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Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.

Tim Ferriss

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Tim Ferriss
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: July 20
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Poisonous people do not deserve your time. To think otherwise is masochistic.
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Being efficient without regard to effectiveness is the default mode of the universe.
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Seemingly unrelated [things] that are in fact really related, that's the stuff I like to talk about. Like dancing, language learning, swimming, three-pointers.
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Having a size 9 foot is fantastic because almost all of the shoe companies do their prototyping in size 9, so if you visit a place like Nike headquarters, you can try every sort of wacky, out-there model.
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The problem with New Year's resolutions - and resolutions to 'get in better shape' in general, which are very amorphous - is that people try to adopt too many behavioral changes at once. It doesn't work. I don't care if you're a world-class CEO - you'll quit.
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To make a bestseller, there are more customers than just your customers: Selling to the end-user is just one piece of the puzzle. In my case, I needed to first sell myself to the publisher to get marketing support and national retail distribution.
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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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Ninety-nine percent of people believe they can't do great things, so they aim for mediocrity.
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When you try to do something big its hard to fail completely.
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Think big and don't listen to people who tell you it can't be done. Life's too short to think small.
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Happiness has a very short half-life.
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If we define risk as 'the likelihood of an irreversible negative outcome,' inaction is the greatest risk of all.
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