn dollars, live on pesos, and compensate in rupees.
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Fun Live Management Money
The biggest misconception about work is that you need to spend the majority of your time doing it.
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Assumption Big Smart Time Work
You can lose money and make it back, you can’t do that with time.
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Lose Money Time Yourself
The decent method you follow is better than the perfect method you quit.
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Better Method Perfection Quit Yourself
Simplicity requires ruthlessness.
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One Liner Simplicity
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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Best Elimination Experience Goal Leaving Simplicity World
The best way to improve mental performance, is to improve physical performance
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Best Improvement Performance Physical 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
Most inputs are useless and time is wasted in proportion to the amount that is available.
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Available Time Wasted
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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Action Born Excuse Friendship People Powerful Success
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
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
Short, sweet, and to the point. Clear writing, and therefore clear commands, comes from clear thinking. Think simple.
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Clear Command Point Simplicity Sweet Thinking Writing
This is not my phrase, but if you’re stuck in the past, then you’re depressed. If you’re stuck in the future, then you’re anxious.
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Anxiety Depression Future Past Yourself
An entrepreneur isn’t someone who owns a business, it’s someone who makes things happen.
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