Resolve to do one thing every day that you fear. Tim Ferriss More Quotes by Tim Ferriss More Quotes From Tim Ferriss Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness, and it is precisely what you should strive to chase. It is the cure-all. When people suggest you follow your "passion" or your "bliss," I propose that they are, in fact, referring to the same singular concept: excitement. This brings us full circle. The question you should be asking isn't, "What do I want?" or "What are my goals?" but "What would excite me?" Tim Ferriss live-lifepassioncircles I always point people to the article '1,000 True Fans' by Kevin Kelly. If you choose your thousand ideal customers or readers properly and find the single author blog that targets that audience, you never have to do any more marketing. You're done. That is a lesson that very few product developers and marketers have learned, and it's unfortunate. Tim Ferriss marketingfanspeople There are two synergistic approaches for increasing productivity that are inversions of each other: Tim Ferriss importantlawtwo By using money as the scapegoat and work as our all-consuming routine, we are able to conveniently disallow ourselves to do otherwise: 'John, I'd love to talk about the gaping void I feel in my life, the hopelessness that hits me like a punch in the eye every time I start my computer in the morning, but I have so much work to do! I've got at least three hours of unimportant email to reply to before calling prospects who said 'no' yesterday. Gotta run! Tim Ferriss eyerunningmorning I'm often asked how I define "success." It's an overused term, but I fundamentally view this elusive beast as a combination of two things - achievement and appreciation. One isn't enough: Tim Ferriss viewsappreciationtwo Exercise is overrated. Tim Ferriss overratedexercise Awareness, even at a subconscious level, beats fancy checklists without it, track or you will fail. Tim Ferriss fancytracklevels The first thing I would do for anyone who's trying to lose body fat, for instance, would be to remove foods from the house that he or she would consume during lapses of self-control. Tim Ferriss selfhousetrying 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 easierdemandcreating It's not enough to have the right answers. You have to have the right questions. Tim Ferriss right-answersenoughanswers 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 cakeperfectinspirational Massive elimination is the most important step and the most neglected step for entrepreneurs. Tim Ferriss entrepreneurimportantsteps In all cases where doubt crops up, ask yourself, "If I had a gun to my head and had to do it, how would I do it?" It's not as hard as you think. Tim Ferriss gundoubtthinking You think you're fatigued, therefore you can't exercise. In fact, you choose not to move, therefore you feel fatigued. Tim Ferriss exercisemovingthinking Online I see people committing 'social media suicide' all the time by one of two ways. Firstly by responding to all criticism, meaning you're never going to find time to complete important milestones of your own, and by responding to things that don't warrant a response. This lends more credibility by driving traffic. Tim Ferriss mediasuicidetwo Being busy is a form of laziness - lazy thinking and indiscriminate action. Being busy is most often used as a guise for avoiding the few critically important but uncomfortable actions. Tim Ferriss lazyimportantthinking I think about willpower almost never. I realize for myself, trying to be more disciplined is pretty nebulous and it's often a slippery target. For me, I've just thought about incentives. Tim Ferriss willpowertryingthinking I think willpower is very valuable. Tim Ferriss willpowervaluablethinking Happiness can be bought with a bottle of wine and has become ambiguous through overuse. Tim Ferriss bottles-of-winebottleswine Get good at being a troublemaker and saying sorry when you really screw up Tim Ferriss troublemakerscrew-upssorry
