Tim Ferriss - The Four Hour Working Week (Day 3)

Hi everyone!

Today is Day 3 of my 30 day challenge to write a blog every day.

So I've decided to dedicated it to Tim Ferriss and his lifestyle approach in particular.


His book The Four Hour Working Week  for me was one of the those books that when you read you feel like you agree with the author and know that something is going to change if you push yourself to the given direction even more. Tim's lifestyle and his unstoppable attempts to develop himself, to learn new skills and to travel all the time made me love the book. The author himself has become a role model. Here are is why.

10 lessons from the book/the author himself:

1. Being busy is different from being efficient

You can spend hours and hours doing stuff that don't need doing! Tim is a fan of choosing the most important things that need doing and only if you ave time, to do other things. I personally love a book called Eat That From by Brian Tracy. The author suggests that you should start the day by listing all things that you need to do, separate them into three groups by importance - A, B and C - and circle the most important of all A-s, that being the ugly from. Then you need to "eat", i.e. complete that frog and you are sorted for the day!

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2. Travelling around the world is eye-opening and achievable

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When you travel around the world, you learn so much about other cultures, you get unexpected adventures on your way and you thoroughly enjoy yourself! And in fact, a lot of other principles from the book show that travelling is achievable even when you supposedl have to work 5 times a week...

3. Learning languages is beneficial...

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even if you're a native English speaker! It trains your memory, concentration, and it makes you more connected to different nationalities.

4. Outsourcing the most of your work

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This is one of my favourite principles that I hope to be able to do when I get the chance. There are websites where people can find virtual assistants from countries where payment per hour is cheaper. They are hard-working and they save a lot of time!

5. Applying the 80/20 rule

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The picture says it all!

6. "You are the average of the five people you associate with most"...

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"...so do not underestimate the effects of your pessimistic, unambitious, or disorganized friends. If someone isn't making you stronger, they're making you weaker.”

Those positive, inspiring people around you can make a huge change to your personality. Same as moaning and self-diminishing who transfer their negativity onto others. So get yourself a bunch of happy, funny, high-achieving friends!

7. You can become excellent even if you are a beginner now

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That is Tim Ferriss on the picture who swore he could never learn how to dance. Look at him now - a tango champion!

8. Don't check your emails all the time

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Emails are distracting!

9. Ask some of the best for advice

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Because they know the way.

10. Negotiate to work from distance

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 As long as you can do your work from distance, there is no reason why you can't ask your boss to do so!

Finally, here are a couple of videos featuring Tim Ferriss that I find quite inspiring:

1. Tim at TED




2. An interview with Arnie


 

Thanks for reading!

5 Things to Do After Submitting Your Dissertation (Day 2)

I know that the name of this blog is Business Stalker, which implies talking about different companies/businesses, but it was created to get a University student to write about all things in life!

So as a blog post number 2 from my 30 day writing challenge , I've decided to write about something amazing that happened to me recently - I submitted my undergrad dissertation! After 10,000 words and 6.5 months of writing (well, not constantly), I've lifted the weight off my shoulders!

So what are those 5 things you can do after submitting the dissertation?

1. Relax in the backyard

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 So much green and peacefulness! I've started to adore my backyard :) f you don't have one, just use any park and go to place with less people ho-ho!

2. Read some kids books

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Astrid Lindgren is one of my favourite children authors. Pipi Longstocking, The Brothers Lionheart or Ronia the Robber's Daughter are examples of her great work. They all bring me back to my childhood memories and make me forget all those journal articles!

3. Learn German 

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Or any other foreign language you've been meaning to learn. Spanish is another one on my to-do-list. At least, I studied German when I was younger! There are so many websites, movies in foreign languages, free books on The Gutenberg Project for example, YouTube videos...

4. Tidy up your room

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Get rid of annoying old clothes, hoover your floor, put some fun stuff on the wall, donate or sell books. And most importantly, throw away all dissertation notes. It's such a relief!

5. Meet friends

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See all these people you've been meaning to. You all miss each other for sure. And we all tend to get a bit anti social around dissertation time!


What are your tips for relaxing after the diss is done. Share below in the comments!

Top 10 Ways to Use Art in Your Room (Day 1)

Right. I've decided to make an experiment.


I am going to write one blog a month and see if by promoting it using Facebook and Twitter only I can increase my almost-non-existent readers!

If you are one of them, thank you dearly, and I hope that you are enjoying your reading :)

So...

Making an Experiment: Post Number 1 

Top 10 Ways to Use Art in Your Room

Let me base my first blog post on art, and more specifically, on how to make your room arty and enjoyable to be in.

1. Put printed photos on the wall

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This option for a home-made art is the cheapest and simplest! You don't even have to order them (although they are £0.10-0.30 from most e-stores for photo printing) - just use a printer!
You can put your favourite memories, your dreams or your goals on the walls and make your room look awesome at the same time :)

2. Cut out some photos or images from magazines

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Just get a free magazine from any store like ASDA, Tesco, or a catalogue from IKEA. You can frame them to make them look nicer, but you don't have to. Just use a double-sided tabe, blue tack or normal sellotape and you'll get yourself a nice colourful wall! 

3. Use a jewellery stand

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If you are a girl of course! The ones that are metal are surprisingly cheap and durable! You can get a meta jewellery stand for around £10-15 from eBay or Amazon. So stylish and convenient to avoid that jewellery mess!

4. Get yourself a flower pot

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A piece of nature is always nice to have! Those beautiful flowers from the image are called Froget-Me-Not, isn't that sweet? And they are around £5-10.

5. Put on colourful bed sheets 

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I absolutely loved that picture! It's so colourful and mood-stimulating :) And judging by the webstie source aliexpress.com, those bed sheets should be quite cheap. Nice and arty, from China with love!

6. Get a paper lamp

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A dim light will make your room a very relaxing place to be in! Paper lamps are a cheap, arty solution for plain ceilings! And they can be found for under £5 from eBay or Amazon!

7. Get some quotes

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I am all about self motivation and inspiration! Quotes are a fast (and cheap) way to brighten up your spirit and to add some colour on your wall :)

8. Use a cork board with multi-coloured sticky notes 

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Cork boards have three major powers: they are easy to use - no need to glue anything together; they are open to interpretation - you can put virtually anything on the plane cork board; you can change your mind often - just pin something else :) And of course, they are cheap!

9. Make it minimalist (aka get rid of useless/ugly stuff)

Minimalism can be a genre in design, but also a movement that characterises people who simply like to throw away stuff! Afer watching an inspiring TEDx talk, I got extremely inspired to get rid of anything that I don't use or that annoys me! Simple: no clutter in your room = no clutter in your mind.

10. Put a Hawaiian necklace on the wall

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You may have had a Freshers Fair at the beginning of Uni where they were giving those for free, or you have some leftovers from a party long time ago! If not, get yourself one for £0.78  from Amazon!


Hope that you have enjoyed that article. What is your idea for using art in your room? Leave your commend below :)