Tim Ferriss Quotes

Also, I'm always learning better and better how to prioritize and how to leave certain things for the next day.

Abrams's Advice: When eating an elephant, take one bite at a time.

I just think there are enough hours in the day. If you just focus and dedicate yourself and approach each task as it presents itself, you can accomplish a lot.

One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.

Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.

Time management is really key for me.

I'm quite good at multitasking, but I have to do things immediately.

I try to list the top three things to get done every day, and I'll be lucky if I hit all three, but it's amazing what that does to keep you on track.

I like to always be as productive as possible.

I'm known for having a very small to-do list and a big don't-do list.

You're actually making the rest of your day productive by spending 30 minutes reviewing your to-do's, prioritizing them, and ruthlessly removing things that shouldn't be there.

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

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.

Being successful doesn't make you manage your time well. Managing your time well makes you successful!

The challenge is not to manage time, but to manage ourselves.

You can't work on everything all the time, so start where you are.

I have to always make sure I don't stay in one place and spend too much time one subject. I have my wife tell me [through an earpiece], "Come back! You're taking too long on that subject." I need to be reeled in.

Don't confuse activity with productivity. Many people are simply busy being busy.

Do not spend the day in gathering flowers by the way side, lest night come upon you before you arrive at your journey's end, and then you will not reach it.

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

The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.

The man who can master his time can master nearly anything.

He who attempts to do all will waste his life in doing little.

People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life.

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.