This is Tim Ferriss.
He taught me how to be unf*ckwithable.
His podcast has 1B downloads & he hates fame.
Here are 11 of his insights that made me unf*ckwithable (and will do the same for you):
Definition of unf*ckwithable:
“When you’re truly at peace and in touch with yourself.
Nothing anyone says or does bothers you and no negativity can touch you.”
1. “The commonsense rules of the ‘real world’ are a fragile collection of socially reinforced illusions”
• They think what their employer says is gospel
• They take “get a degree then a good job” literally.
But a lot of rules are illusions.
2. "Luxury, to me, is feeling unrushed."
Slow down.
Otherwise you're easy to manipulate.
If you're always busy you're basically broke & homeless.
3. Nuke your idea of productivity
• "Most things make no difference"
• "Being busy is a form of laziness"
• "Being overwhelmed is often as unproductive as doing nothing, and is far more unpleasant"
• "Being selective—doing less—is the path of the productive"
4. “Get good at being a troublemaker and saying sorry when you really screw up”
• Sometimes you’ve gotta stand up for what you believe in.
• People think you’ll give up, but when you don’t, you take them by surprise and they eventually get out of your way.
5. “90% of people in the world are convinced they are incapable of achieving great things"
Outcome: they aim for the mediocre.
• Realistic goals have the most competition
• Realistic goals paradoxically take the most time / energy
Stay the hell away from ‘average.’
6. “What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do”
• You’re supposed to feel fear.
• Fear is a compass…it leads to growth.
• Fear is energy
The sh*t you’re afraid of is what’s holding you back.
7. ‘Someday’ is a disease that'll take your dreams to the grave with you"
"If it's important to you & you want to do it ‘eventually,’ just do it & correct course along the way.”
The solution is to stop chasing:
• Passion
• Purpose
• Meaning
• Interests
Chase obsession.
8. “A person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations they have”
• Have the hard conversations
• Tell people what you think, respectfully
• Avoiding conflict creates more conflict
9. “Whatever you feel you have been assigned in life, the hand you have been dealt genetically, is malleable”
Sit down & take it up the butt from society? No
The problem isn’t oppression
It’s accepting the hand you’ve been dealt. Turn oppression into free energy/motivation
10. “The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion”
• Opinions are like buttholes - everybody’s got one
• One of the boldest things you can do is take a big problem & start a business to solve it.
Action > Words
11. “People will choose unhappiness over uncertainty”
No one’s saying to walk into a bank naked with a shotgun & ask for $100
But you can slowly increase happiness levels by purposely choosing more uncomfortable situations
• Put yourself on the line
• Lean into uncertainty
If you want to live an unf*ckwithable life, then do my free email course that’ll help you start writing on social media: timdenning.com/startonsocial-…
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