Tim Ferriss

Get good at being a troublemaker and saying sorry when you really screw up.

Tim Ferriss

Getting fired, despite sometimes coming as a surprise and leaving you scrambling to recover, is often a godsend. Most people aren’t lucky enough to get fired and die a slow spiritual death over 30-40 years of tolerating the mediocre.

Tim Ferriss

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.

Tim Ferriss

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.

Tim Ferriss

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

I think willpower is very valuable.

Tim Ferriss

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.

Tim Ferriss

I’ve seen the promised land, and there is good news. You can have it all.

Tim Ferriss

If only I had more money is the easiest way to postpone the intense self-examination and decision-making necessary to create a life of enjoyment – now and not later.

Tim Ferriss

If the challenge we face doesn’t scare us, then it’s probably not that important.

Tim Ferriss