Tim Ferriss Quotes
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A goal without real consequences is wishful thinking. Good follow-through doesn't depend on the right intentions. It depends on the right incentives.
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You can lose money and make it back, you can't do that with time.
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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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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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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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When you try to do something big its hard to fail completely.
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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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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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Doing the unrealistic is easier than doing the realistic.
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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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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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The most important actions are never comfortable.
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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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Most inputs are useless and time is wasted in proportion to the amount that is available.
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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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Resolve to do one thing every day that you fear.
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What do you want?' is too imprecise to produce a meaningful and actionable answer.
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Perfection is an impossible destination.