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Effectiveness is doing the things that get you closer to your goals. Efficiency is performing a given task (whether important or not) in the most economical manner possible. Being efficient without regard to effectiveness is the default mode of the universe.

— Timothy Ferriss The 4-Hour Workweek (2007)

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A person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.

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Being busy is most often used as a guise for avoiding the few critically important but uncomfortable actions.

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In excess, most endeavors and possessions take on the characteristics of their opposite.

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It's amazing how someone's IQ seems to double as soon as you give them responsibility and indicate that you trust them.

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