"What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do."
Read quote
261 likes
Quote collection
Tim Ferriss quotes (page 1 of 13)
245 quotes — follow a thought to its full quote page.
"If you don't have time, the truth is, you don't have priorities. Think harder; don't work harder."
Read quote
73 likes
"It isn't enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box."
Read quote
70 likes
"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."
Read quote
51 likes
"The best way to counter-attack a hater is to make it blatantly obvious that their attack has had no impact on you."
Read quote
42 likes
"The way we measure productivity is flawed. People checking their BlackBerry over dinner is not the measure of productivity."
Read quote
40 likes
"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."
Read quote
39 likes
"I'll repeat something you might consider tattooing on your forehead: What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do."
Read quote
36 likes
"That's precisely the question everyone should be asking-why the hell not? - Why not you, why not now."
Read quote
35 likes
"Luxury, to me, is not owning a lot of stuff. Luxury, to me, is feeling unrushed."
Read quote
32 likes
"Money doesn't change you; it reveals who you are when you no longer have to be nice."
Read quote
32 likes
"Being selective-doing less-is the path of the productive. Focus on the important few and ignore the rest."
Read quote
31 likes
"Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference. Being busy is a form of mental laziness-lazy thinking and indiscriminate action."
Read quote
31 likes
"Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!"
Read quote
30 likes
"Three ingredients of luxury lifestyle design are time, income, and mobility."
Read quote
28 likes
"The question you should be asking isn't, "What do I want?" or "What are my goals?" but "What would excite me?"
Read quote
28 likes
"The best way to improve mental performance, is to improve physical performance"
Read quote
27 likes
"Believe it or not, it is not only possible to accomplish more by doing less, it is mandatory. Enter the world of elimination."
Read quote
25 likes
"Reality is negotiable."
Read quote
23 likes
"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."
Read quote
23 likes