44 Tim Ferriss Quotes for You to Enjoy

Tim Ferriss

American Author

Born: Jul 20, 1977

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One of the great things about stargazing is that it's immediately at hand for so many people. You know, you could get into scuba diving or bird watching, but the stars are always up there. Tim Ferriss

To make a bestseller, there are more customers than just your customers: Selling to the end-user is just one piece of the puzzle. In my case, I needed to first sell myself to the publisher to get marketing support and national retail distribution. Tim Ferriss

Myself First National Marketing Distribution Bestseller Case More Retail Support Puzzle Piece Make Sell Selling Than Get Just Just One Customers Your Publisher Needed

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. Tim Ferriss

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. Tim Ferriss

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I am a human guinea pig and a professional dilettante. Tim Ferriss

Dilettante Guinea Guinea Pig Pig Am Human Professional

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

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When you're directed by social media, I think it's very easy to lose a sense of agency. And you can see it when you go to any subway station, you walk down any street in a city, you will see 70-80 percent of people staring into their phones as they walk or stand. Tim Ferriss

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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. Tim Ferriss

I don't journal to 'be productive.' I don't do it to find great ideas or to put down prose I can later publish. The pages aren't intended for anyone but me. It's the most cost-effective therapy I've ever found. Tim Ferriss

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

People Confuse Correlation How Causation Very Familiar

I view myself as an experimentalist. I've tried everything in the book, and I have replicated results to one extent or another. Tim Ferriss

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My parents did a great job of raising me and my brother. Very supportive parents. Tim Ferriss

Great Me Job Parents Great Job Brother Supportive Very Did Raising

I was really small and had a lot of health issues growing up. I mean, not compared to some people, certainly, but I had a number of full-body blood transfusions when I was kid. Tim Ferriss

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The truth is that since the first book, I have wanted to emulate Benjamin Franklin and put together a healthy, wealthy and wise trilogy and so healthy was 'The 4-Hour Body,' wealthy was 'The 4-Hour Workweek' and then wise is 'The 4-Hour Chef.' Tim Ferriss

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I really feel like knife skills - not just in the kitchen, but in life - are really critical. Tim Ferriss

Life Critical Kitchen Knife Feel Like Just Really Skills

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