Timothy Ferriss (born July 20, 1977) is an American author, entrepreneur, and public speaker.
Never check email first thing in the morning. Instead, complete your most important task before 11:00 A. M. to avoid using lunch or reading email as a postponement excuse.
I still feel there are much smarter self-promoters out there than me. I am very methodical about my messaging, and I know how to gain attention very quickly.
Awareness, even at a subconscious level, beats fancy checklists without it, track or you will fail.
The universe doesn't conspire against you, but it doesn't go out of its way to line up the pins either. Conditions are never perfect.
Online I see people committing 'social media suicide' all the time by one of two ways. Firstly by responding to all criticism, meaning you're never going to find time to complete important milestones of your own, and by responding to things that don't warrant a response. This lends more credibility by driving traffic.
You think you're fatigued, therefore you can't exercise. In fact, you choose not to move, therefore you feel fatigued.
Are you better off than you were one year ago, one month ago, or one week ago? If not, things will not improve by themselves.
Just because you are embarrassed to admit that you're still living the consequences of bad decisions made 5, 10, 20 years ago shouldn't stop you from making good decisions now. If you let pride stop you, you will hate life 5, 10, and 20 years from now for the same reasons.
In a digital world, there are numerous technologies that we are attached to that create infinite interruption.
Life is too short to be small.
To enjoy life, you don't need fancy nonsense, but you do need to control your time and realize that most things just aren't as serious as you make them out to be.
Lacking an external focus, the mind turns inward on itself and creates problems to solve, even if the problems are undefined or unimportant. If you find a focus, an ambitious goal that seems impossible and forces you to grow, these doubts disappear.
Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference. Being busy is a form of mental laziness-lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.
Language learning deserves special mention. It is, bar none, the best thing you can do to hone clear thinking.
It isn't enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box.