Tim Ferriss Quotes
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Remember—boredom is the enemy, not some abstract "failure.
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It isn't enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box.
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Companies that start by redesigning the economics of an industry often finish by redesigning the whole industry-and owning it.
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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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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 book is first and foremost something I made for myself.
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Exercise is overrated.
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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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Someday is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.
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Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.
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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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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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Ninety-nine percent of people believe they can't do great things, so they aim for mediocrity.
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Resveratrol is fascinating stuff. One of the best sources of information about it is the Immortality Institute. They have a forum where some people are in the 500 Club, as they call it. They've been taking 500 milligrams for years. It's a really great source of data.
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Just because something has been a lot of work or consumed a lot of time doesn't make it productive or worthwhile.
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Different is better when it is more effective or more fun.
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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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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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The downstream effects are unknown. Do your best and hope for the best. If you're improving the world-however you define that-consider your job well done.
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If you don't have time, you don't have priorities.
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Relative income uses two variables: the dollar and time, usually hours.
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Information is useless if it is not applied to something important or if you will forget it before you have a chance to apply it.
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As far as income goes, there are three currencies in the world; most people ignore two. The three currencies are time, income and mobility, in descending order of importance. Most people focus exclusively on income.