Tim Ferriss on Priorities Quotes

"Has anyone else in the history of time less intelligent or less driven figured this out? The answer is almost always yes."

"Batching is for tasks that are important but not urgent."

"What you don't do determines what you can do."

"Don't let the tax tail wag the investment dog. A bad investment is bad regardless of the tax benefits."

"The goal is to find your inefficiencies in order to eliminate them and to find your strengths so you can multiply them."

"If you don't have a plan, you're part of someone else's plan."

"Occam's Protocol advocates for high-intensity, low-volume weight training to maximize muscle growth with minimum time investment."

"To do the impossible, you need to ignore the popular."

"Requiring a lot of time does not make a task important."

"Productivity is for robots. What humans should aim for is effectiveness."

"The 80/20 principle: 80% of your results come from 20% of your activities."

"Your results are a reflection of your priorities."

"Learn to say 'no' to the good so you can say 'yes' to the great."

"Your priority is what you do, not what you say you will do."

"Never invest in a startup if the founders don't have a technical co-founder."

"If you have more than three priorities, you have no priorities."

"The goal isn't to be the best, it's to be the only one doing what you do."

"It is possible to become world-class in almost anything in six months or less."

"Never automate something that can be eliminated."

"The best entrepreneurs I know aren't risk-takers. They're risk-mitigators."

"Most things make no difference. Being busy is a form of laziness."

"Being busy is a form of laziness—lazy thinking and indiscriminate action."

"Angel investing is a game of outliers. One win can—and must—pay for all the losses."

"Fear-setting allows you to visualize the worst-case scenarios in detail, which takes the power away from them."

"If you invest, you must be willing to lose 100% of the capital. I assume the money is gone the moment the wire is sent."

"If it's not a 'hell yes,' it's a 'no'."

"Desire is a contract that you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want."

"The Archimedes lever for mental health is psychedelic medicine."

"The Minimum Effective Dose (MED) is the smallest dose that will produce a desired outcome."

"Most people will choose unhappiness over uncertainty."

"The best way to get things done is to have fewer things to do."

"This is about moving from a model of symptom management to a model of curative intervention."

"A person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have."