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When you try to do something big its hard to fail completely.
Tim Ferriss
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Tim Ferriss
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: July 20
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If everyone is defining a problem or solving it one way and the results are subpar, this is the time to ask, What if I did the opposite? Don't follow a model that doesn't work. If the recipe sucks, it doesn't matter how good a cook you are.
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If you see distraction externally, you end up creating an internally distracted state.
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Ninety-nine percent of people believe they can't do great things, so they aim for mediocrity.
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Uncertainty and the prospect of failure can be very scary noises in the shadows. Most people will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.
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Pacifists become militants. Freedom fighters become tyrants. Blessings become curses. Help becomes hindrance. More becomes less.
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Everything that works in sales has been done already. Just keep track of the crap that you buy, or the awesome stuff that you buy, and decide what was the trigger, and then just sell to people like you. It's really that easy - and that's what I do.
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