Tim Ferriss Quotes
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Happiness can be bought with a bottle of wine and has become ambiguous through overuse.
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I work hard, but in spurts.
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The blind quest for cash is a fool's errand.
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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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One can steal ideas, but no one can steal execution or passion.
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You can lose money and make it back, you can't do that with time.
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Ninety-nine percent of people believe they can't do great things, so they aim for mediocrity.
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Someday is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.
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I've seen the promised land, and there is good news. You can have it all.
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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.
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Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.
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Remember—boredom is the enemy, not some abstract "failure.
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Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to being a winner.
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If the challenge we face doesn't scare us, then it's probably not that important.
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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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Role models who push us to exceed our limits, physical training that removes our spare tires, and risks that expand our sphere of comfortable action are all examples of eustress—stress that is healthful and the stimulus for growth.
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The best results I have had in my life; the most enjoyable times, have all come from asking the simple question: 'What is the worst that could happen?'
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Life is too short to be small.
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It is predicated on the assumption that you dislike what you are doing during the most physically capable years of your life. This is a nonstarter—nothing can justify that sacrifice.
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What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.
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Being busy is a form of laziness - lazy thinking and indiscriminate action. Being busy is most often used as a guise for avoiding the few critically important but uncomfortable actions.
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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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Avoid results-by volume approach, instead focus on few critically important but uncomfortable actions.
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Companies that start by redesigning the economics of an industry often finish by redesigning the whole industry-and owning it.