20 Entrepreneur Quotes by Tim Ferris
Tim Ferris
An American writer, entrepreneur and public speaker, Timothy “Tim” Ferris was born on July 20, 1977. Ferriss grew up in East Hampton, New York and graduated from St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire.
Ferris started a company called BrainQUICKEN in 2001, an online nutritional supplements company while he was still working for a company. Ferris became famous after he authored “The 4-Hour Workweek”, which was sold in more than 35 languages and became the #1 New York Times bestseller. He also wrote “The 4-Hour Body” and “The 4-Hour Chef” which also attained the #1 position in New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Recently he has published a book called “Tools Of Titans” in which he has discussed the way many successful people work in their daily lives and what makes them different from the common man.
He has helped many businesses and individuals to create a better lifestyle. Tim Ferris is an advisor and angel investor in many start-ups like StumbleUpon, Evernote, Shopify, Tripy and TaskRabbit etc.
We have made a collection of a few of the famous entrepreneur quotes by Tim Ferris:
I value self-discipline, but creating systems that make it next to impossible to misbehave is more reliable than self-control.
– Tim FerrisBeing called a huckster and a charlatan started several years ago, so that’s something I’m accustomed to. In most cases, it doesn’t bother me.
– Tim FerrisEverything that works in sales has been done already. Just keep track of the crap that you buy, or the awesome stuff that you buy, and decide what was the trigger, and then just sell to people like you.
– Tim FerrisWhat we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.
– Tim FerrisI discourage passive skepticism, which is the armchair variety where people sit back and criticize without ever subjecting their theories or themselves to real field testing.
– Tim FerrisIf someone’s criticism is completely unfounded on data, then I don’t want to hear it. It doesn’t hold up to scrutiny.
– Tim FerrisThe first thing I would do for anyone who’s trying to lose body fat would be to remove foods from the house that he or she would consume during lapses of self-control.
– Tim FerrisEveryone is going to binge on a diet, for instance, so plan for it, schedule it, and contain the damage.
– Tim FerrisI think time management as a label encourages people to view each 24-hour period as a slot in which they should pack as much as possible.
– Tim Ferris
There are certain things I will automate, but when it comes to quality control, I want to keep a very close eye.
– Tim FerrisI have plenty of money to do what I want to do, and I have the relationships.
– Tim FerrisEvery time I find myself stressed out, it’s because I do things primarily driven by growth.
– Tim FerrisThe best entrepreneurs I’ve ever met are all good communicators. It’s perhaps one of the very few unifying factors.
– Tim FerrisThink big and don’t listen to people who tell you it can’t be done. Life is too short to think small.
– Tim FerrisI 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.
– Tim Ferris
Writing is thought crystallized on a piece of paper, which can then be reviewed.
– Tim FerrisLearn the art of the pitch and of messaging.
– Tim FerrisExercise is overrated.
– Tim FerrisLearn to be difficult when it counts. In school as in life, having a reputation for being assertive will help you receive preferential treatment.
– Tim FerrisFocus on being productive instead of busy.
– Tim Ferris