Timothy Ferriss quotes - page 4

The truth is that since the first book, I have wanted to emulate Benjamin Franklin and put together a healthy, wealthy and wise trilogy and so healthy was 'The 4-Hour Body,' wealthy was 'The 4-Hour Workweek' and then wise is 'The 4-Hour Chef.' (Timothy Ferriss)
World barista champions use the AeroPress to make coffee on the folding tray tables of airplanes.
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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.
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I do not equate productivity to happiness. For most people, happiness in life is a massive amount of achievement plus a massive amount of appreciation. And you need both of those things.
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Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!
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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. If someone isn't making you stronger, they're making you weaker.
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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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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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Many a false step was made by standing still.
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Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to being a winner.
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When you try to do something big its hard to fail completely. (Timothy Ferriss)
Age doesn't matter. An open mind does.
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Poisonous people do not deserve your time. To think otherwise is masochistic.
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Everything that works in sales has been done already. Just keep track of the crap that you buy, or the awesome stuff that you buy, and decide what was the trigger, and then just sell to people like you. It's really that easy - and that's what I do.
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If someone's criticism is completely unfounded on data, then I don't want to hear it. It doesn't hold up to scrutiny.
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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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People will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.
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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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If you take a strong stance and have a clear opinion or statement on any subject online, you're going to polarize people. And without that polarity, there's no discussion. Discussion is what I want, which means that I'm fine with the consequences.
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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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It's very easy to confuse confident motion with being productive - and they're not the same thing. Productive to me means measurable outcomes that apply to my most important to-dos that positively affect my life. That's it. (Timothy Ferriss)
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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Focus on being productive instead of busy.
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Learn to ask, "If this is the only thing I accomplish today, will I be satisfied with my day?"
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Someday is a dis-ease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.
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