More Quotes by Tim Ferriss
For all of the most important things, the timing always sucks. Waiting for a good time to quit your job? The stars will never align and the traffic lights of life will never all be green at the same time. The universe doesn't conspire against you, but it doesn't go out of its way to line up the pins either. Conditions are never perfect. "Someday" is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you. Pro and con lists are just as bad. If it's important to you and you want to do it "eventually," just do it and correct course along the way.
Being selective-doing less-is the path of the productive. Focus on the important few and ignore the rest.
One can steal ideas, but no one can steal execution or passion.
In all cases where doubt crops up, ask yourself, "If I had a gun to my head and had to do it, how would I do it?" It's not as hard as you think.
Money doesn't change you; it reveals who you are when you no longer have to be nice.
What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.
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.
Ninety-nine percent of people believe they can't do great things, so they aim for mediocrity.
Luxury, to me, is not owning a lot of stuff. Luxury, to me, is feeling unrushed.
Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!
