Tim Ferriss Quotes

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

I can procrastinate a little bit.

Live now. Procrastinate later.

As Shakespeare says, if you're going to do a thing you might as well pop right at it and get it over.

If you are facing a difficult task don’t put it off. If you do it will just keep tormenting you.

The easiest thing to do in the world is to neglect the important and give in to the urgent.

Set your goals high and go far. Don't put off tomorrow what you can do today.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one.

Whatever can be done another day can be done today.

The time is 'now' to do something - don't drag your feet.

No more busy work. No more hiding from success. Leave time, leave space, to grow. Now. Now! Not tomorrow!

I don't need time. What I need is a deadline!

Some people procrastinate so much that all they can do is run around like firefighters all day - putting out fires that should not have gotten started in the first place.

I'm an internet junkie. There, I said it. That's the first step, right? I also have a thing for making lists. Oh man, nothing beats turning to a fresh, clean page in a notebook, taking out a nice pen, and starting a list. There's so much potential there. So much to do, so little time! So hey, why not spend some of that time making a list.

There's nothing wrong with procrastination. Or is there? I'll leave it to you to decide, but only if you have the time.

Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.

I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.

One of the things I'm really good at is procrastinating.

I'm a terrible procrastinator.

Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.

I'm so good at procrastinating.

There are people who literally cannot start a project until the deadline is four hours away, even if it's a big one. And those people have a serious problem. My recommendation is set up mini-deadlines. You might say, 'Okay, here's my deadline after three days for this and there's another deadline for that and then a third deadline.'

The ultimate inspiration is the deadline.