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16 Genius 4 Hour Workweek Quotes
I don’t care about working 4 hours per week. As a matter of fact, these days I’m working about 70 hours per week with zero income. Your best bet may just be to turn away now. Did you hear me? RUN. That way!
Since you seem like the adventurous type, check out a quick 16 of my favorite quotes from the first quarter of Tim Ferriss’ 4HWW book.
“If we define risk as ‘the likelihood of an irreversible negative outcome,’ inaction is the greatest risk of all.”
“Most people will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.”
“The options are limitless, but each path begins with the same first step replacing assumptions.”
“The commonsense rules of the ‘real world’ are a fragile collection of socially reinforced illusions.”
“Few people choose to (or are able to) measure the results of their action and thus measure their contribution in time. More time equals more self-worth and more reinforcement from those above and around them.”
“Don’t follow a model that doesn’t work. If the recipe sucks, it doesn’t matter how good a cook you are.”
“The worst that could happen wasn’t crashing and burning, it was accepting terminal boredom as a tolerable status quo.”
“You spend two weeks negotiating your new Infiniti with the dealership and got $10,000 off? That’s great. Does your life have a purpose? Are you contributing anything useful to this world, or just shuffling papers, banging on a keyboard, and coming home to a drunken existence on the weekends?”
“The question you should be asking yourself isn’t, “What do I want” or “What are my goals?” but “What would excite me?”
“What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do. As I have heard said, a person’s success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.”
“The question is then, how can one achieve the millionaire lifestyle of complete freedom without first having $1,000,000?”
“The blind quest for cash is a fool’s errand… If you can free your time and location, your money is automatically worth 3-10 times as much.”
“The fishing is best where the fewest go, and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone else is aiming for base hits.”
“You won’t believe what you can accomplish by attempting the impossible with the courage to repeatedly fail better.”
“It’s lonely at the top. Ninety-nine percent of people in the world are convinced they are incapable of achieving great things, so they aim for mediocre. The level of competition is thus fiercest for “realistic” goals, paradoxically making them the most time-consuming. It’s easier to raise $1,000,000 than it is $100,000. It is easier to pick up the one perfect 10 in the bar than the five 8s.”
“I’m prepared to do battle for a dream that is worth dreaming.”
On Purpose,
Jacob
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23 Responses to 16 Genius 4 Hour Workweek Quotes
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Good looking homesliggitiy! An old good friend of mine once quoted the rolling stones and said to me "Jacob, when you lose your dreams, you lose your mind!"
I like to think, when you lose your mind, you find your dreams!
Hallelujah holla back!
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Good stuff, Jacob. Awesome quotes. Excited to receive his new book in about 2 weeks! Although I haven't mastered the 4HWW, I have definitely aimed higher and had contact wtih people who are perceived as "unreachable" because of Tim's book. Just tweaking the mindset of what can be possible for your life, and knowing people ARE out there LIVING their passions…makes me know I'm babystepping towards that ideal too!
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Sweetness! Curious: did the Oprah thing happen post 4HWW reading? You have defly been on a quest for crushing the unrealistic grapes and guzzling down that wine. Sippy cup style!
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This is quite a list…I feel a bit overwhelmed by it …..which is a good thing.
I think the one quote that really resonates the deepest at this moment…… is nr.10.
It is the HORRID comfort zone that really holds me back, OMG the fear of being uncomfortable……
rules me pretty strongly….. and that is connected to ego….which is just "the mind". I CAN transcend it. The question is: how to wrestle free from the quicksand of comfort and the mind? I really need to think about this, I will keep you posted! -
Number 9 is so Nathan style. Jayne! Aren't you supposed to be a SILENT meditation retreat? ;) Plan on hopping back on the MM calls? We're itching for that script. If someone starts calling you house at 3am, you know who!
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Jayne says:
I was supposed to start my silent retreat tonight but we've had very bad snow here in the UK which means that I can't physically get to the retreat venue :( I've re-booked it for mid February. It obviously wasn't meant to be so I'm disappointed but accept what is!
I'll be back on the call on Wednesday and super excited to re-connect with you all. I've been listening to the recordings in the car on my travels and loved them all! So I'll chat to ya soon xoxo
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AHHHHHHH! Maybe i'll come join you then. Wouldn't that be a wonderful way to meet in person: SILENCE! haha… Looking fwd to chatting witcha' soon…
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Haha – awesome Kathy! Let me know when you solve that case.
I just wrote a whole post on cracking the comfort zone as consistently doing so is one of my favorite philosophies.
Escaping that "quick sand" like most things will be about the WHY of it. ;)
Thanks for stopping by…
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Actionated says:
Numbers 9 and 10 are right on the money for me…and it takes money to make money…
Those are two to grow on…comfort zone baby.
Looking forward to reading the book.
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These are great quotes, Jacob!
4HWW pretty much flipped my world on its head when I read it. There's so much in there. And I guess your hanging out with Gary Vee is proof that it works! :-)
I've been trapped for so long in a mediocre existence because of being reasonable. I think that in the New Year, I'm going to be the most unreasonable, and subsequently awesome, sonuvabitch on the planet!
Keep being unreasonable.
Peace!
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Dear the to be most unreasonable, and subsequently awesome, sonuvabitch on the planet,
NO DIZZOUBT! Keep rocking my dude.
Looking fwd to linkin'!
Sincerely,
the to be second most unreasonable, and subsequently awesome, sonuvabitch on the planet
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Jacob, this is just good stuff right here. I find that the 4HWW is one of those endlessly quotable books. The sad thing is, the title keeps so many people from grabbing a copy, since they think it's about another "get rich quick" scheme. It's a fantastic book filled with great advice on life. Enjoy reading it, I certainly did!
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So true dude – i also have a bit of that "get rich quick" allergy. Was there one part that stuck out the most to you in it? For me it was the "unrealistic" concept (as you may be able to tell by now, lol)
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I see you do the same thing I do when I read a book. Jot down all the good stuff so you don't forget it later. My favorite quotes (that you listed) are 2, 4 & 15.
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Ahhhh of course my fellow philosopher. LOVE those too. Are you putting them to use?
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What's up Jacob- dig the quotes bro!
My personal fav "The worst that could happen wasn’t crashing and burning, it was accepting terminal boredom as a tolerable status quo.”
So true on so many levels~
Eric