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Tim Ferriss Quotes

American - Author | July 20, 1977 -

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. David Blaine is an example of someone who's better at self-promoting than me. He is much better than I am.

I Am Me Better Someone Attention

I was never the most technical wrestler. But my coaches definitely instilled in me the belief that if you can push yourself and practice smarter than the other guy, you can beat him.

Yourself Practice Me Push You Never

I learned to associate discomfort with getting better. And that transcended wrestling and applied to a lot of other things in life.

Life Better Getting Better Wrestling

If you optimize for money too early, you will be minimizing for learning, almost without exception.

Learning Money You Early Will Too

I am a human guinea pig and a professional dilettante.

I Am Pig Professional Human Guinea

I suppose my professional life can be split into writing books that all sound like infomercial products, most notably 'The 4-Hour Workweek,' and then tech investing.

Life Writing Professional Sound Tech

I always thought I was going to end up teaching ninth grade, specifically, because I had a lot of really formative influences, I think, at that fork in the road, where a lot of crucial decisions are made by young folks.

Road Think Thought End Decisions Up

My parents didn't have much money growing up, but they always had a budget for books.

Money Parents Growing Up Budget Up

A 'social media fast' is a fast, I suppose like any other. In this case, you're simply giving up whether it be a device or a particular type of social media site. And I do this at least once weekly.

Social Media Giving Media You Fast

It's just astonishing to me, but not surprising in some respects, how dependent we are on the somewhat meaningless and certainly ephemeral feedback that we get from strangers on the Internet. I think that's a dangerous dependence to develop.

Me Think Internet Feedback Strangers

I think that survivorship bias, the survivorship bias is something I'm very acutely familiar with because of investing.

Think Bias Investing Something Very

I'm very familiar with how people can confuse correlation with causation.

People Confuse Familiar How Very

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