Tim Ferriss Quotes

Am I walking toward something I should be running away from?

Sometimes, fear is good. Sometimes it's a good thing to have a little bit of a reality check.

Fear is the enemy. I distrust it. Any feeling or decision I make that might be motivated by fear I quickly reassess.

There's two sorts of fear: one you embrace and one you should listen to and turn the other way.

I guess sometimes fear is a good thing. It's a really good motivator.

I think when I feel fear, that's often a cue that I should do something. If I begin to feel fear, that's a strong sign, psychologically, that something has its hooks in me somewhere deep.

I learned always to follow your heart.

If your body is excited to do something, that's what you should be doing. Or if it really scares you, you should be doing it.

It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid.

I think paranoia can be instructive in the right doses. Paranoia is a skill.

Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information.

The strength of any weakness within us is the degree to which it is feared.

I veer away from trying to understand why I act. I just know I need to do it.

Everything I've ever taught in terms of self-help boils down to this - I cannot believe people keep paying me to say this - if something feels really good for you, you might want to do it. And if it feels really horrible, you might want to consider not doing it. Thank you, give me my $150.

Fear is a question. What are you afraid of and why? Our fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if we explore them.

Fear runs our lives. It doesn't matter who you are. You have to understand your relationship with fear. Whether you're scared of getting into a relationship; or taking the new job; or a confrontation - you have to size fear up.

If I find myself afraid or scared, that means I'm doing the wrong thing.

I've walked away from more climbs than I can count, just because I sensed that things were not quite right.

I'm willing to look my own nightmare on film, but if it endangers my life, then I'm willing to put my life before movies.

My dad always tell me to make decisions from love and not from fear.

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

A lot of people live in fear because they haven't figured out how you're going to react when faced with a certain set of circumstances. I've come to terms with this by looking deeply into whatever makes me fearful - what are the key elements that get the hairs up on the back of my neck - and then figuring out what I can do about it.

I've done routes where I've climbed 200 feet off the ground and just been, like, 'What am I doing?' I then just climbed back down and went home. Discretion is the better part of valor. Some days are just not your day. That's the big thing with free soloing: when to call it.

I am trying to be guided by my passion.

There is an invisible strength within us; when it recognizes two opposing objects of desire, it grows stronger.