Tim Ferriss Quotes About Inspirational
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A person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.
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Learn to be difficult when it counts. In school as in life, having a reputation for being assertive will help you receive preferential treatment without having to beg or fight for it every time.
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Think big and don't listen to people who tell you it can't be done. Life's too short to think small.
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One can steal ideas, but no one can steal execution or passion.
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Alternating periods of activity and rest is necessary to survive, let alone thrive. Capacity, interest, and mental endurance all wax and wane. Plan accordingly.
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Becoming a member of the NR is not just about working smarter. It's about building a system to replace yourself.
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If you spend your time, worth $20-25 per hour, doing something that someone else will do for $10 per hour, it's simply a poor use of resources.
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People will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.
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Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness, and it is precisely what you should strive to chase. It is the cure-all.
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The golden years become lower-middle-class life revisited. That's a bittersweet ending.
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Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to being a winner
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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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Remember—boredom is the enemy, not some abstract "failure.
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That's precisely the question everyone should be asking-why the hell not? - Why not you, why not now.
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The bottom line is that you only have the rights you fight for.
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Life is too short to be small.
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By working only when you are most effective, life is both more productive and more enjoyable. It's the perfect example of having your cake and eating it, too.
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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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What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.
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People are smarter than you think. Give them a chance to prove themselves.
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Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!
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The goal is not to simply eliminate the bad, which does nothing more than leave you with a vacuum, but to pursue and experience the best in the world.
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Uncertainty and the prospect of failure can be very scary noises in the shadows. Most people will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.
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For all of the most important things, the timing always sucks. Waiting for a good time to quit your job? The stars will never align and the traffic lights of life will never all be green at the same time. The universe doesn't conspire against you, but it doesn't go out of its way to line up the pins either. Conditions are never perfect. "Someday" is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you. Pro and con lists are just as bad. 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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Learn to be difficult when it counts
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I'll repeat something you might consider tattooing on your forehead: What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.
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Doing the unrealistic is easier than doing the realistic.
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To enjoy life, you don't need fancy nonsense, but you do need to control your time and realize that most things just aren't as serious as you make them out to be.
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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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It isn't enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box.
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