Timothy Ferriss
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- johnnnnyh
He wrote the 4-hour work week. Some interesting ideas but also a bit of a scam I think. Anyone else here read it? What do you think? I bought it so I've added to his wealth and enabled him to do the 4 hours a week he aspires to.
I was particularly unhappy about the kick boxing example.
- blackspade0
Whats to be unhappy about with the kick boxing example?
- johnnnnyh0
Well he was the world champion but he's not actually any good at kick boxing because he pushed oponnents out of the ring. Apparently, it was a little known rule which he exploited. I see his point but that doesn't make him any good at kick boxing.
- yea depends how you look at it, if its a goal then sometimes you gotta be ruthless/relentless bout achieving it.blackspade
- blackspade0
I quite enjoy some of his blog posts, this one recently about the dude who swam the amazon, inspirational stuff....
" So, why do we follow Martin down the Mississippi, the Danube, the Amazon, or the Yangtze? The answer is simple:
An expedition is 95 percent misery and 5 percent ecstasy. After three weeks of constant motion in a land far way from home, something strange occurs in the sould of a man. He gets broken. The first symptom is a tired or sick feeling, maybe even some fear and a little helplessness. Loneliness. Then something slowly changes within. The old attachments start to fade and he becomes completely present. He forgets about all the crap that keeps him up at night back home. None of it matters anymore.
The same man who may be the shy, passive, no-balls type back home in the office or factory can evolve into a [person] who can share a table with the toughest of hombres and throw back beers with unswerving eyes, enjoying every minute of it.
After going home and dealing with all the meaningless details of electricity bills, lawn mowing, mortgage payments, and an unfulfilling job, a period of depression inevitably occurs. Those people back home can’t understand why he’d leave his cozy existence behind again for three more months to jump at the next opportunity to subject himself to such misery and danger.
But they just don’t get it."