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Timothy Ferriss is an American author, entrepreneur, and public speaker.He has written a number of self-help books on the "4-hour" theme, some of which have appeared on the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller lists, starting with The 4-Hour Workweek.Ferriss is also an angel investor and advisor to Facebook, Twitter, StumbleUpon, Evernote, and Uber, among other companies.

✵ 20. July 1977  •  Other names Tim Ferriss, Tim Ferris
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Works

The 4-Hour Workweek
Timothy Ferriss
Tools of Titans
Tools of Titans
Timothy Ferriss
The 4-Hour Workweek
Timothy Ferriss
Tools of Titans
Tools of Titans
Timothy Ferriss
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Famous Timothy Ferriss Quotes

“"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.”

Timothy Ferriss book The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek (2007)

“Doing less meaningless work, so that you can focus on things of greater personal importance, is NOT laziness. This is hard for most people to accept, because our culture [American] tends to reward personal sacrifice instead of personal productivity.”

Timothy Ferriss book The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek (2007)

“Just as modern man consumes both too many calories and calories of no nutritional value, information workers eat data both in excess and from the wrong sources.”

Timothy Ferriss book The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek (2007)

“If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.”

Timothy Ferriss book The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek (2007)

“People who avoid all criticism fail. It's destructive criticism we need to avoid, not criticism in all forms.”

Timothy Ferriss book The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek (2007)

“Being busy is most often used as a guise for avoiding the few critically important but uncomfortable actions.”

Timothy Ferriss book The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek (2007)

Timothy Ferriss Quotes about life

“There are tons of things in your home and life that you don't use, need, or even particularly want. They just came into your life as impulsive flotsam and jetsam and never found a good exit. Whether you're aware of it or not, this clutter creates indecision and distractions, consuming attention and making unfettered happiness a real chore. It is impossible to realize how distracting all the crap is - whether porcelain dolls, sports cars, or ragged T-shirts - until you get rid of it.”

Timothy Ferriss book The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek (2007)

“To enjoy life, you don't need fancy nonsense, but you do need to control your time and realize that most things just aren't as serious as you make them out to be.”

Timothy Ferriss book The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek (2007)

“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.”

Timothy Ferriss book The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek (2007)

“A person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.”

Timothy Ferriss book The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek (2007)

“If you want an average, successful life, it doesn’t take much planning. Just stay out of trouble, go to school, and apply for jobs you might like. But if you want something extraordinary, you have two paths: 1) Become the best at one specific thing. 2) Become very good (top 25%) at two or more things”

Timothy Ferriss book Tools of Titans

Timothy Ferriss Quotes

“It's amazing how someone's IQ seems to double as soon as you give them responsibility and indicate that you trust them.”

Timothy Ferriss book The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek (2007)

“In excess, most endeavors and possessions take on the characteristics of their opposite.”

Timothy Ferriss book The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek (2007)

“Alternating periods of activity and rest is necessary to survive, let alone thrive. Capacity, interest, and mental endurance all wax and wane. Plan accordingly.”

Timothy Ferriss book The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek (2007)

“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.”

Timothy Ferriss book The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek (2007)

“I've trained myself to propose solutions instead of ask for them, to elicit responses instead of react, and to be assertive without burning bridges. To have an uncommon lifestyle, you need to develop the uncommon habit of making decisions, both for yourself and for others.”

Timothy Ferriss book The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek (2007)

“Being overwhelmed is often as unproductive as doing nothing, and is far more unpleasant. Being selective - doing less - is the path of the productive. Focus on the important few and ignore the rest.”

Timothy Ferriss book The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek (2007)

“Creating demand is hard. Filling demand is easier. Don't create a product, then seek someone to sell it to. Find a market - define your customers - then find or develop a product for them.”

Timothy Ferriss book The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek (2007)

“Being busy is a form of laziness - lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.”

Timothy Ferriss book The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek (2007)

“If the potential damage is moderate or in any way reversible, don't give people the chance to say no. Most people are fast to stop you before you get started but hesitant to get in the way if you're moving. Get good at being a troublemaker and saying sorry when you really screw up.”

Timothy Ferriss book The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek (2007)

“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.”

Timothy Ferriss book The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek (2007)

“Once we get those muddy, maddening, confusing thoughts on the page, we face our day with clearer eyes.”

Timothy Ferriss book Tools of Titans

About nebulous worries, jitters and preoccupations

“Ours is a culture where we wear our ability to get by on very little sleep as a kind of badge of honor that symbolizes work ethic, or toughness, or some other virtue—but really, it’s a total profound failure of priorities and of self-respect.”

Timothy Ferriss book Tools of Titans

“So the goal isn’t to get good ideas; the goal is to get bad ideas. Because once you get enough bad ideas, then some good ones have to show up.”

Timothy Ferriss book Tools of Titans

“Life can be much broader, once you discover one simple fact, and that is that everything around you that you call ‘life’ was made up by people that were no smarter than you. And you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use. Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again.”

Timothy Ferriss book Tools of Titans

“Success, however you define it, is achievable if you collect the right field-tested beliefs and habits.”

Timothy Ferriss book Tools of Titans

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