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Tim Ferriss

@tferriss

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
@tferriss
Jul 8
"90% of what I do happens in the first five minutes." — @guyoseary on the intuition muscle that signed Alanis Morissette off a single song.
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Tim Ferriss
@tferriss
Jul 8
NEW podcast episode is up! "Guy Oseary — The Legendary Hollywood Power Broker on 5-Minute Decisions, 36 Years of Managing Madonna, 26 IPOs, and Spotting Magic First" Guy has managed some of the biggest names in music, including Madonna, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and U2, and
Tim Ferriss
@tferriss
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
Tim Ferriss
@tferriss
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.
Tim Ferriss
@tferriss
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
Tim Ferriss
@tferriss
Mar 22, 2019
50% of the Internet = people doing nothing saying "You're not doing enough" to people actually doing something.
Tim Ferriss
@tferriss
Jun 9, 2025
“Marriage is never 50/50.” — Brené Brown
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Tim Ferriss
@tferriss
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.
Tim Ferriss
@tferriss
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
Tim Ferriss
@tferriss
Oct 27, 2022
“In the end, winning is sleeping better.” — Jodie Foster
Tim Ferriss
@tferriss
Jan 23, 2025
Chris Sacca's Grand Theory of AI: We are super fucked. cc: @sacca
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Tim Ferriss
@tferriss
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.
Tim Ferriss
@tferriss
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.
Tim Ferriss
@tferriss
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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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...
Tim Ferriss
@tferriss
Apr 4, 2021
“If you absolutely can’t tolerate critics, then don’t do anything new or interesting.” — Jeff Bezos