Timothy Ferriss is an American entrepreneur, investor, author, podcaster, and lifestyle guru. He became well known through his “4-Hours” self-help book series including the 4-hours chef, that focused on lifestyle optimizations, but he has since reconsidered this approach.
Top 51 Quotes Of Tim Ferriss.
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Doing less is not being lazy. Don’t give in to a culture that values personal sacrifice over personal productivity.
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Life punishes the vague wish and rewards the specific ask.
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What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.
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People will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.
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The opposite of love is indifference, and the opposite of happiness is boredom.
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If you let pride stop you, you will hate life.
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If someone isn’t making you stronger, they’re making you weaker.
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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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Age doesn’t matter: an open mind does.
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The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.
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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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Most people are fast to stop you before you get started but hesitate to get in the way if you’re moving.
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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.
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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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Many a false step was made by standing still.
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“Someday” is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.
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The best way to counter-attack a hater is to make it blatantly obvious that their attack has had no impact on you.
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Life is too short to be small.
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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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Poisonous people do not deserve your time. To think otherwise is masochistic.
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Different is better when it is more effective or more fun.
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$1,000,000 in the bank isn’t the fantasy. The fantasy is the lifestyle of complete freedom it supposedly allows.
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When you try to do something big it’s hard to fail completely.
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True freedom is much more than having enough income and time to do what you want.
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The question you should be asking isn’t, “What do I want?” or “What are my goals?” but “What would excite me?”.
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Doing something unimportant well does not make it important.
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Focus on being productive instead of busy.
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There is a direct correlation between an increased sphere of comfort and getting what you want.
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Lack of time is actually lack of priorities.
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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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You can fail at plenty as long as you get a few important things right.
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I want to measure twice, and cut once; therefore, the vast majority of my important work is deciding what to work on.
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If the challenge we face doesn’t scare us, then it’s probably not that important.
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The fishing is best where the fewest go and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone is aiming for base hits.
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Tomorrow becomes never, no matter how small the task, take the first step now.
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To do the impossible, you need to ignore the popular.
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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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The most important actions are never comfortable.
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It is possible to become world-class, enter the top 5% of performers in the world, in almost any subject within 6-12 months, or even 6-12 weeks.
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Remember — boredom is the enemy, not some abstract “failure”.
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You need to know what your unique strengths are and be willing to delegate.
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The goal is not to simply eliminate the bad, but to pursue and experience the best in the world.
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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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The bottom line is that you only have the rights you fight for.
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Don’t dismiss people, don’t be a dick, and don’t rush. Play the long game.
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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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If you want to have more, do more, and be more, it all begins with the voice that no one else hears.
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People are fond of using the ‘it’s not what you know, it’s who you know’ adage as an excuse for inaction, as if all successful people are born with powerful friends.
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Pareto’s Law can be summarized as follows: 80% of the outputs result from 20% of the inputs.
