Tim Ferriss Quotes
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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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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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If everyone is defining a problem or solving it one way and the results are subpar, this is the time to ask, What if I did the opposite? Don't follow a model that doesn't work. If the recipe sucks, it doesn't matter how good a cook you are.
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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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What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do. As I have heard said, a person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have. Resolve to do one thing every day that you fear. I got into this habit by attempting to contact celebrities and famous businesspeople for advice.
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Dreamlining is so named because it applies timelines to what most would consider dreams.
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I think time management as a label encourages people to view each 24-hour period as a slot in which they should pack as much as possible.
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You don't have to travel, but I find extended travel to be a helpful tool for reexamining yourself and the constraints you've artificially placed on your life. It's easy to believe everything has to be done one way if you're always in one place around the same 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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Being efficient without regard to effectiveness is the default mode of the universe.
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Online I see people committing 'social media suicide' all the time by one of two ways. Firstly by responding to all criticism, meaning you're never going to find time to complete important milestones of your own, and by responding to things that don't warrant a response. This lends more credibility by driving traffic.
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The key to having more time is doing less, and there are two paths to get there, both of which should be used together: Define a short to-do list and define a not-to-do list.
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Luxury, to me, is not owning a lot of stuff. Luxury, to me, is feeling unrushed.
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The opposite of love is indifference, and the opposite of happiness is boredom.
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At least three time per day at scheduled times, he had to ask himself the following question: Am I being productive or just active? Charney captured the essence of this with less-abstract wording: Am I inventing things to do to avoid the important? He eliminated all of the activities he used as crutches and began to focus on demonstrating results instead of showing dedication. Dedication is often just meaningless work in disguise. Be ruthless and cut the fat.
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Requiring a lot of time does not make a task important.
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Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.
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To have an uncommon lifestyle, you need to develop the uncommon habit of making decisions, both for yourself and for others.
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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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I take notes like some people take drugs.
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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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Remember—boredom is the enemy, not some abstract "failure.
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Relative income uses two variables: the dollar and time, usually hours.
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Just because you are embarrassed to admit that you're still living the consequences of bad decisions made 5, 10, 20 years ago shouldn't stop you from making good decisions now. If you let pride stop you, you will hate life 5, 10, and 20 years from now for the same reasons.