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!