Tim Ferriss Quotes
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You think you're fatigued, therefore you can't exercise. In fact, you choose not to move, therefore you feel fatigued.
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You can lose money and make it back, you can't do that with time.
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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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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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The most important actions are never comfortable.
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Effectiveness is doing the things that get you closer to your goals. Efficiency is performing a given task (whether important or not) in the most economical manner possible. Being efficient without regard to effectiveness is the default mode of the universe.
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Avoid results-by volume approach, instead focus on few critically important but uncomfortable actions.
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The only rules and limits are those we set for ourselves.
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The decent method you follow is better than the perfect method you quit.
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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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Resolve to do one thing every day that you fear.
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Being selective-doing less-is the path of the productive. Focus on the important few and ignore the rest.
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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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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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Doing the unrealistic is easier than doing the realistic.
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Most inputs are useless and time is wasted in proportion to the amount that is available.
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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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I really feel like knife skills - not just in the kitchen, but in life - are really critical.
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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.