More Quotes by Tim Ferriss
Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.
There are two components that are fundamental to enjoy life and feel good about yourself: continual learning and service.
The best way to improve mental performance, is to improve physical performance
Being busy is a form of laziness - lazy thinking and indiscriminate action. Being busy is most often used as a guise for avoiding the few critically important but uncomfortable actions.
But you are the average of the five people you associate with most, so do not underestimate the effects of your pessimistic, unambitious, or disorganized friends. If someone isn't making you stronger, they're making you weaker.
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.
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.
Poisonous people do not deserve your time. To think otherwise is masochistic.
The question you should be asking isn't, "What do I want?" or "What are my goals?" but "What would excite me?
Luxury, to me, is not owning a lot of stuff. Luxury, to me, is feeling unrushed.
