Tim Ferriss Quotes

What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.

If you don't have time, the truth is, you don't have priorities. Think harder; don't work harder.

It isn't enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box.

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. If someone isn't making you stronger, they're making you weaker.

The best way to counter-attack a hater is to make it blatantly obvious that their attack has had no impact on you.

The way we measure productivity is flawed. People checking their BlackBerry over dinner is not the measure of productivity.

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.

I'll repeat something you might consider tattooing on your forehead: What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.

That's precisely the question everyone should be asking-why the hell not? - Why not you, why not now.

Luxury, to me, is not owning a lot of stuff. Luxury, to me, is feeling unrushed.

Money doesn't change you; it reveals who you are when you no longer have to be nice.

Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference. Being busy is a form of mental laziness-lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.

Being selective-doing less-is the path of the productive. Focus on the important few and ignore the rest.

Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!

Three ingredients of luxury lifestyle design are time, income, and mobility.

The question you should be asking isn't, "What do I want?" or "What are my goals?" but "What would excite me?

The best way to improve mental performance, is to improve physical performance

Believe it or not, it is not only possible to accomplish more by doing less, it is mandatory. Enter the world of elimination.

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.

Reality is negotiable.

There are two components that are fundamental to enjoy life and feel good about yourself: continual learning and service.

If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too.

Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.

Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference.

Lack of time is actually lack of priorities.

Are you better off than you were one year ago, one month ago, or one week ago? If not, things will not improve by themselves.

One can steal ideas, but no one can steal execution or passion.

Focus on impact, not approval. If you believe you can change the world, which I hope you do, do what you believe is right and expect resistance and expect attackers. Keep calm and carry on!

If only I had more money is the easiest way to postpone the intense self-examination and decision-making necessary to create a life of enjoyment - now and not later.

Which 20% of sources are causing 80% of my problems and unhappiness? Which 20% of sources are resulting in 80% of my desired outcomes and happiness?

A person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.

Emphasize strengths, don't fix weaknesses.

Uncertainty and the prospect of failure can be very scary noises in the shadows. Most people will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.

To do the impossible, you need to ignore the popular.

An entrepreneur isn't someone who owns a business, it's someone who makes things happen.

Nothing can match the wonderment that comes from staring up into the star-filled canopy above and realizing that you are a part of that creation.

Personal branding is about managing your name - even if you don't own a business - in a world of misinformation, disinformation, and semi-permanent Google records. Going on a date? Chances are that your "blind" date has Googled your name. Going to a job interview? Ditto.

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.

The biggest misconception about work is that you need to spend the majority of your time doing it.

You can lose money and make it back, you can't do that with time.

The most important actions are never comfortable.

If it's important to you and you want to do it 'eventually', just do it and correct course along the way.

Poisonous people do not deserve your time. To think otherwise is masochistic.

Slowing down doesn't mean accomplishing less; it means cutting out counterproductive distractions and the perception of being rushed.

Age doesn't matter. An open mind does.

What you do is infinitely more important than how you do it.

Think big and don't listen to people who tell you it can't be done. Life's too short to think small.

I'm not a big believer in long-term planning and far-off goals. In fact, I generally set 3-month and 6-month dreamlines. The variables change too much and in-the-future distance becomes an excuse for postponing action.

If we define risk as 'the likelihood of an irreversible negative outcome,' inaction is the greatest risk of all.

Luxury is feeling unrushed. It is designing a life that allows you to do what you want with high leverage, with many options, all while feeling unrushed.