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For uncommon solutions, you have to look in uncommon places.

Tim Ferriss

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Tim Ferriss
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: July 20
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I'm not a big believer in long-term planning and far-off goals. In fact, I generally set 3-month and 6-month dreamlines. The variables change too much and in-the-future distance becomes an excuse for postponing action.
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Everyone is going to binge on a diet, for instance, so plan for it, schedule it, and contain the damage.
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The fishing is best where the fewest go and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone is aiming for base hits.
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You can enjoy stargazing just by going out and learning a couple constellations with your kids.
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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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To do the impossible, you need to ignore the popular.
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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.
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I have plenty of money to do what I want to do, and I have the relationships.
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Short, sweet, and to the point. Clear writing, and therefore clear commands, comes from clear thinking. Think simple.
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If someone's criticism is completely unfounded on data, then I don't want to hear it. It doesn't hold up to scrutiny.
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For most people, life would be boring without meaningful work.
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For all their bitching about what’s holding them back, most people have a lot of trouble coming up with the defined dreams they’re being held from.
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World barista champions use the AeroPress to make coffee on the folding tray tables of airplanes.
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Most people are fast to stop you before you get started but hesitate to get in the way if you're moving.
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Compile your to-do list for tomorrow no later than this evening.
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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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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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The most important actions are never comfortable.
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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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To enjoy life, you don't need fancy nonsense, but you do need to control your time and realize that most things just aren't as serious as you make them out to be.
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