“Less Is Not Laziness Doing less meaningless work, so that you can focus on things of greater personal importance, is NOT laziness.… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“Pareto's Law can be summarized as follows: 80% of the outputs result from 20% of the inputs.” — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“Being overwhelmed is often as unproductive as doing nothing, and is far more unpleasant. Being selective—doing less—is the path of the productive.” — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“Am I being productive or just active? Charney captured the essence of this with less-abstract wording: Am I inventing things to do… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“Being busy is not the same as being productive. In fact, being busy is a form of laziness -- lazy thinking and… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“Doing less meaningless work, so that you can focus on things of greater personal importance, is NOT laziness. This is hard for… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“Pure hell forces action, but anything less can be endured with enough clever rationalization.” — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“What bullshit excuses do you have for not going after whatever it is that you want? Please,” — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“Using people to leverage a refined process multiplies production; using people as a solution to a poor process multiplies problems.” — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image