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Tim Ferriss is a New York Times best-selling author, entrepreneur, and public speaker. He also has a podcast called The Tim Ferriss Show.
He has been featured in publications such as The New Yorker, Forbes, and Harvard Business Review. He also has his TV series on Netflix called The Tim Ferriss Experiment.
Ferriss has written 4 books that have combined to sell more than 3 million copies worldwide: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, Tools of Titans, and Tribe of Mentors. His podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, has more than 80 million downloads per month.
Follow his most inspiring quotes to open your mind & achieve your dreams.
43 Inspirational Tim Ferriss Quotes
1. “Life is too short to be small.” ― Tim Ferriss
2. “One can steal ideas, but no one can steal execution or passion.” ― Tim Ferriss
3. “People will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.” ― Tim Ferriss
4. “Most things make no difference. Being busy is a form of mental laziness.” ― Tim Ferriss
5. “What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.” ― Tim Ferriss
6. “Different is better when it is more effective or more fun.” ― Tim Ferriss
7. “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.” ― Tim Ferriss
8. “Focus on being productive instead of being busy.” ― Tim Ferriss
9. “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.” ― Tim Ferriss
10. “I’ll repeat something you might consider tattooing on your forehead: What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.” ― Tim Ferriss
11. “The fishing is best where the fewest go and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone is aiming for base hits.” ― Tim Ferriss
12. “Focus on being productive instead of busy.” ― Tim Ferriss
13. “Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!”– Tim Ferriss
14. “If the challenge we face doesn’t scare us, then it’s probably not that important.” ― Tim Ferriss
15. “The question you should be asking isn’t, “What do I want?” or “What are my goals?” but “What would excite me?”
16. “Learn to be difficult when it counts. In school as in life, having a reputation for being assertive will help you receive preferential treatment without having to beg or fight for it every time.” ― Tim Ferriss
17. “Information is useless if it is not applied to something important or if you will forget it before you have a chance to apply it.” ― Tim Ferriss
18. “The opposite of love is indifference, and the opposite of happiness is boredom.” ― Tim Ferriss
19. “To do the impossible, you need to ignore the popular.” ― Tim Ferriss
20. “‘Someday’ is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.” ― Tim Ferriss
21. “Poisonous people do not deserve your time. To think otherwise is masochistic.” ― Tim Ferriss
22. “Many a false step was made by standing still.” ― Tim Ferriss
23. “Most people are fast to stop you before you get started but hesitate to get in the way if you’re moving.” ― Tim Ferriss
24. “It isn’t enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box.” ― Tim Ferriss
25. “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.” ― Tim Ferriss
26. “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.” ― Tim Ferriss
27. “The bottom line is that you only have the rights you fight for.” ― Tim Ferriss
28. “A person’s success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.” ― Tim Ferriss
29. “The golden years become lower-middle-class life revisited. That’s a bittersweet ending.” ― Tim Ferriss
30. “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.” ― Tim Ferriss
31. “Remember—boredom is the enemy, not some abstract “failure.” ― Tim Ferriss
32. “Don’t follow a model that doesn’t work. If the recipe sucks, it doesn’t matter how good a cook you are.” ― Tim Ferriss
33. “$1,000,000 in the bank isn’t the fantasy. The fantasy is the lifestyle of complete freedom it supposedly allows.” ― Tim Ferriss
34. “Becoming a member of the new rich is not just about working smarter. It’s about building a system to replace yourself.” ― Tim Ferriss
35. “By working only when you are most effective, life is both more productive and more enjoyable. It’s the perfect example of having your cake and eating it, too.” ― Tim Ferriss
36. “There is no sure path to success, but the surest path to failure is trying to please everyone.” ― Tim Ferriss
37. “Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness, and it is precisely what you should strive to chase. It is the cure-all.” ― Tim Ferriss
38. “It is possible to become world-class, enter the top 5% of performers in the world, in almost any subject within 6-12 months, or even 6-12 weeks.” ― Tim Ferriss
39. “Most things make no difference. Being busy is a form of mental laziness.” ― Tim Ferriss
40. “Learn to be difficult when it counts”– Tim Ferriss
41. “The goal is not to simply eliminate the bad, which does nothing more than leave you with a vacuum, but to pursue and experience the best in the world.” ― Tim Ferriss
42. “You need to know what your unique strengths are and be willing to delegate.” ― Tim Ferriss
43. “The goal is not to simply eliminate the bad, but to pursue and experience the best in the world.” ― Tim Ferriss
