I take notes like some people take drugs. by Tim Ferriss

I take notes like some people take drugs.

Tim Ferriss

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Everyone is going to binge on a diet, for instance, so plan for it, schedule it, and contain the damage.

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The best entrepreneurs I've ever met are all good communicators. It's perhaps one of the very few unifying factors.

unifying mets entrepreneur

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 important goal

Personal branding is about managing your name - even if you don't own a business - in a world of misinformation, disinformation, and semi-permanent Google records. Going on a date? Chances are that your "blind" date has Googled your name. Going to a job interview? Ditto.

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Just because you are embarrassed to admit that you're still living the consequences of bad decisions made 5, 10, 20 years ago shouldn't stop you from making good decisions now. If you let pride stop you, you will hate life 5, 10, and 20 years from now for the same reasons.

hate pride change

The commonsense rules of the "real world" are a fragile collectio... by Tim Ferriss

The commonsense rules of the "real world" are a fragile collection of socially reinforced illusions.

real world travel

I open each class with an explanation of the singular importance of being a "dealmaker." The manifesto of the dealmaker is simple: Reality is negotiable.

simple class reality

Most people are fast to stop you before you get started but hesitate to get in the way if you're moving.

inspirational people moving

Unbeknownst to most fun-loving bipeds, not all stress is bad. Indeed, the New Rich don't aim to eliminate all stress. Not in the least.

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Language learning deserves special mention. It is, bar none, the best thing you can do to hone clear thinking.

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I will take as a given that, for most people, somewhere between six and seven billion of them, the perfect job is the one that takes the least time.

perfect jobs people

The golden years become lower-middle-class life revisited. That's... by Tim Ferriss

The golden years become lower-middle-class life revisited. That's a bittersweet ending.

class inspirational years

Becoming a member of the NR is not just about working smarter. It's about building a system to replace yourself.

building becoming inspirational

Most people are good at a handful of things and utterly miserable... by Tim Ferriss

Most people are good at a handful of things and utterly miserable at most.

miserable inspirational people

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.

4-hour-work-week freedom numbers

I have scary eyes. I look like the guy in 'American History X,' yes. I remember coming home from school and asking my mum if I could get an eye transplant, and of course she declined.

eye home school

Remember—boredom is the enemy, not some abstract "failure. by Tim Ferriss

Remember—boredom is the enemy, not some abstract "failure.

boredom inspirational enemy

The bottom line is that you only have the rights you fight for. by Tim Ferriss

The bottom line is that you only have the rights you fight for.

fighting rights inspirational

Rather than spend my life on data entry and typing, I also take photos on my iPhone of business cards, wine labels, menus, or anything I want to have searchable on-the-run.

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If everyone is defining a problem or solving it one way and the results are subpar, this is the time to ask, What if I did the opposite? Don't follow a model that doesn't work. If the recipe sucks, it doesn't matter how good a cook you are.

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