Tim Ferriss Quotes

Busy does not equal important. Measured doesn't mean mattered.

Do one thing at a time. Start the day with a list of things you have to do, and do the most important things first. Even if you don't get the list done, you've gotten the most important things done. So many people spend so much time on things that aren't important.

Learn to differentiate between what is truly important and what can be dealt with at another time.

If everything is important, then nothing is.

Goals help you keep in perspective what's really important so you don't spend all of your time doing what seems urgent.

As in all things, it is terribly important to have a sense of priorities in what you do. And to make certain that priorities do not clash.

The easiest thing to do in the world is to neglect the important and give in to the urgent.

Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

What is urgent will always take precedence over what is important.

What does it matter how much we do if what we're doing isn't what matters most?

You need to figure out what the 2 or 3 most important things are, and then just do those.

Do one thing at a time. Start the day with a list of things you have to do, and do the most important things first.

I do not want to waste any time. And if you are not working on important things, you are wasting time.

Pay attention to matters of importance.

It's not about the money; it's about the content.

Things are only as important as you make them out to be.

There just isn't enough time for everything on our 'to do' list - and there never will be. Successful people don't try to do everything. They learn to focus on the most important tasks and make sure they get done.

It's more important to do big things well than to do small things perfectly.

Efficiency, which is doing things right, is irrelevant until you work on the right things.

It's amazing how many things busy people are doing that never will be missed.

Doing more things faster is no substitute for doing the right things.

Devoting a little of yourself to everything means committing a great deal of yourself to nothing.

Self-discipline is a great time-saver; it is the ability to make yourself work on only those things that are most important to you.

You can do only one thing at a time. I simply tackle one problem and concentrate all efforts on what I am doing at the moment.

Nothing easier than to confuse busyness with goodness.