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title: "5 Busy Quotes By Timothy Ferriss"
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> [“Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference. Being busy is a form of laziness—lazy thinking and indiscriminate action. Being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-ferriss/slow-down-and-remember-this-most-things-make-no-difference-being-busy/)

[Timothy Ferriss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-ferriss/)

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> [“TF: Lack of time is lack of priorities. If I’m “busy,” it is because I’ve made choices that put me in that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-ferriss/tf-lack-of-time-is-lack-of-priorities-if-i-m-busy-it-is-because-i-ve/)

[Timothy Ferriss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-ferriss/)

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> [“Life is too short to be busy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-ferriss/life-is-too-short-to-be-busy/)

[Timothy Ferriss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-ferriss/)

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> [“Being overwhelmed is often as unproductive as doing nothing, and is far more unpleasant. Being selective—doing less—is the path of the productive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-ferriss/being-overwhelmed-is-often-as-unproductive-as-doing-nothing-and-is-2/)

[Timothy Ferriss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-ferriss/)

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> [“Being busy is not the same as being productive. In fact, being busy is a form of laziness -- lazy thinking and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-ferriss/being-busy-is-not-the-same-as-being-productive-in-fact-being-busy-is/)

[Timothy Ferriss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-ferriss/)

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## Other authors on Busy

## More by Timothy Ferriss

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-ferriss/first-of-all-if-we-re-serious-all-the-time-we-ll-wear-out-before-we/)

[Timothy Ferriss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-ferriss/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-ferriss/what-is-the-book-or-books-you-ve-given-most-as-a-gift-and-why-or-what/)

[Timothy Ferriss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-ferriss/)

> [“What advice would you give to a smart, driven college student about to enter the “real world”? What advice should they ignore? Nobody really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-ferriss/what-advice-would-you-give-to-a-smart-driven-college-student-about-to/)

[Timothy Ferriss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-ferriss/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-ferriss/out-on-the-edge-you-see-all-kinds-of-things-you-can-t-see-from-the/)

[Timothy Ferriss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-ferriss/)

> [“information without emotion isn’t retained.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-ferriss/information-without-emotion-isn-t-retained/)

[Timothy Ferriss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-ferriss/)

> [“Pure hell forces action, but anything less can be endured with enough clever rationalization.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-ferriss/pure-hell-forces-action-but-anything-less-can-be-endured-with-enough/)

[Timothy Ferriss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-ferriss/)

> [“What advice would you give to a smart, driven college student about to enter the “real world”? Most of the game is about persistence.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-ferriss/what-advice-would-you-give-to-a-smart-driven-college-student-about-to-2/)

[Timothy Ferriss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-ferriss/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-ferriss/don-t-aim-at-success-the-more-you-aim-at-it-and-make-it-a-target-the/)

[Timothy Ferriss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-ferriss/)

> [“conscious thinking is largely asking and answering questions in your own head. If you want confusion and heartache, ask vague questions. If you want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-ferriss/conscious-thinking-is-largely-asking-and-answering-questions-in-your/)

[Timothy Ferriss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-ferriss/)

> [“What bullshit excuses do you have for not going after whatever it is that you want? Please,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-ferriss/what-bullshit-excuses-do-you-have-for-not-going-after-whatever-it-is/)

[Timothy Ferriss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-ferriss/)

> [“The fishing is best where the fewest go,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-ferriss/the-fishing-is-best-where-the-fewest-go/)

[Timothy Ferriss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-ferriss/)

> [“Using people to leverage a refined process multiplies production; using people as a solution to a poor process multiplies problems.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-ferriss/using-people-to-leverage-a-refined-process-multiplies-production/)

[Timothy Ferriss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-ferriss/)

> [“Being financially rich and having the ability to live like a millionaire are fundamentally two very different things.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-ferriss/being-financially-rich-and-having-the-ability-to-live-like-a/)

[Timothy Ferriss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-ferriss/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-ferriss/what-are-the-top-three-activities-that-i-use-to-fill-time-to-feel-as/)

[Timothy Ferriss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-ferriss/)

> [“The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-ferriss/the-factory-of-the-future-will-have-only-two-employees-a-man-and-a/)

[Timothy Ferriss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-ferriss/)

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