Quote

Awareness, even at a subconscious level, beats fancy checklists without it, track or you will fail.

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
Beats
Fail
Awareness
Failing
Level
Checklists
Levels
Subconscious
Without
Fancy
Even
Track

More quotes by 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
Language learning deserves special mention. It is, bar none, the best thing you can do to hone clear thinking.
Tim Ferriss
Image
If you don't have time, you don't have priorities.
Tim Ferriss
Image
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.
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
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.
Tim Ferriss
Image
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.
Tim Ferriss
Image
The only rules and limits are those we set for ourselves
Tim Ferriss
Image
Resveratrol is fascinating stuff. One of the best sources of information about it is the Immortality Institute. They have a forum where some people are in the 500 Club, as they call it. They've been taking 500 milligrams for years. It's a really great source of data.
Tim Ferriss
Image
I think time management as a label encourages people to view each 24-hour period as a slot in which they should pack as much as possible.
Tim Ferriss
Image
Avoid results-by volume approach, instead focus on few critically important but uncomfortable actions.
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
Short, sweet, and to the point. Clear writing, and therefore clear commands, comes from clear thinking. Think simple.
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
There are no statues erected to critics.
Tim Ferriss
Image
At its core, I don't view Facebook as a social network. I think it could become the driver's license of the Internet. And beyond that, it can become the pipes and the plumbing upon what most of the Internet is built. I think it's very well positioned.
Tim Ferriss
Image
I value self-discipline, but creating systems that make it next to impossible to misbehave is more reliable than self-control.
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
To have an uncommon lifestyle, you need to develop the uncommon habit of making decisions, both for yourself and for others.
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