Tim Ferriss

Just as modern man consumes both too many calories and calories of no nutritional value, information workers eat data both in excess and from the wrong sources.

Tim Ferriss

Just because something has been a lot of work or consumed a lot of time doesn’t make it productive or worthwhile.

Tim Ferriss

Just because you are embarrassed to admit that you’re still living the consequences of bad decisions made 5, 10, 20 years ago shouldn’t stop you from making good decisions now. If you let pride stop you, you will hate life 5, 10, and 20 years from now for the same reasons.

Tim Ferriss

Lacking an external focus, the mind turns inward on itself and creates problems to solve, even if the problems are undefined or unimportant. If you find a focus, an ambitious goal that seems impossible and forces you to grow, these doubts disappear.

Tim Ferriss

Language learning deserves special mention. It is, bar none, the best thing you can do to hone clear thinking.

Tim Ferriss

Learn the art of the pitch and of messaging.

Tim Ferriss

Look creatively at your resume, work experience, physical habits, and hobbies and compile a list of all the groups, past and present, that you can associate yourself with.

Tim Ferriss

Massive elimination is the most important step and the most neglected step for entrepreneurs.

Tim Ferriss

Most people are fast to stop you before you get started but hesitant to get in the way if you’re moving.

Tim Ferriss

Most people are good at a handful of things and utterly miserable at most.

Tim Ferriss