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"Alternating periods of activity and rest is necessary to survive, let alone thrive. Capacity, interest, and mental endurance all wax and wane. Plan accordingly."
Timothy FerrissDoing less meaningless work, so that you can focus on things of greate — Timothy Ferriss
"Doing less meaningless work, so that you can focus on things of greater personal importance, is NOT laziness. This is hard for most people to accept, because our culture [American] tends to reward personal sacrifice instead of personal productivity."
Timothy Ferriss
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Timothy Ferriss is an American entrepreneur, investor, author, podcaster, and lifestyle guru. He is known for his 4-Hour self-help book series—including The 4-Hour Work Week, The 4-Hour Body, and The 4-Hour Chef—that focused on lifestyle optimizations, but he has since reconsidered this approach. He also supports scientific research into psychedelic treatments.
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"Being busy is a form of laziness - lazy thinking and indiscriminate action."
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"Being overwhelmed is often as unproductive as doing nothing, and is far more unpleasant. Being selective - doing less - is the path of the productive. Focus on the important few and ignore the rest."
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"If the potential damage is moderate or in any way reversible, dont give people the chance to say no. Most people are fast to stop you before you get started but hesitant to get in the way if youre moving. Get good at being a troublemaker and saying sorry when you really screw up."
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"Being busy is most often used as a guise for avoiding the few critically important but uncomfortable actions."
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