Tim Ferriss Quotes
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Converting your own passions into a job is the fastest method for eliminating any passion you once had.
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Most people are fast to stop you before you get started but hesitate to get in the way if you're moving.
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Sports just happen to be excellent for avoiding foreign-language stage fright and developing lasting friendships while still sounding like Tarzan.
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Rather than spend my life on data entry and typing, I also take photos on my iPhone of business cards, wine labels, menus, or anything I want to have searchable on-the-run.
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I still feel there are much smarter self-promoters out there than me. I am very methodical about my messaging, and I know how to gain attention very quickly.
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Luxury, to me, is not owning a lot of stuff. Luxury, to me, is feeling unrushed.
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It's lonely at the top. Ninety-nine percent of people in the world are convinced they are incapable of achieving great things, so they aim for the mediocre. The level of competition is thus fiercest for "realistic" goals, paradoxically making them the most time-consuming and energy consuming. It is easier to raise $10,000,000 than it is $1,000,000. It is easier to pick up the one perfect 10 in the bar than the five 8s.
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By working only when you are most effective, life is both more productive and more enjoyable. It's the perfect example of having your cake and eating it, too.
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I'm not a fan of idleness, except in small doses.
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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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Personally, I now aim for one month of overseas relocation or high-intensity learning (tango, fighting, whatever) for every two months of work projects.
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The fishing is best where the fewest go and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone is aiming for base hits.
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To do the impossible, you need to ignore the popular.
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Having a size 9 foot is fantastic because almost all of the shoe companies do their prototyping in size 9, so if you visit a place like Nike headquarters, you can try every sort of wacky, out-there model.
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Poisonous people do not deserve your time. To think otherwise is masochistic.
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The way that you become world-class is... by asking good questions.
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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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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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I do not equate productivity to happiness. For most people, happiness in life is a massive amount of achievement plus a massive amount of appreciation. And you need both of those things.
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Work is an activity that is financially-driven or one that you'd like to do less of.
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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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Pacifists become militants. Freedom fighters become tyrants. Blessings become curses. Help becomes hindrance. More becomes less.
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Learn the art of the pitch and of messaging.
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Happiness has a very short half-life.