Tim Ferriss Quotes
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People who avoid all criticism fail. It's destructive criticism we need to avoid, not criticism in all forms.
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Dreamlining is so named because it applies timelines to what most would consider dreams.
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The best way to improve mental performance, is to improve physical performance.
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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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Compile your to-do list for tomorrow no later than this evening.
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I'm often asked how I define "success." It's an overused term, but I fundamentally view this elusive beast as a combination of two things - achievement and appreciation. One isn't enough: Achievement without appreciation makes you ambitious but miserable. Appreciation without achievement makes you unambitious but happy.
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Happiness can be bought with a bottle of wine and has become ambiguous through overuse.
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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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Different is better when it is more effective or more fun.
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Relative income uses two variables: the dollar and time, usually hours.
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I'll repeat something you might consider tattooing on your forehead: What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.
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I gauge success in years, not weeks. The weekend box-office approach to book launches is short sighted and encourages crappy books.
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Are you better off than you were one year ago, one month ago, or one week ago? If not, things will not improve by themselves.
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People are smarter than you think. Give them a chance to prove themselves.
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The opposite of love is indifference, and the opposite of happiness is boredom.
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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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I take notes like some people take drugs.
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The biggest misconception about work is that you need to spend the majority of your time doing it.
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I've seen the promised land, and there is good news. You can have it all.
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It is far more lucrative and fun to leverage your strengths instead of attempting to fix all the chinks in your armor. The choice is between multiplication of results using strenths or incremental improvement fixing weaknesses that will, at best, become mediocre. Focus on better use of your best weapons instead of constant repair.
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But you are the average of the five people you associate with most, so do not underestimate the effects of your pessimistic, unambitious, or disorganized friends. If someone isn't making you stronger, they're making you weaker.
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In excess, most endeavors and possessions take on the characteristics of their opposite.
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One can steal ideas, but no one can steal execution or passion.
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Age doesn't matter. An open mind does.