Tim Ferriss Quotes

Dispatch is the soul of business, and nothing contributes more to dispatch than method.

We're a very active family, and I like everything in its place. I'm all about designing every little space. It will help me in the business of being a mom. Every single day is so crazy with my work that I just need to be able to come home and do that business as efficiently as I try to do my professional work.

No, my entire life is planned. It's called time management.

I'm an inveterate note taker - I scribble all these things down on pieces of paper. I wanted to create some way of organizing all of them.

I think a simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress.

Even before I had an assistant, my calendar was color-coded and I had all these different e-mail rules for how to prioritize e-mails, so I made it a point years ago to figure all that stuff out because my life was a mess.

He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through a labyrinth of the most busy life.

Most people travel with a good book, but I also keep my agenda with me; I'll flip through the pages and take a few moments to organize my life a little - I rarely get the time to do this normally.

So if you stay ready, you ain't gotta get ready, and that is how I run my life.

The more you eliminate the inefficient use of information, the better it is for productivity.

The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure, and pleasure my business.

I plan my life in 15-minute sections.

Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.

Getting paperwork under control makes me feel more in control of my life generally.

When I was a postdoc, I jotted every fresh thought on a three-by-five card and kept them in a card catalogue.

In the scope of a happy life, a messy desk or an overstuffed coat closet is a trivial thing, yet I find - and I hear from other people that they agree - that getting rid of clutter gives a disproportionate boost to happiness.

Obviously, your family life is the priority, but there's still other stuff you have to get done in a day. I think the way I make it work is by taking care of myself, and that includes fitness and eating right and all those things, but also by being very organized and punctual.

Lists are how I parse and manage the world.

If everybody knows where everything is kept you can avoid wasting time looking for things.

Time management is the mantra of my life.

In every business, in every industry, management does matter.

I feel like a 1960s graduate student. I still work on note cards. I've never found a better system.

If you want to be more productive, then start at the start: get there on time. Whether it is a meeting, a flight, an appointment or a date, it's important to ensure you are there when you say you will be there. This may feel like an old-fashioned tip to give, but it has served me well for five decades in business.

The question is: How are you able to organize your information, your tasks, and get stuff done spanning those different roles? Nobody lives in isolation.

Productivity doesn't have to be complicated. It can be easily boosted through a manageable combination of the right tools, resources, and habits to make the most of your time.