Quote

I'm prepared to do battle for a dream that is worth dreaming.

Tim Ferriss

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Tim Ferriss
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: July 20
Author
Businessperson
Investor
Podcaster
Technology Evangelist
Writer
East Hampton
New York
Tim Ferriss
Battle
Worth
Dream
Dreaming
Prepared

More quotes by Tim Ferriss

Image
I didn't even like white wine. Then I tasted it and bought a case. It was the first case of any wine I'd ever bought.
Tim Ferriss
Image
Becoming a member of the NR is not just about working smarter. It's about building a system to replace yourself.
Tim Ferriss
Image
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.
Tim Ferriss
Image
Uncertainty and the prospect of failure can be very scary noises in the shadows. Most people will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.
Tim Ferriss
Image
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.
Tim Ferriss
Image
Effectiveness is doing the things that get you closer to your goals. Efficiency is performing a given task (whether important or not) in the most economical manner possible. Being efficient without regard to effectiveness is the default mode of the universe.
Tim Ferriss
Image
I do not equate productivity to happiness. For most people, happiness in life is a massive amount of achievement plus a massive amount of appreciation. And you need both of those things.
Tim Ferriss
Image
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.
Tim Ferriss
Image
Most people can do absolutely awe-inspiring things. Sometimes they just need a little nudge.
Tim Ferriss
Image
Doing something unimportant well does not make it important.
Tim Ferriss
Image
Information is useless if it is not applied to something important or if you will forget it before you have a chance to apply it.
Tim Ferriss
Image
Ninety-nine percent of people believe they can't do great things, so they aim for mediocrity.
Tim Ferriss
Image
If someone's criticism is completely unfounded on data, then I don't want to hear it. It doesn't hold up to scrutiny.
Tim Ferriss
Image
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.
Tim Ferriss
Image
The most important actions are never comfortable.
Tim Ferriss
Image
Creating demand is hard. Filling demand is easier. Don't create a product, then seek someone to sell it to. Find a market - define your customers - then find or develop a product for them.
Tim Ferriss
Image
For uncommon solutions, you have to look in uncommon places.
Tim Ferriss
Image
I take notes like some people take drugs.
Tim Ferriss
Image
World barista champions use the AeroPress to make coffee on the folding tray tables of airplanes.
Tim Ferriss
Image
For most people, life would be boring without meaningful work.
Tim Ferriss