Timothy “Tim” Ferriss (b.1977) is an American self-help author, entrepreneur, and public speaker. A great self-promoter, he is also an investor in Facebook, Twitter, StumbleUpon, Evernote, and Uber, and other Silicon Valley companies.
Ferriss’s first best-selling self-help book, The 4-Hour Workweek (2009,) was initially rejected by 26 publishers. He followed it up with two more books on the “4-hour” theme—The 4-Hour Body (2010) and The 4-Hour Chef (2012.) Ferriss later wrote Tools of Titans (2016) and Tribe of Mentors (2017.)
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Don’t suffer fools or you’ll become one.
—Tim Ferriss
Topics: Work
A person’s success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.
—Tim Ferriss
Topics: Success, Work, Life
Most people are good at a handful of things and utterly miserable at most.
—Tim Ferriss
Topics: People, Work, Good
The commonsense rules of the “real world” are a fragile collection of socially reinforced illusions.
—Tim Ferriss
The opposite of love is indifference, and the opposite of happiness is—here’s the clincher—boredom.
—Tim Ferriss
Topics: Love, Happiness, Work
Money is multiplied in practical value depending on the number of W’s you control in your life: what you do, when you do it, where you do it, and with whom you do it. I call this the freedom multiplier.
—Tim Ferriss
Topics: Work, Money, Life, Freedom
Which 20% of sources are causing 80% of my problems and unhappiness? Which 20% of sources are resulting in 80% of my desired outcomes and happiness?
—Tim Ferriss
Topics: Happiness, Work, Sin, Desire
The fishing is best where the fewest go, and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone else is aiming for base hits. There is just less competition for bigger goals.
—Tim Ferriss
Topics: Security, People, Work, Goals, Best
In all cases where doubt crops up, ask yourself, “If I had a gun to my head and had to do it, how would I do it?” It’s not as hard as you think.
—Tim Ferriss
Topics: Work, Doubt
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