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When you try to do something big its hard to fail completely.

Tim Ferriss

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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Goal Intention Reality Right Thinking
Lack of time is actually lack of priorities.
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Priority Time
If we define risk as ‘the likelihood of an irreversible negative outcome,’ inaction is the greatest risk of all.
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Action Definition Greatness Negative Risk
For all their bitching about what’s holding them back, most people have a lot of trouble coming up with the defined dreams they’re being held from.
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Dreams Hold People Trouble
It’s not enough to have the right answers. You have to have the right questions.
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Enough Question Right Yourself
Believe it or not, it is not only possible to accomplish more by doing less, it is mandatory. Enter the world of elimination.
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Accomplishment Believe Elimination Mandatory Possible World
Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference.
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Difference Remember Slow
What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.
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Fear Important Need
The universe doesn’t conspire against you, but it doesn’t go out of its way to line up the pins either. Conditions are never perfect.
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Condition Perfection Universe Way 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
When you try to do something big its hard to fail completely.
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Big Failure Inspirational Motivational Try Yourself
Ninety-nine percent of people believe they can’t do great things, so they aim for mediocrity.
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Average Believe Greatness People
I have plenty of money to do what I want to do, and I have the relationships.
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Abundance Money Myself Relationship
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
I value self-discipline, but creating systems that make it next to impossible to misbehave is more reliable than self-control.
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Control Discipline Independent Value
The most important actions are never comfortable.
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Action Brave Comfortable Important Inspirational

When you try to do something big its hard to fail completely.

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