My Love/Hate Relationship with Tim Ferriss
Tim Ferriss is considered to be one of the leading experts in productivity right now. His book ‘The Four Hour Workweek’ is immensely popular and I would recommend reading it. I mean – who wouldn’t want a four hour workweek?
When I tell people I write this blog or about my book Listful Thinking — they will often ask me what I think of him. While I often smile and tell people he’s great….the truth is, I have a sort of love/hate relationship with Tim Ferriss.
What I ‘Love’ About Tim Ferriss
There’s nothing wrong with him, in fact I agree with him on most things. These are just a few examples:
Go right to the source – Tim believes that if you want the best and most accurate information you should head to the best source. It’s how he made his decision for voting in the presidential election and I completely agree. He asked people in the know what they thought about each candidate and decided from there. No suffering from analysis paralysis for him. Read more
Eliminate Small Annoyances to Boost Productivity
We all experience them, those little everyday things that get in our way.
But you deal with them even when they set you back. I do it too.
I’m sent tons of magazines and books at work and they are good resources for story ideas. However they take up so much space.
I keep them on my desk because I always plan on looking at them. But in the end they just get in my way and slow me down and create clutter.
They topple over onto my keyboard.
They spill onto my notes and pencil and often I can’t find what I’m looking for — but there they are…under that stack of magazines.
So why don’t I just move them! Right? We’ll it’s a lot easier said than done. These types of irritants are only slightly annoying so we let them slide. Read more
The Most Productive 15 Minutes of Your Work Day
For those of you who work a typical 9 to 5 job, looking at the clock and seeing it’s 4:45pm can be quite a relief. Only a quarter of an hour and you’re out of there! Yay!
For others it can be quite stressful – only 15 minutes to get everything done!
But would you believe the way you spend those final 15 minutes could completely change what happens the next day?
Every day, when I’m nearly finished with work I create a “roadmap” for the following day. I’ve stolen the idea from my time as a live news producer. We always have a rundown to keep us on track during a live show. Your work day should run the same way. Read more