"Doing less meaningless work, so that you can focus on things of greater personal importance, is not laziness. This is hard for most people to accept, because our culture tends to reward personal sacrifice instead of personal productivity."
"Focus on being productive instead of busy."
"Doing something unimportant well does not make it important."
"The opposite of love is indifference, and the opposite of happiness is boredom."
"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."
"Doing the unrealistic is easier than doing the realistic."
"People are not going to care about you. They’re going to care about themselves, so make it easy for them to share and promote you."
"If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think."
"The 80/20 principle is not an attempt to achieve perfection. It is an admission that perfection is impossible and that most things in your life are not important. It is a reminder to focus on the 20 percent that matters and to ignore the 80 percent that doesn't."
"The question is not, 'Is it possible?' but rather, 'How can it be done?'"
"The timing of an action is crucial. It can mean the difference between success and failure, between a well-received product and a flop, between happiness and misery."
"The best way to get approval is not to need it."
"Being busy is a form of laziness – lazy thinking and indiscriminate action."
"Money alone is not the solution to every problem, but it sure makes solving problems a lot easier."
"Focus on being productive instead of being busy."
"Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness, and it is precisely what you should strive to chase. It is the cure-all."
"The objective is to create freedom, not a business that replicates the constraints and demands of a job."
"The timing is never right to do something worth doing."
"Different is better when it is more effective or more fun."
"Learn to ask questions like a five-year-old."
"Money is multiplied in practical value depending on the number of W's you control in your life: what you do, when you do it, where you do it, and with whom you do it."
"People do not want to be millionaires – they want to experience what they believe only millions can buy."
"The fishing is best where the fewest go, and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone else is aiming for base hits."
"Doing less is not being lazy. Don't give in to a culture that values personal sacrifice over personal productivity."
"People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents."
"Doing something unimportant well does not make it important."
"The opposite of love is indifference, and the opposite of happiness is boredom."
"What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do."
"Lack of time is actually lack of priorities."
"Eliminate before you delegate."
"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."
"Simplicity requires ruthlessness."
"People don't want to be millionaires — they want to experience what they believe only millions can buy."
"If you're not failing, you're not pushing your limits, and if you're not pushing your limits, you're not maximizing your potential."
"The timing of an action is crucial. It can mean the difference between success and failure, between a well-received product and a flop, between happiness and misery."
"The goal is not to work as many hours as possible but to create as much value as possible."
"Being busy is a form of laziness – lazy thinking and indiscriminate action."
"The best way to get approval is not to need it."
"The opposite of happiness is boredom, so always ask what excites you."
"Most people are fast to stop you before you get started but hesitate to get in the way if you're moving."
"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."
"Don't be a slave to technology; use it effectively as a tool rather than allowing it to use you."
"The most important actions are never comfortable."
"There's no one-size-fits-all answer to success, but there is an answer to failure: Quit."
"Don't follow a model that doesn't work."
"Money alone is not the solution to every problem, but it sure makes solving problems a lot easier."
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."
Written by Famous Author : Timothy Ferriss
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