4HWW Quotes

Quotations from Timothy Ferriss' The 4-Hour Work Week

Jul 12, 2008 7:23pm
“

Barring any James Dean ending, your life is going to be LONG. Nine to five for your working lifetime of 40–50 years is a long-ass time if the rescue doesn’t come. About 500 months of solid work.

How many do you have to go? It’s probably time to cut your losses.

” - p44
Jul 12, 2008 6:49pm
“ Conditions are never perfect. “Someday” is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you. […] If it’s important to you and you want to do it “eventually,” just do it and correct course along the way. ” - p33
Jul 12, 2008 6:41pm
“ If everyone is defining a problem or solving it one way and the results are subpar, this is the time to ask, What if I did the opposite? Don’t follow a model that doesn’t work. If the recipe sucks, it doesn’t matter how good a cook you are. ” - p30
Jul 12, 2008 6:25pm
“ It just so happens, paradoxically, that you can make more money—a lot more money—by doing half of what you are doing now. ” - p25
Jul 12, 2008 6:13pm
“ Your spent two weeks negotiating your new Infiniti with the dealership and got $10,000 off? That’s great. Does your life have a purpose? ” - p23
Jul 12, 2008 6:12pm
“ Life doesn’t have to be so damn hard. It really doesn’t. ” - p7
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