Archives for the 'Elimination' Category
Your Possessions Own You [The 4-Hour Workweek Journal]
Last week I was watching Fight Club (very cool movie!). I was struck by one line in particular. At one point in the movie, the character Tyler Durden (played by Brad Pitt) says:
You don’t own the things-the things own you.
Source: Fight Club
Now I think Durden was making a broad commentary on our corporately controlled consumer [...]
Simplifying The Issue Of Time-Wasters [The 4-Hour Workweek Journal]
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Hilary Catherall, co-founder and the president of technology startup DOMITECH, L.L.C., a revolutionary web development company. DOMITECH’s projects so far include www.city-dweller.com and www.saneliving.org. Hilary still holds down her day job for now, and just started seriously applying the principles from The 4-Hour Workweek (4HWW) [...]
Rethinking Time Management [The 4-Hour Workweek Journal]
Sometimes the basis for positive change in our lives comes from questioning or throwing out conventional assumptions or “rules of thumb”. The 4-Hour Workweek is a great example, where author Timothy Ferriss questions the so-called deferred life plan which we all know: work hard now and defer living your dreams until you retire. I would [...]
Scan & Toss [The 4-Hour Workweek Journal]
When I was cleaning out my office, I ended up with a small pile of ticket stubs from sporting events I have attended throughout the years. When you think about it, these things have no real practical use. However for me, and I suspect many others, ticket stubs maintain some real sentimental value like a [...]