Tim Ferriss Quotes
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The most important actions are never comfortable.
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I started using Twitter about year after its very early adoption and ended up investing in it around that same time. I'm involved with the Tech scene and companies ranging from Facebook, Stumbleupon and Twitter.
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What do you want?' is too imprecise to produce a meaningful and actionable answer.
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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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The only rules and limits are those we set for ourselves.
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Resolve to do one thing every day that you fear.
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Creating demand is hard. Filling demand is easier. Don't create a product, then seek someone to sell it to. Find a market - define your customers - then find or develop a product for them.
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Doing the unrealistic is easier than doing the realistic.
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The decent method you follow is better than the perfect method you quit.
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I really feel like knife skills - not just in the kitchen, but in life - are really critical.
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I have plenty of money to do what I want to do, and I have the relationships.
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When you try to do something big its hard to fail completely.
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I didn't even like white wine. Then I tasted it and bought a case. It was the first case of any wine I'd ever bought.
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I'm not averse to making a lot of money. But where does that end? I hang out with people with hundreds of millions of dollars. Is that the standard by which I should measure myself? Where does that take you if you're in my business? I think it takes you to pretty dark, corrupt places.
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Most inputs are useless and time is wasted in proportion to the amount that is available.
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Do not expect work to fill a void that non-work relationships and activities should Work is not all of life. Your co-workers shouldn't be your only friends. Schedule life and defend it just as you would an important business meeting. Never tell yourself "I'll just get it done this weekend."
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But if it's tolerable mediocrity, and you're like, 'Well, you know it could be worse. At least I'm getting paid.' Then you wind up in a job that is slowly killing your soul and you're allowing that to happen. Comfort can be a very, very dangerous thing.
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If you don't have time, the truth is, you don't have priorities. Think harder; don't work harder.
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Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference. Being busy is a form of mental laziness-lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.
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Being selective-doing less-is the path of the productive. Focus on the important few and ignore the rest.