Tim Ferriss
Tim Ferriss
Timothy "Tim" Ferrissis an American author, entrepreneur, angel investor, and public speaker. He has written a number of self-help books which have appeared on the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller lists, starting with The 4-Hour Workweek...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth20 July 1977
CountryUnited States of America
associates
You are who you associate with.
hater counter-attack impact
The best way to counter-attack a hater is to make it blatantly obvious that their attack has had no impact on you.
majority needs misconception
The biggest misconception about work is that you need to spend the majority of your time doing it.
time work few-words
Just a few words on time management: forget all about it.
nice being-nice who-you-are
Money doesn't change you; it reveals who you are when you no longer have to be nice.
mistake ambition two
There are two types of mistakes: mistakes of ambition and mistakes of sloth.
swimming stuff-i-like dancing
Seemingly unrelated [things] that are in fact really related, that's the stuff I like to talk about. Like dancing, language learning, swimming, three-pointers...
numbers advice needs
What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do. As I have heard said, a person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have. Resolve to do one thing every day that you fear. I got into this habit by attempting to contact celebrities and famous businesspeople for advice.
track levels fancy
Awareness, even at a subconscious level, beats fancy checklists without it, track or you will fail.
effectiveness goal important
Effectiveness is doing the things that get you closer to your goals. Efficiency is performing a given task (whether important or not) in the most economical manner possible. Being efficient without regard to effectiveness is the default mode of the universe.
effectiveness efficiency default
Being efficient without regard to effectiveness is the default mode of the universe.
worthwhile consumed has-beens
Just because something has been a lot of work or consumed a lot of time doesn't make it productive or worthwhile.
nike shoes feet
Having a size 9 foot is fantastic because almost all of the shoe companies do their prototyping in size 9, so if you visit a place like Nike headquarters, you can try every sort of wacky, out-there model.
numbers 4-hour-work-week practicals
Money is multiplied in practical value depending on the number of W's you control in your life: what you do, when you do it, where you do it, and with whom you do it. I call this the freedom multiplier.