Tim Ferriss Quotes
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Short, sweet, and to the point. Clear writing, and therefore clear commands, comes from clear thinking. Think simple.
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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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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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I was an All-American in wrestling in high school, was National Champion in Chinese kickboxing in 1999 and have spent a lot of time around professional athletes, which includes my eight-plus years as CEO of a sports nutrition company.
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People don't want to be millionaires - they want to experience what they believe only millions can buy.
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Massive elimination is the most important step and the most neglected step for entrepreneurs.
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There are two synergistic approaches for increasing productivity that are inversions of each other: 1. Limit tasks to the important to shorten work time (80/20). 2. Shorten work time to limit tasks to the important (Parkinson's Law). The best solution is to use both together: Identify the few critical tasks that contribute most to income and schedule them with very short and clear deadlines.
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The reason I was successful in launching my first book with bloggers is this: I assumed that I should spend as much time on a blogger with a million-person readership as I would pitching an editor of a publication with a million person subscription-base.
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World barista champions use the AeroPress to make coffee on the folding tray tables of airplanes.
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Everything that works in sales has been done already. Just keep track of the crap that you buy, or the awesome stuff that you buy, and decide what was the trigger, and then just sell to people like you. It's really that easy - and that's what I do.
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Lacking an external focus, the mind turns inward on itself and creates problems to solve, even if the problems are undefined or unimportant. If you find a focus, an ambitious goal that seems impossible and forces you to grow, these doubts disappear.
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If you take a strong stance and have a clear opinion or statement on any subject online, you're going to polarize people. And without that polarity, there's no discussion. Discussion is what I want, which means that I'm fine with the consequences.
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Money is multiplied in practical value depending on the number of W's you control in your life: what you do, when you do it, where you do it, and with whom you do it.
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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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Be bold and don't worry about what people think. They don't do it that often anyway.
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Unbeknownst to most fun-loving bipeds, not all stress is bad. Indeed, the New Rich don't aim to eliminate all stress. Not in the least.
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Changing the world doesn't require much money. Again, think in terms of empowerment and not charity. How much were Gandhi's teachers paid? How much did it cost to give Dr. Martin Luther King the books that catalyzed his mind and actions?
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The way that you become world-class is... by asking good questions.
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A recession is very bad for publicly traded companies, but it's the best time for startups. When you have massive layoffs, there's more competition for available jobs, which means that an entrepreneur can hire freelancers at a lower cost.
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The golden years become lower-middle-class life revisited. That's a bittersweet ending.
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For most people, life would be boring without meaningful work.
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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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Information is useless if it is not applied to something important or if you will forget it before you have a chance to apply it.
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Never check email first thing in the morning. Instead, complete your most important task before 11:00 A.M. to avoid using lunch or reading email as a postponement excuse.