Tim Ferriss Quotes

Stop running around, stop trying to return every email in your inbox immediately, stop cramming too much stuff into too few hours in the day. Sit down, shut up, and most importantly, be glad.

Be quick, but don't hurry.

If people would reflect that one can only do one thing at a time and therefore there is never more than one thing to do at a time, there would be less fatigue in the world.

Take more time, cover less ground.

We live as though there aren't enough hours in the day, but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get it done quicker and with much less stress.

Work. Don't Think. Relax.

Devoting a little of yourself to everything means committing a great deal of yourself to nothing.

Throughout my career, I have discovered and rediscovered a simple truth.It is this: the ability to concentrate single-mindedly on your most important task, to do it well and to finish it completely, is the key to great success, achievement, respect, status and happiness in life.

Meditation creates more time than it takes.

Each thing I do, I rush through, so I can do something else.

It is better to be fully present and rested and engaged for one thing than rushed, distracted, and scattered for ten.

Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.

One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. He told me to go slow to go fast. I think that applies to everything in life. We live as though there aren't enough hours in the day but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get it done quicker and with much less stress.

You don't have to get things done all the time to be productive.

From a productivity perspective, prioritization is key. And it's very easy to focus on clearing the decks of minutia, especially when one's very busy.

I don't waste my time doing my head in about stupid things that don't really matter and don't waste time worrying over nothing.

People who organize their time in a way that allows them to focus are not only going to get more done, but they'll be less tired and less neurochemically depleted after doing it.

Meditation helps you do less and accomplish more.

Be quick without hurrying.

To focus our mind on the task at hand-with fierce concentration-m akes for a productive use of time.

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

Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry.

Your life is too important to give it to distractions.

Have you ever noticed that Jesus is never recorded as taking a holiday? He retired for the purposes of his mission, not from it. He was never destroyed by his work; he was always on top of it. He moved among people as the master of every situation. He was busier than anyone; the multitudes were always at him, yet he had time, for everything and everyone. He was never hurried, or harassed, or too busy. He had complete supremacy over time; he never let it dictate to him. He talked of my time; my hour. He knew exactly when the moment had come for doing something and when it had not.

It's incredibly easy to get caught up in an activity trap, in the busy-ness of life, to work harder and harder at climbing the ladder of success only to discover it's leaning against the wrong wall. It is possible to be busy - very busy - without being very effective.