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Tim Ferriss
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Author of 5 #1 NYT/WSJ bestsellers, early-stage investor (tim.blog/portfolio), Tim Ferriss Show podcast (1B+ downloads), founder of saiseifoundation.org
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    Tim Ferriss
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    Jun 17
    NEW podcast episode is up! "Sebastian Mallaby (@scmallaby), Biographer of Demis Hassabis (@demishassabis) — Lessons from 100+ AI Insiders on The Race to Superintelligence, The Religion of AI, and Spotting Breakthroughs Early" Sebastian Mallaby is the Paul A. Volcker senior
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    Tim Ferriss
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    Aug 6, 2023
    Ninety-nine percent of people in the world are convinced they are incapable of achieving great things, so they aim for the mediocre. The level of competition is thus fiercest for “realistic” goals, paradoxically making them the most time- and energy-consuming. If you are
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    Tim Ferriss
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    Oct 3, 2018
    Dear nearly every hotel in the world -- If need be, please make your rooms $1-10 more expensive and stop charging people for fucking wifi. In this day and age, it's like having a surcharge for toilet paper or water.
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    Tim Ferriss
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    Apr 9, 2024
    Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference. Being busy is a form of laziness—lazy thinking and indiscriminate action. Being overwhelmed is often as unproductive as doing nothing, and is far more unpleasant. Being selective—doing less—is the path of the
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    Tim Ferriss
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    Mar 22, 2019
    50% of the Internet = people doing nothing saying "You're not doing enough" to people actually doing something.
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    Tim Ferriss
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    Jun 9, 2025
    “Marriage is never 50/50.” — Brené Brown
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    Tim Ferriss
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    Jan 3, 2025
    If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.
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    Tim Ferriss
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    Sep 22, 2022
    “Above all, do not lose your desire to walk: Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it.” — Søren Kierkegaard
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    Tim Ferriss
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    Oct 27, 2022
    “In the end, winning is sleeping better.” — Jodie Foster
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    Tim Ferriss
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    Jan 23, 2025
    Chris Sacca's Grand Theory of AI: We are super fucked. cc: @sacca
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    Tim Ferriss
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    May 13, 2025
    I routinely write “No hurry, no pause” at the top of my notebooks as a daily reminder. You can get 95% of the results you want by calmly putting one foot in front of the other. One former Navy SEAL friend once texted me a principle used in their training: “Slow is smooth.
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    Tim Ferriss
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    Feb 25, 2024
    Perhaps I’m just getting old, but my definition of luxury has changed over time. Now, it’s not about owning a lot of stuff. Luxury, to me, is feeling unrushed.
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    Tim Ferriss
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    Sep 15, 2020
    For me, this is the most important podcast episode I’ve ever published. In it, I describe the most life-shaping, certainly the most difficult, and certainly the most transformative journey of my 43 years on this planet. I’ve never shared it before.
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    My Healing Journey After Childhood Abuse (Includes Extensive Resource List) - The Blog of Author...
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    Tim Ferriss
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    Apr 4, 2021
    “If you absolutely can’t tolerate critics, then don’t do anything new or interesting.” — Jeff Bezos