537 Quotes by Tim Ferriss

REMEMBER: it is impossible to evaluate, or even understand, anything that you cannot measure.” 80.

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. By using money as the scapegoat and work as our all-consuming routine, we are able to conveniently disallow ourselves the time to do otherwise.

Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action. – BENJAMIN DISRAELI, former British Prime Minister.

To “fix” someone’s problem, you very often just need to empathically listen to them. Even.

The worst that could happen wasn’t crashing and burning, it was accepting terminal boredom as a tolerable status quo.

When you’re thinking of how to make your business bigger, it’s tempting to try to think all the big thoughts, the world-changing, massive-action plans. But please know that it’s often the tiny details that really thrill someone enough to make them tell all their friends about you.

Any useful statement about the future should at first seem ridiculous’ by Jim Dator. Also, ‘When it comes to the future, it’s far more important to be imaginative than to be right’ by Alvin Toffler. Both are famous futurists. These quotes remind me that world-changing ideas will seem absurd to most people, and that the most useful work I can be doing is to push the envelope of what is considered possible.

You don’t need more recipes. You need to learn to cook without them.

Fighting emotions is like flailing in quicksand – it only makes things worse. Sometimes, the most proactive “defense” is a mental nod and wink.