Tim Ferriss Flashcards

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The world is going to be whatever it is.

A

Approaching it with a positive energy of only going to make your experience better.

Seth Godin

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You won’t out-Amazon Amazon. Walmart can’t even do that. You can win by…

A

Racing to the top not the bottom. The goal isn’t providing the fastest and cheapest whatever. It’s providing the best product you can so you get better customers.

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3
Q

A meeting is…

A

A delivery of information at the convenience of the person who called it.

We don’t need meetings. Make a video and send that to everyone who needs the information.

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4
Q

You iterate your way to excellence.

A

Be on the hook for good work and know that it can be made better a little at a time.

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5
Q

What is the lazy Susan method?

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When you’re working on a project and feel yourself slowing down, “spin the lazy Susan” to a project that energized you and work in that until you start slowing down and “spin” again. Walt Whitman did this.

David Eagleman

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Q

Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position, but…

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Certainty is an absurd one.

Voltaire

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