Tim Ferriss on Vision Quotes

"Your vision should be defined by the lifestyle you want to lead, not the job title you want to hold."

"It is far more lucrative and fun to leverage your strengths instead of attempting to fix all the chinks in your armor."

"By working only when you are most effective, life is both more productive and more enjoyable."

"If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself."

"The goal is not to simply eliminate the bad, which does nothing more than leave you with a vacuum, but to pursue and create the best in the world."

"A vision is not a destination; it's a direction that dictates your daily habits."

"Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness, and it is precisely what you should strive to chase. It is the cure-all."

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

"Don't save anything for the swim back."

"The first step is to define your nightmare, the worst thing that could happen as a result of your vision."

"Clarity of vision comes from removing the noise, not adding more information."

"The best way to predict the future is to invent it."

"If you win the morning, you win the day."

"Poisonous people do not deserve your time. To invest it with them is self-destructive."

"The fishing is best where the fewest are, and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone else is scrambling for base hits."

"Don't just dream of a better life; architect it using the principles of leverage and elimination."

"The question you should be asking isn't, 'What do I want?' or 'What are my goals?' but 'What would excite me?'"

"Learn to be firm with your time and ruthless with your priorities."

"Most people are fast to stop you before you get started but hesitate to get in the way if you're moving."

"Your vision is limited only by your willingness to challenge the status quo."

"Information is useless if it is not applied to something important or if you will forget it before you have a chance to apply it."

"What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do."

"Focus on being productive instead of busy."

"Different is better when it is more effective or fun."

"Greatness is a matter of conscious choice."

"You are the average of the five people you associate with most."

"Think big and don't listen to people who tell you it can't be done. Life is too short to think small."

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

"Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to being a winner."

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

"To have an uncommon life, one must develop an uncommon vision and the discipline to follow it."

"Small, seemingly insignificant steps completed consistently lead to massive shifts in your reality."

"Ask yourself: what is the one thing that, if I did it, would make everything else easier or unnecessary?"