Welcome to a different episode of The Tim Ferriss Present. This time round, we now have a little bit of a unique format, that includes the e book that began all of it, The 4-Hour Workweek, which was revealed in 2007. It’s loopy to suppose that the twentieth anniversary is across the nook.
Readers and listeners typically ask me what I’d change or replace, however in my thoughts, an equally attention-grabbing query is: what wouldn’t I modify? What stands the take a look at of time and hasn’t misplaced any efficiency?
This episode options three chapters from the audiobook of The 4-Hour Workweek which are time-tested. They symbolize instruments and frameworks which have modified my life and that I nonetheless use at the moment. The chapters are narrated by the good voice actor Ray Porter.
The 4-Hour Workweek is written in 4 sections, every comparable to a letter within the acronym DEAL, which stands for Definition, Elimination, Automation, and Liberation. The chapters you’ll hear are from the part “D is for Definition.” If you wish to craft your finest life and your superb way of life, these chapters ought to assist. If you wish to maximize your per-hour output, whether or not it’s 4, 40, or 100 hours per week, Definition is the additionally crucial first step.
If you’re all in favour of testing the remainder of the audiobook, which is produced and copyrighted by Blackstone Publishing, you will discover it on Audible, Apple, Google, Spotify, Downpour.com, or wherever you discover your favourite audiobooks.
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Need to hear one other podcast episode that options The 4-Hour Workweek? Take a look at this episode, by which Cal Newport interviews me for an article he ended up writing for The New Yorker titled “Revisiting ‘The 4-Hour Workweek’: How Tim Ferriss’s 2007 manifesto anticipated our present second {of professional} upheaval.”
What was your favourite quote or lesson from this episode? Please let me know within the feedback.
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- [00:00] Intro (D is for definition).
- [00:05:43] Beating the sport, not taking part in the sport.
- [00:10:11] Difficult the established order vs. being silly.
- [00:11:48] Retirement is worst-case-scenario insurance coverage.
- [00:13:40] Curiosity and power are cyclical.
- [00:15:06] Much less isn’t laziness.
- [00:16:24] The timing is rarely proper.
- [00:17:24] Make an apology, not permission.
- [00:18:01] Emphasize strengths, don’t repair weaknesses.
- [00:18:57] Issues in extra change into their reverse.
- [00:20:02] Cash alone isn’t the answer.
- [00:21:24] Relative revenue is extra necessary than absolute revenue.
- [00:24:13] Misery is dangerous, eustress is nice.
- [00:25:59] Questions and actions.
- [00:27:45] Dodging bullets: fear-setting and escaping paralysis.
- [00:32:51] The ability of pessimism: defining the nightmare.
- [00:36:59] Conquering worry = defining worry.
- [00:39:55] Uncovering worry disguised as optimism.
- [00:42:00] Somebody name the Maître d’.
- [00:45:02] Questions and actions.
- [00:49:45] System reset: Being unreasonable and unambiguous.
- [00:53:13] Doing the unrealistic is simpler than doing the life like.
- [00:55:41] What would you like? A greater query, to begin with.
- [00:57:41] Grownup-onset ADD: journey deficit dysfunction.
- [00:59:44] The fats man within the crimson BMW convertible.
- [01:01:21] Correcting course: get unrealistic.
- [01:02:28] How you can get George Bush or the CEO of Google on the cellphone.
- [01:08:41] Questions and actions and dreamlining calculations.
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