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  • noun A technique for achieving one's personal dreams based on writing them down and performing time and cost calculations.

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Blend of dream and streamlining, coined by Timothy Ferriss.

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  • I talk about three principles from the book as it applies to my life including outsourcing your life as it applies to technical aspects of product addition and seo of my web business, dreamlining and the use of "My Fantastical Autobiography" to initiate my dreamline of starting a skateboard company in Dubai, and finally the 80/20 principle as it applies to my current dreamline of becoming a big wave surfer.

    Tim Ferriss: Cold Remedy: 18 Real-World Lifestyle Design Case Studies (Now, It's Your Turn) 2010

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