Tim Ferriss Quotes about Inspirational

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

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

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

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

Many a false step was made by standing still.

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

Most people are good at a handful of things and utterly miserable at most.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Doing the unrealistic is easier than doing the realistic.

Learn to be difficult when it counts

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

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.

Most people are fast to stop you before you get started but hesitate to get in the way if you're moving.

Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to being a winner

People will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.