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Tim Ferriss
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: July 20
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East Hampton
New York
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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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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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It is far more lucrative and fun to leverage your strengths instead of attempting to fix all the chinks in your armor. The choice is between multiplication of results using strenths or incremental improvement fixing weaknesses that will, at best, become mediocre. Focus on better use of your best weapons instead of constant repair.
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It's amazing how someone's IQ seems to double as soon as you give them responsibility and indicate that you trust them.
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I value self-discipline, but creating systems that make it next to impossible to misbehave is more reliable than self-control.
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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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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.
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The best way to improve mental performance, is to improve physical performance
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What do you want?' is too imprecise to produce a meaningful and actionable answer.
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I think about willpower almost never. I realize for myself, trying to be more disciplined is pretty nebulous and it's often a slippery target. For me, I've just thought about incentives.
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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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Alternating periods of activity and rest is necessary to survive, let alone thrive. Capacity, interest, and mental endurance all wax and wane. Plan accordingly.
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Money doesn't change you it reveals who you are when you no longer have to be nice.
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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 who avoid all criticism fail. It's destructive criticism we need to avoid, not criticism in all forms.
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For most people, life would be boring without meaningful work.
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One of the bigger misconceptions of learning is that many skills take a lifetime to get world-class at, or 10,000 hours to become world-class at.
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I've seen the promised land, and there is good news. You can have it all.
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If you spend your time, worth $20-25 per hour, doing something that someone else will do for $10 per hour, it's simply a poor use of resources.
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People are smarter than you think. Give them a chance to prove themselves.
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