17 Questions That Changed My Life – Summary Tim Ferriss'
1. What if I did the opposite for 48 hours?
· Challenge default behaviors to find hidden advantages.
· Short experiments can reveal better systems fast.
2. What do I spend a silly amount of money on?
· Your spending reveals unmet needs and business ideas.
· Build products that scratch your own itch first.
3. What would I do/have/be if I had $10M? What’s my real TMI?
· Separate true lifestyle desires from ego-driven goals.
· Most dream lives cost less than assumed.
4. What are the worst things that could happen? Could I recover?
· Fear shrinks when consequences are clearly defined.
· Most failures are reversible.
5. If I could only work 2 hours per week, what would I do?
· Focus on highest-leverage activities.
· Eliminate or automate low-value work.
6. What decisions can others make without me?
· Delegation frees time and increases team capability.
· Clear limits prevent bottlenecks.
7. What’s the least crowded channel?
· Look where others are not competing.
· Smaller rooms create bigger opportunities.
8. What if I couldn’t pitch directly?
· Stories outperform direct selling.
· Sell the outcome, not the product.
9. What if I created my own real-world MBA?
· Learning by doing beats formal credentials.
· Curated mentors replace classrooms.
10. Do I need to make it back the way I lost it?
· Avoid sunk-cost and anchoring bias.
· Solve losses with new paths, not old ones.
11. What if I could only subtract to solve problems?
· Simplification often outperforms addition.
· Create a not-to-do list.
12. What would allow me to go off-grid for 4–8 weeks?
· Systems reveal business maturity.
· True freedom requires delegation and process.
13. Am I hunting antelope or field mice?
· Big wins matter more than small busywork.
· Energy must exceed reward.
14. Could everything already be complete as-is?
· Contentment reduces anxiety.
· Presence matters more than progress.
15. What would this look like if it were easy?
· Complexity often signals misalignment.
· Ease is usually the correct path.
16. How can I throw money at this problem?
· Spend money to buy back time.
· Time is nonrenewable.
17. No hurry, no pause.
· Sustainable pace beats urgency.
· Calm consistency creates momentum.