Tim Ferriss Quotes
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An entrepreneur isn't someone who owns a business, it's someone who makes things happen.
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Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!
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Emphasize strengths, don't fix weaknesses.
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What I don't like is snark for snark's sake. If you are going to make fun of me, at least be witty while doing it.
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Get good at being a troublemaker and saying sorry when you really screw up.
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Learn to be difficult when it counts.
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Fun things happen when you earn dollars, live on pesos, and compensate in rupees.
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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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With a decrease in the number of pirates, there has been an increase in global warming over the same period. Therefore, global warming is caused by a lack of pirates. Even more compelling: Somalia has the highest number of Pirates AND the lowest Carbon emissions of any country. Coincidence?
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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.
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There is a direct correlation between am increased sphere of comfort and getting what you want.
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If you see distraction externally, you end up creating an internally distracted state.
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Reality is negotiable.
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At its core, I don't view Facebook as a social network. I think it could become the driver's license of the Internet. And beyond that, it can become the pipes and the plumbing upon what most of the Internet is built. I think it's very well positioned.
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Slowing down doesn't mean accomplishing less; it means cutting out counterproductive distractions and the perception of being rushed.
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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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Just a few words on time management: forget all about it.
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If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too.
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For all their bitching about what’s holding them back, most people have a lot of trouble coming up with the defined dreams they’re being held from.
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Fear is your friend. It is an indicator. Sometimes it shows you what you shouldn't do, more often than not it shows you what you should do.
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Money doesn't change you; it reveals who you are when you no longer have to be nice.
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Writing is thought crystalized on a piece of paper, which can then be reviewed.
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For uncommon solutions, you have to look in uncommon places.
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The first thing I would do for anyone who's trying to lose body fat, for instance, would be to remove foods from the house that he or she would consume during lapses of self-control.