Tim Ferriss Quotes

I've usually found that the greatest rewards in my life come from taking on things that are a little bit scary.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

To be held back by fear is to miss out on challenging yourself in different ways.

I think I've gotten to the point in my life where I have to do everything that I'm scared of because you're not going to learn anything if you don't, so you just have to dive in the deep end and see if you can swim.

My advice to teens is to try and do something that scares you every day because it's the only way you can test how far you can really go. Whether it's going out and auditioning for the play or trying out for the basketball team, you have to explore your boundaries and see where you really want to go and the only way you can do that is to break out of your shell.

My advice to teens is to try and do something that scares you every day because it's the only way you can test how far you can really go.

Excitement and reward exist only outside your comfort zone. You'll experience neither of them until you make yourself do something you really don't want to do. So what is it that scares the hell out of you?

My comfort zone is like a little bubble around me, and I've pushed it in different directions and made it bigger and bigger until these objectives that seemed totally crazy eventually fall within the realm of the possible.

Once every seven days, do something that frightens you. Every time we do something that we resist and is frightening, we actually grow in our power.

I'm a firm believer in doing things that scare you.

I want to try new things and put myself out there and take some risks.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

I think doing things that scare you a little is a good thing. A little bit of fear is never a bad thing. A healthy amount of fear makes everything taste better.

A little bit of fear means you are doing something worth doing--you are stretching...You are going outside your immediate grasp.

I still look forward to doing things I've never done before. But the fear beforehand is always worse than the actual moment.

I'm always doing things that scare me, because I feel like that's how you should live life. If I'm terrified - and I'm often terrified - then I should be doing that. Like trapeze class, or singing in front of 5,000 people.

I think it's only through learning, and doing something uncomfortable, that you can actually change. That's why I wanted to do a play. I was so scared of it and I knew my brain would really be stretched and it was going to be hard. And it was hard and uncomfortable. Instead of naturally wanting to avoid all those feelings I need to lean toward them more. But saying that, don't ask me to make a lasagna or a Coq au vin.

Even if I make a fool of myself, it's better to have tried.

Great people do things before they're ready. They do things before they know they can do it. Doing what you're afraid of, getting out of your comfort zone, taking risks like that - that is what life is. You might be really good. You might find out something about yourself that's really special and if you're not good, who cares? You tried something. Now you know something about yourself.

Almost everything we'll ever do in life that is really powerful, that really produces a result in our lives, that quantum-leaps us to a new level... requires us to do something uncomfortable.

It's important to do things that scare you to death!

It's scary to take risks and it's scary to get out of your comfort zone, but it's also the most rewarding when you do.

I always feel so proud of the things that I was most scared to do, and they usually end up being the right decision. It becomes magic. It's scary, but I always say, when you're scared to do something, you should probably do it.

You can become a winner only if you are willing to walk over the edge.

If you don't go towards the thing you fear, you won't be able to say you lived.