Tim Ferriss Quotes

Less is more.

Most people in business and within their personal lives move towards complexity. More To Dos. More projects. More products. More meetings. More possessions. More goals. The best - I suggest to you - move in the opposite direction.

One thing I've learned over my career is that simplicity is the key: on the field, off as well.

A simple life is not seeing how little we can get by with-that's poverty-but how efficiently we can put first things first. . . . When you're clear about your purpose and your priorities, you can painlessly discard whatever does not support these, whether it's clutter in your cabinets or commitments on your calendar. (148)

There is but one art, to omit! Oh, if I knew how to omit I would ask no other knowledge. A man who knows how to omit would make an Iliad of a daily paper.

Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful.

Simplifying our lives does not mean sinking into idleness, but on the contrary, getting rid of the most subtle aspect of laziness: the one which makes us take on thousands of less important activities.

People who don’t know how to summarize have no dignity. Neither do people who needlessly drag on their messy lives. They who don’t know the beauty of simplification, of pruning away the unnecessary, die without ever comprehending the true meaning of life.

Take the complications, rules, shoulds, musts, have tos, and so on out of your life. By uncomplicating your life and removing the trivial pursuits that occupy so much of it, you open a channel for the genius within you to emerge.

When you remove layers, simplicity and speed happen.

What's really important is to simplify. The work of most photographers would be improved immensely if they could do one thing: get rid of the extraneous. If you strive for simplicity, you are more likely to reach the viewer.

Through your life, most people peel away the junk that's not useful, that's superfluous. You are determined to peel that away. I do one thing at a time. One man at a time. One car. One house. One child. One job.

I have learned to pare down what I do and still be effective and strong in a role.

Creativity has more to do with the elimination of the inessential than with inventing something new.

I continue to be drawn to clarity and simplicity. 'Less is more' remains my mantra.

The simpler I keep things, the better I play.

I'll say life is simpler.

Make everything as simple as possible but not simpler.

Never do anything complicated when something simple will serve as well. It's one of the most important secrets of living.

I think the simpler the better.

Simplicity is the key to success.

I've noticed that sometimes when you keep things a little smaller, it's easier to focus on the creative aspects of what you're doing.

We have a passion for keeping things simple.

Simplify, simplify, simplify.

Believe it or not, it is not only possible to accomplish more by doing less, it is mandatory. Enter the world of elimination.