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Language learning deserves special mention. It is, bar none, the best thing you can do to hone clear thinking.
Tim Ferriss
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Tim Ferriss
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: July 20
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People are fond of using the its not what you know, its who you know adage as an excuse for inaction, as if all successful people are born with powerful friends. Nonsense.
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The best way to counter-attack a hater is to make it blatantly obvious that their attack has had no impact on you.
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By working only when you are most effective, life is both more productive and more enjoyable. It's the perfect example of having your cake and eating it, too.
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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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I'm often asked how I define success. It's an overused term, but I fundamentally view this elusive beast as a combination of two things - achievement and appreciation. One isn't enough: Achievement without appreciation makes you ambitious but miserable. Appreciation without achievement makes you unambitious but happy.
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I think about willpower almost never. I realize for myself, trying to be more disciplined is pretty nebulous and it's often a slippery target. For me, I've just thought about incentives.
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I take notes like some people take drugs.
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Slowing down doesn't mean accomplishing less it means cutting out counterproductive distractions and the perception of being rushed.
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The book is first and foremost something I made for myself.
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People who avoid all criticism fail. It's destructive criticism we need to avoid, not criticism in all forms.
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The least-crowded channel for meeting high profile bloggers is in person. Email is the most difficult, the most crowded... I'm a top 1,000 blogger, not a top 100 blogger, and I get hundreds of pitches by email every week. Most of them I don't even see because my assistant declines them.
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Luxury, to me, is not owning a lot of stuff. Luxury, to me, is feeling unrushed.
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There are certain things I will automate, but when it comes to quality control, I want to keep a very close eye.
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What do you want?' is too imprecise to produce a meaningful and actionable answer.
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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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If you don't have time, the truth is, you don't have priorities. Think harder don't work harder.
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If only I had more money is the easiest way to postpone the intense self-examination and decision-making necessary to create a life of enjoyment - now and not later.
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A friend of mine, Derek Simmons, who's been on the podcast, said, If more information were the answer, we'd all be billionaires with perfect dads. It comes down to motivation and incentives. If it isn't a punishment or a reward, then it's just talk.
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When you elevate the heels more so than you elevate the sole of the foot, you trigger a cascade of compensations in the knees and hips that cause tight hip flexors, and then those hip flexors cause lower-back pain.
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