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Ours is a culture where we wear our ability to get by on very little sleep as a kind of badge of honor that symbolizes work ethic, or toughness, or some other virtue--but really, it's a total profound failure of priorities and of self-respect.
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The first ten minutes of sorting through clothing was like choosing which child of mine should live or die.
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To "fix" someone's problem, you very often just need to empathically listen to them. Even"
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Becoming a member of the NR is not just about working smarter. It's about building a system to replace yourself.
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One of my favorite quotes is by Ralph Waldo Emerson: "To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children . . . to leave the world a bit better . . . to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived; this is to have succeeded."
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When You Complain, Nobody Wants to Help You
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Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. --ALBERT EINSTEIN
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The end product of the shorter deadline is almost inevitably of equal or higher quality due to greater focus.
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Sports just happen to be excellent for avoiding foreign-language stage fright and developing lasting friendships while still sounding like Tarzan.
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It is possible to become world-class, enter the top 5% of performers in the world, in almost any subject within 6-12 months, or even 6-12 weeks.
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The decent method you follow is better than the perfect method you quit.
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Timothy Ferriss |
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Age doesn't matter: an open mind does.
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What problem do you face every day that nobody has solved yet?" or "What is a great company no one has started?" I will"
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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.' You won't believe what you can accomplish by attempting the impossible with the courage to repeatedly fail better.
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Adversity doesn't build character; it reveals it.
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Don't do things that you know are morally wrong. Not because someone is watching, but because you are. Self-esteem is just the reputation that you have with yourself. You'll always know.
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Being busy is most often used as a guise for avoiding the few critically important but uncomfortable actions.
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Age doesn't matter; an open mind does.
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Pure hell forces action, but anything less can be endured with enough clever rationalization.
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Give vulnerability a shot. Give discomfort its due. Because I think he or she who is willing to be the most uncomfortable is not only the bravest, but rises the fastest.
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When I wake up in the morning, I'm thinking to myself: What can I do to be ready for that moment, which is coming? That propels me out of bed.
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Money doesn't change you; it reveals who you are when you no longer have to be nice
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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. Focus on the important few and ignore the rest.
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Timothy Ferriss |
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Fighting emotions is like flailing in quicksand--it only makes things worse. Sometimes, the most proactive "defense" is a mental nod and wink."
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Timothy Ferriss |
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Don't save it all for the end. There is every reason not to.
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Happiness can be bought with a bottle of wine and has become ambiguous through overuse.
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The fishing is best where the fewest go,
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For the employee, the goal is to have full access to necessary information and as much independent decision-making ability as possible. For the entrepreneur, the goal is to grant as much information and independent decision-making ability to employees or contractors as possible.
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Timothy Ferriss |
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the major fears of modern man could be boiled down to two things: too much e-mail and getting fat.
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Most people are fast to stop you before you get started but hesitant to get in the way if you're moving.
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We do not rise to the level of our expectations. We fall to the level of our training." --Archilochus" --
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You always have three options. You can change it, you can accept it, or you can leave it. What is not a good option is to sit around wishing you would change it but not changing it, wishing you would leave it but not leaving it, and not accepting it. It's that struggle, that aversion, that is responsible for most of our misery. The phrase that I probably use the most to myself in my head is just one word: accept.
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One does not accumulate but eliminate. It is not daily increase but daily decrease. The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity. --BRUCE LEE
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every day, it's something to reflect on and think about 'How do I become less competitive in order that I can become more successful?
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Everything popular is wrong. --OSCAR WILDE, The Importance of Being Earnest
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We do not rise to the level of our expectations. We fall to the level of our training." --Archilochus"
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With a decrease in the number of pirates, there has been an increase in global warming over the same period. Therefore, global warming is caused by a lack of pirates. Even more compelling: Somalia has the highest number of Pirates AND the lowest Carbon emissions of any country. Coincidence?
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued. --Socrates
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When you feel overwhelmed or unfocused, what do you do? I have a friend at the gym who knew Jack LaLanne (Google him if the name is unfamiliar). Jack used to say it's okay to take a day off from working out. But on that day, you're not allowed to eat. That's the short way of saying you're not really allowed to get unfocused. Take a vacation. Gather yourself. But know that the only reason you're here on this planet is to follow your star and..
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Everyone is fighting a battle you know nothing about. The heroes in this book are no different. Everyone struggles. Take solace in that.
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It is far more lucrative and fun to leverage your strengths instead of attempting to fix all the chinks in your armor.
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If I want a better-than-average career, I can't simply 'go with the flow' and get it. Most people do just that: they wish for an outcome but make no intention-driven actions toward that outcome. If they would just do something most people would find that they get some version of the outcome they're looking for. That's been my secret. Stop wishing and start doing.
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Relative income uses two variables: the dollar and time, usually hours.
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Timothy Ferriss |
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What do you want?" is too imprecise to produce a meaningful and actionable answer."
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