
Tim Ferriss -- Born: 1977-07-20. Occupation: businessperson. Education: Princeton University.
Born1977-07-20
Occupationbusinessperson, consultant, entrepreneur, investor
EducationPrinceton University
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Highlights
“I went from $8 an hour working in libraries to $500 an hour. But it still required me in one place, trading time for money.”
library.hbs.edu2025-12-09Source“But the [people] who really implode and fail completely are very often the ones who don't embrace and kind of engineer some type of identity diversification.”
CNBC2025-06-25Source“It just needs to be consistent. Like, a couple times a week — one time a week, even — so that you have some type of way to make progress in an area that is not your primary lane.”
CNBC2025-06-25Source“professional insurance [and] psychological insurance,”
CNBC2025-06-25Source“I would say at least 70%, probably more than 80%, [of those people] have some type of what I and even they would describe as a meditative practice, whether that's actual meditation or something very similar in terms of [the] benefits,”
CNBC2025-06-10Source“That means internal and external distractions are blocked off,”
CNBC2025-06-10Source“It could be something like swimming, running: something that has a sort of rhythmic nature to it,”
CNBC2025-06-10Source“There’s nothing glamorous or justifiable about it—I just hit my threshold.”
gq.com2020-07-22Source“There’s a lot of struggle right now, whether that’s lowercase ‘s’ struggle or capital ‘S’ Struggle,”
gq.com2020-07-22Source“I am not focused on maximizing productivity because that begs the question: to what aim?”
gq.com2020-07-22Source“I just became a pouty three-year-old, who felt the need to throw a tantrum,”
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“anyone who's feeling stuck or anyone who's feeling fatigued, maybe anxious,”
CNBC2025-06-25Source“It's OK to fail temporarily,”
CNBC2025-06-25Source“doesn't need to be a lot,”
CNBC2025-06-25Source“very good at saying 'no' and putting on blinders in our current world of noise,”
CNBC2025-06-10Source“once or twice a day… typically in the mornings,”
CNBC2025-06-10SourceWorks Timeline
In the News
- inc.com · 2026-07-11
- janefriedman.com · 2026-07-11
- telegraph.co.uk · 2026-03-09
- tim.blog · 2026-02-24
- library.hbs.edu · 2025-12-09
- tim.blog · 2025-08-06
- cnbc.com · 2025-06-25
- cnbc.com · 2025-06-10
- tim.blog · 2025-05-30
- tim.blog · 2025-05-08
- tim.blog · 2025-04-03
- tim.blog · 2025-03-07
- tim.blog · 2025-02-21
- tim.blog · 2025-01-13
- tim.blog · 2024-01-23
- guykawasaki.com · 2020-09-30
- tim.blog · 2019-11-07
- businessinsider.com · 2017-12-17
- telegraph.co.uk · 2013-12-02
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