After some time she returns all excited and wants to show me something. When we get there it's a very cute (her words not mine) ensemble of bright colors and some design work.
One of the things he talks about in the opening section is that he was a national champion in Chinese Kickboxing. He talks about this accomplishment and his methodology for achieving it, making it seem like this is something anyone else with enough determination could have done.
Don't waste yours. I think this idea of Life Style Design is a great one. Then we read the first couple of pages, maybe the first couple of chapters. The first chapters are the typical motivational, "you can do it" montage.
This all may seem like basic advice, but it's just part of the practical plan that the author goes over in adjusting your life to free up time. As for the parts about outsourcing, it never ceases to amaze me that some people are so ignorant about economics that they would take the authors advice as being a means to exploit others. But I disagree where he says that the goal should be excitement. This is a personal preference but speaks to me of a more extroverted, energetic personality type, one which I do not have.
So don't talk about outsourcing as if it's a bad thing, cause if I can pay Jimmy down the street to mow my lawn for less than a landscaping service, he's going to get that ten dollars so I can have the extra cash to buy Tim's book and waste time writing a bad review of it on Amazon. As one who is interested in the ideas of simplified living and of the "Take Back Your Time" movement, I was intrigued by the idea of a shorter workweek and greater satisfaction in life.
This book doesn't bog the reader down with statistics; doesn't promise to end the cycle of poverty overnight; and doesn't claim to offer a single path to riches. What Ferriss teaches in this book isn't like other books about getting rich. These folks are the "new rich" the author is telling you to "join." The Information holiday is a keen idea. In general, I'm a firm believer in the Pareto Principle.
However, I was terribly disappointed. First of all, definitely heed the Warning printed on the back of the book. The author's definition of the "new rich" is a sliding barometer. You'd be amazed by the variable in quality of life for your dollar depending on where you live, even just in the United States there is huge variability. Unfortunately, it's drowned out by the piles of bad and useless advice that pervade much of the book. But let's start with the good. The core of the book remains nearly the same as the first book - the additional 100 pages primarily consist of examples from others and testimonials taken from the blog. While these are certainly great additions - they don't change or update the core content.
One of the things he talks about in the opening section is that he was a national champion in Chinese Kickboxing. He talks about this accomplishment and his methodology for achieving it, making it seem like this is something anyone else with enough determination could have done.
Don't waste yours. I think this idea of Life Style Design is a great one. Then we read the first couple of pages, maybe the first couple of chapters. The first chapters are the typical motivational, "you can do it" montage.
This all may seem like basic advice, but it's just part of the practical plan that the author goes over in adjusting your life to free up time. As for the parts about outsourcing, it never ceases to amaze me that some people are so ignorant about economics that they would take the authors advice as being a means to exploit others. But I disagree where he says that the goal should be excitement. This is a personal preference but speaks to me of a more extroverted, energetic personality type, one which I do not have.
So don't talk about outsourcing as if it's a bad thing, cause if I can pay Jimmy down the street to mow my lawn for less than a landscaping service, he's going to get that ten dollars so I can have the extra cash to buy Tim's book and waste time writing a bad review of it on Amazon. As one who is interested in the ideas of simplified living and of the "Take Back Your Time" movement, I was intrigued by the idea of a shorter workweek and greater satisfaction in life.
This book doesn't bog the reader down with statistics; doesn't promise to end the cycle of poverty overnight; and doesn't claim to offer a single path to riches. What Ferriss teaches in this book isn't like other books about getting rich. These folks are the "new rich" the author is telling you to "join." The Information holiday is a keen idea. In general, I'm a firm believer in the Pareto Principle.
However, I was terribly disappointed. First of all, definitely heed the Warning printed on the back of the book. The author's definition of the "new rich" is a sliding barometer. You'd be amazed by the variable in quality of life for your dollar depending on where you live, even just in the United States there is huge variability. Unfortunately, it's drowned out by the piles of bad and useless advice that pervade much of the book. But let's start with the good. The core of the book remains nearly the same as the first book - the additional 100 pages primarily consist of examples from others and testimonials taken from the blog. While these are certainly great additions - they don't change or update the core content.
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