“1. Doing something unimportant well does not make it important. 2. Requiring a lot of time does not make a task important.” — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“The future is here. It’s just not widely distributed yet. —WILLIAM GIBSON,” — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“Parkinson’s Law dictates that a task will swell in (perceived) importance and complexity in relation to the time allotted for its completion.” — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“1. Limit tasks to the important to shorten work time (80/20). 2. Shorten work time to limit tasks to the important (Parkinson’s Law).” — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“Before spending time on a stress-inducing question or problem, consider this: If you can't define it or act upon it, forget it.” — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“YOU TOOK YOUR SHOT.” Instantly I felt free and in control. I knew from then on that I could have the courage… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“But if you don’t cultivate ‘turning it on’ as a way of life in the little moments—and there are hundreds of times… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
If you do something as simple as 15-minute ice baths three days a week, and you time those baths properly, you can… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has been made… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“What is the 20% of my belongings that I use 80% of the time? Eliminate the other 80% in clothing, magazines, books,… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“TF: Lack of time is lack of priorities. If I’m “busy,” it is because I’ve made choices that put me in that… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
I tend to split my activities into fun, income and legacy. The number of things in that finance bucket is pretty few… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“The second thing is, when you are trying to go 10 times bigger, you have to start with a clean sheet of… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“The disease of our times is that we live on the surface. We’re like the Platte River, a mile wide and an… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“If you’ve got enough money to solve the problem, you don’t have the problem.” In the beginning of your career, you spend… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“What are the top-three activities that I use to fill time to feel as though I’ve been productive? These are usually used… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“Life doesn't have to be so damn hard. It really doesn't. Most people, my past self included, have spent too much time… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“First of all, if we’re serious all the time, we’ll wear out before we get the truly serious stuff done. Second, if… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“even. By the time things were done, I was exhausted and depressed and just really, really unhappy. We all were. But it… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“Why Superbad Worked Superbad worked because Seth and Evan wrote about exactly what they were experiencing at the time. Evan explains, “At… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds.” —Mexican proverb There are some secrets we don’t share because they’re… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“Naval’s Laws The below is Naval’s response to the question “Are there any quotes you live by or think of often?” These… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“Slow Dance: Have you ever watched kids, On a merry-go-round? Or listened to the rain, Slapping on the ground? Ever followed a… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“Many students come to me full of wonderful intentions hoping to change the world; they plan to spend their time helping the… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“This presents a very curious phenomenon. There are two synergistic approaches for increasing productivity that are inversions of each other: 1. Limit… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference. Being busy is a form of laziness—lazy thinking and indiscriminate action. Being… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“The vision is really about empowering workers, giving them all the information about what’s going on so they can do a lot… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“Never automate something that can be eliminated, and never delegate something that can be automated or streamlined. Otherwise, you waste someone else's… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it;… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“Simon received the Nobel Prize in 1978 for his contribution to organizational decision making: It is impossible to have perfect and complete… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“What Does It Feel Like? “If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“I think it’s an analogy for that choice we all have in life: Are you going to fulfill your potential? Or, are… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“As I detailed in my TED Talk, I think we all have two main characters in our heads: a rational decision-maker (the… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“Most who avoid quitting their jobs entertain the thought that their course will improve with time or increases in income. This seems… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“First of all, if we’re serious all the time, we’ll wear out before we get the truly serious stuff done. Second, if this book… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share
“What is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift, and why? Or what are one to three books that have greatly… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share
“What advice would you give to a smart, driven college student about to enter the “real world”? What advice should they ignore? Nobody really… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share
“Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can’t see from the center. Big, undreamed-of things—the people on the edge see… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share
“Pure hell forces action, but anything less can be endured with enough clever rationalization.” — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share
“What advice would you give to a smart, driven college student about to enter the “real world”? Most of the game is about persistence.… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share
“Don’t aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share
“conscious thinking is largely asking and answering questions in your own head. If you want confusion and heartache, ask vague questions. If you want… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share
“What bullshit excuses do you have for not going after whatever it is that you want? Please,” — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share
“Using people to leverage a refined process multiplies production; using people as a solution to a poor process multiplies problems.” — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share
“Being financially rich and having the ability to live like a millionaire are fundamentally two very different things.” — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share
“What are the top-three activities that I use to fill time to feel as though I’ve been productive? These are usually used to postpone… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share
“The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog.… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share
