Tim Ferriss Quotes
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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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Everyone is going to binge on a diet, for instance, so plan for it, schedule it, and contain the damage.
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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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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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I'm not a big believer in long-term planning and far-off goals. In fact, I generally set 3-month and 6-month dreamlines. The variables change too much and in-the-future distance becomes an excuse for postponing action.
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In all cases where doubt crops up, ask yourself, "If I had a gun to my head and had to do it, how would I do it?" It's not as hard as you think.
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If it's important to you and you want to do it 'eventually', just do it and correct course along the way.
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The bottom line is that you only have the rights you fight for.
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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 best way to improve mental performance, is to improve physical performance.
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Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.
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If you let pride stop you, you will hate life.
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I encourage active skepticism - when people are being skeptical because they're trying to identify the best course of action. They're trying to identify the next step for themselves or other people.
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People frequently fail when they try to do everything at once. They approach a massive project and quickly get discouraged. Taking small, but high-value steps takes less time, and you learn more in the long run.
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If you don't have time, you don't have priorities.
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I will take as a given that, for most people, somewhere between six and seven billion of them, the perfect job is the one that takes the least time.
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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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The way we measure productivity is flawed. People checking their BlackBerry over dinner is not the measure of productivity.
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You and your friends could plan the trip of a lifetime in 6-18 months to visit the completed school, teeming with dozens or hundreds of students who greet you with smiles and thank you letters. You'll know it's your school because your names will be on the door.
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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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Compile your to-do list for tomorrow no later than this evening.
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The blind quest for cash is a fool's errand.
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People really do think they have to choose between high stress and high reward jobs, and low stress and low reward jobs.
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Different is better when it is more effective or more fun.