Tim Ferriss

Being selective-doing less-is the path of the productive. Focus on the important few and ignore the rest.

Role models who push us to exceed our limits, physical training that removes our spare tires, and risks that expand our sphere of comfortable action are all examples of eustress—stress that is healthful and the stimulus for growth.

If it's important to you and you want to do it 'eventually', just do it and correct course along the way.

If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too.

Lack of time is actually lack of priorities.

I don't journal to 'be productive.' I don't do it to find great ideas or to put down prose I can later publish. The pages aren't intended for anyone but me. It's the most cost-effective therapy I've ever found.

I think time management as a label encourages people to view each 24-hour period as a slot in which they should pack as much as possible.

It's very easy to confuse confident motion with being productive - and they're not the same thing. Productive to me means measurable outcomes that apply to my most important to-dos that positively affect my life. That's it.

I do not equate productivity to happiness. For most people, happiness in life is a massive amount of achievement plus a massive amount of appreciation. And you need both of those things.

In a digital world, there are numerous technologies that we are attached to that create infinite interruption.

A recession is very bad for publicly traded companies, but it's the best time for startups. When you have massive layoffs, there's more competition for available jobs, which means that an entrepreneur can hire freelancers at a lower cost.

The biggest misconception about work is that you need to spend the majority of your time doing it.

If you take a strong stance and have a clear opinion or statement on any subject online, you're going to polarize people. And without that polarity, there's no discussion. Discussion is what I want, which means that I'm fine with the consequences.

Be bold and don't worry about what people think. They don't do it that often anyway.

Luxury is feeling unrushed. It is designing a life that allows you to do what you want with high leverage, with many options, all while feeling unrushed.

Luxury, to me, is not owning a lot of stuff. Luxury, to me, is feeling unrushed.

If you don't have time, you don't have priorities.

If you don't have time, the truth is, you don't have priorities. Think harder; don't work harder.

Slowing down doesn't mean accomplishing less; it means cutting out counterproductive distractions and the perception of being rushed.

Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!

An entrepreneur isn't someone who owns a business, it's someone who makes things happen.