Tim Ferriss Quotes

If people don't find what you are doing threatening, then it is probably not very important.

To do something good, it has to scare you.

There is a difference between who is important and who is significant.

Some people say that you shouldn't operate from a place of fear but if there is no fear, how is there a challenge?

The more fear we feel about a specific enterprise, the more certain we can be that that enterprise is important to us and to the growth of our soul.

Fear for a linchpin is a clue that you're getting close to doing something important.

Size counts. That's all.

I like everything I do to have some kind of meaning.

Only one thing has to matter for everything to matter.

That's not so important to me, that time thing.

To inspire a singularity of focus, a challenge must be important to you and it must be something you feel you should do now in this moment. If it's trivial or not time-bound, you won't engage. So in selecting your next challenge in life, choose one that is meaningful and will demand your complete concentration.

After September 11, I don't think people really believe things like this are all that important.

Get more confidence by doing things that excite and frighten you.

Pay attention to matters of importance.

Nothing is important.

I am not going to do anything unless I am afraid of it.

I think there are lots of reasons to take projects. Being scared about one is always good.

The thing that makes me feel most alive is knowing that there's something that I have to do that I'm afraid of.

We work on things that really matter.

Doing something unimportant well does not make it important.

The greatest opportunities in life come with fear and risk.

Everything you want is on the other side of fear.

Fear is part of the process. If you weren't scared, you'd be in trouble.

If what you are doing is important, you will encounter resistance. If what you are doing isn't important it will be easy.

If it makes you nervous- you're doing it right.